a gross story about the circle of life

Last night we were spending the evening outside playing, jumping, whining etc. As we were mid-game I noticed several leaves twirling down to the ground from the trees. I thought to myself, "how pretty," then I realized they weren't leaves, they were feathers. I looked up and saw a hawk ferociously plucking each little feather out of another little bird. I immediately screamed for everyone to take cover because there were lice covered, disease infested gross bird feathers raining down on all of us. No one moved except me. I grabbed the camera to get a better look and I saw the little lifeless bird feet dangling from that upper branch. The hawk plucked, and plucked and plucked then devoured the little nasty thing.
You can see a few feathers flying behind him in this picture. He made short work of his meal and was on his way. Our yard was covered with little feathers- I don't like birds.

trampoline hair

I love when the humidity goes down.

I'm on a boat

I wake up every morning hoping that this dizziness will be gone and yet every morning I wake up and still feel like I'm on a boat all day. I am so tired of it because all I want to do is sit so I can feel still. I hate to sit. I am so behind on everything. I didn't get invitations out for Taylor's birthday- I just had to send messages and phone calls to parents- which to me is pretty lame. Halloween is right around the corner and I haven't finished (or even started) Cagey's sonic the hedgehog costume. Taylor still needs a robe for her costume and I was really determined to have a costume this year, but it's not looking very promising. I would just really like to know what's wrong so I could fix it. I have another doctor's appointment on Monday that will probably be just as useless as the first one. Oh well- after all the things that have happened to me in New Bern I have found that this too shall pass. (hopefully).

I am now also fighting a miserable cold and on Wednesday had some kind of stomach funk. It was so painful I made myself throw up thinking it would make me feel better- it didn't. Btw making yourself throw up is disgusting. My stomach cramped so hard I thought my stomach muscles would be in knots forever. Okay- I'm done complaining.

A baseball birthday for Tates

Tates loves baseball/softball so it was only fitting that she have a baseball party. After decorating their "crazy 8's" t-shirts they got their pics taken at "yankee stadium".
When throwing a party, Jeebs is the man to have around. He built this dang cool game for practicing your pitching. I would have just cut some holes in a piece of cardboard and called it good, but not Jeebs. He went to Lowe's got a cheap piece of wood, cut 3 holes, attached it to a base he made from leftover wood and Tadaaa we had a pitching game.

We also had a sunflower seed spitting contest- which we didn't get any pics of because I was busy handing out seeds and getting spat on and Jeebs was busy measuring. I think Jeebs won over all- not surprising since he spits sunflower seeds all day long!!!

Of course we had a baseball cake and Tates got lots of presents. Thanks to all who came and celebrated with us.

Oh and Jeebs built me this little concession stand in about 5 seconds. I told him what I wanted and he dug around in the garage and made this:
I can't believe my Tates is eight and she will be baptized in 3 weeks. wow.She's still rocking the Vans.

Fundamentally wrong

The true Christian view of man in relation to the Earth.
             Man

          Animals

        Birds

      Fish

    Plants

  Earth

Man was created and was given stewardship over all the Earth.

The environmental secular fundamentally wrong view is totally reversed.

  Earth

    Animals

      Birds

        Fish

          Plants

            Man

Man is the least important and is subject to the Earth.

"This is why you go to jail if you destroy an eagle egg, but you are protected if you destroy a baby in a mother's womb."

Now, I don't want to destroy an eagle egg, but if my child is starving and that is my only option I am going to destroy the egg- especially if it keeps me out of a government building waiting for a check.

I've never seen or heard it put a better way than this. This was on Glenn Beck's show Friday night. Watch and learn people, watch and learn.

A Cage for Cagey

We picked up a little cage for Cagey yesterday and then Jeebs caught him a pet. Meet Bob...I don't know how long he'll live, he won't eat any of the bugs we've given him. Lizards definitely don't eat fire ants- it's the other way around. And before you go making assumptions about my intelligence, I was the one who said I thought they would eat the lizard. Jeebs decided to try it. The ants immediately chomped down on poor Bob. Jeebs saved him though.

Wanna go to Hogwarts, babe?

(in front of the hogwart's express)

Yes I do and we did. Universal Studios has a new Harry Potter section opened now and I'd wait a few years before you go because it was insane. There so many people you had to wait in line just to go into a store. It was pretty dang awesome. Tates and I waited in line to go through the Hogwarts castle and ride the Harry Potter flight ride for over an hour!! I was so scared I was going to get sick and then I was worried Tates would be scared on the ride so I reached over and grabbed her hand. Little did I know, I was the only one who was scared :)






(Inside Honeydukes and Zonkos)

(looking down the street of Hogsmeade)

(Ezra drinking pumpkin juice outside Hogwarts)
(Hogwarts in the distance)
(inside Hogwarts, all of those dark screens were the moving paintings)
(some Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students posing for pics- the girl in the Hogwarts robe was really British- that made me happy)

I love Harry Potter and I can't wait until November! We drank butter beer and pumpkin juice. I wanted to eat at the 3 Broomsticks, but the line was too long- maybe next time :) Taylor got a Hermione wand and she tried to transfigure us all the whole way home. 1..2..3... Faravherto (however it's spelled)