Like Stop Motion?

Love this Video….I Have no idea how long it took to make!

Different Perspective….

This past Tuesday we took our birthday girl, Brooklyn, to the zoo.  Had a great time and we brought a friend of ours, Mandy, and this is what she saw.  It’s not the norm but I love the perspective.

Mandy’s Blog

First Fish!

Pics will be floating around soon so keep your eyes peeled!

Yep, Yesterday Brooklyn caught her very own Fish!  I was so proud of her!  She cast it out about 30 feet (no lie….She’s that good and she’s only 3!)  Reeled it in just a little and once she had that bobber go down she set that hook and reeled in a whopping 6-7 inch fish!  Was it a Perch?  Nope….A CATFISH!!!  I was so proud of her!  Bout brought me to tears!

What made me so proud of her was not that she did i t all by herself or anything but the fact that she practiced for so long!  She would have her practice lure on and she would cast, and cast, and cast till she got the hang of it.  She would probably do this for about 3-4 weeks now….  I truly think she is the best soon to be 4 year old caster in the state!  So it was great to tell her that all that practice paid off and she came out with a reward!  a 6-7 inch Catfish!

She was so patient, and wanted to bait the hook, cast, wait for the fish, and reel it in….But of course didn’t want to “pet” the fish.  I am fine with that for now….But soon enough she’ll be my little helper and taking care of her sissy and her mommy.

Working on the car…

Well….Here’s a pic of Dad and I working on the car…..It’s progress at least.

Still working on it.  As you can see my pop got his tattoos on his arms that he’s been wanting and I finally got that belly I have been working on….

I’m mario?

Last week in KONNECT, our discipleship program for kids here at our church, we had costume night!  It was a blast!  Each month we have a theme night and we do various things.  Crazy Hair Night, Glow in the dark party, pj night, etc….. Good times.  I dressed up as Mario and my good friend Red Dawg (our Emcee) dressed up as a Bandito!

There were two kids who actually dressed up as us!  Hilarious!  Rightly named as Mini Edge and lil’ Red Dawg.  We had 4 overall winners that night Mini Edge won and 3 other costumes, A cowboy, Nancy Drew and a Mail Carrier.  Good creativity juices flowing that night!  I didn’t know why lil’ Red Dawg didnt make it on stage but he had an excellent chance on sweeping the competition!

Well below are some pics for your enjoyment……

Enjoy.

I’m smarter than a dumb bird……..

Well a couple days ago we were watching a reality show on the discovery channel that is non-typical to what I am used to but it kept my interest so we watched it….It was called “Verminators“.  It is a show that is based off of that people have bug/animal/pest problems and they come out and take care of buisiness. Well this particular episode of Verminators the big issue was Pigeons in the Attic.  They found a hole and began to nest and live in the attic of this big 2 story Duplex.  Well, apparently the pigeons have been living there for many years.  There was POOP all over the place, dead pigeons, babies, eggs…..It was bad and very gross.  That show has kinda kept in my head for a couple weeks now……..

……………well yesterday (i don’t know the exact terminology) our overhang on our roof has vents on the underside that keep the circulation going in our attic…..on one of the mesh vents have gone bad and a hole has somehow been punched through.  I didnt think of it much but Sheena said, “we better cover that before a bird flys in there.”  I said, “I’ll get it tomorrow. A bird won’t find that hole and make a nest or anything this quick.”

HA

Well this morning I pull up into our driveway and see a huge fat pigeon sitting on our gutter in front of the hole!

You can imagine what flys through my mind!

As I step closer a bird flys out of the hole!

What tha!

Well I run in and tell Sheena that she’s right and there is a bird trying live up in our attic….Of course she says the common words…”I told you!”  So I drop what I got and go up in the attic to try to plug the hole.  As I am up there I realize I can’t reach the hole so I go BACK down into the garage and try to assess the situation a little better and figure out how I can plug that hole! 

After a short deliberation we decide to do a temporary fix and fill it with a piece of cardboard.  But before I put the cardoard piece in i go ahead and rip off the entire piece of bad mesh.  When I pull down the mesh and feel around I pull down tons of pine needles, leaves, twigs and various goodies.  CRAP!  Luckily, I tore it down before a full blown nest was developed.

I stepped away after blocking everything off and cleaning everything out and I watch to see what tries to fly back in there and complete it’s nest. 

I waited….

and waited….

and waited….

for like 1 minute and then I saw a black bird with twigs in mouth try to fly up into the attic!  SUCCESS!  It tried a couple times but failed! 

Just be careful what you watch on TV….It may just happen to you…..unless you are smarter than a dumb bird.

Weekend getaway

Okay I think this weekend I will actually be able to get away!  A couple months ago our family tried to go down to Ada and visit our best friends, well on the way down my wife was feeling queezy and it progressively got worse.  Well a short 3 hours in Ada later we turned around and headed back to Edmond……Blah….A waste of a trip for sure it felt like.  At least 3 hours with our friends is better than NONE!

This past friday I got another chance to go down to Ada and actually speak at his Church.  It was an absolute blast and evey time I go down there I miss them more and more.  As I was down there they all asked this series or questions….

“Hey Justin! Where’s Sheena at?  Where’s the girls?”  “There still in Edmond they couldn’t make it tonight.”  “Oh…..Okay…. How you doing?”

They LOVE my family!  But I ain’t bitter! 

Well this weekend I am going to get to go back down and spend a full friday night, All day Saturday and All day Sunday!

It is going to be a blast and I look forward to the good times!

I apologize…

I apologize for not posting in such a long time!  Do I still have readers?  Probably not.

Lots has happened in the last month in the House Full of Ladies or so.

• My brother is coming in from Tennessee in 10 days
• I got to go to Chickasha for Thanksgiving…fun times
• Bailee bumped her head on fireplace and got a cut/booboo
• Our new Christmas tree is up!  tons better than our 6′ old one.
• OU is 2 games away from a National Championship Stage game.
• I got to go to the OU/Texas Tech game!  Tons of funny stories from that experience (thanks again Kevin)
• The girls now have custom curtains for their room!  Thanks Amazing Aunt Becky & Miraculous Mom
• I am about to buy some Horsepower parts for the Cutlass.  Can’t do any painting during the cold months so I had a small shift in plans.
• We may be getting Cable before Christmas!  Food, HGTV, ESPN, Speed, TLC, DVR…Good times!
• Girls have been coughing and sniffing for a month….70 degrees one day and 28 the other.  Hello Oklahoma. Thanks
• I think thats it for now.

I hope to not let you down like this again!

Check out my friends new blog…..JC’s Blog.

NOLAF?

Tired of Laughing?  Want to take fun away?

Here’s the place for you.  Very interactive, look everywhere for clues to learn more.  Orientation, R & D room, conference room….Have fun.  Or not.

Click here to go to Nolaf.

Canna do it?

My Brother-in-law & Sister-in-law hooked me up with some Canna bulbs last night!  I think a couple years they planted a couple bulbs near their entrance to there house and now they have just blew up and are everywhere!  They said “please take some!”  So I hooked my self up with about 3 bags of bulbs!

I plan on planting them on my back fence line in the backyard.  I think it will add some much needed color and will bring a good inviting backyard to the next small step.

The following step will probably come soon or next season, I plan on planting some Autumn Azalea’s.  They’ll add some good green color during the summer and in the early fall into late fall they will add some great color as well.  I now got the idea of what I want the yard to kinda look like it is now time to do some action!  Slowly but surely it’ll look pretty good!

Here’s the color of Canna we got planted.

And the Autumn Azalea I’m looking at getting.

I am looking forward to next years flowering, blooming, planting, and the lawn’s look!  Why?  Cause now that everything has a good root system and in place I know it’ll look better next year!