What up in my world.

On the 4th of July weekend we went camping for a family reunion. The house above is the house that my Mother-in-law grew up in. My Mom always took me as a kid to different historical sights and buildings. I loved seeing how people lived in the early 1900's. Norma's father bought this house and land in 1945. It was so much fun hearing about the history of this place and family. I got quit a few pictures of the different places.
This was a deer that was like a few feet away. We saw lots of critters and they came rather close to us. We saw lots of deer, horses, cows (still a working ranch), chipmunks, wild turkeys, and lots more. The kids loved seeing the wild life so close.
What is a camping trip without roasting some marshmallows? We did some karaoke, and made some Smores. There was about 21 family members there, that includes us. So it was a lot of fun.
We went hiking as well. The kids had a lot of fun. I had a new camera that I got to play with so I took lots of pictures. Got some really neat ones.

I have not blogged for awhile so I figured I would write what else is up. The litter of kittens we have right now is growing fast. They are about 4 weeks old now. I have been trying to play with them enough that they are people kitties but not enough to get attached. The last 2 litters where really hard to give away. But they have all settled in to their new homes well and the owners love them to death. All 8 where really friendly cats and loved to be played with and cuddled. One family took 2 and they said they have to keep getting them back from the people next to them because they keep trying to keep the cats. We actually kept one after all as well.

Our garden has taken off. We are really surprised at how well it is doing because of the soil we had to work with. Willie was standing in the middle of the corn the other day and it went up to his waist. All our potatoes came up and are doing well. The spinach and lettuce is growing fast than we can eat it. We have frozen a lot of the spinach, and have given some to the lady who lives next door. She has a lot of bunnies that love it. Our Strawberries did not produce much this year but they look like they will be doing really good next year. We have some grass in the front now, but we are going to have to seed it again to thicken it up.

Oh the coolest thing happened this week. About a year ago I forgot to grab my purse out of a cart, probably at Walmart. I was so mad at myself because it had a 100 dollars for a bill that was due, credit cards, mine and the kids social security cards, my inhaler, not to mention I loved the purse and wallet that was in it. Well Monday the police department called my mother-in-law and asked if I was there or if she knew how to get a hold of me. She told them that I didn't live there any more and asked what it was about. They told her that they had my purse. Well when she called me I said you are kidding right... it has been a year! Well I went down to the police department and sure enough they had my purse! They said they have had it for a while but didn't know how to get a hold of me. I still had my Arizona drivers licence in there. Any way everything was still in the purse! It has made my week. There are still honest people in this world.

We are also getting ready for the Snow Family Reunion in about a week in a half. Willie is the president of the planning committee. The closer it gets the more stressed he is getting. Willie likes to try and make everyone happy. He does not really know how to let it roll of his back on things like this when their are unhappy people. I told him that not everyone will be happy with how things are done. He will be glade when it is over, we might have to take another mini vacation just to get him relaxed again.

Well I think that is all for now.