What Macey Says

So, I suppose I get to yelling sometimes around here.
Sometimes the kids are being a little bit too wild, or sometimes things are just too loud.
I think the kids have this new thing where they go around either roaring or screaming all day and it is driving me crazy!

Of course, I guess my shouting has rubbed off on the youngest member of our family.
Take a look, here you can hear exactly what I've been shouting lately:



Troy is kind of upset with me because I think it is so funny and laugh when she says these things. He'd rather I teach her to say nicer things. Hey, it's not that bad! It's not like I'm saying any bad words or anything!

Don't worry, I will try to shout some nicer things that Macey can learn for later.

How Lucky am I?

I'm a pretty lousy wife and mom most of the time. I suppose I'm lazy and stay up too late and sleep in too much, and usually this summer I have been a huge slacker, but I think I am pretty lucky.

I've got one of the best husband's out there! He is so nice and always loves me no matter what! And I'm telling you, I can be pretty mean sometimes!

And what an awesome example he is to the kids! Our oldest, Micah, is following right in his footsteps! He helps me so much. Really, I don't have to do anything in the mornings this summer because he is the one who gets the other kids up, dressed and fed, and then even fixes lunch and does his jobs all on his own. (Of course this really goes to show how awfully lazy I have been and why I'm a lousy mom!)

Oh, and what a handsome boy he is becoming!

OK, so I suppose Troy isn't the best cleaner and I usually come home on Saturdays after my weekend work to see all the kids pretty slobby and the house a disaster, but really, I'm not doing too well with that lately anyway, and Troy is trying.

Who else will go out at the latest hour to buy me a cheeseburger, or icecream, or who else will tell me how wonderful and beautiful I am when it's really just a lie?

I am pretty lucky. I couldn't have asked for a better husband!

And I think he's pretty cute too.

'Tis Berry Pickin' Time!

It's berry picking time at our house! We were lucky when we moved in (over 7 years ago, can you believe it?) that the previous owners had planted tons of fruit plants. We have an apple tree, a peach tree, strawberry plants, and raspberry bushes. While the strawberries give us a handful, the apples are OK (kind of sour), the peaches are pretty good when we have a good year, the raspberries are always a winner!

We have a long long row of raspberry bushes that give us tons of raspberries every year. Now I personally hate raspberries, but the kids and Troy all like them and so I get the kids out to pick them all so I can make them raspberry jam. We have so much we can usually make enough jam to last the whole year. (And trust me, they go through almost a jar a week!)

We got a pretty good haul our first time out. Maybe we would have had more if Macey would have stopped eating hers. I told her to put them in the bowl, and so she would, and then she would eat them. We usually can go out every other day and get a new batch for about a week or so.

Here are the kids and their bowls of raspberries:

If you want some raspberries, come on over, maybe we could spare a few or maybe you'd like to make a trade of something good that you don't like!