A little girl fun

Just when the water started to go down...we had more rain..

It has been a crazy year with the weather...

It has been crazy busy around here...

With work and life...I've been staying 

steady with my Fitbit....

String bean and I enjoy our walks at the park...

He is also enjoying his pool...

Can't believe my String Bean is a 5 year old...but boy are we having fun...

The water has started residing...

but guess what.....

we have rain headed our way...

 Saturday I did a photo shoot here...

for a friends student...

she comes from a large family...

and photos were not in the budget...

we had sprinkles...and a few showers

but nothing major...

 that is until I put my camera in my bag...

then it started pouring...

I was parked about a 1/4 of a mile away...

or at least it seemed like to me...

in the pouring rain...carrying a heavy bag..

with fogged up glasses...

I was soaked to the skin by the time I got to the truck...

 she was an awesome model...

very easy to work with....

 Isn't her Mom beautiful....

you could sure see how proud she is...

and the love between them...

there is a Dad and 5 boys at home...

It was a busy weekend...

Friday night I went to a concert with my Mom...

a Stevie Ray Vaughn cover band...

they were very good...

it was an outdoor concert in our downtown area...

there was a big crowd...

Saturday was chores ...

Sunday morning we put together the GIRLS...

new chicken coop...

still have some work to do...

but they will have lot's more room...

Sunday afternoon we went to the horse track...

meeting a group of my friends from high school...

we are making a point to plant get togethers...

after the loss of our dear friend...

we had so much fun!

then Monday back to work....

I think I need an extra day between Sunday and Monday...

Stringbean is turning 5 this month...

not ready for that!

Cell phone photos...

Stringbean and I went for a walk...

to feed the ducks and geese...

a rain cloud blew in...

no lightening...so we stood under a tree till it stopped...

we got wet...but not as wet as we would have...

the geese seemed to enjoy the rain...

then the sun came out...

we finished our walk...

then headed to the library which is located

across the street...

 my first Sunflower to bloom this year...

I can't help but smile every time I see a Sunflower...

 Lucy is a camera hog...

she always comes right over to get her photo taken...

I think she is the leader of the group...

Ethyl...is second in line...

then the smallest Linda Lou...

The other two girls are a bit rebel...

so I'm changing their names to Thelma and Louise...

They are all looking quite different now...

it is easier to tell them apart...

I sure hope they start laying this fall...

it seems like we have a egg shortage here in the USA...

because of the bird flu in the plants...

no problems in the free range...or organic chickens...

hmmm does that tell you anything...

 The flooding is starting to slowly subside...

our favorite State Park is still closed...

they are hoping to have open July 5th...

which is after the 4th of July...

sure put a damper on our plans...

 After a very mild spring...except for all the rain of course...

our temps have really been great...

until...last week...

then Texas became Texas again...

90 degrees and above...

with lot's of humidity...

well we are covered in water...

Today...we finally have our new A/C installed...

we have not had A/C all year...

You know when you do a certain business...

your household is always the last to get taken care of...

It was a crazy week for service calls...

for some reason people like to be cold...

I'm not complaining though...

 Last weekend I got a Fitbit...

got one for my Mom and daughter too...

it counts your step...

mileage...

activity level...

even sleep patterns...

My goal is 10,000 steps a day...

or 70,000 per week...

I'm proud to say I got 86,169 steps last week...

my daughter and I challenged each other every day...

sure keeps you motivated...

The chicks are growing up fast...

This is Lucy...

she is always up to something...

It has been a busy few days...

My friends services were Monday and Tuesday...

Monday was visitation...

Tuesday the service...

It was standing room only...

so many people to pay their respects...

Becky touched so many lives...

she always made everyone laugh...

This also brought old school chums back together...

we laughed ....

we cried...

we got up like it hadn't been over 30 years...

Everyone looked in my eyes like they did in school...

sure we have lines...sags...glasses...

grandchildren...

but for a few hours...

we were those kids that had so much fun together...

we made promises not to just see each other at funerals...

there are plans in the works for get togethers...

I will leave you today...

with my crazy girls...

 If you live in Texas...

everything thing has been about rain...

flooding...rain...flooding...tornado...flooding...rain...

until now...

it is all about the sunshine...

soaking it up....feeling a smile on your face...

 and wondering when we will be able to use the lakes again...

this is the Trinity River...

not looking much like a river right now...

 A friend was talking about her FitBit...

she got me motivated...

I had a step counter on my phone..

but it was running my battery down fast...

so I bought a FitBit...

and one for my daughter and my Mom...

 so we can motivate...

and challenge each other...

nothing like a little friendly competition...

to get your butt moving...

I was surprised how many steps I take...

just doing my day to day stuff...

my goal is 10,000 steps a day....

 Today we had a Fun Girls day...

we had snacks...conversation...

then went for a walk...

I managed to get over 12,000 steps today...

Girl friends are so important...

I didn't realize how much...

while we were all raising our families...

it was hard to get together...

but now that the kids are grown...

we make it a point to get together...

and after loosing one of our dear friends...

it makes it even more important...

her visitation and funeral are this week...

it's going to be hard...

but having Girl friends will help us make it through...

 we had sunshine today....

after a night of thunder storms...

 we took advantage...spent time outside...

Stringbean and I went for a walk...

on the way back he saw a tiny frog...

he caught it...

then we found 4 more...

 Only a Oma would carry home 4...

jumpy little frogs...

they were very wiggly...

and two rolly pollies for the Chicks...

 we even chased a lizard...

almost had it...

but it jumped and I screamed like a girl...

we lost it...

 I've been swatting flies for the girls...

digging worms too...

they are growing soo fast....

they are at a not so cute stage...

also little escape artists...

we snuck off to do a little fishing...

we didn't catch anything...but had a good time...

 after a day of sunshine...

we have Thunderstorms moving again tonight...

I just don't know how much more we can take..

I lost 3 squash plants...

too much water...

I am fortunate so many people have been flooded...

trees blown over...

and my sweet blog pal Linda...

has been fighting water coming in her beautiful home...

Prayers to all...

It didn't rain last night...

but it sure made up for it today....

we went to my Son...DIL and Stringbeans house...

for lunch...my son cooked hamburgers on the grill...

luckily he has a covered patio...

we had a nice family visit...

Stringbean talked Pawpaw into jumping on the trampoline..

it was quite a sight to see....

I love family days...

when work is not involved...

just time spent together...

Prayers to all the storm victims...

tornadoes...high winds...floods...

Thank you to all who serve...have served...

to keep our country safe...

Prayers to all the families whose loved ones didn't make it home...

Prayers for my Uncle Tom...

he has taken a turn for the worst...

he served in Vietnam...

which has caused his Cancer...

he was exposed to Agent Orange...

more than once...

God Bless the USA...

 It has been quite a week here in Texas...

actually several weeks...

lot's and lot's and lot's of rain...

too many storms to even keep track of...

last night we slept through the tornado sirens...

one touched down on the other side of our town...

lot's of damage...so far no injuries...

The above photo is a train track over the Trinity River...

the river is way out of it's banks...

 our little chicks...

are at the awkward stage...

lot legs...big feet...

feathers poking out everywhere...

 but look at that sweet face....

 Hubby, Rooster and I have been walking

this weekend down by the Trinity...

this little guy had decided to rest on the train tracks...

we moved him off the tracks...

when we came back through it was gone...

 the city of Dallas in the back ground...

 Thursday...Stringbean Graduated...

He will head to kindergarten in the fall...

my photos were not the best...

too hard to take when you have tears in your eyes...

(plus the lighting...not so great)

The Mommies got to hand out the diplomas...

 Well Stringbean and his Best Friend...

decided to turn them into horns...

at the end of the program...

his class put on a little show...

Stringbean was the Rock Star...

he told me he would be playing a Rockin out guitar...

and he sure did...

When they were walking in to go to the stage...

they walked in one by one...

just like Big Graduates do...

I was video taping...

when he saw me...

he hollered OMA...

and ran to me...

well I ended up videotaping the floor for awhile...

gave him a hug...

shooed him back to the group...

we are expecting more rain tomorrow...

I don't know where it will go...

we are at our limit...

Friday Morning I woke up to one of my BFF's text...

she asked if I was up...

I texted back yes...

she called me...

she was crying so hard I couldn't understand her...

so she repeated...

my heart just broke...

one of our friends...

passed in her sleep...they think a massive heart attack...

she was 53 years old...

we reached out to all our high school pals...

we were all in shock...

Friday evening a group of us got together...

just to try to make sense of it all...

it helped just being with everyone...

A reminder...don't let time go by...

take time to spend with your loved ones...

tell everyone how you feel about them...

what you love about them...

how much you appreciate them...