My dear husband is a car lover.  The kids and I ....not so much.  We let him endulge in his 'redneckism' every now and then.  Since we live in tourist town, USA, we have car shows just about all summer long.

 I thought I'd throw a few pics up so people can see why you should call ahead to find out if a car show is going on in a town you want to visit. (Great info for myself, since the last time we went to Myrtle Beach they had a motorcycle rally that we didn't know about. <--although DH enjoyed that one too.)

On the better note....we did find out that Pigeon Forge has a new roller rink.  That shows you how much I get to town.

TRAFFIC OUT THE YING/YANG


DS2 - Trust me ...he's just smiling for the camera


DD - She knows the way to travel


Here is a pic of DD's little baby.  She seen me making baby bibs and had to have one for her baby.

My little girl and I were in the restroom at our local Wal-Mart.  Someone had put these little books in there with this poem in it.  I'm not sure who did it or who wrote it, but it is cute none the less.... (I did a google search and found more than a few hits on this poem.)

DS2 and his robot marshmallows

 Gotta look stylin' while getting sticky

I had to run to town this morning and called ahead to the local co-op to find out about their chickens.  I ended up running over there and buying five more.  My DH told me to get the Rhode Island Reds.  <--Like I could tell the difference...I'm hoping the guy at the store knows what he's talking about.

I'm so saddened by the fact that they have had their little beaks clipped.  WHY?  That seems so cruel.  I mize well kill them and eat them now...NOT!  No one is eating my babies.

That makes a total of 11 chickies and 2 ducklings.  Now to get a cow for milk...LOL..that was just a joke.

Wow!  I can't believe this year is going by so fast.  I remember last Easter.  I spent the whole morning sewing my daughter's Easter dress.  Thankfully, this year I got it done the day before.  I must like to cut it close on timing.  I guess that's why I file my taxes on the last day.

This Easter was different.  The kids woke up with baskets of crackers and juice boxes on the table (alongside the ducklings and chickies).  I have never made the kids a basket before and my DD had been wanting one of those pre-made ones from the stores.  When my Mom heard about my never doing baskets, she told the kids about how we ALWAYS got one.  I hope they don't expect one next year.  That was too much trouble.

Anyways, I guess now I have to get ready to file my taxes.  I finished my in-laws today.  I have theirs down to a science.  The lady has us scheduled for two hours.  Today we finished them in 30 minutes.  I guess I'm getting better.  Next year, I'm aiming for 20 minutes.

Here is a pic of my DD's dress and basket.  Never again will I sew stretchy satin.  I hate that stuff.

Quick post to show off our little cuties.  DH and I had to run into town to get new tires on one of the work vehicles.  Needless to say, we came home with way more than that.  We bought two ducklings and six bantam chickies.  He told me to only get five, but they had two colors.  I asked the kids which one we should get more of and they couldn't decide....so we got three of each.

Can someone out there in blogland read Chinese? 

The kids came back from their Aunt's house with a package of chopsticks.  I tell you they have mastered using them. ( KUDOS...I could use them to sharpen my sewing corners.  That's about it.)

DS2 has been online looking for anyway to translate the letters on the chopsticks.  If anyone can tell him the answer, I would be eternally grateful.  I'm tired of him asking me over and over and over... You get the point.

Here is a scanned picture of the word(s).