At Home in the Mountains

 Our back to school started out with a crunch....maybe it was a crack.... On the last Friday before school Kelsay climbed up in the new double jogging stroller I had just put together, somehow pushed it over and busted her face. There was lots of blood, I didn't see the accident as I'd gone into the kitchen to get breakfast for the kids, and we thought her teeth were broken. Turns out she just pushed some of them up into her gums. After lits of exams, x-rays, and 4 hours in the Er with none of us having had anything to eat or drink that morning, they told us nothing was fractured or broken, the teeth should return to normal position in about 6 weeks and to make a follow up dentist appointment and watch for teeth turning black. In the above picture she is crying because she did not want to wear the hospital gown and because I was trying to take a picture of her in the hospital gown.  On Saturday we went for frozen yogurt for a before back to school treat.  Firs...

 We had a great weekend at Mema's. It was the last hoo-rah of the summer as far as traveling. Cindy and kids and Tammy came and we met my parents there so it was extra fun this time. Above is a pic of our 104 degrees at 6 p.m. picnic in Post, TX.  We got 58 pints of black eyed peas and 14 pints of green beans. The green beans were kind of done already so that's why we didn't get much off them. We also brought home corn, cucumbers, and apples. So yum!  The kids had fun playing in the sprinklers....except Kelsay. She hates water spraying on her so she just watched for a little bit and then went inside.  She like chilling in the little chairs.  We ended the weekend with rain!!  Not too interested in picture time on Sunday morning.  Ah well, they get it honest  I've been putting up aplmes today. 10 pints so far and many more to go. Made some applesauce for dinner tonight. I don't want to say goodbye to summer!! But I...