Boating...

Today was the first day that we took the boat out this summer. We headed to Vantage this afternoon & the weather was great. It was warm, but it was cloudy so it wasn't too hot. Dailey loved watching Justin wakeboard, but got REALLY concerned when he crashed. She sat in the boat yelling "Uh oh, uh oh, Daddy!" We enjoyed a fun day playing in the sun & can't wait for many more this summer!!

The zoo!!!

On Friday we took Dailey to the zoo!! The weather wasn't the greatest so all of the animals weren't out, but neither were all the people. It wasn't crowded at all & that made it really nice. Dailey LOVED seeing the animals! The first animals that we saw were the chimps, including the new baby. It was so cute & so small. Dailey liked to get right up to the glass to look at them & laugh. Then we were off to see the giraffes & Dailey was thrilled. They were at their barn because the weather wasn't nice but they came up to the fence & Dailey yelled "HI!" to them, waved & laughed. Her other favorites of the day were the bird cage (I'm sure it has a real name...) and the petting zoo. Inside the 'bird cage' we were able to buy sticks with bird food on them & feed the birds. Dailey loved it when the bird landed on the stick for the first time & wanted to hold it. I think she would have stayed inside there all day if we would have let her. At the petting zoo she was able to pet the goats. At first she wasn't too sure about them, but you have to remember that they are bigger than she is. Once she realized that they were nice & soft she loved to pet all of them.

Our next animal outing will be to the aquariam that I think Dailey will really like. She loves to go to the pet store & look at the fish so I think she will like the aquariam even more. Then when the weather is nicer this summer we will head back to the zoo to see all of the animals that didn't come out on Friday.

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!!

Today we had the pleasure of celebrating my Grandpa's 82nd birthday with him!! He has been in a nursing home since his stroke in the middle of April but he is improving each week & seems to have a good outlook. Last week his physical therapist had him standing up & he took 5 steps on his own! This is a HUGE improvement because he hasn't walked since the 16th of April.

He has always loved opening presents!

My sweet grandparents, they have been married over 60 years!

I told him to flash his pearly whites & he smiled! :)

Belly...

Auntie Flamingo, this is for you.........

and all the others that don't live close enough to see my ever expanding belly :)

Helping in the garden...

After checking on the cows last night we took Dailey for a treat at Dairy Queen. She is just like Justin & LOVES ice cream! It was a beautiful night so when we got home we enjoyed our ice cream on our new patio set then worked in the garden a little. Our garden got too much water & doesn't drain that well & that doesn't go well with peppers or tomatoes. Our poor plants started out with big leaves & in a matter of days they were down to just a stick in the ground. I replaced one of the tomato plants & 2 of the peppers. I'm hoping that I can bring the others back...we'll see. We should have yummy food this year, I have 3 kinds of tomatos, red & green peppers, jalapenos, walla walla onions, carrots, 2 kinds of lettace, peas, cucumbers, watermelon, corn & sunflowers.

Checking the cows...

We have been taking care of Jack & Mary's house since the end of last week while they were out of town. Dailey has been a big helper feeding the cats & dogs, watering the flowers, irrigating the field, checking the cows & giving the sick cow shots every day. Yesterday we were in the corral trying to get the cow in the shoot so Justin could give it a shot, she had a death grip to us the whole time & kept saying "no, no, no". She does great with the cows as long as they are on the other side of the fence! Tonight she spent quite a bit of time standing on the gate talking to the cows & yelling "Hi Pat!" to Pat, the bull.

Playing in the pool...

Yesterday Dailey & I started our day by getting her hair cut. It was getting really long & was pretty scraggly in the back so I took her to the salon & she sat in the chair like a big girl!

When we were done we walked through the Farmers Market, then headed to the baseball fields to watch a few games. Our first game was Kody's, my sister's nephew. We watched the first hour of Kody's then walked over to Logan's game. It was REALLY hot but Logan's team played great, even though they ended up losing. He plays catcher & I felt so sorry for him with all of his catching gear on. After the game Dailey & I were both hot & getting miserable so we headed home to cool off. Thank goodness for air conditioning!!!! Dailey went down for a nap so I put water in her little wading pool, put my suit on & soaked my feet while I read a book - it felt so good!! When Dailey woke up we went outside again to play in her pool. At first she didn't want to get in, she just wanted to splash, but pretty soon she was jumping in it & riding down the slide into it. When we were done playing we went to my sister's house for a BBQ, then came home & called it a night.