Corn & Fishing

This last weekend Drew's cousin Matt was having his bachelor party and since we will not be able to go to the wedding Drew wanted to go home for the party. This actually worked out great because mom and dad needed help with the garden and we were actually home to help out. In a lot of way I wish that we lived closer to Jasper so that it would be easier to help them out when they need it. With Drew's line of work that is kind of hard though.

Friday night when we got to Mom and Dad's Drew and Emma picked the blackberries while mom and I started pulling and shucking corn. Dad mowed the lawn and then helped us shuck the corn. Once Drew and Emma finished with the blackberries she decided to come over and help us shuck corn. I decided to take a picture of her helping out but it was so muggy outside that the minute that I turned the camera on the lens started to fog up. The second picture I took of her was even worse.

Saturday morning we went over to Vince and Linda's and went fishing. This was Emma's first time fishing and while she did not catch anything I think she had a good time. Drew caught a couple of bass and Linda and Tony both caught a blue gill. Thankfully Emma was not afraid of the fish at all and actually tried to hold one of them. I guess I should not be surprised since she was not afraid of the shrimp over Labor Day. We ate the fish that was caught for lunch and after Emma woke up from her nap she and I headed back over to mom and dads. Drew just stayed there and went with Vince and Tony to the bachelor party.




Barbara and the kids had come home also and Barbara helped mom and dad work on the corn some more on Saturday. When we got back to their house Emma and Aubrey had fun playing awhile while Barbara and I helped do a few more things around the house. Mom got a really cute picture of Aubrey and Emma wrestling around on Barbara's waterbed but I forgot to get a copy of it. They were really having a good old time.

Date, Zoo and Hair Bows

Friday night Linda watched Emma for us while Drew and I went out for a date. We went out to eat at Red Lobster and then headed downtown to walk around a little bit. After that we went to Crackers Comedy club for their show. It was really nice being able to get out just the two of us.

This last weekend was Drew's weekend off so Saturday we went to the Zoo in the morning and checked out all of the animals. Once it started to get hot we headed back home so that Emma could take her nap then when she woke up we headed to the YMCA and went swimming for awhile before going back home to make supper. It was a really nice day spent as a family.
Checking out the Rhino Horn

Lemars galore. There were quite a few babies in there and according to the sign several more were expected yet this year.




Also this last week Emma started to let me put bows in her hair. Some times she will actually ask for a bow in her hair. So far I can only use small bows and she normally does not let them in for extremely long periods of time but she looks sooooo cute with them in.

Children's Museum

Linda came up on Thursday night and is spending the week with us watching Emma because our regular babysitter is on vacation. We are grateful that she was able to come up and watch Emma for us and they are having a lot of fun together.

On Saturday we went to the Children's Museum. They had Dora and Diego there in person for the kids to meet. We went to see Dora but not Diego because I did not feel like standing in line that long.





Linda had rented a hotel room for the weekend so on Sunday afternoon we went over to the hotel and went swimming. Gina, Greg, Peggy and the kids were all there as well so we have a good time visiting with them and swimming. After swimming we had pizza and then went back to our house to visit some.

Emma and Miles Playing Ball


Monday was for the most part just a lazy day. Drew had to work so he was sleeping during the day. We did not even go and see any of the fireworks displays though we did here plenty.

Making Cookies

Awhile back I found a cookie recipe for cake mix cookies that is really simple to make. I have had a couple of people ask for the recipe and tell me that I should post it on here so here it is.

1 package of cake mix (any flavor)
1 large egg
1/4 cup of oil
1/4 cup of water
1 cup of chopped nuts, raisins, oatmeal, coconut, chocolate chips, M&M's etc. (optional)

Combine cake mix, egg, oil, and water. Beat until well blended. Stir in any optional ingredient(s).

Drop by teaspoon about 1 inch apart onto greased cookie sheet. You can also roll it out and use cookie cutters.

Bake at 350 F for 8-10 Minutes.

Emma and I made these on Saturday with a Funfetti cake mix and then we used the cookies to make ice cream sandwiches.