VBS: A Big Jungle Adventure

Who is ready for some fun this summer?? Vacation Bible School starts at Fellowship Community Church this Sunday at 5:30!! It's a mini-VBS - it runs from Sunday - Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with a meal and snacks provided.  Wednesday will be the program and arts & crafts show and tell day!

I'll be teaching the little Adventure Tribe that just finished Kindergarten!  If you are in the area or know someone who is then let me know and I'll get you registered!! Ages 3 - entering 6th grade.

O Where O Where Have the Brown's Been??

I've been missing from my blog lately and its because we've just been extremely busy!! I always seem to forget my camera but thank goodness for the iPhone!

We've been:

to swim lessons once a week

and to more swim lessons

naked on our couch microwaving in our fireman hat while big brother watches TV obliviously

to Dairy Queen

and to the bathroom at DQ to wash ourselves off after eating ice cream

at home baby-sitting our precious niece

to final hockey games

to the doctor

swimming almost daily at Mimee & Papa's

home making cupcakes in our PJ's at 3 in the afternoon

in a hot air balloon basket at the library for summer story time

to Red Lobster atfter a hot trip to the Boardwalk

(note - don't eat at Red Lobster - it's gross)

And a million places in between!!

Grand Opening!!!!

Yesterday was the official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Grand Opening of The Farmer's Field! I left the kiddos at home with a baby-sitter and headed down the road to take part in the festivities!  It was a lot of fun! They had a radio station out doing interviews and on-the-scene reporting.  It seems like every candidate for DeSoto Clerk of Court was there shaking hands and soliciting votes. State Rep. Richie Burford and his wife, Sandy, were there along with their son and grandson.  Lots of of other Burford's were there (because honestly there is no escaping us -  ha!).  Amy's boss and co-workers, Blake & Amy's respective families, and Fellowship Community Church showed up in support - basically lots of people!! Someone even came all the way from Lithuania . . . okay, okay, perhaps he was my cousin and perhaps he didn't come in just for that but still . . .

So if you missed the first week in business or the Grand Opening be sure to check out The Farmer's Field, Hwy. 171, Gloster, LA - Monday - Saturday 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

Mrs. Sandy purchasing lots of good fresh veggies

Holley & Faith showing off their John Deere green

Amy & Erica after the ribbon cutting

Mom & sweet Faith (she had her eye on some peaches all morning!)

The Farmer's Field

What you've all been waiting for -- The Farmer's Field is opening TOMORROW, June 10 @ 8:00 until 5:30!  The Farmer's Field belongs to my sister, Amy, and her husband, Blake, and it is locally grown produce!  I can tell you Blake is the best there is whether it's produce, corn, wheat, or soybeans - he has put in countless amount of hours along with his workers and family members!

If you are in the area, check them out over the weekend.  It is SO EASY to get to - from the red light in front of North DeSoto PreK-2 travel appx. 6 - 7 miles south on US Hwy. 171 and it will be on your left!

From wherever you are do me a BIG FAVOR and Like them on Facebook today . . . click here!

Hope to see ya'll out there this weekend!

3rd Annual Boys Camping Trip

Right after Mason's 4th birthday he and his Papa began taking their annual birthday camping trip to Arkansas.  The first year I was very nervous to let my baby go but now I am so happy that he gets to have this time together with his Papa just the two of them.  They hang out, look for rocks, tell ghost stories, and I'm sure do lots more stuff that I'll never know about! 

This is the first year they remembered to take pictures and I'm so glad they did! They left one Sunday after church and came home the following Wednesday night with a truck bed full of rocks and loads of adventures to tell about!

Here are some great pictures of their adventures together! 

Wet n Wild! Birthday Party Fun!

Due to T-ball and what I've heard called on other blogs as the "May Explosion" (i.e. being extremely busy) we had to push Mason's party to Memorial Day Weekend.  We were ready to go early that morning waiting on our waterslide rental to be dropped off.  During the school year I started having to set a kitchen timer in order to encourage (demand?) Mason get dressed in a timely manner, however on this morning he came downstairs at 7:30 a.m. already dressed in is swimming shorts! He and Conner were patiently waiting on what Conner called "EE's BIG BIG waterslide!"  My two water bugs started swimming at 8:30 a.m. in the morning!

Around 11:00 a.m. the first guests started arriving and I think everyone had a great time sliding and playing and knocking candy out of the monster truck pinata'! The theme was Monster Trucks and we had the Monster Wave Waterslide - perfect for a 6 year old boy!

Here is Mason getting started before everyone else . . . 

The Toms crew posing for a picture!

Me caught mid-movement watching Mason show off his DSi XL

(side note - Ryan & I fight over who gets to play Super Mario Bros when the kids go to bed!

And one night I stayed up until 1:30 a.m. playing and then dreamed of mushrooms and castles all night long!)

part of the birthday crew!

Mason's blowing out his candle!

And if you were at his party and didn't get cake or ice cream it's because I forgot it!

When almost everyone was gone someone reminded me - sorry!

When just family was left the adults got brave and got into their swimwear for

some water slidin' fun! Here I am!

Conner

Pretty sure I signed a contract saying no one would ride down on someone else's back!!

Josh & Erica staying young!

ReRe!

Me and Conner sneaking some kisses!

Since Mason was born my dad has been collecting change in his"Mason Jar" and

for his 6th birthday he got the jar! How special!

More fun times with Papa - him and Mason sliding!

Ryan had fun sliding too but for some reason every picture of him sliding shows me climbing up the ladder in a very unflattering point of view so his pics didn't make it!! And believe me you should be glad!

After Mason's party we got dried off and changed into new swimsuits and headed over to Michael's 7th Birthday Party! It was great fun!

Conner, my little fish

Mason and more slide action

So they got in the water at 8:30 a.m. and didn't get back out until 6:15 p.m. but it was a really fun day with great friends and great family and great food too! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MASON AND MICHAEL!