We'll go down to the crawdad hole

Sunday night we went down to Crooked Creek to collect crawdads. The boys didn’t get a lot but what they did get would be on the lunch menu come Monday.

80 foot tall Platanus occidentalis, also known as American sycamore

The catch of the day

Add crawdads to seasoned water

Go a head jump in with your friends the water's perfect

I'll get you for this! I'm going to call PETA!

Whose going to be first?

Hank was the brave soul

Then everyone jumped in

Tastes like lobster

That was fun but not enough.

Let's build us a trap and get more!

Country Life agrees with them

Remember when you didn't have a care in the world?

Yeah, that was awesome!

Shopping with Hank at Harp's

Target Tuesday

Last week we took the kids to Target Tuesday at the Fred Berry Conservation Education Center on Crooked Creek.

They have a Summer Program that features Target Tuesdays (archery and air rifle practicing), Wild About Wednesdays (teaches children about wildlife in the Ozarks), and Fishing Fridays (teaches children to fish in an onsite stocked catfish pond).

The boys listen to instruction

Hank takes a stance

Look out Robin Hood

Silas takes aim

Watch me split Hank's arrow

Next in line

Elise (Girlie) works on her form with Mr. Ken

Girlie looks over her rifle

Got to get in a good photo

Judith adds from her experience 

My cowgirl

The boys wait for the go ahead

Ready, aim, FIRE.

Here's something you won't find in New York

And proud of it!

Shopping at Walmart

Is it me? Or am I the only one who walks into Walmart and feels as if I’m entering the Twilight Zone everything slows down and everything becomes a blur? It also happens to me in the Post Office, the DMV and the grocery store.

Life just seems to stand still.

Echo

Our own display

Getting the pyrotechnics ready

Wow!

Girlie's first sparkler ... Don't she look like an angel?

Is my hand going to catch on fire?

Emerson's first also

A little sparkler note: 

When I was a kid sparklers were made of metal and now they're made of wood 

(the part you hold).

They also lasted for hours, okay not hours but they lasted more then 5 seconds.

It's funny how our lives are lasting longer and everything we buy has a shorter life.

Emerson being a pyrotechnician.

Okay that's it, clean up, go inside, put your pajamas on and brush your teeth.

Time for peace and quiet!