Here I Am

Well, I guess I've not been on here awhile. Like a month and a half while.

But, since a several of you have e-mailed me or face booked me or called to make sure I have not run off to Petite St. Vincent Island, I decided to confirm that I am indeed still here.

Although I wouldn't mind a little trip to Petite St. Vincent Island.

Not at all.

But that is neither here nor there.

Well I guess it's there.

Anyways..... I have to say that this 4th pregnancy thing is wearing me out. I honestly don't know how my dear friend Mrs. Troop did it with 8! Because at about this point (which is 7 1/2 months pregnant) I'm getting about 1/2 done in twice the amount of time.

Which would be why I have not been blogging.

Plus the fact that we have gone on a couple trips in the month of July and it takes me like 2 days to pack and a week to recover completely.

So here is a brief summary of July.

We found more baby rabbits.

I'm sure you're shocked. I know I was.

At the first of July we went on a road trip to Oklahoma and Missouri. Don't worry, we didn't forget the fishing poles.

Camping at an annual 4th of July family reunion on the banks of a river on my Grandpa's farm in Missouri.

And can I just say that camping whilst 6 months pregnant with the 4th child is not the easiest thing to do? My sweet Father bought us one of those double high queen size blow up air mattresses just for this occasion. Not for sure I would have made it without it.

We barely got it in the tent but my husband said it was going in even if we had to cut a special hole in the tent.

The problem was that the "queen" size was a little over exaggerated and the only way I am comfortable is sleeping on my side.

The other problem is that I had to flip sides about every hour because my hips were hurting. And they were more like 2-point flips.

So about every hour I had to flip-flip and of course the blow up air mattress moved every time I moved and then I had to make sure that I didn't fall off the air mattress while flipping.

My poor husband.

Between that and a 2:00am run to the outdoor out house through the damp grass and hay with the flashlight as my only source of light, I didn't sleep so well that night.

But we had a great time the rest of the weekend visiting with family.

Playing in the river with cousins.

At the end of the month, my sister and her family were in the area (they live in Idaho) so we all met up in a central location at a Ranch in SE Oklahoma.

This was the ranch house we stayed in.

Pic of the whole family.

Fishing in the rain.

Paddle boating with Uncle Ben and cousin Eli.

More fishing.

Horseback riding. In the rain.

This girl kept swinging her hat through the air saying, "Yee Haw! Yippe ki yay!". She brought her cowgirl vest, handkerchief and cowgirl hat just for the occasion.

Coming back from the ride. Rain soaked.

So that is what we have been up to.

I've also been doing a Beth Moore Bible Study at church. The one on Esther. And I am completely loving it! Has anyone else done that one?

Anyways, hope you all had a great July!