A billion years for this?

When we went to the caverns this summer we saw this "marriage" of stalagtites and stalagmites. They said that it takes billions of years for this to happen (does it really, or do they just say that?).  I got me thinking that "marriage" was an appropriate term. It will probably take man a billion years to understand woman and for woman to understand man and THEN eventually we meet somewhere in the middle.  Blake and I celebrated 11 years of marriage this last weekend and we are still trying to understand each other.  But we are having fun doing it. Spending our time together was a blast.  It began with a day fishing on the lake (w/o kids-they were in school). 

Saturday we spent the day with the kids at a fishing tournament.  Which we didn't win but Lane did catch a good fish.  Then he got bored and started torturing the little minnows with thorns off the bushes. It creeped me out that he enjoyed it a little too much. 

Paige didn't catch anything but she started taking pictures and got a couple great ones. This is one of hers.  The leaves are already starting to change.

We ended the day at a Jubilee. Where Blake ate this:

Why do men seek out food like this? Rule #1: If it is almost as big as your head, it is meant for a small family to share. Rule #2: Don't eat it if you don't know where the closest bathroom is (outhouses don't count). Rule #3: Consult with your doctor before starting this meal or better yet, only consume while sitting next to a doctor. Needless to say, it was a simple weekend but it reminded me of why I love him so much.  11 years down, just shy of a billion to go until we meet in the middle.

Paige's new hobby

Here in our house we have been preparing for "Super Saturday" in October and these are some clips that are so easy to do.  Paige and a little friend (Jenna) pulled apart all the silk flowers and then put them together and sat quietly and busy for a couple of hours while her mom and I did painting projects.  She loved making them and once she wore one to school she came home and had to make 5 of them for her friends and teacher. So here is the results of her work.  After she took these to school she came home and told me that every girl in her class wanted one and the boys wanted ones with black and red and skulls. She was sad because she didn't know how to do skulls. But she is the flower queen. (If you blow up the picture and see the yellow tags in the back, those have the names of the girl it goes to. She was very particular that certain ones go to certain  girls.)