More fun at the farm

A few of you asked about uploading photos with a Mac from iPhoto to Blogger.  Amber suggested emailing the pictures to my blogger email, which can be setup in by going to Settings, then Email & Mobile.  After you set that up, go to iPhoto and choose your pictures and select the Email option in the lower right-hand corner.  The only trick is, if you use your Mail application, you need to go the top toolbar and choose Mail, Preferences, and under Composing select your Message Format to be Plain Text instead of Rich Text format.  The pictures won't email correctly in Rich Text format.  And that's it.  It's easy blogging from there.

So in celebration, here's another blog from yours truly.  Cousins Kellan, Parker, and Kase came in from South America to play a month or so ago(well, they were really here for their aunt's wedding, but my kids don't know that).  We all met up at the farm and let me tell you, the rain didn't rain on our parade a bit.

Mom made make-shift raincoats for all the kids so they could enjoy the 4-wheelers even in the rain.

Waiting patiently for the adults to get ready to go back outside after the kids' naps.

Avery and Parker off to hunt down a skunk we had seen walking close to the house.  I overheard Avery telling Landry and Parker, "Now, I'm gonna shoot that skunk and if you get too close I'll probably have to shoot you."  ... Hmm...

Playing in the puddles

Then we found the BIG mud

It was obviously a hit

Throwing rocks in the creek... again.  There is something that is just addictive about it.

Checking on the goldfish in the tank

Blowing bubbles

Avery and Landry were so excited and felt very big to get to hold their new cousin, Kase for the first time.  

Landry's 2nd birthday

And a GIGANTIC THANK YOU goes out to Amber for clueing me in to making blogging easier on a Mac.  With a little troubleshooting, this process just got a lot quicker.  YAY!

Landry is officially 2 years old now and we went down to the farm to celebrate.  Yes, this is what we did last year and yes, it's a little selfish because I love the farm in the spring... but did she have a great time?  Absolutely.  So I guess the whole selfish thing doesn't matter that much.  The guys also got a good bit of turkey hunting in.  Every man that walked out to hunt came back with a bird... not bad.

Here's the first unlucky tom.

The birthday girl

Throwing rocks in the creek is one of my girls favorite things to do here.  It was definitely used as a bribe when I was trying to get them to cooperate for pictures in the wildflowers.

I love that sweet little back.

Picking bluebonnets

I would love to say that my girls are super compliant picture takers.  The reality is though that their Daddy was right behind me for the pictures making slightly obscene noises... yes, my little ladies think tooting is hilarious.  Can you blame them?

My dad has worked hard maintaining this property and it shows.  I haven't ever seen a place with so many wildflowers.

Yay for pictures!

This is Avery's grown-up look that she has been sporting quite a lot lately.  She'll use it when she's informing me that the babies in her tummy (she apparently has 2) don't want fruit or carrots for a snack, but that they would like something with sugar in it.  

Playing with Daddy

The day of Landry's party was very rainy, but we got just enough of a break to go out and play a little.  Here's Ro and Avery tromping through the flowers.

Landry's Buzzy Bee birthday... I don't know why she requested it, but she did so that's what she got.

She was very serious about the unwrapping of her presents.  This expression was pretty common during gift time.  Clay said it was because I wrapped the presents with too much tape... what does he know?  He wrapped his 4-year old nephew's birthday gift last month with a garbage bag and duct tape.

Blowing out the candles with a little bit of help from Daddy and big sister.

So pleased that she blew her candles out all by herself.

Here are the girls checking out the 2nd batch of turkeys.  These were hunted in the rain so they had to be hung to dry out.  Clint and Clay are dedicated hunters, and I guess it paid off.

Loving the tire swing!

And I guess I could add in a family picture.  Don't mind the 7 month pregnant belly.

Easter

I'm forging through the ridiculousness of Blogger's incredible user un-friendliness with Macs to bring you Easter at our house.  Mom, I had to let you see how great the dresses you got the girls looked... Thanks!

Sunday morning before church; notice the still swollen eyes. :)

I kind of love this picture of Landry.  I'm not sure why.  You can see that she had no problem keeping up with the big girls in egg hunting.  She was focused and, as soon as she picked up one egg, would immediately ask, "uh-noder one?" (translated, "Another one?")

An excited Avery

Showing off her loot

Landry only stopped to pick some flowers a couple of times.  She's a girl after my own heart.

Family pic

While I was watching Roselyn and Avery run around to find the last few eggs, Landry snuck a preliminary taste of the goodies inside her eggs.  She was caught quickly, not being particularly adept at hiding her guilt.

If anyone has any great suggestions on how to post pics on blogger with a Mac easily without having to use Picasa, let me know.  I'd really appreciate it! :)