Adventures with little brothers

Ker had an appointment in town today, and since there were a million errands to run (farmers don't get a lot of free time to shop...), she and I made a day of it. 

We took along these three little boys, and had an adventure.

 

When you are in a car waiting for an errand to finish being run... silly faces are the main pass time. (Little boys are all about them silly faces. :)

   

Toy purchases are a must.

 

We got to hang out with Megan and her kiddos for lunch. 

 

These four had a grand time, eating sugar and making messes. :)

  

Then it was back to errands... and silly faces.

 

 

Of course we had to end our day with a trip to DQ! 

 

My favorite part of the day was listening to conversations that little boys have. 

"I wonder why mom and the girls go for walks and runs all the time." 

"They do it to burn calories so they can eat more food!"

"And because if you eat to much calories, you get FAT!"

Jaden: *Sigh* I am going to be a very hairy man. 

Eli: I am going to be gray and hairy.

The biggest debate of the day was whether your eyeballs move when you move your head. This argument went on for some time, with many exaggerated demonstrations.

It was a fun filled day. :)

Friends Rock

Friends that pick rocks together stay together right?!
Our amazing friends came out and spent their afternoon picking rocks in the fields with some of us, helping with a HUGE job that the boys (ahem, the men of the family :) have been working on for the past while to get the soybean fields ready for harvest.
We had a pizza party once the crew returned from the fields, and afterwards hung out and played a game of "Rocks". Cause, you know... can't get enough of those rocks! :)


I snapped a few, most of them ended up being pictures of the little ones and our bunny "Jack", but anyway... and here they are.
Thanks so much to the Thiessens for helping us out! You are all rock stars. :)

Sunday with Friends

A good Sunday is when you get to spend the day with friends, wading across a muddy creek to visit the horse, playing spoons, having a campfire supper, and being introduced to Cranium. 

Lots of laughs, lots of fun. :)

{DIY} Chalk Painted Jars

I've been working on giving our bedroom a facelift for a couple of months now. In addition to painting the walls, as well as painting and building furniture, my latest project has been giving a couple of jars some Chalk Paint love to add a pop of color to the room.

I learned a few things.

First, to select jars with writing that is not worn away. It is impossible to distress them properly otherwise. 

I also tried to put some wax overtop that had come with some chalk paint I used previously, and it changed the color slightly (which you can see on some of the jars).
Oh, and I just looked at the tutorial again and realized that I didn't destress the rim at all. Oops. I'll be doing that yet. :)

Obviously these aren't perfect... and could use a do-over. But it was fun. Nuff said.

How to Paint and Distress Mason Jars Tutorial - {Here}