Blooms from the Ray Garden!

All the flowers below our from the past two year's of Mother's Day gifts! It's become a little tradition to buy Me flowers for the garden that will return year after year, and I love it!!

These are my lillies that have bloomed so far...they are from Mom's day this year! I also have some yellow ones from last year, but they are not in bloom yet!

I am very proud of these, they are sooo pretty!

This is a plant from last year. I cannot remember what it is called. It did not have blooms last year, so I was very excited to see flowers this time! But what strange ones they are!

I love it!

And another from last year!

There are lots more, but these are my favorites!!

Rodent Adventures!

These little rodents have been causing quite the ruckus in our house during the summer months! This is the first one of the year. Thank goodness Clint was home for this, (because I needed a great laugh!) Just picture the scene from, "The Great Outdoors" and I say no more! I got chased down the hall to the bathroom, and Clint (who is seriously terrified of bats) was cornered in the living room!! Luckily, after about a ten minute ordeal, this one flew out the door.

Hanging from our skylight in the kitchen!

This window was broken by chasing another bat!

Bat #1- Broken window, escaped out the front door, after a two-three hour chase!

Bat #2- Tried to catch for over an hour, finally the following morning, Grandpa Ray came to the rescue and grabbed it with gloves and pliers....I will say no more. R.I.P.

Bat #3- Caught by the cat, I was awakened to screeching from the bat, who finally made it to our bath tub, where he met an unlikely death with a towel and a level!

Bat #4- Luckily escaped, with nothing but a hilarious story to tell about Clint!

Old toys.....New fun!!!

Clint had his legos stored from when he was a kid, and decided to "pass" them on to Ethan.

Not sure who enjoyed them more at first....Ethan....or Daddy?!

A busy Sunday!!

Sunday was a wonderful day!! The weather was PERFECT! We spent the day outside cleaning and mowing the lawn, and planting some flowers!! Ethan decided to play in some mud...boys and dirt, the perfect pair!!

Ethan's Imagination Adventures, Part 2

This past weekend we all went out to Grandma and Grandpa Rays for a cookout. The adventures can be endless there! The big one for the night was driving Papa's big blue truck. This was Daddy's truck, and Ethan has always loved it!! Ethan usually will not have Papa Ray do much for him, but he realllllly wanted to drive the truck. After asking Mommy and Daddy unsuccessfully, he finally got the urge to ask Papa. And as you can see, the two were off on an imaginary adventure!! Though Papa wanted to start it up, Ethan said no!!

Then Mamaw Ray had to try it out...and the dogs go where she goes! They were off to the candy store for chocolate and suckers.
Then it was Mamaw and Papa T's turn. I am not sure where he took them, but they had a good time!

The driving went on through the evening....I believe everyone there went somewhere with Ethan!!

Ethan's Imagination Adventures, Part 1

Yes, those are ponytail holders hanging from Ethan's ears. At first you may think he is pretending they are earrings....that would be too simple. No, they are "the things that the lady at the store gave him. They make him eat, sleep, and go real fast. They help him do all the things he does," says Ethan.

Seriously???

My favorite flower!

My clematis has finally bloomed out. Ethan and I counted the blooms and there are 26 so far! It is so pretty!