It was a sad day

Austin's pony was not eating right on Monday so I called Matt who was out of town and told him she was laying down and only drank and ate a little. He got home late Monday night and checked on her. The next morning he loaded her up and took her to an Amish friend down the road where he gave her a few shots and put her in the barn with his horses. He had his vet come look at her on Wednesday but by the time the vet could come back with some electrolites she was gone. They think she ate something that made her sick possibly moldy hay or something in the feed. It is a little strange that the other horse that eats the same feed is doing very well. Austin was a little sad but picked up the paper and was looking for another horse! We really don't have room to raise horses. The children did so enjoy their Ponies and now we have one that will probably be lonely by itself. We've been talking to Katlyn to see if she'd like to sell her Pony or maybe give it to the Amish family so it would be with other horses. She's leaning towards keeping it. It's alot of work but she has kept at it since we bought them in July.

Party Time

Phillip had never had a birthday party so since he's turning 6 this year I thought I'd give it a shot. We invited his classmates and some friends from church. At one point I counted 27 people at his party. The weather was not good enough for us to do anything outside so we set up the bounce house in the sunroom and they had alot of fun. The bounce house made it difficult to do much else so it was a bouncy party. They had hotdog lunches and most declined any cupcake saying they were too full. Today Phillip and Katlyn went home with Dave and Candi Gattone for the afternoon. Next week is Arianna's birthday so we will be going to her house for a little party. It is very quiet around the house today. With two gone and Nathan in bed for a nap and Austin is getting ready to go to Uncle Wesley's house I feel like it is empty. Matt and Austin will be going to Deleware for a day to finish a roof job. Austin will be skipping school to be able to go. I think I will spend my day tomorrow getting my Sunday School room cleaned and organized. It seems like I'm in such a hurry each week that things get thrown into the cabinet very fast and my file cabinet has more on top of it than in it I'm afraid. It's time for a good cleaning.

My Girl

Homework Time. Katlyn is such a sweetie. She helps me around the house so much and especially with Nathan.

The Birthday Boy

Today Phillip turned 6 years old. He is in Kindergarten at Lebanon Christian Academy and is a charming young man. He is such a sweet boy. Today when he came home at noon, I told him we would go to McDonalds for lunch and he and Nathan could play in the big indoor play area. He was very excited to go and they had a good time. Maybe too good. I was enjoying my lunch thinking the kids were fine, everything was safe and they could just play til their hearts content. My lunch was interrupted by loud laughter from about every parent in the room and I looked up to see what they were looking and pointing at and here was my 2 year old, INSIDE the basketball hoop game. Apparently he saw the basketballs and wanted to play but didn't understand you needed to put a quarter in and the balls would come down the chute so you could play. He climbed UP the shoot and then once he was inside the game he decided to shoot a few hoops while in there. There was no way I could get him out of the game except to try to coax him back down the chute. He finally laid down and slid back down and I picked him out but not before he had had time to throw all of the balls out of the game so he could play with them. By the time we left, Phillip was worn out from chasing after his brother. For supper I made Phillip noodles with a hotdog shaped like an octopus. He liked that but asked where his cake was. I tried to make cupcakes for his class last night but my oven went on the blink. He is having a Birthday party on Saturday so the cake will wait til then.

Scattergories

I found this on Jennifer Olsen's blog. It's harder than it looks. If you want to play along you must use the first letter of your name to answer each of the questions. They must be real places, names, and things and no cheating using your name in the boy/girl name question.

What is your name? Laura

4 letter word? Love

Vehicle? Lincoln Towne Car

City: Lebanon

Boys Name: Luke

Girls Name: Lynn

Movie: Love Comes Softly

Occupation: Librarian

Something You Wear: Lingerie

Food: Lasanga

Something Found In The Kitchen:Ladle

Something Found In The Bathroom: Linen Closet

Reason for Being Late: My Little Children and my Loveable Matt

Cartoon Character: Larry The Cucumber

Something You Shout: "Look At Me When I'm Talking To You!"

Animal: Lion

Body Part: Lips

There That wasn't too bad!

Looks just like his Daddy!

Never Stops!

I haven't posted too many posts on what Matt does but believe me he is very busy. He keeps pretty busy roofing and some of it is for the community. This is a house we went and looked at on Friday to see what shape the roof was in. The house has been condemmened by the city and a friend of our assesses the repairs to see if he can bring it up to code and then sells the property. Matt does all of his roofing. I may be just a little biased but I think my husband is the best roofer. He works hard every day. This time of year is not his favorite for roofing. He heats his shingles before he puts them on so the shingle won't split when hit with a nail causing leaks down the road. Friday was a day to go do some roof inspections for a couple of companies.