A few of my favorite and NOT favorite things..

Favorite: lego key holder

                                                 Favorite: rescuing turtles in the road

                       Fav: the creative things my kids make. Heres my mothers day jewelry they made

Not fav: creepy spiders. My kids stuck a square of duct tape to this tree, when I pulled it off..this creep was under it.

                                           Fav: the times I make a delicious breakfast(or Stu does)

Fav: the hammock

Fav: my flamingo sign that has faded pretty bad now.

                     Not fav. but a little fav: When Truman gets in bed with us. So squishy makes my back hurt everytime, but also he is a good little snuggler.

                         Fav/Not: all the bugs! Some are crazy cool, some not. Mosquitos are THE worst. This is not a real one on his face, but I could probably find one quick.

NOT fav: SNAKES. This is a copperhead. Moqui got bit by another one in our campsite. She didn't die. Just has a cool scar on her nose now.

Fav: Magnolia trees

Fav: Exploring and finding magical things like large footprints

Not fav: Spiders..again. This one is especially creeptastic.

Not fav: Moving camp spots every two weeks. Ughhhh 

Fav: My hydrangea bloomed this year!!!

Not fav: More spiders..can you see how long this daddy long legs legs are??? These guys dont bug me too much, their just everywhere.

          Not fav: Public showers. Other peoples hair and hair things all over. EW. Thank heavens for                                                                            flip flops.

Fav: my hammock chair(I've had since I was 15)also my leggings. Also my one super white leg.

Fav: Peoples reactions when they find out we live in a tiny trailer. This random guy came over to ask me about how to go about living here(one of my special children took some photos of the occasion for some reason)but look at his face ha! People either think we are totally crazy or super awesome. Pretty sure he thought I was cray hehehe

 Fav: The new and improved Riddle sign my kids made. Desert/Ocean/Mountains

Fav: My froggy friends

Fav: My garden

Aaaand NOT fav: Spiders one more time. This one was giant. Crawling super fast in the bathroom tryna kill me. Stu kilt it first tho. 

Have a blessed day!!!!!!!!!!!

Rain..rain..go away..

Seriously. It had been raining/cloudy/stormy for nine days straight. Makes for soggy,mildewy,puddly, muddy campsite. And a grumpy mom and children. Here you can see our beautiful waterfall. The grandeur!!!

Here's our fancy bridge over troubled water Stu assembled. 

He also put some pallets down in the kitchen area. Surprised no on broke their ankles,we kept falling through the wood slats. Sunday morning was torrential! We had flash flood warnings, a huge thunderstorm and tornado warnings. Luckily no trees fell on us or anything and we didn't murder eachother being stuck inside all day. The wind blew the top off my canopy.

Last night it finally cleared up and we walked down to the lake. It was a beautiful sight.

Today I will be basking in the sun along with these stinky wet shoes. Having a blest day!!

Dogs

We put up a long dog run for Moqui when we got out here in between to trees, the full width of the campsite. Plenty of room to run and explore. But no, she wants freedom. She first chewed up her leash(that was hooked to a longer rope) to escape. Naughty!

So we decided to get her a harness that goes around her body, she can't chew that up right? Wrong. And there she is grounded in her kennel not even caring.

So finally we got a really long chain and she hasn't escaped since. We put Molly on a long line just staked into the ground. She is fine. She just wants to be wherever I am. But Moqui thinks it her job to free Molly, so she will grab Molly's rope(if it's in her reach) and frantically chew it loose for freedom. She has done this twice. Idiot. Other than that the dogs have been pretty good. Here they are enjoying a bath haha! Truman took this:)

She loves it so much!

Molly blends in nicely with the dirt.

Instead of lying on her nice cushion Moqui likes to choke/sleep as close as she can to us. She sleeps on the "couch" at night.

Molly sleeps at the end of our bed

Her favorite spot to sleep outside(this was when it was cold)is on the camping chair.

They like to go on walks..

And look for alligators..

The end. Have a blessed day! 

Our Little Rolling Garden

I wanted to have a small garden out here and decided the best way to do it would be a pallet garden. I got one for free off the classifieds and then had the genius idea to put wheels on it so when we move campsites every two weeks it wouldn't be a pain to move. So my trusty husband put it all together for me:)

We put a million layers of weed cloth on the bottom and just stapled it to the wood. Then added the wheels!

Moving day! They rolled it the whole way! 

We planted strawberries, herbs and sprouts in the garden and we have a planter of kale and flowers. It's growing nicely!

Have a blessed day!!!!

The struggles...

Ava's homework says it all....

"I used to live in a house next to all my friends, but now I live in a trailer next to a bunch of old people. It was awesome, but now it's boring..." She is having a little bit harder of a time lately. I think it has to do with Eleanor and Truman finding friends out here their age, but there isn't anyone out here her age. And also she has had a lot of homework lately, plus the heat and Mosquitos that come with it, she is having a rough time. But you can see at the end she added "scratch that I just ran away from my homework and caught a lizard"(which is true except instead of a lizard it was a blue moth I don't know why she changed it)

We had a discussion last night on how it is hard to live out here but it is also a lot if fun. And we are doing a lot of things here that we couldn't/didn't in our house and that it's not forever and we need to make the best of it. I'm going to try to be more patient, because I know that just because I love it out here and see the beauty in it my kids are little and it's gotta be hard to for them to adjust to this change. By reading her homework I can tell she sees it too, and hopefully those are the things she will remember. And hopefully she will have a blessed day tomorrow.

For fun.

So remember the totes of toys we packed for the kids? I can count on one hand the times we have pulled them out. And only Truman's. We really shouldn't have brought any. I wanted to do a post of some the ways my kids have been entertaining THEMSELVES. These activities were all unprompted by me. (Besides fishing and biking, those are communal agreements) We have been blessed with creative,imaginative and smart children. Which is good, because I mostly like to be lazy. 

Lunch in the teepee

She created "Berry" from cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2 from a leftover valentine heart.

Yoga! Downward dog and some giggle inducing oooom-ing.

They designed some t-shirts. Ava's says be true-stay you:)

Ava put together a scavenger hunt for us.   Can you tell what she is learning about in math? Hehe

Fishing! We still haven't caught anything yet. We will probably have more luck when we go out on our kayaks. Truman and I like to go before school sometimes, but we can't tell sisters because "that's so unfair!!"

Lots of biking! So glad he is off his training wheels.

This was my favorite idea they had so far.         The Dazzle Spa! 

Here is the receptionist checking me in. It took a while to find my reservation lol. She was so serious. So posh.

I was informed I got everything for free and they have me booked for two hours!! Amazing!! All I've ever wanted!!

My hand massage was magnificent!

The foot massage was even better. Even if my appointment only ended up being ten minutes. It was still the best.

  We are having fun. The kids have bad days sometimes, but it's been mostly good. Nobody has said they hate it here or they miss our old house(yet) I'm hoping they won't. I wake up feeling grateful and spend most of my day thinking about how happy I am and how l wish we would've done this sooner. Stu agrees. Have a blessed day!

You're Improved!!!

(^^^target lady voice)We have almost been out here a whole month! It's gone by fast! We have done a lot of adjusting and made some improvements on some things. Improvement número uno: steps with storage! Much better than the ghetto plastic stool we were using. My handy lumbersexual man whipped this baby up in one day! 

Little cubby for flip flops..

Shoe storage! Everytime I sit to put my shoes on I think of the keva we had in elementary school:)

He also raised the sink up so our backs don't hurt so bad. And we got sick already of taking so many trips to dump the water he got one of these huge 32 gallon totes with wheels. Oh, anyone have any tricks to get soot off of things?

Beautiful. We also got some new warm lights that go all the way around the canopy! It's just like Christmas!

And the last improvement I made was too my  first trailer accessory purchase-the flamingo light. I took the corded light out and replaced it with a battery operated candle. Ain't nobody got room for all dem cords. Wish you could see it in it's lighted glory. 

But really guys the black soot(this is me after making dinner "mom you have something on your face") everyday. And all over my clothes. I need an apron. 

                Have a blessed day!