I really need to Blog!!!!

Man, I haven't blogged anything since April. I really feel guilty (Not that anyone reads them anyway). I guess I feel guilty because lately I have been watching....ok getting addicted to You Tube. There are people on there that do a video a day or even more and I can't even hardly sit down and write a blog a month. Oh Well. I would love to join the YouTube masses and post vlogs but unfortunately I don't think I would have anything interesting to say and don't think anyone would want to look at me everyday.http://www.youtube.com/user/SHAYTARDS

However, if you do enjoy

reading my blogs and want more than you are in luck. This next semester I will be taking a Mythology and Folklore class that will have me posting more blogs. So stay tuned for that.

So...I am sure you are all interested in what has been going on since Summer started. Well......not a lot. There have been a few lovely memories and things worth reporting though. For your enjoyment and to satisfy your curiosit

y here is a recap so far of the Smith Family Summer.

1.

We had a blast watching a fam

ily of finches. Mr. and Mrs. Finch decided

to build a nest ....where?....what else my Mother's Day Gift....the hanging flower basket. We discovered them one day when taking it down to water the plant. To my surprise there was a perfect (and I mean per

fect) nest inside. First there were 2 eggs and then 3 and eventually a total of 5 eggs. I took p

ictures and tried to google bird eggs to figure out what kind of bird had adopted us. I

was convinced they were house sparrows. Then about two weeks after finding the eggs they hatched.

When I first counted them I only saw four and thought maybe the other egg didn't hatch or something had happened to the fifth baby but later we discovered it smooshed (ok not a word) under the others. They looked really strange and their tummies were see through. After a few days they started growing more and more feathers and eventually started looking like cute little birdies (at this point I was still convinced they were sparrows).

One day I went out like usual and lifted up the basket and the babies flew and scattered out of the basket. I began looking around for the babies and found one on the ground.

It was hopping around and looked to have a bum wing.

I kept looking around and found another baby on the gate and G discovered one that seemed to be stuck between the fence post and the fence. The baby bird who appeared injured hopped under

the fence to the neighbor's yard. I was very scared for it's safety. Our neighbors have a dog (luckily it is inside most of the time but they do let it out a couple times during the day). After that I began being concerned for the bird that looked trapped. I reached down and tried to pull a stick that was by it to see if it would budge and the bird hopped out. So, I guess it wasn't stuck after all but it still did not fly off. Later that day I went back out and it was still just hopping around the backyard. I also saw Mr. and Mrs. Finch flying around and circling the area. The next morning I checked on the baby bird but it was gone. That afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Finch and three of the babies came back to visit. I haven't seen them since. All I have left of my babies is a filthy empty nest and some cute baby pics.

2. C decided to flush a rubber ducky down the toilet. Yes a rubber ducky (like Ernie has on Sesame Street). He came in the office yelling, "Mommy, Mommy the ducky went swimming in the toilet" or something like that. I thought maybe he had just thrown it in the toilet to watch it float or something...Oh no..he flushed it. Needless to say Mommy and Daddy weren't too thrilled that their 4 yr old had flushed a rubber ducky down the toilet in their brand new house. Oh well...it is ok now...R went and bought a new seal and then just drained the water and unbolted the toilet and got the ducky out of the trap.

3. We went to see Oklahoma! at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. It was awesome. We got to sit on the actual field and watch the movie. The kids got to run around and meet new friends. Part of the Pride came and played right in front of us. It felt like a concert just for us. The kids also got to pet the horses and get their pictures taken standing by the Sooner Schooner. It was really hot when we got there but it was a blast!

4. We have a Kitchen Table!!!!! I am so excited. G thinks it looks like a conference table but it is super sweet and we love it. It will be so nice to actually have enough seating for people. We can now approx. seat 14-15 people in our kitchen.

There you have it...the highlights thus far. Check back at the end of July and I should have more posted. We are planning a float trip for this summer which should be super cool.

Enjoy your Summer!!!!!!