Month: June 2008

Well folks, you may have wondered what happened to us. We are at the mercy of dial-up internet so we have been out of touch for a while…But, we are having fun on the farm.

Cristian has learned how to rake, haul hay, and repair pivot bridges. He is also making a box to channel the grain as it comes out of the silo. He has a cute farmer’s tan.

I, on the other hand, got sick when I tried to swath hay, got sick when I tried to haul hay, and have finally settled on conquering my mom’s stack of pictures that have been piling up since 1976. It is also very beautiful here, so that is nice.

Merayla LOVES the outside. She climbs up on the rocks and picks Grandma’s flowers. She throws rocks around in the driveway. She has great fun moving piles of cut grass from one location on the lawn to another under the back porch. She has also discovered how to blow dandelions and how to play in the dirt. She is especially cute on the trampoline because she loves to try to jump. One day, in fact, I was watering the flowers (with my back turned for not more than five minutes) and turned around to see her up on the trampoline all on her own! She had actually managed to climb the ladder and avoid the springs and was just sitting there looking proud of herself! She is definitely our constant source of joy.

Here I am done with my classes and done living here. Sad. We liked Fort Worth a lot. We recommend it to anybody who is looking for an adventure. Saturday we went to 6 Flags – a huge amusement park between Fort Worth and Dallas.

The park has all sorts of rides and fun things to do. We started with the rotating cups, then a bob-sled ride, the Superman and then a drop in the pond ride. It was fun.

I do have to tell you that I have a fear of heights… this should let you know that these kinds of rides are somewhat scary to me. In fact, I had great fun until we got to the Superman ride (the one in the map above). The ride takes you up in your chair to a very high spot, it bounces there a little, and then after it takes you to the top, and it drops you all the way to the bottom. Kevin (Heidi’s brother) did not want to do it because it looked too scary. He left the line and later returned. I thought for a while that I could do it. The person invited us to sit down. I sat, looked up, saw the great distance we had to travel, got up from the chair and said: “I can’t do it.” And I didn’t. I couldn’t do it.

Here is a picture and a video of Heidi and Kevin going up without me.

Yep, I’m a wuss.

Merayla loves balloons and bubbles. One Sunday I went to pick her up from Nursery and found her mesmerized in front of a bubble blowing machine. Here are some recent pictures of us trying it at home.

Merayla also loves putting things on her head. She found a pink flower basket in the bow bag the last time I wrapped a gift, and it made a perfect hat.

Ok, just one more. (She is just so cute most of the time that it’s hard to pick the ones to include.)

This last item is fun because when I was young my mom had some huge fuzzy white snow boots. In one picture, I am wearing those boots and trying to lift a heavy log. I’m about Merayla’s age. It’s one of my favorite pictures from when I was a baby.

Anyway, a few Christmas’s ago I found the perfect boots as a gift for Char. When she went on her mission, the boots happened to get re-located in my closet. Here is Merayla trying them on and then taking them off.

Ah, she is great! Oh, here is the balloon video that yall missed out on. It’s from Cristian’s birthday in March.