Benton County welcomes the Kelly-Miller Circus to Benton Central High School!
How cool was this? It was soooo cool that the girls rode an elepahnt...
and a camel!
We heard the circus was coming to, well I can't say town because they set up the big top at the high school, so it just came to us~! (Remember Benton County boasts a total population of 8500 people and about 100,000 critters!)
I was excited because despite our very serious effort to plant corn last week, the clouds opened up and POURED last Thursday, so even Tall Guy got to go to his very first circus! And it didn't disappoint!
There were clowns!
There were jugglers and balancing acts!
There were trapeze artists, AND they worked without a net!
And there were animals!
Typical of his character, this llama stood there and didn't do much! ;-) Sorry it was too good to pass up!
LOVE it when they hold each other's tales!
(Have to admit to thinking about Water for Elephants during part of this act! ACK!)
There were happy faces!
I wish you could have heard these girls belly laughing at the clowns and being absolutely mesmerized by all the acts! It was a one ring circus, but these people gave us a solid hour and a half of great, Kodak-moment life experiences. So glad we had a rainy night in Benton County last Thursday so the entire family could enjoy some good old fashioned fun at the circus! Big thanks to the Oxford Lions Club for bringing this group to our little corner of the world! We are still talking about what we saw, smiling, and laughing!
I thought you might to like to watch and listen to Brad Paisley on this one!
First of all, WE ARE DOE WITH CORN PLANTING! I am so not gloating, simply relieved. Indiana and the surrounding states are all experiencing "pockets" of ground fit for planting, while others 20-50 miles away might be too wet to event start still. I know when I saw Miss Sarah post on her blog, This Farm Family's Life, that her hubby was in the field on Instagram around May 3, I had to admit I was a tad jealous. (By the way, doesn't she just have the cutest girls? ) We didn't get in the field until May 6, and then we went, sorry moos, HOG WILD and planted 700 acres before last Thursday's big rain.
OH! NEWS FLASH! Cannot wait to share how we were able to spend that very rainy night together as a family. It's the next post, I promise!
Anywho.... we were planting our last field, which also happens to be by our secret asparagus picking ground, and I went out with a mission. Click here for views from a season past because I forgot my camera this time! Romance on the Prairie! I forgot how much I liked this post! Go on back and read it. I can wait on you :-)
Well, I did come back with a bagful on Thursday, BUT I also saw a TICK crawling on the headrest of the truck!
ICK!!!!! TICKS!!!!!!!!! Ticks are icky! Ticks can make you very sick! Ticks are out in very large numbers this year!
Cut to this afternoon, and I have yet another bag full, but I also have this creepy crawly feeling. I started scratching my head, and I swore I flicked something out of there! Unfortunately, I could not find said "thing" so it must still be in the van somewhere! ICK!!! DOUBLE ICK!!! As I was checking up on Facebook and waiting for Tall Guy to come in, I started having the icky, creepy crawly feeling again.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ON/IN MY HEAD! Didn't want to alarm the girls, and Tall Guy took his sweet time coming in, but when he did finally come in, I had him check me for ticks! It was not quite as fun or romantic as Brad's song at the beginning of this post, especially with Bear watching in total amazement but it was successful. We use the light a match, blow it out, and put the hot end on the tick's hind parts so it will pull out its head from your skin. It worked on the second try, and now I am all showered and sort of not twitching!
Final word, if you are out and about in woods, or, like me, just walking in tall grass, CHECK FOR TICKS! Also, my dear friend Miss Marybeth, over at Alarm Clock Wars and AgriCultured would also tell you to check your dogs and cats for said evil bugs. They are little, but they can make you mighty sick!
OK, I'm rather pooped after a long and crazy wonderful weekend. This one was all about Little Miss Bear today because it was her First Communion! Think I will let the pictures speak for themselves with a little commentary as needed ;-)
My favorite picture!
My feeble attempt at curling her hair.
She didn't ask Grandma or Grandpa for a sip of wine.
Song of Celebration
My mom and dad
One of Hannah's Godparents, my cousin Nancy and her husband Jack.
A fairly good family portrait!
Miss Alice's awesome Bible Cake!
Tall Guy's mom and dad
Special words for this special day.
And of course, I served food that everyone raved about, but I didn't get hardly one if any pictures of any of it. We had fajitas in honor of Cinco de Mayo. Everyone had a good time, my wonderful friend Chris helped my clean up, and Tall Guy headed outside to make sure the planter is ready to go tomorrow. I think we are going to be putting some seeds in the ground tomorrow.
Time for this tired momma to go to bed! OH! I have to tell you all one more time that we found Bear's dress at Burlington Coat Factory for $29.99!!!! You just cannot beat that price for such a beautiful dress.
Ok, that's all she wrote for tonight. Hugs and Love to you all!
