Our 911 call

So we spent our 4Th of July weekend at home building a fence. Johnny of course did most of the work but I did get out there and helped for a few hours. On Tuesday Johnny went to work but came early because they shut down the computers. He figured he couldn't do anything productive at work, so he might as well do something productive at home.

So as Johnny and I were working on the fence and getting ready to nail the last few boards, our cousin Juan pulled up. We were talking and I noticed some smoke in the field across the street. A few hours earlier I noticed the farmer on his tractor over there working, so I asked the guys if they thought that was a controlled burn. They both said yes, but I was not so sure since I could see the flames and it was getting big fast. Then we saw some boys walking away from it very quickly. I ran for the phone to call 911 while Juan got in his car to talk to those boys.
This picture is about 3 minutes before the firetruck got there.

Our heroes arrive. To my surprise they weren't hurrying like I thought they would be since it was getting awfully close to the street and if it jumped it would put our houses in danger. They controlled it but let it burn a little. Luckily the farmer's field was not burned at all and our houses were safe.

Not the best picture, but this is the after burn view from my bedroom window. When the firemen arrived we told one of them that we talked to the boys who may have started it, and they told us the cops would come talk to us. I was so surprised that no one did. They had my name and number through the 911 operator. The boys said they didn't start it but saw the boys who did. They even gave Juan their names and addresses. Were they telling the truth? Who knows, and I guess we will never find out.

I am so grateful that Johnny decided to come home because I wouldn't have been outside at that time of day. Most people on my street were out of town and we were the only people outside. I think the Lord had better plans for us this day.

My funny little challenge

I sincerely love being a mother but some days are definitely more of a challenge than others. This little girl is so full of life and laughter. She is always into something and causing all sorts of ruckus at our house.
She thinks that she is big like sister and has to copy everything Lexi does.

She doesn't watch TV or movies too much but she does like 101 Dalmatians and she likes Backyardiagins. We took the girls to see Cars 2 last weekend. This is Danielle at her first movie. She did well until we ran out of treats, about 20 minutes til the end of the movie. She was very loud and kept waving bye bye to the cars and squealing very very loudly!

This kid can fall asleep anytime of the day almost, if she is in her car seat.

Yep she still LOVES food. Funny story: We were talking to my sister on Skype the other day and my brother was in the background getting food out of the kitchen and Danielle was wanting the chips he was grabbing. Eagle Eye is her new nickname.

Her little boyfriend Tanner. They love each other and follow each other everywhere. They don't love to share yet but that is ok.

Many times throughout a day we see a lot of this.....

If only you could hear how load it sounds. Lucky you, that you can't. Things that cause the above face includes:
"No more treats!"
"You can't go outside right now"
"Stop screaming"
"Sit down in your chair please"
"Give that back to Lexi"
"No more treats!" (I know I said it twice but that is the main cause I swear!)
She loves to play with Lexi especially when Lexi is in the mood for playing with her.

Danielle loves her babies and has to bring them everywhere and they are usually with no clothes to be found. She gives them better kisses than she gives me. She also loves to push them in their stroller or hers.

We love our funny little challenge!

Now how many of the above pictures is Danielle have food in her hands?


Yep that would be 5 out of the 8. Told ya she likes food. :)