6 years and counting

Please do excuse the Duggar pun as we are a good 13 years shy of even breaking their total number of offspring!

We did, however, kick off the weekend with our anniversary dinner on Friday night as our actual anniversary was, and always seems to be, smack in the middle of opening weekend of dove season.

And just because Daddy Buck so enjoys posing for pictures, here you have the……

”I can’t believe she’s making me pose for these silly pictures to document our 6th anniversary as all the neighbors are outside hooting and hollering at us….so I’m gonna make her feel incredibly uncomfortable while our neighbor photographs us by acting all seductive, eyes closed, breathing down her neck”!!

Thanks Kimber for taking our pictures.....check out her blog here!

While Daddy Buck was hunting for the holiday weekend, the boys and I headed to Alexandria for an extended stay with my parents. It was three days of enjoying grandparents and greatgrandparents, playing Dominoes and Spades, watching football, hitting golf balls, homemade milkshakes,

playing at the park, lots of wrestling, tee-teeing in pants, quarreling brothers, hours of bickering in the car…..(oh wait seems that I’ve gotten off track here)!!

and a stop at the local Dairy Queen that went a bit like this….

Welcome to Dairy Queen, may I take your order please:

“I’ll have a kiddie size chocolate dipped ice cream cone; hold the chocolate, can the cone, with a spoon on the side please”

“And, I’ll have a kiddie size red slush, cuz I don’t like ice cream puhlease”

{oh, really!}

Finally….to answer the question, Are we excited about LSU Football?

INDEED

WE

ARE!!

BEACH 2009

They say a picture is worth a thousand words; so, in this post, I’ll let some of {my favorite} pictures (from our recent BEACH vacation) speak for themselves……..

It just so happens, that this week's MckLinky Blog Hop theme is.......Favorite Photos! Coincidence, probably so; nevertheless, I will submit this post into the MckLinky for this week's Blog Hop.

Thanks Daddy Buck

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that commeorates the men and women who have lost their lives serving for our country in the military.

“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.” ~Thucydides

In our home, we like to not only remember those who have served and lost their lives; but, on days like Memorial Day, July 4th, and Veterans' Day, we also like to recognize those who have lost their lives, those who have served in the past, and those who continue to serve to afford us the freedoms that we enjoy daily.

"And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can.” ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Because, without brave men and women like our Daddy Buck, we would not be able to freely enjoy our barbeque cookouts with friends and family, swimming pools full our laughter from kids, and all around good times had by all today and everyday!

He typically does not like this much acknowledgement, so I might get in trouble; but, it's worth it to give Daddy Buck a great, big, blog Thank You for his service to our country.

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” ~ Authur Ashe

i heart faces ~ Week 7

Here we are for Week 7 of i Y faces weekly blog carnival.








This week's theme.....Black & White

My picture selection this week is a picture that I took just yesterday of Daddy Buck and Frank-o sharing a moment at the Mardi Gras parade.

To view more Black & White pictures, visit there blog here...

Lions and Tigers and Bears

OH MY!

That's right....yesterday we ventured to the zoo. My MIL (Mam) tagged along for the fun.

Small bummer as we got there and discovered that the big cats, a.k.a. lions and tigers, display was closed due to renovations. To hold true to the title of this post....we did, at least, see a bear...a Louisiana Black Bear to be exact.

Frank-o would have stared endlessly into each and every cage for 10 solid minutes if time, patience, and energy would have allowed. He likes to wait and see if each animal will perform their respective talents/skills/behaviors.

Buck-a-roo was most interested in the real, species names listed on the plaques in front of each exhibit, as if he knew what each name meant and would be able to recall them a mere 20 seconds later. He did, however, learn how to spell zoo; "Z-O-O spells ZOO" was recited no less than 52 times yesterday!

Our zoo has a terrific Children's Petting Zoo. I agreed to shimmy into the Mole Hole for underground viewing with the boys while Daddy Buck would enter the goat feeding/petting area. Trust me when I tell you that I got the raw end of that deal.

Here's a collage of the animals that we most enjoyed. 22 VFC bonus points if you click the photo collage to enlarge and then comment on my post-production of each still-life animal picture in the collage.

Most of all we enjoyed the terrific spring-like weather and wonderful family togetherness outdoors. We purchased a one-year household membership to the zoo, so I see many more zoo-days in our near future.

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On a side note.....I have received several emails, post comments, and Twitter messages from readers regarding my Fit-It Friday post. I shoot with a Canon Rebel xsi and do all post-production through Picasa3, which is free and downloadable via Google. On that particular picture, I sharpened the edges drastically, saturated the color significantly, and increased the fill light somewhat, as well as cropped and re-angled the picture. Hope this helps :)

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I am off to make a grocery list and will, most probably, delay my actual grocery shopping until tomorrow after work. It is far too gorgeous outdoors today to be grocery shopping and I am put out seeing a my first-ever coupon clipping Sunday yielded only $2.75 worth of usable coupons for our family. UGH!!