Deacon's Cow Milking Experience

On Friday, Frank Hill hosted a fabulous picnic out at his ranch. There was all sorts of fun including a band, rock painting, caber toss, bull fight, lots of food cooked by Joel Myers, ice cream horse rides and a milking contest. I am still not sure how I feel about it. It was between Deacon and Andrew...the boss! Apparently, my husband squirt his boss with milk from his side of the cow. Well, Deacon won the contest. I don't think proud describes how I felt, but it was pretty funny to watch. It was definitely something that I never thought I would see. I did have to insist that everyone get a shower before touching their beds. I don't think I was meant to be a farmer.

Gracie

This is a song by a group that Deacon and I have enjoyed together, Ben Folds. We danced to a song at our wedding reception (Luckiest). When the song Gracie came out, Deacon danced with Madeline to it. Ever since then, she is convinced that it is actually Deacon singing...to her. Every once in a while Madeline and daddy have a sweet little dance to this song. Anyways, one of Fiona's nicknames has been Gracie and so Madeline decided to sing this song to her, only she mixed up the words at the chorus to "And there will always be a part of me that Nobody else will ever want to see...Gracie girl."



"Gracie" by Ben Folds

You can't fool me, I saw you when you came out
You got your momma's taste but you got my mouth
And you will always have a part of me
Nobody else is ever going to see
Gracie girl

With your cards to your chest walking on your toes
What you got in the box only Gracie knows
And I would never try to make you be
Anything you didn't really want to be
Gracie girl

Life flies by in seconds
You're not a baby Gracie, you're my friend
You'll be a lady soon but until then
You gotta do what I say

You nodded off in my arms watching TV
I won't move you an inch even thought my arm's asleep

One day you're gonna want to go
I hope we taught you everything you need to know
Gracie girl

And there will always be a part of me
Nobody else is ever gonna see but you and me
My little girl
My Gracie girl

What the Kids Said

I was making a brief comment to Deacon about milk for the baby in the freezer. We stopped to hear this song preceded from Madeline's lips:

3 bags full,
3 bags full.
One for the master and one for the lane,
and one for the little boy who lives down the drain.

A couple of weeks ago, Ivan ran up to Deacon, Grandpa (dad Hoeft), Mr. Ditton after church. He had on his angry face and was pointing his two middle fingers up. He told Deacon, "These are my swords!" Deacon quickly encouraged him to use two fingers instead. Ivan replied, "No dad, these are the biggest ones!"Fortunately, he did not continue to pretend that his fingers were swords, so we did not address the issue further.

Fun Week

This was a fun week. Aunt Rebekka and I took the kids to the pool. They are still wild and crazy swimmers and didn't seem to mind that it was only 70 degrees and windy.

I snagged a cute picture of Fiona Grace and Grandad.

Fiona must be approaching 10 lbs. She take a chewy (passifier), her thumb, hardly cries and even gave a little smile for the camera. We took her to church for the first time this week. I remembered to get a picture with her so that I can show up in her baby album. Also, her eyes are getting more blue everyday. I would be shocked if Deacon and I had a blue eyed kid.

Everything is New

It is always fun to watch your kids discover. It starts early and there is a lot to discover. I was really amused by Fiona's fascination with the night light.