Stockmar Park-- Warning: Photos Galore!

We have a little state park down the road from us called Stockmar Park. You can go and walk the trails up and around the "Mountain", you can pan for gold (Gold Rush of 1800 something here), you can also go to the Gold Museum, and you can visit the Live Animal Exhibit! My kids adore going there, they are in love with Chief, the big horse, and Tiny Tim, the miniature horse! I happen to love Porkster too! The park has the 2 horses named above, 2 piggies, lots of chickens, rabbits (with the longest hair I have ever seen), goats, sheep, and 2 HUGE and I mean HUGE bulls. Oh, and a most adorable, loving, bob tail black cat!

  I love to hike the mountain trails, so relaxing and beautiful. The curiousity in me is dying to duck into one of the many underground pathways, caves, and tunnels. But chicken me, will not, too many bugs, too dark, and lord knows what else! Hard to believe I grew up on a farm. :) My grandfather would be sooo proud. (NOT)
Anyways, we feed the animals there about every week and I was able to get some pictures of us doing so. Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend! Tomorrow it is going to be raining, and the high is FINALLY 74!!! I am so glad to be out of the 90's!!!! WHEW-HOO!

Wordless Wednesday!

Mystery Box Cupcake Challenge

Hey guys! The mystery Box Cupcake Challenge this month is: Childhood Memories.
Please See: The Sweetest Kitchen for all the great details!
The prize Sponsors are: Bake It Pretty


Bakerella

Beanilla

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Hello Hanna

Miss Kitty Creations Jewelry

Rishi Tea

Soapylove Glycerin Soap Design

Sweet Cuppin Cakes

Tundra Books

My "More S'Mores Please", cupcakes remind me of  my childhood because of how much we used to make these! We would do them every week for summer and fall at my family farm. I remember one time we made them inside of my Aunt's house, because it was raining, and we did them in the fireplace, I turned around toof ast with a hot one and BLOP! Right into my cousins hair! I felt so bad, yet it was so funny! It took us forever to get that out of her hair. Now, I have 2 small kids of my own, and this has become our tradition. They love it! I hate to say it, but I am not sure who enjoys it more, me or the kids? :) I can't wait to carry this on, and then one day they too will be doing it with their children. I hope! 

Kristin

Tuesday Blog Hops!

It Tuesday!!!

Time for all of the daily Tuesday blog hops! This is such a great way to find new blogs that your interested in and to meet new bloggie friends!

$ Where in the world is Kristin?

 I have not been able to post in soooo long! Please do not stone me to death! :) My computer has been on the fritz, and my keyboard decided it did not like the letters, f, v, y, o, e, and the numbers 5, 9. LOL. So, it has been too hard to try and post anything lately. On top of that, we are re-doing most of the rooms in our house. Our kids playroom is now B's bedroom, B's old bedroom is going to be little ladybugs bedroom, and little ladybugs bedroom is going to be the office, and the old office is now just our sunroom. WOW. Did I lose you? :) More posts to come on our fun adventures out as well.

 I hope you all have been doing great, I have been trying to catch up on all of my favorite blogs, and to my dismay, harder than I thought it would be! Besides all of the above, I have also been busy baking my head off. I will do a post later on and show you all of my creations. Today, I am making S'mores cupcakes, and I do hope they turn out good. (Let's shoot for great, but good will do!) On a sad note, my beautiful Great Dane, Milo, has found himself a new home in TN. I am so sad that he is no longer here, but his new family is so great, and I have no worries. Wow. OK. So, a bunch of recaps, and maybe a couple excuses :), but I am back! So, expect  a lot more posts from me here in the next, oh I don't know, 80 Years! :)

$ Who says Kindergarten is the happiest place on earth?

I was ADORING my blog, and I was posting every day, sometimes 3x a day! Now, I can't seem to get my butt to sit still long enough to post. Ugh, sorry. Anywho. I am having an issue with my child. For some odd reason, this sweet, well mannered, well behaved, child of mine has been HORRIBLE at school! For the past 2 weeks, he has been getting points deducted and notes sent home every other day! Who is this child?! Not mine. He KNOWS better than to act that way. ;) But, I have taken his tv away, no computer privilages, and no outside with friends privilages. And yet, another note.

  I fear, opening up his agenda, that is pretty bad. And what makes this worse, he is only in Kindergarten! Come on, how bad do you have to be? LOL. Although in his school, no tolerance, and they mean it. His teachers are great, and he loves it. But it is almost like he has never been around other kids before. Which he has. Especially other boys, maybe this is because he has a little sister at home..... I don't know. One note had mentioned how he and this other child were wrestling on the floor. WRESTLING?!? REALLY!? Were you supposed to be wrestling? "No." So then why were you? "I don't know." FAMOUS ANSWER now a days. Please tell me I am not the only one. And if I am, don't tell me, I like to think that somewhere out there someone elses child is behaving just as bad. ;) Bahaha. I hope this is a phase and he moves on.... He really is a good kid.

  I found out today that his teacher goes to our church. Great. Now you REALLY have to behave, LOL. And this child has had such an attitude, I really don't know where he gets it from....... (*Wandering eyes looking away*) :) Who knows. I am not one to warn and warn and warn with no reprecussions, I do what I say I am going to do. This is what I told him: "Remember that I will find out if your bad, and if you lie, it will be worse for you. Also, keep in mind that whenever your bad at school and get into trouble, Your going to be in BIGGER trouble once you get home." I tried to sound all mean and threatning and sound like a horrid mother..... BUT I think he saw right through me. I used to never have to whip his bottom, now I do like 2-3x a week. Sheesh..... Come on son, get it in gear! Please Lord let this pass, and quickly, for the sake of my sanity and his rear end! :)