Ashley, Alcee, Desmond, Tanner, Skye, and Amalie have come to stay at our house while Ashley's family is mourning the loss of her step dad, Trip.
Ashley, Tanner, Skye, and Amalie came down last night and boy did we have fun! The kids were fascinated by the cotton field, of course we had to go run it it, pick some, and get some for Tanner to take to school.
Tanner found sticks on the outside of our fence, threw them over onto our side, then proceeded to break them, put them in the wheel barrel, and bring them to the fire pit. He got everything ready for him and Stephen to build a fire, and what a fire it was!
Of course Skye and Amalie were pushed around in the wheel barrel as well. Amalie loved it!
After helping Tanner play in the dirt, the girls shared popsicles and ice cream with Sydnee and Scout. At one point Ashley and I looked over and Skye was licking ice cream off of the top of the table and Scout was liking from the bottom. Sydnee followed Amalie and licked whatever she dropped or left on her dress. You can only imagine how sticky they were.
We pulled out Syd and Scouts pool and gave the kids the water hose. Mission accomplished, rinsed off sticky fingers and toes and they had a blast.
After bath time, Stephen pulled out Mr. and Mrs. Potatoe Head! We love the Trahan's and they are welcome back anytime. Hopefully next time we won't misplace my hair brush in Stephen's chest of drawers. I have no idea how it ended up in there. I am learning that with kids you never know what to expect.
I have to say we think that he is a bit obsessed with water and the water hose. This is coming from a dog that, nearly three years ago, I had to carry him in the lake while Syd swam around.
Since Dixie's mom and dad were out of town she spent the night with the Workman crew. Dixie missed out on our pool frenzy, by the time she arrived Syd and Scout had already had their baths. Dixie must have been on a mission to get Scout back from him digging holes in her yard by trying to dig to China under our new fence. She didn't get very far since the ground is hard as cement, but never the less, we had a hole that needed to be filled. 
Dixie is so laid back compared to her offspring. She was always the last to make it to the door every time we called them to come in our out. In the short time we kept her, I thought we lost her. I looked all over the house for her, with Syd and Scout at my heels. We looked under the beds in the extra bedrooms, in the bathrooms and closets, checked outside and scanned the neighborhood. After about ten minutes of searching we found her sound asleep under our bed. She was ignoring our calls completely. She finally came out with mention of a treat. I think she enjoyed spending time with us though, except she didn't like our "no dogs on the furniture rule", which she broke quite often. 
