WIld Hogs, Fun in the Sun and Chickens

I am loving summer vacation just as much as the boys.  I only leave the house when I work which has been about 3 days a week.  The other days we've been spending out by the pool. It's been nice to have quiet mornings.  Well, they have been quiet until this morning.  After getting up and making myself a cup of tea I walked into the boys room to open up their blinds.  I looked out the window and believe it or not there was a very big wild hog!  Thank goodness I just put our dog Tess outside and fed her so she hadn't left the deck yet so I quickly brought her back inside and ran upstairs with the boys.  I have to explain how exciting this was for them.  Their favorite show on TV is Hogs Gone Wild.  When they play, most of the time they are pretending to hunt wild hogs.  So to see a real live one outside was just about the best thing that could have happened.  So we watched it root around by the pool fence until it ran off.  Unfortunately Caleb missed out on all the excitement because he has been gone in Yosemite rock climbing this weekend.  Then again maybe it was a good thing because if he was home, Tess would have been outside sooner and I'd hate to think what would have happened if she saw that hog.

Pictures of our week....

































The boys practicing their roping.  Love how their minds work and they come up with stuff to duplicate things they have seen.  They took turns all morning, one roping and the other being the steer.

It is amazing how much time these two spend in the water.  We are out there usually from 12 to 5:30.  What amazes me the most is that when they go to bed they don't fall asleep immediately.  

 

This summer I actually feel a little left out and a little lonely.  I sit and watch them play in the pool for hours on end in their own little world.  Then again I shouldn't complain, they are happy to have each other and that's all that matters.

One of the things we have added this summer are chickens.  Here the boys are holding Ruby Mae (Layton) and Dottie (Colton).  It's been fun for the boys to have them around.  So far we have 4 and hope to get a few more soon.  We have a feeling that Dottie actually should be Dale. I read that the white spot on her head is the markings of a rooster.

The two older chickens, Pecker and Henny Penny have enough feathers now where we can put them outside during the day.  Again we have a feeling that Henny Penny should be Henry.  The comb on Henny Penny is much larger than Peckers.  

 Remember about the hunting boots?  Here in Arroyo Seco is one of the few places where you can wear your tighty whitey's with hunting boots out to the chicken coop to bring in the chickens in for the night.