3 Girls, 1 Guy and a Zoo!: June 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017

A special day :)

We have been taking advantage of our summer vacation, which has been nice, but that means I haven't been taking the time to sit down and write up a blog post. :( I'm sorry for slacking. I wish I could promise that it would get better, but I can't. I never know if I'm coming or going!

Yesterday I had to take the car in to get undercoated. My best friend Hillary had her baby, so I I took her 4 kiddos with us and Doug's Mom. I've never been to this place before, and the guy told me there was a park across the way, so I figured we would be good to go for a couple hours. When we arrived, we headed across the street to find no park...just grass, picnic tables, and the canal. We ended up heading down to look at the water and saw a barge pushing a "floating dock" (I don't know what that thing is called, or even if I have the boat term correct) Regardless, we got to watch them maneuver it for a while before we realized that there was a lock to our left and they were lining up to use it! We headed over to the observation area, and the kids got to watch the whole thing! It was amazing! We burned through the appointment time no problem!

The row boat and motor boat are a bunch of high schoolers and a coach that are rowing for charity from Albany to Buffalo! It takes them 8 days and I guess they do it every year. Pretty cool!

The gates are closed!

Starting to drop

Opening the gates again on the other end...

Blowing the horn for us

The kids wanted to go stand on the lock gate...

I was all good until Jeremy wanted to go across but only holding my hand...LOL I hate heights!

Beautiful view!

I'm thankful for God providing once again! What a great day!

Thursday, June 22, 2017

37 years!

Sunday we celebrated our church's 37th Anniversary! We had a great day and had a ton of fun as always! Here is the crew for the day....

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The school year is officially finished!

The homeschool group met at the Greig park last Tuesday for our final day together! I can't believe we are finished! The kids had a blast playing, and the mom's had fun visiting. I'm sure the new year will be here before we know it. In the meantime, we are going to enjoy our summer!

Friday, June 16, 2017

A new game!

The girls came up with a new game last week called "Bug Rush"! They made the pieces, the board, the cards, and even made up the directions for it and wrote them down.

They did a fabulous job and it's a ton of fun to play!

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Time on the water....

We struggled with nice weather and warmth while we were gone. One of the things the girls really wanted to do was canoe! We finally had a nice day, so Grandma and Grandpa Benedict treated the girls to a canoe for 24 hours.

Loading up! I stayed on the shore with the pups.

It was pretty choppy that day and I didn't want to get sick.

Molly waiting for her people to get back...

The view was amazing!

Dane sized ZOOMIES!!!

A visitor...

Switching around people...

Trying to find that duck...

We found a LOON!

Chloe was NOT happy that she got left at the dock!

Pretty girl!

Taking Daddy for a ride

We even got Molly in and she did great!

The girls LOVED it and can't wait to go for a whole day with Grandma and Grandpa Geiger this summer!!!

If you were to ask me where I would see myself in 10 years, I never would have guessed that I would be here. However, I couldn't be happier! I'm very happily married to the love of my life and have two girls. We have begun our journey towards adoption and I'm excited to see what the Lord has in store for us over the next couple of years. I'm a stay at home mom who home-schools. I enjoy researching and finding things out for myself. This blog allows me to share with others my passions and keep in touch with family that I wouldn't normally be able to keep in such close touch with.

Daddy is such a blessing to me. We met in college and became best friends. About one and a half years after we met we were dating. The rest is history. Together we have grown in the Lord and learned many lessons even in our few years together. Things haven't always been smooth, but together and with the Lord's help we can accomplish anything. He is the love of my life and my true soul mate. He is 100% committed to his family and the Lord. He is currently working for Dairy One in Ithaca. He loves to ski, ride dirt bikes, tinker on things, mow the lawn :) and spend time with his girls.

Marissa is our oldest. She was born in May 2005. She is 100% Daddy's girl. She is a home body and usually isn't away from home for long and she is asking to go back to our house. She always claims a job and sticks with it till its done. She is very quick and catches on fast. You have to be careful what you show her, because before you know it she is going to be attempting it herself. Madalyn is her best friend. She loves church and loves learning and singing about Jesus. Marissa is now is school and she is doing great. She loves to read and do projects. She LOVES animals and has decided that she wants to be a Veterinarian when she grows up!

Madalyn is our youngest. She is 100% Mommy's girl (nice of them that they split us up so that one isn't quite so overwhelmed isn't it?). Madalyn knows what she wants and goes for it. She has no fear and is usually the leader of my two even though she is younger. She does love to shadow her older sister though. She is my girly girl, but also my one that is always getting messy. She loves her hair done, to get dressed up, and shoes! We are in trouble with this one! She loves school and is super smart. She has decided she wants to be a "snow plow driver" when she grows up. She is also going to build a house RIGHT next to us and live there so she can still see us every day ;)

Case was actually our "oldest child". Sadly we said goodbye to him on October 29th, 2013. He was a black lab/ red-tick coonhound. He loved to roam the fields, swim, play ball, catch frisbees, go hiking and spend time at the barn. He also very much enjoyed those black and white cats that roam in the dark and have stripes down their backs...or he must have because he kept getting sprayed! He hated to be abandoned by his family and preferred us to all be in the house by 9pm or he started pacing. His biggest dislike was winter. He hated the cold and would rather hold his potty all day long than to go out and pee. Even when he did go out he barely makes it out the door and he was starting to go! Haha He was our "little boy in a doggie suit" as my aunt says. We love him and miss him like crazy.

Cali is our first cat together as a married couple. Sadly we said goodbye to her on October 8th, 2014. We got her from the barn shortly after we moved. She had to be one of the softest cats you had ever felt and of course one of the best looking calicos. LOL She was a great mouser and spent alot of her time in the basement hunting. She had a funny quirk. When she got ready to settle down and sleep, she parted the hair on her tail so only a few hairs were sticking up and then she proceeded to suck on those hairs.

Beaker is a litter mate to Cali. She is a great mouser. She loves to sneak outside when she gets the chance but if you say her name she quickly darts back in. She is VERY attached to Doug and is always coming up to him purring just as loud as can be begging to be picked up. Beaker of course never does this to me. She doesn't like change and isn't fond of strange dogs, although she has gotten much better with the dogs. She will still swat at Molly but it's not angry, it's almost like she is playing.

Sid was our Marshall Ferret. We said goodbye to him in 2012. He was amazing! Great with kids and other animals, but a total goofball. He definitely lived up to the typical ferret personality and a total thief! Sid's favorite thing to steal was pacifiers. He would take them right out of a baby's mouth if given the opportunity and then take off running! He always hid everything in the same place, so at least we knew where to find them, but of course they were always ruined. Anything rubber was in danger of ending up in the said spot. We definitely miss having him around.

Chloe is Cairn Terrier. She is a blast to have around and I'm definitely sold on the terrier family! She is great with the kids and loves spending time outside. She is a great woodchuck hunter and will sit at an occupied hole all day till she catches one. Even in the winter time she will spend forever out there and come back looking like a snowman. She loves to swim and will swim in any temperature water. She loves to mother other animals. Whether it be kittens from the barn, Case, or her own litter of puppies, she is a great mother! We have since fixed her. Although I'm sad there won't be another litter, it's for the best with the probability of us moving and having to find a new vet.

Meet Molly, our newest dog addition :) After taking some time to heal after losing Case, we decided that our household wasn't the same without a big dog around and we were missing something. So we took the plunge and went full out this time. Molly is a purebred, mis-marked mantle, Great Dane :) She has grown into one good looking pup! I'm still in love with this old picture though, so I'm not changing it! She stands about 31 inches at the shoulder and weighs over 100lbs (although honestly I'm not sure how much over because I can't lift her anymore!) She is great with the kids and loves to cuddle. She shares our bed and is the biggest baby ever. She is very protective and does not like when anyone is pinned down. She is right there to break up the "fight" LOL We love her to pieces!

When Doug's sister and her husband started breeding rabbits, I had a feeling deep down that it was only a matter of time....Here she is! Peterette started out as "Peter". When Madalyn realized "he" was actually a "she", she settled with Peterette. :) Peterette is a flemish giant, which according to what I have read is the Great Dane breed in the bunny world! Figures right? She is super sweet, very laid back and loves to be cuddled and pet. She'll stick her nose out of her cage when you enter the room just so you will scratch it!