My Hammies!!!

These two are getting so big so FAST!!!! They will be turning 5 and 6 in just a few months. When Darrell was born all I could think was it is going take forever for this little boy to get old enough to start school. I seriously didn't think it would go by so fast! I had my melt down when I signed him up for kindergarten, now I am excited for this new thing for him in his little life! He loves to be around kids and he loves to learn. Everyone he meets he considers his best friend and I hope he keeps his outgoing personality. There is no obstacle to big for him. He is willing to try anything. He told me yesterday, I don't want to grow up and get married cause then I wouldn't have you with me every day. He is my lovie. I am excited too to just have Tad by himself to get to know for a few hours a day. With him and Darrell being only 13 months apart he has always copied everything Darrell has done so I am excited for him to be able to figure out who he is without big brother around. I am excited for the changes that are happening in our family.

OH A HUNTING WE WILL GO!!!!!!!

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!! WE LEAVE TODAY FOR OUR HUNT!!!!!! Hopefully we have pictures to post this time! Last year we didn't have very good luck, we never even saw a buck but we are in a new unit this year and from what we have heard about the area we should have better luck this year. So I am hoping my next post will have pictures of us with our deers! Wish us luck! Hope everyone has a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

Thanksgiving!!!!

Ok as much as I would love to put up Christmas decorations and lights and all that stuff I can't help but feel guilty for skipping Thanksgiving! The poor holiday always gets forgot about! I love this time of year! I love the way the leaves change and the snow that eventually comes. I love the smells, the smoke from the fireplaces the great food that is always fun to make. I love all the traditions, and I especially love the holidays that come with it. They are reminders to be thankful for what you have which is so easy to forget throughout the year. I love that Thanksgiving is so close to Christmas. Looking for things to be thankful for are still fresh in my mind after Thanksgiving so it is a little easier for me to not get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of buying gifts and decorations and all of that fun stuff. It reminds me to be truly greatful for my Saviour and his life. As my children run a muck through my house I wonder what Christ was like as a child. He is always thought of for his ministry but I wonder what he was like as a young child. I am sertain his mother handled him with so much more grace than I do my children. This time of year makes me want to be a better person and reminds me who I need to be more like to be a better person! I hope all of you have a truly great Holiday Season, and I hope it is easier for all of us to really remember the Reason For The Season!

Oh how the time flies!

We didn't have good luck this last hunting season. Hopefully next time we go, our luck is a little better. I haven't posted pictures in forever so I am just going to do a picture over load!!! I can't believe we have been here for almost a year already. Everything is going well for us. The boys love being close to their grandma and grandpa and all their cousins. Joe is liking his job and I am loving the fact that I still get to be a stay at home mom. I think we all miss home a LOT though. These two little stinkers are always keeping us laughing. They are so funny to listen to sometimes and the things they think of make us wonder where in the heck they heard THAT!!!

He is such a GOOBER! He is doing silly stuff like this all day long!

BEST BUDS!

He loves the 4 wheeler just as much as his daddy!

They are best buds!

He never ceases to amaze me with his strength!

SO EXCITED!!!!!!!

It is the night before my hunt and I am so EXCITED!!!!!! I can hear my sisters thinking, " You are the biggest dork!" I know I am but I don't care, I am still excited. Hopefully the next post will be soon and it will have pictures of my sucess!!!! Wish me luck!

I have to remember.....

How to make a post!!!! I haven't posted in so long! A lot has happened since July. Darrell turned 4, Tad turned 3, we had Halloween and Thanksgiving and just a lot of "STUFF". I will have to do a lot of updating later but for now, we are alive and we are doing well. Joseph and I are getting ready to go on our hunt. We both got drawn for White Tail Coes deer this year. We are so stinkin' excited we can't see straight. I will for sure be posting pictures!

Remember when . . . .

A box could keep you entertained for not just hours but DAYS!!!!! We bought this fan and right as soon as we took it out of the box, Darrell jumped in it and suddenly became the BOX MONSTER! That is exactly what he called himself. He kept himself entertained with this box for 3 days in a row, until it mysteriously disappeared one night.

And can you remember when someone else's shoes were so much better than yours. Tad loves shoes. Any chance he gets, he is putting someone's shoes on, it doesn't matter who's.