Ice Days!!!

Tuesday & Wednesday school was closed due to the ice- so there is NO WAY I was going to drive 37 miles to work in THAT!!! I am not really scared to drive in it- I have a front-wheel drive, and it did just fine last year in the ice- but I'm afraid of the other crazy drivers. So we bundled up and loaded the wagons with Girl Scout cookies- and V delivered them to all our neighbors. After that, Mark had the idea of pulling us with a rope behind the 4-wheeler. We sat on a plastic lid (the big storage box kind) and off we went. After I saw him pulling Maddie so fast, I made Sofie go get helmets for everyone!!! I haven't laughed so hard since Mark fell in the tub ~wink~






Look at Pepper- he's smiling!!!

MAKIN' MUSIC

The girls love to play music in our music room and we encourage it. It's another awesome way that we have family time. Sofie's the drummer, V is on vocals with mom and she's trying to play a little guitar too! We bought my oldest son, Tyler, his first guitar two Christmases ago and my youngest son, Wyatt, got a bass guitar two yrs ago as well. We are firm believers in the power of music and self expression. Luckily no one has taken it to the extreme...yet!

BIG GIRLS!!!!

Well, about a month ago I asked the girls if they wanted to go for a 4-wheeler ride. I knew Sofie could ride one by herself. I had no idea V would want to go by herself. I should have remembered who I was dealing with. That girl is very brave and independent! I let her get on the automatic and Sofie and I were on the ones with manual transmissions. I had to get on the smallest one. I guess 'cause I was tha only boy, that's why!
Anyway, they put their helmets on and they were READY! We had a super great time and laughed the whole way. They both did so well. I am sssoooo proud of them! Take a look on their faces when we got back. Mom said she was a nervous wreck the whole time we were gone!!

LEGACY

Father and son


Proud Shooter



Colton and the .22: HOT SHOT!



Prep work

1st Girl Scout Campout...

Victoria and I had so much fun on our first camp-out . It was a lock-in, and it was at the high-school gym in Forestburg, Tx. There were troops from all around our area. We played alot of games, made crafts, sang songs, and then we got to lay on a wood floor and watch a movie on the wall- it was SSSOOO cool... (okay, I'm being sarcastic) but, I ain't no dummy- Mommy brought an air-mattress- it made it a little bit more bearable- but I still woke up hardly able to move. But I'm absolutely positive Victoria will remember this trip, and look back and know that she and her Mommy had a wonderful time together, and that's why I went!!! P.S. We ate s'mores too- I almost forgot...

Our new blog...

Well, I've given up. Back in December, I tried to sign-in to my account, and it wouldn't let me. I have tried everything to get in- to no avail- so I have decided to start all over- sigh...
So much has happened, I don't know where to begin. We have made a HUGE decision!!! Mark is going to go to massage therapy school FULL-TIME- school starts in May, and we put our house on the market! I KNOW!!!! We (let me say I) am not totally in love with the house anyway- so to me it's not that big a deal. Mark is very sad about it- he is attached... but there is no way we can afford a mortgage with him in school- SO- we're not sure what we are going to do exactly, but we are praying, and we know we will be guided in the right direction...
Victoria had an accident on the trampoline Saturday, and we thought her little ankle was broken- but it's just a very bad injury, and she is in a walking boot- and she is LOVING every second of it!!! She'll go back to the Dr. next Monday for a follow-up...
Girl Scout Cookie sales are in high gear- I already sold over 150 boxes at work- Victoria and Sofie went door-to-door on our street Saturday- SO CUTE- I stood out in the street and let them do all the work- they got to meet all the neighbors- Victoria said that the old people are her favorite because they are so happy to see her, and so nice...
I'm super-jazzed about my job right now too!!! I've been fighting for a better location for our department for about a year now- and it's finally going to happen (I hope & pray) ....should be final in a month or two!!! My office is really tiny, and there are 5 women in one room- divided by cubicle walls- which makes absolutely no sense - there is no confidentiality- we are interviewing 8 patients a piece- per day- it gets very loud- it's not private- we are asking very personal questions- so they had to do something- we are not following the states laws if we don't.
Oh yeah- Maddie was baptised two Sundays ago in the same spot I was 11 years ago!!! It was an awesome day!!! We also joined a mother/daughter prayer group every Sunday night. I have a book that I read - and it mirrors her book- then we discuss what we learned, and it's going to open so many lines of communication for us- I'm just really amazed by her level of maturity...
So, I think that just about catches you up on most things happening in this great big town of Bowie ;)
AmyBug