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Tristan's First Deer

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BUSY BUSY BUSY

We have started v-ball, Girl scouts is off and running agian. Tristan had his first band concert. Basket ball is right around the corner. I must say that I Love it!! The kids are just growing up so fast. Here are some new pictures!!

Refreshing!!!

Okay I am going to vent a little just to pre warn everyone!! This weekend I turned the big 35!! This was the first time a birthday was hard for me. I am not sure why but it was but with the help of my sister Jeri and my sister Samantha and my hubby and kids and the many wonderful friends that I have I survived it. It has been a refreshing year for me. As the New year started I stopped and re evaluated the people in my life. I consider myself a very caring person always willing to help anyone that is in need. I see my blessing every day and it completes me to share that feeling with others. My first step was my family, I stopped and looked at the way they made me feel and when they called it always was because they needed me or to put others in the family down and for years I have cotributed to this by just helping them or listening. I handed them to God I told him of my hurt and my concerns and as hard as it was I walked away knowing that he is the only one that can touch them and there is no doubt in my mind that he will. It seems that instantly there was a large wieght off of me. One I never relized was there, for many years I held on to the hope that one day they would truely care, then it hit me I do not have that power only prayer can help them. I soon saw what a better mom I could be what a better wife and friend with out this wieght I was so much happier. I have made my peace with it and am truely happy. Recently my wonderful baby sister has begun to see the same issues I have and it breaks my heart. I know she will have to find her way I just know how hard it can be and I pray for her. There are always people that truely love you and there are people that just do not know how to love... they are not bad people... they are people who need your prayers but sadly that is all you can give them. It breaks my heart to see anyone hurting and I want to take it all away but all I am able to do is pray and listen.. I believe that bad things happen to everyone at some point in thier life I also believe that you can use these as an excuse or as a stepping stone to lift yourself up. I have choose to be a better person..

Love it

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God doesn't give you the people you want, He gives you the people you

NEED. To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you

into the person you were meant to be.

LOVE YOU!!!!!

My Little Girl!!

Well we have are last game this week and I still have not posted pictures. So I am finally going to do it! Of course I am mom but I think she is doing GREAT!!! We had a wonderful weekend of shopping, hanging with family,church, fishing and for me doing laundry:( but it always goes by so fast. Okay time to get the kids ready for bed! I will try to write more later.

Tristan first hunt!!

Well a few months ago Tristan declared he was ready to go hunting with us so Kenneth took him out to shoot the rifle. Tristan talked about it for weeks until it came time to do it. Kenneth gets everything ready Becca and I are standing to the side watching, Tristan pulls the trigger, we are so excited for him, it is such a big boy thing. He shot the gun one time looked at Dad and said "Never again" it kicked he was done!! Well he went out with dad to grandmas on Saturday and shot a squirrel. He was so excited!! Kenneth took him out to shot my 243 and he loved it!! So I am in the market for a new gun for me because he has set claim to my gun!! It amazes me to watch him grow up. I just will always see him as my little 2 lb baby So small and innocent. Where does the time go!! Rebecca is my busy one she wants to go every where and do every thing!! She keeps me busy and I don't see her ever slowing down. We are doing pitching machine right now. She is pretty good and loves it she is so much like her dad it scares me. The more Kenneth fuses at her the harder she works. Tristan is more like me it takes compliments to motivate him. If you fuss, he is done, he is not going to do it!! We have our last Girl Scout meeting of the year next week. Just in time for Vacation Bible school, Summer camps, slumber parties and anything else we can think of!! I am ready for summer I really enjoy my kids being with me. We really get to bond with each other during the summer! So until next week have a great weekend!

Busy weekend

It seems like the weekends are so packed with thing to do with the kids!! I love every minute of it. There is nothing more fun then to watch your children laugh and smile. This weekend we had a Duck unlimited Green Wing event and the kids had a great time. The did canoes and kayaks they also did paddle boat. Tristan and I both shot skeet for the first time that was so much fun, Of course I didn't hit any but to see the look of fear on Kenneth's face as he is showing me how (as I hold a loaded gun)heeheehee !! No just kidding it was fun!! We went on a hay ride. We made a mad dash from there to Becca's Girl scout party where we bowled, ate pizza, cup cakes, dipping dots,played laser golf. The fun did not end there we then headed to Grandma and Grandpas to play with our cousins and ride in the golf cart. After dinner we headed home in time for baths and bed!! What a blast but momma is worn out!!

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Beccas First Red Fish!!

Over the weekend we took a trip to Matagorda with the Michael family. Kenneth recently had shoulder surgery so we didn't take the boat so we just fished off the pier. The fishing was not great but the kids had a blast!! Grandma Pat has more pictures and I will post them later.

Tristan and Dad

Well Dad took Tristan to the gun store Saturday and bought him a new 22 We went out yesterday to let him shoot it He was so excited he spent all day Saturday taking pictures of it!! It was really cute! Anyway when we got to Grandmas he told dad he would shoot it 3 times and that is it!! 35 shells later we told him it was time to feed the cows and he made dad promise they could go out again very soon. He asked Grandma if he could hunt rabbits at her house and if I would make him rabbit stew!! So if anyone has a good recipe for rabbit stew let me know!! Rebecca has her first peewee game tonight. I will get some pictures! She was so scared of the pitching machine at first but she loves it now. She get that stuff from Dad anyone who knows me should know I am not a sports person! I have tried but it not talented in that area. We have had to get rid of Toby dog and my poor kids were heart broken as was I . I want to say Thank you to Catherine for giving us two wonderful chinchillas Pebbles and Lucy. Becca has them out all the time! I am attaching a Picture Pebbles is the big one. I never did tell you that Ms. Katy picked becca up some hermit crabs I want to say Thank you!! Becca worked so hard to earn those and they are so cool!! They all 3 are molting right now but as soon as they come up I will share pictures of them to!

WOW ! !!

Kenny and I are celebrating our 15 year anniversary today. I can't believe it has been that long!! We have a wonderful life together. It is amazing what we have gone through. It has not all been fun but it is amazing when you look back at the hard times we have shared and how in the end they have changed our lives for the better. Kenny is my knight in shining armor and I feel like the lord handed me this wonderful man I am so thankful. I am so in love with him after all these years!! Okay I won't get all sappy! Look how young we look:)

Cookies

Well let see Becca has finally finished selling Girl Scout cookies She sold over 700 boxs Way to Go Becca!! We are both doing great in school!! I am so proud of my babies! It is really great to look back and see how much they have grown!

putting it in perspective!

As I watch my kids grow so very fast and life just seem to fly by I think there is a time in your life when you have to put your life, your friends,and your priorities in perspective. As I talk to my children about the way they treat others and the way they should be treated it makes me look in the mirror. It makes you look at relationships you have worked so hard to keep and you have to ask "Is it worth it?" I consider myself a christian women and I always try to be nice to everyone. I just feel that there comes a time were bad relationships pull you down, they have a way of making you feel bad about yourself. It has taken me way to long to realize that when you have to work so hard to make a relationship work you may be neglecting a true friend or someone who does love you. As I start to make these moves in my life my emotions are mixed. There is a since of loss because it seems that I have tried for a long time to hold on to something that wasn't there. But I also feel so much better having this new look at life. There are many things we teach our kids and all I can do is pray that I am raising them to be good people and that they will be strong in their convictions. I pray when they hit those cross roads in life they choose the right path. The best way I know to teach them is to live the example make the choices I would like them to make. I want them to be helpful and loving but also strong enough to recognize when it is not appreciated and when it is time to smile and say they have learned something from this situation and walk away. I have always tried to live my life with NO REGRETS!! just learning experience!! Thanks for listing to my rant and raves it may not make since to anyone but me but I feel better!! I must say that my dear hubby has stood by my side for many years knowing the out come but loving me enough to let me try and in the end there were no I told you so's just loving arms ready to pick me back up. For all of this I must say Thank you to my best friend!!

HAY!!

Sunday Ken took the kids out to feed the cows. This has become a daily treat for the kids. I usually stay home because I have this over protective mommy thing that keep me from allowing my small children from moving cows with HORNS with nothing but a stick!! Well since I wasn't there Dad took this video. Notice Tristan has the Big Stick and Becca stops and picks up a TWIG and walks right up to the cow!! The second video is Becca figuring out how to put a bail of hay out. Thank you dad I love to watch them do this stuff. If I am there my heart would stop, in fear something would happen to my babies!! I know they have to try things to grow and mature but you spend so much time trying to keep them safe!! I wonder if it will get easier to allow them to grow up? Thank You Kenneth for being my balance.

Just an update

Wow we have been so busy!! The kids received their report cards and they both did a GREAT job Becca has been working for straight A and the 1st six weeks we had a 88 and the second six weeks she had an 89 and this time we have all A's YEAH BECCA!!! I promised her a hermit crab if she could get all A's so now I have to find some where to buy a hermit crab!! Tristan is just becoming such a "man" he has decided he is going to take over Grandpa's cattle business he goes out with dad every day to help feed and insisted on a pair of boots "just like grandpa". He has discovered that he has hair on his legs hehehe I Love him so much being a mom is the greatest!!! We are about to start selling Girl Scout cookies again Becca has set her goal at 1000 box's this year so that means looooots of selling! I love it the girls have so much fun and they learn so much from it. I have taken over SU cookie coordinator this year and am so excited and a little nervous so keep us in your prayers! Well I guess that's all my news for now. We are going skating this weekend for the big cookie kick off so I will get some pictures!! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

PICNIC

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MISSY AND I TOOK THE KIDS ON A PICNIC TODAY. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. I MADE THE KIDS TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES. I THINK IT HAS JUST HIT ME THAT MY BABIES ARE HALF GROWN.

New Year!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe New Years!! We spent the day at Grandpas. The kids just love being out there. I got some really cute pictures hope you enjoy them!!

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