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!!