5 years gone... and going strong...

It is so hard to believe that 5 years has already come and gone since Bill and I got married. Although I look at all the things we have accomplished in that time, I sit and think... "Really? Was all that possable?" I guess with all the hustle and bustle of life, time just passes by. A few things I need to remind myself is to "Stop and smell the roses..." as someone once said. The small things in life go un-noticed all to often... For the next 5 years I am going to do just that. Appreciate the small things that my loving husband does for me and our family, for I don't give him credit where credit is due often enough. I will be sure to hug and kiss him everyday for the rest of our lives... It is so true what John Lennon once said "Life is what happens while we're busy making other plans..."

To my loving man...
You truely are an amazing person. You are the rock that keeps me grounded and the glue that holds our family together. Without you, I would only be a fragment of what you have helped me become. You truely are my soul mate... Here's to living, laughing, and loving for Many MANY more years to come.
I love you!

Powder Puff Boy...

I totally forgot to blog about this last week, but I thought it was so cute that I must share it now. Sam found some baby powder (lord knows where, didn't think I had any) and decided to make it snow in his room. Luckly it was secluded to his bed, and himself, but isn't he just a doll... even in all his mischief!

Ronan the wonder kitty... not so invincable!

So we came home from our camping trip to a very loving, happy to see us kitty. Soon after we walked in the door, Brenna was in feeding the cat, and soon realized something just wasn't right. She comes running outside as Bill and I are unloading the truck, with total terror in her face and says "MOMMY, I think Ronan is hurt!" So I ask her where and she says on his back... I quickly go in to see what she is talking about, and sure enough, under his mass amounts of hair he has a laceration nearly an inch deep, full of puss, and stinky as hell! EWWW! So, I then go to my neighbors house who was feeding him for us while we were gone and asked her if she noticed anything out of sorts and she felt awful that she hadn't noticed, but really with the hair covering it... she really couldn't have very easily. Ronan was outside when we left and that night she let him in and fed him... so sometime between then, it seems as if he got stuck while trying to crawl under something and sliced open his back. We took him to the vet yesterday, and because the wound had been open and exposed for as long as it had, his tissues inside were dying and it was infected. He underwent a minor surgery yesterday to cut out the dying skin... and they wanted to close it and put in a drain, but I just could afford another 100 plus dollars we were already in 215 bucks. So they left it exposed and he is wearing a cone. He has to wear the cone until the scabbing is off and the scar is pink... so for awhile. It is going to take some time for the gaping hole to fill in with new tissue. I feel so bad, and wish we could have done more... but at least we know it is no longer infected, and he has anti-biotics to prevent any further infection. I think we just may invest in some animal insurance...

Campout Aug. 2009

So every year, one of my childhood friends and her family have a campout at her mothers property near starvation. This year, after reuniting with the family on facebook, they invited my family to join them. I was sooooo super excited to go! It has been soooooo many years since I have spent time with this fun, and amazing family. Thank you guys for the invite and accepting us right back in with open arms. It was a blast! They had some fun crafts for the kids to do, we played a fun game of softball, rode four-wheelers, did some face painting... and just had some good old fashioned around the campfire drinks and chat. Can't wait for next time!

My re-furbished trunk...

So, I have recently found a new love... THE DI (or any thrift store for that matter)! I have discovered that I really enjoy getting old things, refinishing them, and making them beautiful once again. I have recently bought and re-finished a table for Sam's room, also a night stand for Brenna's room (not quite done with it yet). My FAVORITE of all though has been my very old, very used, very beaten up trunk. I have been wanting to get a coffee table and modge podge picture to the top, but when I saw this trunk at the DI, I fell in LOVE! I saw the beauty in it, and really appreciated how old and aged it was. So, when I got it home, I had to paint it. (it was a light blue color) I also painted the inside... ruffed up the metal a little, and also the edges, to give it that used look that I so appreciated in it's original form. Then I modge podged family pictures to the top. I have decided I am also going to be adding pictures to the inside being that there are more I want to add, and also family members I don't have any pictures of... so for now, it is done... and I am enjoying the character it has added to my front room as our new coffee table... I absolutely LOVE it!