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Socks and Camping

I have zero patience when it comes to socks.  I know am not alone because I have heard many moms complain about having to match up socks.  So, today I am going to take control over the sock issue.  In a couple of hours all my laundry will be done.  Any left over socks will be thrown away.  Am I terrible?  I have soccer socks, basketball socks, baseball socks, Dale's socks, Maddi's socks, etc.... I am tired of looking at my pile of two dozen un-partnered socks.  I am sure that if I went digging into everyone's drawers I would find the mate.  But, truly, I don't have time.  And, I have zero patience.  Have I mentioned that? 

Okay on to fun stuff.  This past weekend we went camping.  The kids had an absolute blast!  Emily has always been a little dare devil when it comes to riding her quad.  Connor, on the other hand, has always been a bit more timid.  This trip Connor fell in love with it, and didn't want to get off.   We are literally in the middle of no where, so the kids could just play and ride all day long.

Not the best shot, but you get the picture how isolated we were.

 

Setting up camp

Connor trying to act all cool...

Dale and Emily having a discussion on how amazing Mommy looks without make up and a shower.  

 

Good times.  

We have a softball and a baseball game today.  Will try and post photos of that in the next couple of days.  

IF you are waiting for a craft, it is going to be a week or so.  My craft area is getting painted this week and my entire hallway is FILLED with my craft stuff.  I have MORE craft stuff than I could ever use in a couple of years.  *sigh*  

Hope you have an awesome day!
 
 

Hello My Friends

Well, Hello there.  How are you folks doing?  Do I still have any readers?  Wouldn't be shocked if I lost everyone...it HAS been since November since I posted.

I could bore you with the main reasons why, but I won't.  At least not today.  And, to be honest, I thought I was completely DONE with blogging.  (even though I was very flattered so many of you emailed me, or facebooked me telling me you missed reading it)

Then, something happened to make me change my mind.  Dale came home one morning from work, and said that for whatever reason he was REALLY missing us during his shift.  So, he decided to go onto my blog, and re-read some of the posts.  He said he got the biggest kick out of seeing how much our children had changed, and he had forgotten MOST of the stories that I had written about. 

SOOOO, here I am.  Blogging after almost four months.  I know I won't post every day, but I am going to try and get back into the swing of things. 

First things first.  I have lost two dear animals recently.  I had to put Molly, my dog of 14 years, down in December.  Then, in January I had to put down Maggie my cat.  (If you were counting we originally had four cats, and two dogs)  Somehow I was thrown into a lil depression over it all.  I still had a dog and two cats, so I really couldn't figure out why I was so bummed. 

Then, when I went to pick up Molly's ashes I was shown a puppy that my vet was nursing back to health.  I would LOVE to post the story of that one, but as I found out here recently, YL is ONE SMALL TOWN.  I certainly don't need/want/desire to be sued.  Let's just say my vet is an angel.  Anyway, after a couple months the puppy was well enough to go home with us for a weekend.  That was three weeks ago.  :) Puppy has been here since. 

World, let me introduce you to Judah.

He is an adorable boxer, who has stolen my heart.  This is not a great photo of him, but I still had to show him off.  I really wanted to name him Duke, but he came to us named...and the kids just got used to Judah.  Judah is now seven months old.  House training is going well.  He does have some accidents, which I generally try and hide from Dale.  (Hi Dale!!!!)

In addition to my new puppy, sports has taken over my life. Up until mid Feb. we had sports SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.  Now we have Sunday's free.  (YAY! And, we found a home church!)

I am going to leave you now with some pics of my boy... Thanks for sticking with me!