nine years ago...

Nine years ago today it was the same kind of weather, a sunny beautiful warm day....how do I remember this??? It was the day that I/we stood before our family & close friends & exchanged our vows.....So....Happy Ninth Anniversary to mr Tim!!! We survived the good & the bad so far....hard to believe it has been so long some days & others it feels like forever..lol....
Thank you for putting up with all the good & bad......hopefully someday it will turn into more good times than bad!!!
Also a very Happy Birthday to my mother in law tomorrow, we are thinkin of you!!!!

SNOW......

I so cannot believe these past two days...woke up yesterday to snow covered lawns & roads!!!! Then today spitting snow here in the mountains off & on all day, so disappointing to see snow in the middle of October!!! Needless to say I made chili in the crockpot (love that thing) & that's whats for dinner....well for a few of us. Brie & Zac are going out for pizza with Bries' boyfriend...thought it was really cool this boy suggested Zac go to, of course he & zac are friends too they're all in JROTC together. I am super proud of my son....I had an IEP meeting this morning for him & he is on honor roll only 4 points away in one class to be on HIGH honors that is his goal. He's really cracking down this year, he really wants to go to the police academy this summer, plus have to be passing to stay on Fire Dept. & if he stays on honor roll all year mom has to pay for drivers ed. !!! It is so worth it. Was a very proud moment to see Brie & Zacs pic in the newspaper this week for the drill competition two weeks ago...they are doing so good & finally those two have something in common & are really getting along...certainly a blessing in itself....I prayed this day would come.
Hope your all keeping warm:)
til next time LIVE, LAUGH & LOVE

toasty tuesday...

ok so I couldn't come up with a title, but it is nice & toasty warm in our house...it is so easy to heat seems how it's well insulated, we turn the thermostat to 62 & the house heats up to 74 no problem!! LOVE IT!!!! So much for a sunny beautiful day that the weather guy says we were suppose to have! Today even though it has taken me nearly 3 1/2 hrs to do I made my family some homemade cookies...it has been so long & I know they are missin the homemade goodies I used to make so hopefully this will put a smile on there face when they all get home tonight! Had to do something while waiting for the pool guys to get here & close down the pool for the winter...what a dreadful thought...WINTER.....YUCK!!!!

About the photos.....first one is lil miss Munchkin...she is our little spoiled princess!!! On Tims bday she was patiently waitin for a small piece of her daddys cake....i couldn't resist taken this photo!!! It's a face her mama & daddy love dearly...

The second photo is the JROTC drill/color guard team...I am one proud mama.....our team had 6 competitions on saturday in old town maine...they took home a FIRST place trophey, 4 Second place & one Third place....AWESOME JOB!!!!!! Most all these cadets are new to these teams including our two youngest....They competed against several other teams, they have I believe 5 more competions coming up.

One last little blurb....a very happy birthday to Bryan...our daughters very sweet boyfriend!!!

happy october...

I am so happy that September is over only for the simple fact of so many birthdays in the month!!! The photo is one of the many of Krystals senior pics...this happens to be one of my favorites!! She really enjoyed being head chef last night & did a great job. Zac & Brie are off to old town Maine for there first jrotc drill/color guard meet....Good luck to them & the rest of the team. So don't know what to do with ourselves now when no kids are home, Krystal has a sweet boyfriend & when he's not in class at night & they don't work they try to spend some time together, still under parents supervision of course. I really hate that I have to let my kids grow up & start to let go...this is so hard for me I cry everytime. Maybe someday it will get easier....if anyone has any suggestions on how letting go can be any easier I'd appreciate the suggestions..lol. Hope you all have a great weekend....

Can u believe???

Can you believe September is almost over?? I certainly can't, parts of me are very happy that it is though, it's such a crazy month with school starting, scheduals, & all those dang birthdays!!!! Speaking of birthdays....a very happy birthday to Tim....I've had great joy of picking on him this morning with the over the hill stuff, he's a whoppin 45 today!!! Tomorrow is miss Bries...then the birthdays are DONE!!!! YAH WaHOO!!!!!!
Not a whole lot going on to really report...Krystal finally got permission to ride with a boy this past Sat. I swear I have dreaded this day since I became a mom. My stomach was in knots until she arrived safely back home. I don't think that will ever change though. Zac's been scoping out his hunting spot & started making a "blind" & patiently counting down days till hunting season. Miss Brie...she's still just being Brie, totally boy crazy but at least focuses on her school work still thank goodness. Also very proud of Krystal, she's head chef for a big function thursday night...so exciting!!! Oh & the most shockin of all my boy is on high honor roll so far he has 100 in every class but 1....never thought I see that day....he really wants his license & the deal is he makes honor roll all year, we pay for drivers ed....I have faith in him & do believe he can do it!!! That's about it for happenings here...just enjoying the fall beauty that surrounds me.

They survived.....

What a very long but fun birthday for my little girl....they started at noon on Sat & went straight through to 3pm Sunday!!! Once they got home from the homecoming dance, 3 out of 5 decided they were jumping in the pool....it was 34 degrees out & the pool water was only 50 something BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR but we figured what the heck you only live once...so a quick one, two, three & they were in the pool! They jumped right back out as quick as they went in lol....then it was campfire, smores, talk all night....innocent & fun! I'm happy she had such a good time, mommy is still tearing up over the fact she is 18 & we are thinkin about what college to send her too..ugh!!

All ready for homecoming...my beauties

The girls were so excited to get ready all together for the dance...brie trying to fit right in with her big sister. I'm thinking they will be a wee bit cold tonight, we were when we went out to take photos. They plan on coming home getting into warm jammies, having a campfire making smores, playing flashlight tag, telling scary stories, etc; I'm thinkin they won't get much sleep..oh yes they are still planning on sleeping in the tent....BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! But to think this will be her last big hooorah with friends so why not let them have fun & enjoy that last bit of being a child. Of course I'm sure there colds will be a wee bit worse, but I think it will be worth it, today was filled with fun innocence today. Heck for the most part you wouldn't know we had 6 teenage girls in our house, they watched a movie, had a cookout, danced on the deck, rolled down the big hill (being silly), set up the tents, played eat the gross baby food or get pied in the face toooooo funny!!! Nothing major but they had alot of fun & I love watching her laugh & just be herself forgetting about hospitals, drs, work, school, etc just living & loving life in that moment.....let you know how the night goes!