Last weekend

Started like this

Then some of this
And ended with this! (That's my brother in law)

This weekend wont be so crazy. I am actually at Benny's work helping him out this weekend. Hope you all have a great one though!

Snow, and lots of it!

Yup, we finally got some snow. About 6 to8 inches of snow! The kids loved it and it was so beautiful. It is all completely gone now but was fun while it lasted.

This is the view from upstairs over looking the pasture.

Of course we had to make a snowman. Our dog was glad Benny made a trail for her cold feet!

We aren't really use to getting snow so the kids have a few pair of socks on their hands so they don't get 'snowbite' (Toots word for frostbite).

Think the snowman was thirsty!

What a weekend!!!!

Last weekend was one of the best weekends I have had in a long time. Carrin came down to visit and we had such a blast. It stayed sunny and nice the whole time also so thank you, God. I really appreciated it.

First thing Benny did when we got to the airport was make her a special sign. It said "SHORT YANKEE WOMAN". Everyone at the airport got a kick out of it including Carrin.


Before she arrived, Benny made a trip to the beer store and had decided he was going to get us all drunk that night. He succeeded. We took her riding backroads and showed her what all that entails.

The next day, we headed over to my folks house to go pick up the kids and then head to the river. Right before we left, my dad said that they never go to the lake or river on Labor day weekend because something always goes wrong with the boat. Of course, something then did go wrong with ours after he said that. The battery went dead but luckily Benny's brother was there and towed us back to the boat dock. That did not put a cramp in anything because we still had a good time. At one point, Toot decide to teach Carrin how to talk Texan. Toot informed her it was ARE house, not OUR house. That cracked me up.


The next day, Benny decided to try it again and we headed out to the lake. Everything went smoothly (except when he was hauling ass across the rough water) and we had a good ride. Didn't have time to get her in the water but that's ok. There is always next time.

We had such a good time and I can't wait until we can do it again. The best thing I have gotten out of blogging is the great friends I have made and I know Carrin will be a life long friend.

Tuesday whatever's

I know a few of you do the Random Tuesday thing so I figured I would add to it.

• Little Man starts Jr High Monday. It seems just like yesterday when he was Smileys age. It won't be my weekend to have him so his step mom gets to take him to his first day. That sucks.
• Speaking Of Little Man going to Jr High, he decided to be in band and play the trumpet. Is it expensive to sound proof a room?
• I worked out yesterday and was surprised when I wasn't sore this morning. So, I am either in better shape than I though I was or I just did a wimpy work out. I'm going with that I am in better shape than I though.
• Smiley and Toot just about drove me crazy yesterday. They were in rare form for some reason. Somehow Smiley put a hole in Toots head and Toot spent the day torturing Little Man. Needless to say, they both took naps so I wouldn't go completely insane.
• Last night Benny and Little Man played a Sims game on the Wii. That is the MOST BORING THING TO WATCH. I watched them for about 3 hours and finally went to bed. It may be fun to play but I just can't handle watching that again.
• And lastly, if feels so good to have everything done. I have everything in order right now. Nothing to stress over just things to look forward to. The next few weekends are gonna be so good. This weekend will be just hanging with the family with no stress, the next one I will be going on a trip with my mom and the one after that Carrin is coming to see what is so wonderful about being in TX. Can't wait.

That's about it for now. For more randomness, go here.

And it begins

Benny is lucky enough that his company realized you can get just as much work done in 40 hours as you can in 40 hours. Kinda obvious huh! But, they do their 40 hours in 4 days instead of 5. Pretty smart huh! Works great because that means 3 day weekends all summer long. And, it saves on gas.

So, our weekends begin as soon as he gets off work on Thursday. WOOHOO!

This is going to be one full weekend for us. Speaking of that, I need to put my camera on the charger. Can someone remind me later? Thanks. Anyway, we are camping and heading out to the campsite tonight to make sure we get a good spot (holiday weekends are always full).

Tomorrow is Little Mans birthday and we are going to do all that fun stuff tomorrow plus hang out on the river. I finally got him the one thing he has been bugging me to get since the day they came out. I bought him a Wii.

Saturday is obviously the 4th of July and they do fireworks out on the river plus we have a kid friendly party to attend at one of the lake houses. With people I have never met.

Sunday, we have to get everything back home in time for the company we have coming.

And if that's not enough, Little Man had diabetic camp next week so I will be taking and picking him up everyday 45 miles away! I am going to be so tired by NEXT weekend. Which is Benny's birthday. LOL! It's never ending during the summer for us!

I hope everyone has a fun and safe 4th of July weekend!

Oh ya, the 'W' on his shirt was for George W Bush. Remember, he has very political dad.

Weekend stuff

So over the weekend, we spent everyday at the lake.

Friday we went to a lake right by the house but it's a shallow lake and real dirty. I don't like going there but we didn't even head to the lake until about 5:30pm so that is where we went. The lake is shallow and dirty enough that it isn't even safe to swim in after July. They actually post signs telling you not to swim in it halfway through the summer. As soon as we got home, I threw both kids in the shower. We wont be going back!

Saturday, we went to the lake we love and Benny's brother was there with his in-laws. He has two brother-in-laws that are really cool so we had a great time. At one point, we were tied to his boat and forgot we put the anchor down. When we took off, the 20 pound anchor came flying up into our boat and hit Benny in the shoulder and head. If it had been about 4 inches to the right, it would have hit only his head. THAT SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME!!! He is still REALLY sore but he is managing (as always). There are two anchors on the boat. One in front and one in back. We will never use the one in back again! Luckily, both the kids were in Benny's brother's boat at the time.

Sunday, he was really really sore but still wanted to go out on the boat. This time we went to the river and met up with my folks. The water is a lot smoother out there which was good because Toot decided that she wanted to knee board all by herself. So she did. She did so great.

I was so excited about it because I knee boarded all the time (by myself) at that age. Man they grow up way to fast. We also stopped and just swam for awhile. Actually, I just laid in the boat while the kids swam but got some cool pics of the Spanish moss. It's actually the tree I was laying under.

So that was our weekend. I am sick right now (don't know why but it sucks) so I didn't do anything at all yesterday. Trying to do more today because I have got to kick this.

I'm AWESOME

That's what they told me. They being Benny and the kids. I felt pretty awesome and proud of myself too.

We went to the lake Sunday. We made the drive up to Oklahoma and went to Brokenbow Lake. That is one of the most beautiful lakes. I would have been happy just riding around all day but of course, we had a new toy to try out. Rather, we had a new toy I had to try out.

My brother gave us his old wakeboard and it was time for me to attempt this thing. I have seen a lot of people doing it and I gotta tell ya, it doesn't look easy. I called my brother on the way and said "OK, how do I actually get up on this thing?" He laughed and said "However you can! It took me three tries before I got up on it." OK, he can do trick and flips and stuff on this thing so I was now even more worried about it. He also rode snowboards all the time when he lived in Utah.

So we get out there, it takes me forever to get the thing on, and in the water I go.

Then, I pop up on the first freakin try!!!! WOOHOO!!

Then, all I can think is "Now what do I do?" I could go left but not right. This is going to take some work.

After that, I got on my trusty knee board. I have ridden a knee board since I was 4 years old. Benny didn't take pics if me wakeboarding (I was a little pissed about that) but he did of me knee boarding.

Forwards

Backwards

Outside

When I came back in the wake, I jumped it and landed very wrong! Yup, ended face first in the water. And for some reason, I am only sore on my left side. Guess my right side is in better shape!

Oh well, the fam still thought I was awesome! Also, this summer will probably be me rattling on about our weekends. Summertime to us is all about us having fun with our kids!

The races and lots of beer

This weekend was so much fun. Friday night we went to the races and one of my brothers and his wife joined us. That was my first time at the races and I gotta say, there will be more. It was awesome.

A tone of people from Zachry (Benny's company) were there but all the foreman's from his office were drunk before they even got there so it made for a real funny time. Afterwards we went to the bar with my brother and then stayed at his house.

This was on the way. It's a sonic bag hanging out the car. Too funny!

This is Benny's kinda sorta boss. He was TORE up!

They were having the Indy races on Saturday so we got to go into the Indy garage. This was my favorite car.

Headin over to see the trucks.

Benny's company's truck.

A cute fireman I was chatting it up with. He usually worked NASCAR and this was his first truck race.

Only took this pic because I know Carrin loves Target.

I have know idea who this is but I had to take this pic because this just cracked me up!

Finally sitting down for the races. Benny had a tongue thing going on all day.

My sis in law but she is really more of just a sis. They have been together since I was 2 years old.

My oldest brother.

It was actually REALLY hard to get a good pic of them racing. They were haulin ass!

Out at the bar. My brother is a goof ball.

That's my brothers hand again.

Tongue thing again.

We were all pretty drunk by this point!

As we were about to head out.

After the bar, we went to Mc Donalds. Somehow I got the guy at the window to sing me happy birthday (not my birthday) and he accidentally left his mike on so the car behind us heard it all. Then, the guy in that car sang to me too. It was soooo funny!

It was a great night and I can't wait until we can do it again!

Randomness

Got a few things to say but nothing really good enough or long enough for a whole post so here is just some randomness for ya.

I was bored yesterday and joined Facebook. If we become friends on there, please don't mention my blog. Only my mom and Benny know about it in my family and one of my best friends and I really like it that way. I kinda like being able to vent or talk about them without pissing them all off. Thanks.

Spent the weekend with my in-laws. Without Benny (still working 7/12's). It went really good. We spent the day at the lake Sunday and had a great time. Toot got to go tubing and had a blast. That girl has no fear I tell ya. She kept telling my brother in law to go faster! Oh, and I got to really work on my tan. Been wearing my jeans so much because of working with the horses that my legs were still pretty white. Starting to match my arms better now!

I finally get Little Man back today. This will be the first time I have seen him since the day we went to court. I wonder what all he will say.

Found out that one of the girls my Mom works with is the sister of Little Man's stepmoms best friend. Did ya get all that? Anyway, could make things interesting. Little Man and his dad and stepmom hung out with them this weekend and she told my mom there was mention of the court thing but that she wasn't in the room for the conversation. Which brings me back to wondering what all they told Little Man and what all he will say to me today.

Well, that's about it. I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Fence building

Here are some pics of our fence building.

Mapping it all out.

This was the easy part.

See, easy peasy.

Now the work begins.

I think he had the hardest job but he didn't care. He likes drilling holes.

Sometimes it didn't want to come back out.

Getting the extra loose dirt out. Toot wanted to be like her Daddy.

It didn't take him long to give me that job.

Then this shit started. This part SUCKED!!!

So we took turns.

Now it's his turn.

Then he did a little of this. He had worked Thursday night and then worked with us all day Friday. He needed a nap.

I believe he is saying he is DONE for the day.
Looks great!

All this for this beauty.


I can't wait until we are done because this is not very easy for this stay at home mom.