Random Thoughts

We are leaving for holidays on thursday so I was crusing sites to keep the kids busy in the truck. It's a 8 hour trip to BC and another 5 to the fishing hole. Anyways I found a really great one at Moms minivan.com, it has great printable games for the car. There is a scavenger hunt that would be great for Candice's boys because it has pictures with the words for those to small to read yet. There is also some licence plate bingo for the older kids and if you have walkie talkies between the cars you could play with adults too. I also found some fun stuff on the HP site so I'm adding a CHECK THIS OUT SECTION to my blog. I also had a thought that I don't seem to journal alot in my scrapbook yet I have plenty to blog about. How strange. Anyway back to the point I printed out my blog onto pretty cardstock and added it to my scrapbook. It turned out great and it gave me a running journal of what happens in our life for almost a whole year.

MICHEAL

OUR OLDEST TURNS 17. It's an amazing thing when your children grow up. No more birthday parties with 30 screaming kids from school. No more balloons or streamers. No more staying up all night putting there gift together with instructions in 14 foreign languages. Now it's can I spend the day at the mall with my buddies. Can I just have cash for my gift. It's staying up all night waiting for him to come home. The one thing that stays consistent is "Can I have a cake?"

Here's to our boy becoming the man we knew he could be.

WE LOVE YOU MIKE!

HAPPY 17TH

So This Is What 38 Feels Like

Well Friends
I'm now 38. I don't know what I expected but the most unexpected things are happening. Horrible little black hairs are sprouting up all over my chin. Extra long light colored ones are popping up on my cheeks and shoulders. Everything has decided to sag an extra few inches. The gray hair now out number my brown. I know I'm to young for menopause but one minute I'm hot the next I'm cold. Who knew! Why didn't someone sit me down when I was 18 and say quit wasting your time hating your body this is as good as it gets. Wait till your 38 you won't recognize it.

Now the good things about being 38. My husbands belly is as big as mine so no one notices. I'M IN LOVE. I HAVE FANTASTIC CHILDREN. I HAVE GREAT FRIENDS who can appreciate all the gifts of being 38 from the previous paragraph. THE BEST PART IS THAT I LOVE MYSELF SAGGING BUTT, GREY HAIR, CHIN WHISKERS AND ALL. HERE'S TO THE WOMEN WHO CAN TRULY SAY I'M GREAT AT 38.

Our new trailer

Here is a picture of our new trailer. It's a 19ft. Travellaire Drifter. We are so thankful that we found it it's clean and just like new and best of all we could pay cash for it. We are so excited after spending two summers in a 13ft. packing crate on wheels we have running hot water, a kitchen , fridge and freezer and 6 extra feet.