Mothers Day Hike ~one day late

On Mothers Day we were supposed to go hiking, but the weather wasn't cooperating so we waited until Monday to head out. A friend told me about this trail just recently so we decided to try it out. It is only about 10 minutes from our house( I can't believe I have lived here for almost 5 years and didn't know this trail existed!) So the kids packed up their back packs and we headed out.
The view at the start of the trail.

Another view from a different direction.

Starting off on the trail.

See that grey road looking thingy? Thats where we are headed, but I really didn't think we were going all the way down there. See the trail? That's what we traveled on.

We saw a dead rabbit along the way.

UP UP UP...we took Daisy dog with us. She was the girls protector on the narrow parts. She would walk between the edge and the little girls so they wouldn't slide down the hill.

Rob: alway on the edge;)

A great look for Jordan, don't you think? She was having a great time, just a bad picture.

See the grey? Thats where we are headed...

Almost there...

That sign was about half way down...at this point not looking forward to going back up.

Made it to the river at the bottom.

Can you see the rattle snake? It was under the bridge we were standing on. I HATE SNAKES!

Heading back up! I survived and didn't really have to catch my breath on the way up;) The kids did great, even Jaelyn. She was dressed warmly so she was pretty toasty going back up but she was a trooper!

Christmas Time!

Shoot

The family that shoots together stays together:)Sunday after church we headed to the hills near by to go shooting.
No, this isn't one of ours.

The view.

The boys setting up.

The .22 my dad gave Jacob for his birthday.

Me shooting the .380

Jordan shooting Jacob's other .22

Jaelyn playing peekaboo

Jocelyn shooting the BB gun.

You learn at a very early age to plug your ears when dad is shooting.

Jacob trying a different position.

Rob in the dirt.

I won!

I should've posted this the other day when I got the message that I won Tamara's give away. Dave Ramsey is my favorite for learning about financial info. So, I am excited that my kids are going to learn from him also. My hope one day is to be debt free, home included. I would love to pay cash for everything. We have a long way to go but we are on the right track. My husband and I are on the same page for a change. Right now we are not eating out at restaurants, and skipping the coffee shops. I am staying home more to cut down on gas, plus whenever I go out for some reason the money just jumps out of my purse;)
One of the ways I save is by going to the library. I have been taking a trip to the library once a week for so many years it seems like a natural thing to do. While we are there we get our movie night movies, music cd's, magazines, books for the week, books on cd,the kids do puzzles while they are there. At our library in our old town you could check out computer games but not at this one. Most of the time we have put books on hold using their website, so all we have to do is just pick the holds up. I honestly don't know why more people don't use the library. It's a great resource and all free(as long as you return the stuff on time). Our library isn't the best one, but if you need a book that they don't have they can order it through inner-library loan. Going to the library is my kids favorite thing to do during the week.

Veterans Day

Yesterday the kids and I went to our local Veterans Day Parade. It was 33 degrees when we got there, so we thought tea and hot chocolate would be nice. Then we headed over to the street where we sat on the curb. The kids and I had a great time. I can't wait


Jordan and Jaelyn


Jacob(this is how he wanted the picture!)


Jocelyn and her colorful outfit


Jaelyn, Jordan, Jocelyn, Jacob


Soldiers holding pictures of soldiers that have died. very quiet, a pin drop could be heard.


local police car from way back when.


I need one of these!



or one of these.



definitely one of these, more my size.


Happy Veterans Day!

Pictures

At Country Night the host was showing us her pictures on Smilebox. It is so much fun and so much easier than the traditional way of scrap booking:)

Make a Smilebox scrapbook