Firepole

This is another video over Christmas at our friends house. They have a fire pole in their house that the boys just LOVE. Jonah has been going down for a couple of years, but this was the first time that Jadon got to do it by himself. It's a long way down and it makes me so nervous to watch him. So, as you watch the video, you will hear my terrified commentary and my disapproval of his fearlessness. He handled it like a pro...but mom.....not so much.

Horses

This video is very late....but I am trying to play catch up. Over Christmas, we went to some friends that have a place off the Brazos River. We were riding 4 wheelers along the river when some horses came right up to us and they were being very noisy. They are beautiful. We tried to put Jadon on one of the horses and he tried to bite us.....so we stuck to just enjoying their beauty.
What an awesome experience!!

The Ridge

Jeff took the boys riding the other day at a place called The Ridge. It is different motor tracks based on age and experience. The boys had a ball. They both did a great job, but Jonah got a little braver than I expected. He was catching some air. Glad I was not there! Here are some of the pics.

Transformed while away!

Jeff decided to surprise me while I was in Texas. We have not liked our kitchen floor since we moved in. It was white with a nasty gray grout. It was ugly. So, Jeff decided to put new tile in while I was gone. Here is a picture of the kitchen before. It's hard to see how ugly the tile is, but just trust me on this one.


Here are some pics of the work in progress.


Here, Jeff has begun chopping up the tile.


Oh, Thank you thank you thank you LORD that I wasn't here for this.

I am still finding dust particles from this awful site even today.

What's this you see....yes, even under the ugly there is uglier!!

Seriously....this is just gross. What era was this floor from? 50's?60's? Well our house was built in the 80's...so I guess that would be my answer. I'm glad I don't remember styles that much from the 80's.


Here Jeff is beginning to lay the Durock and to pour some leveler in.


Little man strikin a pose on the floor to be!

YEA! The final result! MUCH Better. We picked out a tan with brown tile and we picked out the larger sized tiles. I think 17x17's.


Awe! How nice!

Here is a picture of one of the new thresholds that Jeff made and stained to match our wood floors.


Didn't he do good? What a nice surprise!

Hardest Blog ever

Well, I don't want to do this...but I must.
I have been really procrastinating updating this family blog because I know that when I send out pics and updates of the boys that dad won't be on the other end waiting to receive them.

I've not had a whole lot of time to absorb what I have been through. Immediately after coming back to Texas from the funeral, mom and I were swimming in legal stuff and getting dad's estate settled before I returned home. No one should have to do this after losing a loved one.

The minute that I got home, I was immediately thrown into my new ministry that was set to kick off Feb 21st and I had to write the bible study as well as all the other details of it all. So, now I have a little down time and hopefully time to absorb what has just happened to our family.

Although, I am not sure I really want to. The minute I begin to think on it the pain begins to spill in and I find myself pushing the thoughts out so the pain will go away. It still doesn't seem real. I just keep waiting for dad to show back up so we can pick up where we left off. Every turn I make, evey step I take....I see him in my mind. Almost everything I touch or do seems to bring up a memory of him. He's everywhere yet not here -all at the same time. I miss him so.

I thought that I would post these pics first before I send any out of our daily family stuff.These pics are from the day after the funeral. I wanted to go back out to the burial site and pick up some of the beautiful flowers that were given to us. We brought a lot of them back so we could enjoy them while they were still fresh.