BACK TO SCHOOL!

I spent most of August getting ready for school.  We painted the room, added new bookshelves, and did some over all organizing. The boys were begging for weeks to start school but I needed to order curriculum and then get supplies!  We finally settled on a start date of September 3, 2013.  Cam will be in Kindergarten.  He did complete a kindergarten curriculum last year but his birthday falls after the cut off so he is technically a kindergarten student this year.  I want him to continue to be with kids his age.  Colt will be in fifth grade this year!  It is going to be a fun year!

Random Summer Fun!

I am trying to get caught up on the blog!  This post is just some pictures of fun random times over the last few weeks!

The dogs were really enjoying the hunting channel



"old fashion" sodas



There have been many muddy days!

Lots of Goat Weed Pulling

Learning to play chess

Camaron "Si" Dunlap

There are no words for this!  I find pictures like this all of the time after the boys use my phone!

It's not deer season except when your dog finds an old deer in the woods! The boys were so excited!

Trying to take Remi on a ride

A visit from Brittne

Our cousin Brittne came to visit us his summer!  She was home from college.  She started coming to visit each summer probably 6 years ago!  We always enjoy having her!  We played games, did lots of crafts, baked and shot all of the guns!

Remi thought she could fit too!

Tye Dye shirts

Lime Pie



waiting to shoot



Brittne shooting the big gun

Colt shooting the .22

Cam shooting the .22

Lake Livingston Camping

We went with Grammy and Grumpy camping at Lake Livingston State Park. It is a very pretty park! There were lots of trails for hiking and riding bikes. They had an awesome pool that the boys loved! Great places to fish and view the lake and of course the favorite was horse back riding! We took a trail ride thru the woods! Horses are Camaron's favorite but we all enjoyed it! We had a great time and look forward to more camping trips!

New animals!

We have CHICKENS!  We are using Grammy and Grumpy's old chicken coop so we went and picked up 4 new chickens!  They are Minorca chickens and are almost at the laying egg age!  We hope to get chickens one day but we really wanted to start getting egg so we got the older chickens for now.  So excited to watch them grow and make eggs!  Of course we are hoping that preditors don't get them! 

We also have a new dog!  We have talked about getting an outside dog but didn't really plan it.  A friend of Troye's found this dog and couldn't keep her so he asked if we wanted her.  He brought her out to meet the boys and they loved her!  She is a very sweet Lab mix and around 2 years old.  She follows us everywhere on the property and loves to ride in the mule!  She likes to play with the toys that the boys throw and so far she is getting along pretty well with Bobber.  Meet Remington, or as we call her Remi.

Grammy and Grumpy time!

Last week the boys and I went to Grammy and Grumpy's for a few days. Grammy had signed Colt up for a sewing camp. He went to her quilt shop and learned how to sew some fun items! He made shorts, a neck cooler, a pillow, and a bag! They are turned out great! While Colt was sewing Grammy took Camaron shopping! He had a blast! We also went to the movies and saw Monsters University! It was cute. One day we went to the mall and the boys made animals at Build-a-bear. They also jumped on a bungee trampoline! They were not sure about it at first but ended up loving it! We had a great time!!

18th Anniversary!

Troye and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary this year! It is hard to believe it has been that long! The boys went to stay with their cousins for the weekend. Troye and I enjoyed a relaxing weekend of going out to eat and just not having to be anywhere! We also went and got new rings! We chose to get permanent tattoo rings!! We have tossed the idea around for years but finally decided to go for it! We picked out our design and went to the tattoo place. I was so nervous! But it really wasn't that bad, it didn't hurt near as bad as what I had imagined and it was over fast! They are still healing but I LOVE them!! We have had mixed reactions but honestly mostly positive. The most asked question is did it hurt! My answer is childbirth was much worse! LOL! The next most asked question is what if something happens, meaning divorce or death. Well divorce is not an option for us, we will trust God to keep us together they thick and thin! As far as death goes, it is true we don't know when our last day will be but we have been married for 18 years and together for 20. We have 2 kids and no matter what happens in life we will always be apart of each other. If either one of us were to die we will always have that reminder of our love! We are very happy with our new rings!