SPRING FLING

I HAVE SPRING FEVER SO BAD. I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH CLOSETS, AND DI ING TONS OF STUFF. OUR HOUSE IS SMALL SO I HAVE TO KEEP UP ON THAT OR IT EXPLODES EVERYWHERE. CLAYTON HAS LEARNED TO DRIVE THE 4-WHEELER BY HIMSELF. HE LOOKS SO CUTE, AND INDEPENDENT. HE HOOKS UP HIS TRAILOR,(HIS WAGON,) AND WILL PULL THAT AROUND, WHEN IT FALLS OFF HE WILL PULL IN FRONT OF IT AND SLOWLY BACK UP. WHILE HE IS LOOKING BACKWARD HE TRIES TO GAGE WHEN TO STOP, THEN HE WILL HOP OFF RUN BACK AND LOOK TO SEE IF HE IS CLOSE ENOUGH. HE HAD PARKED HIS TRAILOR ON A LITTLE HILL, AND WHEN HE WOULD HOP OFF AND LOOK BEHIND HIM THE 4-WHEELER WOULD ROLL FORWARD SO HE WOULD HOP ON AND BACK UP TO IT AGAIN, THEN IT WOULD ROLL FORWARD AGAIN HE DID IT AT LEAST 6 TIMES AND HE WOULDN'T PULL THE TRAILOR THE LAST 6 IN. TO HOOK IT UP.

THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR AIMS TESTING THIS WEEK, ABBY IS WORRIED SHE WON'T DO AS GOOD AS SHE WANTS TO. MADI DOESN'T CARE SHE IS JUST EXCITED TO HAVE THE TREATS THE GIVE WHILE TESTING. ABBYS MOUTH EXPANDER FELL OUT SO WE HAVE TO TAKE HER TO THE ORTHODONTIST THIS WEEK.

COOP

WE HAD A GREAT TIME LAST WEEKEND WHEN NICK, COOP, AND DORENE CAN OVER TO VISIT. WE WERE HAVING CAMERA TROUBLE AND ONLY ENDED UP WITH A FEW PICTURES. THE LAST TIME THEY WERE HEAR WE WENT TO GET OUR CHRISTMAS TREE AND PLAYED IN THE SNOW. WE ENJOY THEIR VISITS!

WHAT A CRAZY WEEK THIS WEEK. I HAD BIG PLANS FOR THE WEEK WITH THE SPRING WEATHER. I NEED TO GET MY GARDEN PLANTED AND COMOPOSTED, CLEAN THE HORSE, AND PIG PENS. ON MONDAY CLAYTON AND BRITT DISAPPEARED AGAIN,(OR SO WE THOUGHT,) SO CARRIE, BENNETT, AND 5 PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE LOOKING FOR THEM, I WAS RUNNING THROUGH ONE OF THE FIELDS NEXT DOOR, AND I LANDED ON A 3 INCH THORN FOR ONE OF THE TREES GROWING.( I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF THEM ARE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT.) IT WENT THROUGH MY SHOE AND INTO MY TOE. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE TIP HAD BROKEN IN MY FOOT, SO BY THAT AFTERNOON MY TOE AND FOOT WERE SWOLLEN HUGE AND I COULD PUT ANY PRESSURE ON IT. FAST FORWARD IT HAS BEEN 3 DAYS SINCE IT HAPPENED, I HAD FINALLY REALIZED THAT SOMETHING WAS STILL IN THERE, AND DUG IT OUT, BUT WHATEVER THE POISON THAT WAS ON THE TIP IS TAKING A LONG TIME TO GO AWAY. HOPEFULLY THE SOAKING, AND GOOD OLD PINEGUM SALVE WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW THE INFECTION OUT.
AFTER OUR FRANTIC SEARCHING, JUMPING SEVERAL BARBED WIRE FENCES, THORNS THROUGH THE SHOE, AND BENNETT BEING LATE FOR WORK WE FOUND THE BOYS IN MY NEIGHBORS YARD WHERE THEY HAD BEEN PLAYING BUT THEY HAD GONE INTO THE SHED TO GET OUT OF THE WIND AND DIDN'T HEAR US CALLING THEM! I WAS JUST GLAD THAT THEY WERE SAFE AND SOUND, AND NOT SWEPT DOWN THE DITCH.(MY WORST FEAR.)

IT IS SATURDAY WHAT A GOOD WEEKEND. DORENE,BABY 2, NICK, AND COOP CAME TO SEE US TODAY WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE WENT TO LUNCH AT HOUSTONS,( YES WE ACTUALLY HAD A RESTRAUNT OPEN BESIDES FAST FOOD FOR A CHANGE.) AFTER LUNCH WE TOOK THE BEAST (OUR BRAND NEW 1984 YELLOW SUBURBAN) OUT FOR A TRY UP TO MOQUI CAVES. ALL OF US HIKED UP THE FACE OF A CLIFF CLIMBING ON THE INDIAN TOE HOLDS LEFT THERE AND WENT INTO A GIANT CAVE. WE HAD HAULED A SPOT LIGHT AND CAMERA TO TAKE PICTURES AND ONCE WE GOT TO THE CAVE NEITHER THE SPOT LIGHT OR THE CAMERA WORKED. ON THE HIKE DOWN MADISON AND BENNETT CAUGHT A LIZARD, CLAYTON WAS JUST GLAD TO BE DOWN OFF THE CLIFF. HE THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FALL DOWN OFF OF IT. COOP MOZZIED ALONG WITH US WHILE DORENE TRIED TO KEEP HIM FROM THE CACTUS. THE KIDS HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME WITH COOP WE ARE GLAD THEY COULD COME OUT TO SEE US. CLAYTON TOOK COOP FOR A RIDE ON THE MOTORCYCLE AND THE GIRLS TOOK HIM ON THE 4-WHEELER. WE WERE SAD TO HAVE THEM GO HOME. THANKS TO DO AND NICK FOR COMING TO VISIT!!

A GREAT NEW YEAR

WHAT A GREAT CHRISTMAS. BUT IT FLEW BY WAY TO FAST. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO TAKE STOCK OF THOSE BLESSING DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND A NEW YEAR. BENNETT PASSED HIS FINAL HURRAY, WE WERE SO HAPPY. HE HAS TO MAINTAIN A 92% TO PASS DURING THE WHOLE YEAR, AND THIS YEAR HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP A 96%. I AM SO PROUD OF HIM.
THE KIDS WENT AND STAYED AT KALYNNS OVER NEW YEARS(THANK-YOU KALYNN) THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN CALL ME! ABBY HIT HER HEAD WHILE THEY WERE SNOW SLEDDING, SHE IS SO LIGHT THAT SHE FLEW PAST THE END OF THE HILL INTO THE DIRT AND UNDER A PARKED CAR. SHE HAS HAD A CONCUSSION, AND IS FINALLY FEELING BETTER. MADISON IS SAD THAT SHE HAD TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, SHE HAS ANOTHER LOOSE TOOTH, THAT WILL MAKE THREE GONE ON THE TOP AT THE SAME TIME, WE CALL HER TOOTHLESS WONDER. CLAYTON IS SUCH A BOY, HE LOVES ANYTHING TRUCKS, TRAILERS, ANIMALS, AND COWBOY. HE WILL ONLY WEAR WRANGLERS. HE IS A MINATURE BENNETT. I AM JUST CLEANING UP AFTER A WHIRL WIND CHRISTMAS, AND TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP WITH EVERYTHING THAT GETS BEHIND. WE ENJOYED SEEING EVERYONE AT CHRISTMAS, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL SOON.