Our Dad

So Terry left last night to go hunting with his brother Troy. He left me to be a single mom of 3 for just 5 days. I have to say sometimes it is a relief because I don't feel like the house has to be perfectly clean when he comes home and we can fudge on dinner. But then reality set in as I woke up and had to have all 3 ready for their 9:00, 10:00 & 12:00 soccer games. It was bloody hot and we were running like crazy to make it to each one at different locations on time. After the last game as we were driving home Matia asked if we could play the "watching you daddy" song because she was apparently missing her daddy. I guess when your other half is not with you for a short amount of time it is easy to see how much they are needed in your life. I have always given credit to Terry for being such a wonderful father helping out so much with everything. But man I just have to say this is going to be a long 5 days without my best friend. I know whaa-fetchin-whaa it could be worse. Well Terry I guess I am just trying to say thank you for all you do for us. I will be very happy when you come home, I am not good at this single mom thinger.

Another Year Older?

Huh. Wow! Crazy. I just don't believe I am really 34. I still feel like I am in my 20's. Although my body is beginning to feel like I am 34. So I just have to say that I thought my life would be a little different then it is right now. Not that I am complaining because I have so much good in my life that I love the way things are. I guess when you start to imagine how your life is going to be when you are older you are so young that reality hasn't set in yet. Well reality is right there staring me in the face. Life ticks on faster then the second hand on the clock. Even though there are times in your life that you would just like to pause and times you would like to fast forward through (which seem to go by the slowest). Times just goes by and we get to deal with it. I never thought I would have the cute kids I have. I have always wanted to be a mother. So call me pestimistic but when I was younger I imagined I wouldn't be able to have children. You know to much joy for one person to wish for. Then the times I would imagine having children I never imagined them as great as the 3 children I have. I just have to say thanks to the beautiful children that Terry has given me, my life is complete. I never imagined that I would have a husband as great as I do. Terry is an amazing person. He is just like my dad is so many ways. He loves to work but loves to play harder. He values his children above all. He shows his love so openly and invites strangers to be his friends. And he treats his wife with admiration and respect. Oh and yes he can fix anything he wants to fix. Things also are on his time clock, in other words I can't get him to do anything unless it is his time to do it. A little stubborn that way but oh well I think I can take that. So all and all, my life at 34 is a great life to live. I would love to pause it right here for many years. I love swimming a mile every morning at 6:00am with my sister. I love the age of my children. I love Terry and his commitment to our family. I love my job of teaching preschool children. I think that is the best job to have. You learn something new each day and the children are so loving that how could you not love them right back. I love their curiosity and contagous desire to LIVE! Yes there are days... But I wouldn't trade it right now for any other job there is. I love managing my family/home. Even though there is not enough time for me to really do everything I would like to, or clean everything I want cleaned but I do enjoy being the center of our life.And not to mention for my birthday Terry bought me the CJ-7 Jeep I have always wanted. I have to say that I have wanted this jeep for about 20 years, so when I picture it in my head it is a little shiner from my memories. Because the jeep I got is now 24 years old and time has played its toll on its old frame. But I love it and I am so excited to get driving her around town. I have named her Jeepers - because to drive her she can kinda give you the Creepers, she's a little rusty on the edges. But it is exactly what I have wanted for so long and I will have a great time driving her around. Of course it will have to be close enough I can walk the distance if by chance she has heart failure or so crazy seizure or something. And yes there will be a pair of walking shoes in the back for me and my 3 kids. But it will be fun. Thank you Terry for making all of my dreams come true.

First Day of School

So yesterday was the first day of school for my cute kiddos. I have to say it was cute to see Bowdee up and dressed before 7:00am ready for school. I had to remind him he couldn't go for 2 more hours or he would have been there before the teachers. And Tia didn't have a hard time getting up before 8:00am which is as rare as a cheetah in Utah. You just don't see it very often. They had their brand new favorite outfits picked out and ready to go. Then they also got to see what the backpack fairy brought them. This was the first time we tried it. I told the kids I had heard about it and didn't know if there really was a backpack fairy so we tried it and HOLY CROW there is a backpack fairy. The fairy brought them each 2 new books a new shirt and a few little things to leave in their backpacks for this year of school.So off to school it was... My kids just love riding their bikes to school so I was ready to follow them. But the tire on my bike wasn't, it was bone flat. So Treg and I jumped in the good old burban and followed them. As I shouted out the window, "always watch for cars at this road it is hard for them to see you" or "Bowdee always wait for your sister to cross the road" you get the idea I am always a paranoid mother. Anyhow we made it to school and found the bike rack on the other end of the school. Then we sent Bowdee off to his class. He was not nervous at all and he didn't even give me a kiss goodbye. I understand though he is getting older and more independant and I have to let that happen or I will regret it when he is 30 and still living at home like "Failure to Launch". Then Tia was ready to hit the books and find her class. She only hesitated when there wasn't a hook for her backpack. But other then that it was all I could do to hold back the tears. She didn't even look back to wave goodbye. Then Treg and I headed for the car. Just me and him for 6 hours a day for 9 months. Huh we are going to have a good time. He says it is "Party-time". I love my kids I love the experiences they are giving me. When they came back I got the report that they loved school and they think this will be the best year yet. So here is to another good year at school.

Hunting or should I say Camping?

So this weekend was the opening hunt for Archery. This year Terry has both an Elk and Deer tag so he is pretty excited to get something. Me and the kids just love to go and tag along because he makes it so much fun. Well we left Friday night at like 7:00pm and we were going just north of Strawberry. We have not camped this area and didn't think it would be a problem finding somewhere to pull over and camp. Well we were wrong their were campers/hunters everywhere. Then as we were driving all over tarnation we started to smell somthing burning. It was our transmission to our suburban. Like we didn't have enough to stress about. So we found the next field we could pull over in which was near Current Creek and parked it. Then Terry pulled the four-wheelers off the trailer and said heres our bed. I was completely ready to set up the tent at 11:00pm in the dark so the bears wouldn't get me. But Terry had other plans. So I took 2 benedryl and hoped that was enough to knock me out so I wouldn't care when the bear drug me off the trailer. Well we made it through the night with out any excitement. Terry froze while the rest of us were snuggled up pretty nicely. I think Terry was afraid of me getting cold because he knew he was pushing it by making me sleep under the stars in bear territory. So the gave me and the kids the best of the best sleeping gear we had and him the 2 coldest sleeping bags we had. Just like any GREAT father would have done. We woke up to a thick layer of frost on our sleeping bags and had to wait until 11:00 for the sun to thaw and dry out our bags. Then we took a nice drive around the canyons looking for Terrys brother Troy and his kids. Troy finally found us back at the field we slept in around 12:00. We decided to nurse our vehicles out of the canyon, because his was acting up as well. Then we headed over to the south end of Strawberry for another night of torcher. Up this canyon we found it to be 3 times more crowded then we have ever seen it. And there was only one spot left which I can see why it was left alone. It was bear with no trees and about 1-2 inches of fine dusty dirt. So we made the best of it and I held my tounge once again. Don't get me wrong I love camping really I do. But I just found out I have my limits these conditions were just amost unbearable. We were all just so dirty I was almost in tears. But I think I held it together and we headed for a short night time hunt. After seeing nothing we headed back to our camp for marshmellows around the campfire.What would a camping trip be without roasting marshmellows? So we threw in some pixie sticks for a little campfire entertainment and enjoyed each others company. And I have to say for one short moment I forgot about all the dusty dirt I was going to have to face in the morning and the dog full of burrs and the dry hot sun that just wouldn't decide if it was going to be cold or hot. For one short moment everything in life seemed perfect. The next day we cleaned up camp. Which I have to say I don't understand how Troy can be there alone with 2 of his girls and get ready to go before we do. But he does it every time and it seems like he has more stuff out then we do to. I just don't get it. But then we headed down to the little stream for some good old fashion childhood memories. I love taking my shoes and socks off and wading around lookin for worms and stuff. Then we headed home and saw 2 elk but didn't get a shot off. Did you know elk can run as fast as a black stallion when they are spooked? That is what I learned on this trip.