Trey explains it all

Here is how Trey explained to me the phenomenon of going to sleep in Mom's bed and waking up in his bed:

"And I go to sleep in Mommy bed and then it's Trey bed, and you go to sleep Mommy and you can't see me. You say 'where's Trey?' and I'm in my bed. But first it was Mommy bed and then Trey's bed and then I just wake up."

Got it?

Swing

Now that's how you give an underdog.

Car Wash

Just one of the benefits of being married to a fire fighter.

Camp Fire

Back in January we took down the Christmas tree and put it out back. Trey cried when we did, and when we tried to cheer him up by saying we were going to burn it, he came unglued.

3 months later he has warmed up to the idea, so pun intended.



We burned the tree and made campfire dinners over the embers with a little buffalo meat from my grandparents. The tree made a lot of sparks and burned fast and high. Now I wish we had another one. Next year...

Quilt!

For Christmas Nate gave me an extension table for my sewing machine so that I could quilt my own quilts. (like top stitching)

Today I finally got to do it on a real quilt.


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I was far from perfect, but it was so fun and I am really excited to try it again soon. I have a whole stack of quilt tops that I have made over the years but didn't want to pay to have quilted (gets pricey) This one is for my friend Stephanie. It turned out a little "Happier" then I had intended, but I still like it.

Zoo Day

We spent a day at the Zoo. It was really fun. Smith really wanted to see a giraffe and Trey was really want to see a kangaroo. Luckily we found both.

My favorite was the Ape house. It was still pretty cold out so they gave the apes sheets to help keep them warm this is the big daddy orangutan. He was all huddled up at the window with his sheet. Loved it!
And here are my little monkeys.

Um, Happy Anniversary...

On the evening of March 15 Nate was at work and I was home poking around on Facebook. I saw an old college friend of Nate's post about her anniversary. Then I though, "Hey they got married about the same time we did."

So I quickly texted Nate and said something like "Hey, I just remembered it's our anniversary tomorrow, what do you want to do?"

Then I thought about it some more and realized, "No, today is our anniversary! Oops."

Which reminded me of a funny story.

While Nate and I were engaged he did an internship with the fire dept that included several 12-hour shifts and a couple 24-hour shifts. One day, about 2 months before our weddding, but after the invites had been printed, Nate handed me a calendar and a list of dates. He had just scheduled his days for the internship and asked me mark the calendar while he drove. I went down the list, marking as I went, until I got to March 15th.

Me: "Nate, what is special about March 15th?"
Nate: "What?"
Me: "Why is March 15th special?"
Nate: "Am I working a 24?"
Me: "Yes, but that is not why it's important"
Nate: "What is it?"

8 years later and clearly we were made for each other.