How is 2014 already here?

I really stink at this blogging thing............................. I WILL update soon - I WILL update soon!

Wishing Star Farms 2013

We actually made it to the pumpkin patch this year! It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed ourselves tremendously! The girls love animals and want to pet everything! I am so thankful that they don't have allergies!!! Happy Fall Everyone!

Rusty Wallace Racing

Our Christmas gift to daddy this year was a ride along in a race car. He used it today and had the time of his life! 

July 3rd BBQ at the CDC

The CDC had a Independance Day BBQ for the parents on the 3rd. Daddy and I met the girls for lunch, ate hamburgers and watermelon with them and then played for a little while on the playground. After that, we took the girls home and began our holiday weekend. I am so very blessed to have such a wonderful place for the girls to go during the day - the people that work at the CDC are amazing and truly care about our daughters - I will miss them next year when the girls go to school.

Durango and Ouray Co - June 2013

We took a trip over Fathers Day weekend to Durango and rode the Narrow Gauge Railroad to "The Dinosaur Village". We got to meet Buddy from "The Dinosaur Train" and dig for dinosaur bones! After our day with Buddy, we drove over the million dollar highway to Ouray and spent 2 days there. What a BEAUTIFUL place! I loved it! Colorado is such an amazing state - I'm happy to be able to share it with my girls!

Blast from the past

I found this old video on my computer today. So cute! This is Kaitlyn and she was making my dad, Papa, smell her stinky shoe. She was about 18 months old here. :)

A Poem Worth Reading

He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion,
Telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he once fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, every one.

And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors
His tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened quietly
For they knew where of he spoke.

But we'll hear his tales no longer,
For ol' Joe has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer
For a Soldier died today.

He won't be mourned by many,
Just his children and his wife.
For he lived an ordinary,
Very quiet sort of life.

He held a job and raised a family,
Going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing,
'Tho a Soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth,
Their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing,
And proclaim that they were great.

Papers tell of their life stories
From the time that they were young
But the passing of a Soldier
Goes unnoticed, and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise
And cons his fellow man?

Or the ordinary fellow
Who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his country
And offers up his life?

The politician's stipend and
the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate,
To the service that he gives.

While the ordinary Soldier,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.

It is not the politicians
With their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom
That our country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger,
With your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out,
With his ever waffling stand?

Or would you want a Soldier His home,
his country, his kin, Just a common Soldier,
Who would fight until the end.

He was just a common Soldier,
And his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us
We may need his likes again.
 
For when countries are in conflict,
We find the Soldier's part Is to clean up
all the troubles That the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor
While he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage
At the ending of his days.

Perhaps just a simple headline
In the paper that might say:
"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
A SOLDIER DIED TODAY.