Camping

Well this last Friday night when i got off work, Liz and I decided we would go camping. Its something that we had decided to do when we got married and that we would always do with our kids someday. Well since we don't have any kids yet( and not for a while), we took our two furry kids. We went out to Kilgore and stayed at Paul and Ellen Romrells place. I worked for them all through high school and that and they have a huge lawn and a well out there so it was cheating just a little but ok for our first campout for the year. We cooked some hamburgers on our little grill we got for our wedding, and then we went to sleep, but not for long. We decided to put Bailey and Rugar in the back of the pickup and they could sleep there. Well Bailey made it a thing to whine all night long. We didn't hear a peep out of Rugar. Maybe its just a female thing. Just kidding. We probably only got a few hours of sleep. When we woke up we went fishing again. Liz was such a good sport about fishing again. We thought it was cute while she sat there, Rugar thought he'd just rest his head on Liz's lap. We caught nine fish and then came home and had all the fun part of coming back from a campout and cleaning stuff up. It was the first time Liz had ever been camping and I think she really enjoyed it. She's such a good sport to try something new. I love her and know that she will be an awesome mother someday. Anyway hope everybody is doing good. C ya.

It Works!!!!!

Okay so first of all I want everyone to know that im not usually that big of a baby about things, but when it comes to my fears, its embarassing to say, but it has always been FISH!!! (and flying in an airplane). I remember being as little as 6 years old sitting on the bank fishing with my grandpa and praying that i wouldnt catch a fish. I dont know what it is about fish, but they creep me out. Most people have a fear of snakes or spiders, but those havent ever bothered me. I think it has something to do with the texture of a fish or the way it moves...i dont know. Destry should be proud of me because that was the first fish i had ever caught(heavanly father didnt answer my prayers this time) and i touched the dang things! haha
This week has really been a happy one for me. I went in to the doctor and got all of my tests done and he put me on some medication to see if it would help the pin and needles sensation i get in my legs and back when i run. I was a little nervous about it at first, but i decided to be brave and try to run on wednesday. For the first time in awhile, I was able to run without any pain. (I made it to the salem highway and back!!!) I also ran on thursday and friday without any pain.That is a huge thing for me and i am so happy to be able to start getting back to somewhat of my normal self. I know that its always going to be something i will battle with my back, but knowing that i can start doing things like that without hurting as bad is such a blessing.
Im really excited that the weather has been so warm! I hope that it can stay a little nicer, but i also hope that we can have enough moisture for the farmers. My dad showed me the prices of his fertilizer and weed killer for the grain today and i about died!!! Its so expensive! I really hope that dad can get a good crop this year, he works so hard at it, and hasnt been paid of for his hard work in a long time.
I hope that everything is going good with everyone!

Fishing

Well it's been another week. I thought i would write this time so we can get the stories right. Liz sometimes streches the stories sometimes. Ha Ha! Sunday night after we had went to both of our families for fathers day, we decided to go out to Kilgore and go do some fishing. We left the house at about 6:00. We got out there at about 7:15. Now just to let everybody know right now, most people have a fear of snakes or spiders. Liz's fear is FISH. She can't even look at the huge Halibut in Sportsmans Warehouse, but she wanted to go. We took our two kids with us, (our dogs). We got to the creek and baited our hooks. My first cast into the creek and I had a fish on. Pulled it out Liz said that didn't take long. She wanted to try so i got her pole ready and showed her how to cast it out into the creek and to set the hook. Well within two minutes she had a fish on. She pulled it out of the water and started screaming I got a fish. It was a really nice fish so i yelled get it onto the bank just as it came off the line. A little bit later she was finnaly getting the guts to touch them and even put them on the line. I caught one and as she was bending over to put it on the stick I dangled it behind her and yelled hun. She turned around and jumped back when she seen that fish flipping in her face. I got called a few bad words but that was it. Anyway we ended up catching 11 fish, 12 if liz wouldn't have let the big one go. We left at 9:00 and came home. Then her mean husband told her she had to clean a fish. She winned cause the little teeth in the fishes mouth was poking her finger. It was pretty funny.

Anyway, that was all of our fun and excitment for the weekend. Hope everybody has a good week and talk to you all soon.

Just another day....

So this last week has been fun :) Nichole and her girls are visiting from Utah and it has been fun to be able to see the neices and have brit and the boys around a lot more. We miss having them around and being able to spend time with them. Its so fun to watch all of the kids together and see all of their different personalities. I watch Brit and Nichole take care of them, and i hope that i can be as good of a mom as they are one day! Brit is amazing! I dont know how she finds to time to chase her two little boys and stay in as good of shape as she is!
I really hope that i can spend this summer doing some fun things with destry. I miss him when he cant be around much, so i hope that i can see him a little more when im off work during july. I have never been camping before, so its something that i have always wanted to do, but I have never had the opportunity. I think it would be way fun!
There hasnt been a whole lot going on besides work for the both of us. Im a little nervous about tomorrow because i have to go in the the doctor for some tests again. I finally found a doctor that could help me with my back, and even though some of the answers they have found arent the greatest, its still nice to finally have an idea of what is going on and why it hurts so bad to run anymore. I guess one of the problems is that alot of the nerves in my legs, back and arms are damaged and they did some tests and xrays to find out if i have herniated disks or not, so i will hopefully find out tomorrow. They have to do an EMG, which is where they stick a bunch of needles in different spots to see where the nerves are damaged. I have had a hard time not being grouchy and frustrated but im trying to have a good attitude about it. I guess life just throws you different ways sometimes and you just have to learn how to deal with it.
This last couple of paychecks Ive been trying to get more food storage because of the price of groceries! A lot of people dont like it, but lately i have really loved going to winco! It seems like things are a lot cheaper when i go there, and i actually leave with a cart full of groceries instead of a few bags. I dont make any special trips down there just for groceries because of gas prices, but i guess it gives me an excuse to go to the mall too. (all i usually do is window shop though) I kind of wish that we could have gotten married earlier so we could have gotten all of our food storage done before the prices of everything went up so high!
Well thats all for now...i guess im getting a little better at this blogging thing right? haha

Its been awhile :)

Okay, so it has been awhile since we have posted anything...partly because i have been too lazy and partly because i have been busy getting everything ready for summer school! This last couple of weeks have flown by, and have been a little frustrating for me. My mom has had some health issues so i have had to drive all of the kids around and do some errands for her. Let me just say that experiencing her everyday routine has really made me appreciate all that she does as a mom. I know that there were a lot of times growing up that i didnt appreciate her enough, and i really wish that i could go back and be more appreciative. I guess that i can always make up for it now! Love you mom!

Destry has been as busy as ever with work, and there are a lot of times that i dont see him until 9 at night. It gets a little lonely here at the house at times, but it has definately given me an excuse to do aerobics and get a lot of cleaning and piano practicing done. I appreciate Destry so much for being such a hard worker and making sure that i am taken care of.

I got the opportunity to take two of the kids i work with to the zoo by myself the last week of school. It was way fun, but man was it hard to keep Lee from trying to climb the fence and get in with the animals! I love this job so much and i have had so many opportunities to grow and learn from it. I found out last week that they are willing to work with my class schedule so i will continue to work there in the summer and through the next school year. It is definately a blessing to have this job because i have seen that i really am going in to the right profession for school, and has given me a greater love for children with special needs. There are a lot of people that comment about how hard it must be to work in a special needs classroom, but they dont realize how much you really come to love the kids!