Colton

The kids have been off all week for Thanksgiving break. Brent took off too. The weather has been beautiful so Colton has been working on clearing off brush & old barbwire under some trees for Brent.



I asked him if he was having fun thinking he would give me a smart butt answer but he said he was enjoying the work. Shock!!!



He said that the dog was slowing him down. When Colton threw a branch to the pile, Max would go get it & bring it back to him.



He did a really good job for a 14 year old boy who sometimes does things "halfed ass" to put lightly :)



I can't believe he is going to be 15 next month. Just seems like yesterday that I was pregnant with him.

She Would Have Been 68

My Mom's birthday is today. I miss her so much!

Red Belt

Tuesday night Hannah tested for her red belt.



Getting ready.



Lots of things to remember. Glad it's her & not me.



Sparring.



Getting her certificate & belt.



Only 2 more belts until she tests for her black belt. Yea!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours. Be safe and eat lots :)

Mom

Just posting these for family who live out of town. They got Mom's stone put in Monday. It really is beautiful. Dad has already been out to place flowers in the vases. Mom would be really proud of him :)





Celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow at our house. Another "first" without Mom here. It's still weird not having her here with us. I think it's going to be weird for a very long time.

Zumba

I started going to Zumba classes back in August. I go twice a week and I love it. I have the best time. Last night, Priscilla Maribal was in Ardmore, OK to teach a master class. She is kind of big in the Zumba world. She kicked our butt. She came over & talked to us after class; she is really nice.



Our little group from Madill. We had shirts made. On the back it says "in touch with their inner hoochie!". I thought they turned out really cute.



This is us after Priscilla kicked our butts. We were moving for a hour. She is in the red tank. The girl got some moves now. I only have moves like her in my head :)

No Excuses

I acquired a bookshelf from my Dad. It had all of my Mom's cookbooks on it so I knew it could hold some of my scrap stuff. He made it out of old fence slabs.



It didn't take long for me to fill that sucker up. I can't believe I had all of this stuff on 1/2 of a table and a little bookshelf. A lot of it was in the floor too.



This is behind my chair so I left things I grab more often on this little shelf.



My 1/2 of the table. I want to get a clip it thing to put my rubons and stickers on. My goal is to find Hannah a little desk to put in her room so I can have the entire table. So I have no excuses not to get crafty. It's all organized and ready to go.