Great day out

My five year old son already loves history (thanks to Adventures in Odyssey), He loves Abraham Lincoln. He comes by this naturally, I love reenactments. Its a great weekend where adults get together and pretends we are back in time. Its also a time to think of all the men that gave their lives and the cost of being free. Some people will never know what that price feels like. I can never hug these men long enough or say Thank You enough. The words feel so small.




well, you know I would have to have a picture of the old water pump :o)




However while we were going threw Chester Illinois we decided to visit Popeye. They have been putting up new statues all over town. The kids loved it, it was like a scavenger hunt. Find the statue, jump out, take a picture, jump back in the car, find another statue and start all over. It was a great day.
P.S.
I received this e mail the other day about a scrap booking page that wanted to feature my blog. I am not sure about it but I thought I would let you all check it out. I don't want people to think I create my own pages, I usually get them from TCBOTB. I just wanted to give credit where credit is due. I wish I had that talent of figuring out how to make my own page, maybe one day. Here is page that was sent to me for you all to check out. http://scrapbooklayoutsideas.com http://scrapbooklayoutsideas.com/blog_awards/index.php?id=24304

Starting over

Hello everyone, Here we are in Southern Illinois. No we are not settaled in yet, we don't even have a home of our own yet. Things didn't go as smooth as I would have liked them to go, But then again thats just life. Our beautiful home in Missouri still hasn't sold and we are still living with family. That can be tuff sometimes when you have two little ones running around. I didn't get into the program I wanted to at SIU but I still got in and I am still studying things that I am interested in. However don't look so glum, I am Blessed. If I wake up in the morning and can take a deep breath of fresh air, if my feet can touch the floor and carry me around for the day, If my children say I love you, and my husband still holds my hand, I AM BLESSED.
We do have a new hobby! I am starting a duck farm. I am thankful that my family let me have the old shed down the hill or It wouldn't be happening just yet. We are just getting started and have a few ducks we are still looking for and our farm will be compleat. But for now we have 3 rouens, 5 anconas, 8 indian runners and a few silkie chickens for the kids.
So for now we are going to a lot of poultry swaps instead of flea markets. There is a lot to learn like how to haggle for prices (which i am not good at), don't fall in love with every baby animal there and don't make decisions out feeling pressured.
Hopefully I will be able to write more often I have a few ideas for some more posts. See you all soon! :)

Moving day

Well, I have been so busy that I can't see straight. My husband got a transfer to move back to Illinois, so our house will be going up for sale on Tuesday (Feb.8,2011)
We have made a few changes. We took out the carpet, put down a wood laminate, painted every room in the house, either a warm color or just plain white, and added a few extra touches. Now it is moving day.
Here are some of the changes we have been doing. I wanted to show you some of the flower beds we added outside, however I can't seem to find them at this moment and time. And because of all the snow, who can see them, to take another picture.
Good bye Missouri it has been fun.

Moving

Well, as soon as I am done with this Semester, we will be fixing up the house again. This time we fix it up to sell. I can't wait! We are moving back home. We are doing a lot of praying, that my husband get the transfer, and we sell the house fast. I am also praying that I will be excepted into SIU for the physical therapy assistants program.
Unfortunately, my dad and my husbands dad's health are not to good, and I don't want them, nor my children, to miss out on any time together. We all love that song about getting to spend one more minute with you, well we know that things are not good and I want those minutes.
Well, before I start to cry let me post some pictures of our pumpkins this year.
We also went to see Ray Stevens while he was here in Branson. I grew up listening to this guy and my kids loved the show. Hope you like the pictures.

Holy Cow

Holy cow it has been soooooooo long since I have got to play with my blog. I hate that school keeps me from doing my hobbies.
I have only got to do a couple of pages in my scrap book, we have been ever so slowly working on the house. We are planning on moving back to Illinois though, and so the work we do on the house now is just so it will hopefully sell better.
We did get to do a great vacation here in Springfield Missouri, last month. Here is a photo of us waiting to go into the Springfield Cardinals ball game.

water pumps

It is time for me to get off my butt and get out of this house! I will have a few weeks off before I head off to summer school, and I need to get busy. So I have been looking at some old water pumps for a landscape idea, that include rocks and water. These are the beauties I found. Some of them I remember using at my grandparents house when I was a kid. My family, on my dads side, were farmers, and well when every one else had indoor bathrooms they were still trotting out to the out house, and when it came to needing water they were still using the water pump out side. I wonder if that is why I seem to have this thing for out houses and water pumps, hummmm, I don't know. Or maybe it is just wishing I could go back in time and enjoy those days with my grandparents just one more time.