Being Tagged

Kara tagged me, so here is what I have to say! :)

First memory: The earliest I can think of is my 3rd birthday party. Mom made me a Barbie Cake, with the doll in the middle, and I had lots of people there from church.

First real kiss: Does 3rd grade behind the bushes on the playground with David Smith count? That is the first one I can remember. Unless you count 6th grade when David and I (still "dating" at this point) tried to "french kiss" and both jumped back and said "Gross!".

First love: I guess it would be David Smith (who, from what I hear now, doesn't like girls anymore!!) but I'm not really sure. After 7th grade I never really dated anyone until I met William. So I guess it would actually be William, my husband.

First thing I think in the morning: In the summer...Do I REALLY have to get up? Is Winter up yet? During school...Okay, what are we doing in class today?

First pet: Missy the dog and Wilma the cat. Missy was a lab that we had forever and Wilma was a tabby cat that got bailed in the hay!

First question you'll ask when you get to heaven: What is it like to be able to know what will happen before it does?

First thing you think of when you hear the word vacation: Driving somewhere and getting to relax when I get there!

First best friend: Rebecca Miller. We went to school together from 1st to 7th grade, were in 4H together and both loved to ride horses. I think she's working as a park ranger somewhere in the panhandle now.

Last time I dressed up: Oh my, I can't even think about this one. I guess it was when I went to NASA and we had a formal type dinner there. That was at least three years ago.

Last thing I ate: Some sugar-free peach cobbler and a piece of chocolate cream pie. We had small groups tonight so there are always good things to eat there!

Last CD I bought: I honestly don't know!! I don't think I have bought one in a while!!!

Last time I cried: Tonight when asking for prayers in raising Winter. (She's getting really sassy and saying NO! to everything and everyone.)

Last good book you read: Karen Kingsbury's new series after the Firstborn books called Sunrise. That is the name of the first book too. It is GOOD!!!

Last time you told someone you loved them: Just now when I put Winter to bed.

Last really funny thing you did: I guess Winter thinks that everything is funny. I can't think of anything off the top of my head.

Last thing I watched on TV: The Last Food Network Star It is a good show!!


Okay, here are my answers. I guess I will tag Mary and Shiann! I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to say!

The Beautiful Nature that God Created!

Okay, so I'm not in Texas and I'm saying that the land is beautiful. Am I sinning here? Anyway, at the river there were a couple of deer that I just had to share with everyone. In my last post I talked about being far from Wal-Mart, but where most people live, they don't get to see what I saw tonight. While on the way to the river we saw at least six turkeys, a road runner, and a jack rabbit. On the way back we ran across a porcupine! I thought that was cool as I had never seen a live one before. We also saw several more deer. It is amazing what God has done with our world...well his world really.

This first picture was a sunset on the Salt Fork of the Red River.


As we were walking down the river, we saw a doe and her baby. If you look really close behind her, you can see the baby.


This one isn't a great picture, but it is a buck in velvet. Basically, these are the antlers that come back in after they have fallen off in the fall. He was beautiful but moved before I could get a good shot.

At the River with Auntie

This weekend we went to visit my sister and took some time on the Salt Fork of the Red River. It was a beautiful drive up there where we went by all of the cottages of Westview Boys Home. I have taken for granted how close I live to town!! It doesn't seem like much, but to get to the nearest Wal-Mart it is a 35 minute drive. I'm spoiled!
Anyway, back to the river. Winter and Auntie had a great time. I think there was a point when Auntie was done and Winter wasn't. Auntie had to give Win a little smack to keep her from running across the river. It was a bit frightening. Winter had her rubber boots on and at first said it was a creek. She asked if we were going to see Grammy on the other side. I thought that was funny. She thinks that every time we cross a creek we are going to see Grammy. Guess that is because that is what we do to see Grammy! On the way back, Winter was complaining that her diaper was hurting her. Come to find out, it was full of sand!! She was trying to pull it away from her body. No wonder it hurt!! Thanks for the great weekend Sis!! We had a great time with all of y'all! Love you!!!
Here are some more redneck baby pictures for you to enjoy.







This one needs some explanation. Shiann and Winter were running and splashing. They were having so much fun!!

Recent pictures

Well, I haven't put pictures on in a while, so I thought I would put these in. Hope y'all enjoy them!!

Winter loves to ride her rocking horse and boots (thank you Auntie!!)



Here's one of Winter and Mommy. I don't get or allow many pictures of me, but I'm actually proud of myself in this picture!!


Winter has her name on her wall. This is the "W" she's always talking about that falls off the wall. She's such a ham!!




Winter was napping one day. Apparently she didn't like being in her bed. She got out of bed and did this all on her own and from what I remember, she was relatively quiet. :) If you look close, she has her purse around her leg!!




Cute ham!! :) Her eyes look funny because she's looking at me and not William taking the picture.




These...well these are too much!! It has been really wet here this last week and Winter wanted to take advantage of it. William was outside cooking so Winter took it upon herself to play in the mud. I call these are redneck baby pictures. She had fun. That is what was important right?? William washed her off with the water hose. I decided not to take pictures of the nakedness!!




Finally....
I made sausage for William for breakfast this morning. Winter looked at them and said "Cookies!!!". I said yes, Meat Cookies Winter, eat one!! She didn't believe me, but it was funny anyway.

Any Suggestions???

Okay, I am having some troubles with Winter. She's a smart kid, so we thought potty training would be easy for her. She understands what it means to go potty and says that she wants to go, but lately when I take her, she cries that she doesn't want to go! I'm so frustrated with her!! I know, she's only 2....but I guess I'm used to everything happening right now. I asked her yesterday why she wouldn't go in the potty and she said "'Cause I can go in my diaper". Does that mean she's not ready? Can anyone help me out? Am I'm stressing too much? Will peer pressure and routine help when she's back at school in August? HELP PLEASE!!

What is Winter doing these days??

Now that school it out, I must take a few minutes to tell everyone what Winter has been up to these last few weeks. It is so interesting what she says and does and where she comes up with these things!! William and I were discussing that she's making full sentences and it is funny! She said "This is my plate. This is your plate. This is Daddy's plate" when we were getting ready for supper. Here are some other things that she's doing/saying right now...

1. SHE "WENT" (trying not to be too graphic here) in the potty by herself today!! She said she needed to go potty and was successful! We are on the right path now!!

2. In the shower, she puts the soap in the corner and says "You no say me no soap...you stand in corner, you no say me no soap!" I wonder where she is getting this stuff?? :)

3. She loves to kiss booboo's. So much so that she will give you another one while trying to make one better!!

4. She loves horses! As you can see from the pictures she likes to pet them and play with them. When mom and dad were out of town we fed for them and she had to give every horse some hay. "It's my turn!" she would say when she was ready to give each their hay.

5. Every day, even though it was almost three weeks ago now, she says "I ride the big horse!"

6. I just heard her sing the night night song I have sung to her since she was little to the blocks..."Don't wake them up" she told me.

7. She LOVES cheese....anyone know where she gets that???


8. She doesn't like going right to bed but loves to rock. To prevent fits, we set the timer for five minutes and she knows when it goes off, it is time for bed.

9. She hears me calling William Honey, so she calls him Honey sometimes too.

10. We went to a movie last night and she was great! She watched it and seemed to like it.

11. Finally....the words she says are funny sometimes. For example, the word Wall...did y'all know it has three syllables??? I know it is because of how we talk, but I'm afraid Winter is going to have an East Texas accent!!

This is enough for now. I hope you all enjoyed knowing what Winter is up to these days!!!