"I won the airplane!"

I thought this story was too cute not to share. We were in Trent a few weeks ago at a Craft Fair, and there was this airplane up for raffle. My dad and I bought a few raffle tickets for Skyler and forgot about the whole thing. Later on that evening, my dad walks up to Skyler with this little slip of paper. Skyler had won the raffle! It took him 15 seconds, and saying "I won the airplane" about five times before it dawned on him.
Then it hit me, how am I going to get this enormous thing home? Dan was at work and was not scheduled to be back for a while. Well, Skyler understood that I could not bring the thing home in my car, and that he would have to wait for Daddy to come home. He waited patiently until Dan came home, but as soon as he did, Skyler was crawling out of his skin to get the airplane home. So they went and picked it up last night.
And here it is at home in the yard!

A few weeks ago, I was raking all of the leaves in our front yard. I have four pecan trees so I have a lot of leaves! I had all these neat piles all over the yard, and then I hear this howl. Not the "I am in pain" howl, but the war whoop of a six year old. I turn and I see young Skyler leaping into the air, landing in one of my beautiful piles. Just as I was about to hollar at him to get out and fix that pile, I had that "I have become my mother" moment. I love my mother but I didn't really want to see the look of disappointment on my son's face. And I saw the sheer joy he felt as he leapt into the pile.
So I decided to move my piles into places for the most FUN! In front of the slide, and placed closed together for leap frog style leaf pile jumping. I wanted to be the coolest mom ever, and for about 30 minutes or so I was.
That is until I told my beautiful, laughing, happy children that they had to come inside and warm up. Oh well, I can't always be "so super cool", as I was affectionatley called that day!

Well, theres a first time for everything!

I never thought I would ever do a blog about me and my family. I guess it's time. I probably should have started this several years ago, when the kids were babies.
Dan and I have been married now for 6 and 1/2 years. Our oldest child, Skyler, is now six and in Kindergarten. Our youngest child, Emma Lee, is three and she is in preschool. We have three wonderful dogs, my other "children". Kayla is 6, Coach is almost 2 and Bo is 6 months. I think our family is complete, except Emma Lee wants a dog. We told she has to wait until she turns six, maybe she will forget by then! I will keep hoping.
I am in school in Snyder, again and will graduate in May. I have also recently joined a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) Group in Sweetwater. I really love the time I get to be with other mommies. We discuss the trials and the blessings of being moms . It is really nice to have people I can talk to about all the things that I am dealing with at home.
Dan works in the oilfield. He is a MWD Hand, which is too much to describe. He puts together a tool that goes down the drilled hole (while they are drilling) and it sends back readings to his computer which he follows inside his trailer.

I think that is enough for now. I want to have a way to journalize the blessings and challenges of being a mom, a wife, a student, and a person.