Dinner For Two

Inspired by a fellow blogger, I decided to have "Colby in the Kitchen" night at our house. Now this is a night that comes every now and again where Colby gets to select what we are having for supper and help with EVERY part of preparing and cleaning up for the meal. Tonight it was just the two of us so clean up was easy since Daddy is usually the messiest one!

On the menu was homemade cheese pizza, "white" noodles, and brownies. Colby had a great time and really loved helping out! He did a wonderful job and I enjoyed my dinner for two!


Your dinner is served!


Mmmmmm..........smells YUMMY!

Quality Time at Home

I love to help wash dishes!


Look where I can climb when you're not looking Mom!


Colby loves looking at his Science Encyclopedia before bed every night.


Colby watching The Magic School Bus in his tent (I don't think I could watch an episode of anything with my head hanging out of the tent like that!)


Sweet dreams my little angel!

Since the new year is now in full swing Jeremy and I are back to work on opposite shifts. I work at school during the day and he works at Magna on second shift....we simply end up passing each other in the breeze. It is hard because we miss each other so much, but it makes the weekends all the more special. Also, Colby gets a lot of quality one on one time with each parent during the week and then family time on the weekends.

This week I have snapped a few pictures of Colby capturing some cute moments on camera to show Jeremy when he gets home at night (if I actually manage to stay up late enough to talk to him!). I love the innocence he has about everything. I live for the way he enjoys simple things.

Thoughts For Today......

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Anyone who knows me very well knows that I am a dog lover. We have two adult dogs and we raise boxer puppies. We are crazy about other people's dogs also. So.............please know that there was no mistreatment of animals during the event leading to this blog posting!

On December 14th Mom and Dad's dog bit Meagan (my little sister..........you know..........cute, blonde, and full of meanness). She swears that she was doing nothing to provoke the dog, but nevertheless he bit a her arm hard enough to break the skin. Meagan tends to freak out about medical issues so she took herself to Urgent Care to get the bite checked out. All was okay with her, but she was left with a very nasty bruise and a round of antibiotics. Two days later (while we were still in the midst of Daddy's first few days in the hospital after his car wreck) I went to Mom and Dad's to get some things to take to the hospital for them and in the door was a business card from dear old Keith Alford - Health Inspector. Now Keith is a wonderful friend and does a great job as health inspector so take those Larry the Cable Guy images out of your head now! Keith is very professional.. I called Keith and he said that since Meagan went to the doctor the dog had to be quarantined for 10 days so that we could be certain that he wasn't suffering from rabies.

The quarantining of a dog that has never been chained or pinned was not fun...needless to say the dog nearly ate Jeremy up and growled at everyone else that came near. He snapped at a few others. Since Colby goes to Mom and Dad's so often (along with an assortment of other children who stop by to visit my Daddy) the decision was made that the dog needed to be put down to keep the children safe.

Now the funny part..........all I told Colby was that the dog had died and was in heaven. He knew Meagan ( who he calls May-May ) had been bitten by the dog. Colby's conclusion................"The dog bit May-May and died Mom. I'm never gonna bite her because I might die too!"

Ahhh, out of the mouth of babes!

My Thought For The Day....

On a Good Note....

Jeremy's dad, Larry, had hip replacement surgery on Wednesday. It went VERY well and he is getting to come home today! My Daddy is doing well also. he still has to have someone sit with him to help him get up and down, but he is so blessed to have come so far! We are so happy and we are praying that we get to stay away from hospitals for a while now!

Remembering a Dear Friend

Today was quite possibly one of the most difficult things that many of us have faced.............a funeral of one of our own. Now I don't know if I am just odd or if this applies to everyone, but death really bothers me. I am not comfortable with the idea of mortality. I have been fortunate during my life to only have dealt with death in the form of the elderly........until today.

We have all known and loved Nathan Vincent for years, but that love was more than apparent today. As Jeremy and I pulled into the parking lot at Hardy and Sons that was overflowing, I immediatley choked up. When we walked into the funeral home we were greeted with a video of photos of Nathan's life. It broke my heart. For the first several minutes of our visit I battled me emotions trying to be strong and not cry...........but the saddness won and the tears fell. Then I was able to take in all that was around me.

I looked around and saw many of the people we had gone to school with...........many of us from different circles and interests.......but that had the friendship of Nathan in common. I looked around and saw older people there to support Nathan's family. I saw the heart break of Nathan's mother, Cherri as she patted her oldest son in the casket in front of us. It made my stomach ache and my heart hurt. But once I got past the pain I was able to see that the room we were all standing in was filled with love.

Love for our friend who always treated us all like we were special to him. Love from spouses and friends who came to give their support for someone they didn't know well, but that we loved. And people also showed love for each other. We hugged and told each other to be careful and promised to keep in touch......because we love each other.

Now usually in my blogs I try to be sassy and smart, but this is not a post that sassy is appropriate for. This is simply a reflection of a difficult day and the things I brought away from it.

We are mortal. We may only be 29, but it can all change so fast. We need to live each day as if it were our last. We need to live right. We need to love those around us. We need to be good to those we know and to complete strangers. We need to focus on the important things in life and forget the stress we put on ourselves with mortgages and car payments. We need to enjoy the time we have here and pray that when our time comes.............when our last day on earth is here..........that we had been as loving and kind as Nathan has to all of us so that we are remembered in cherished memories like Nathan is remembered by each of us.