Mr. Spider

We have had Mr. Spider staying at our house for almost a month now and he has been very nice to stay out of my way. Travis Jr. and Savannah have been feeding him and watching him take care of his food. He has actually been really fun, until he decided to get a little to comfortable. He now has his web over the corner of my front door. So as mean as I am told the kids he has to move. Savannah was not happy so I told her I would take a picture of him and write a little story on him!! If you told me 10 years ago that I would be writing about a spider I would have laughed. But here I am :) I have taken some pictures but Savannah says I need to take some of him at night time so I will post them later after I have taken his picture at night time!!

Changes

The last couple of months our family has had a LOT of changes. As I have started to do the blogging thing it has helped me realize what I have. So here are my thoughts on changes. Changes are wonderful they bring a family closer together. They make you realize what you have, what is important, and what you really want. So what have these changes done for me? They have done just that!! They have brought my husband and I closer together again and more. Which I didn't think was possible. It has made me realize that financial freedom is not necessary but it is a goal I personally want to achieve for my family. And one of the main things is what I all ready have, my wonderful best friend and my husband Travis, my beautiful daughter that makes me laugh, cry, and extremely proud. Austin and Travis the boys to teach them young through all the lessons Travis and I have been through. And again realizing that some of the best lessons learned are through trial and error. Being a parent that is one of the hardest things to sit back and watch. One of our mentors said to us once that he wished he could but his head on our body so we could learn what he had all ready with out going through the hard times!! Boy is that the truth. The kids have also taught us great patience. And then my sister LuRae who will listen at any time little or big, to anything I need to share. She also is one of my best friends and it has been great to have her there with me as we start this business as financial advisers. I am kind of excited to have school start this year because will be working together. When we are to lunch and the guys ask what we are doing we can officially say "working". And we will get paid to hang out together now that is Sweet!!
So changes like them or not they happen some are little and don't take great affect on our lives, while others are big and meaningful. When this all started Travis would ask me what I thought about him changing careers and I would always tell him that " I trust you, you are a very smart and successful person in what every do, so do whatever it is that makes you the happiest and you will succeed!"
Again this little entry was more for me to clear my head and write down my ever changing life events. It helps me put my life into perspective, and too truly realize what I have in life. So a big thank you to my "little family" and my sister LuRae!!!

Savannah's pictures '07

Last summer we had some portraits of Savannah it was so hard to decide I think they took over 75 pics. I and I limited down to 10!!

She was 7 in these pictures. I am so proud to be the mom of this beautiful girl!! I Love you "nana'

The End Of Summer

My thoughts on August!!

• Wow school all ready lets see what we can hurry and do with the last of the summer!
• How many more bbq's can we get in!!
• Where did the summer go
• No more lazy mornings
• I love summer with no school, wish it was longer!
• The house will soon be quiet with everyone gone during the days(some days that is not a bad thing)
• It would be nice to home school but... I love my sanity!!

I love the long summer nights and the extra time I can spend with Savannah, I try not to think of how fast time is going. But it also reminds me to make every day count.