SUN

It is nice to see the sun today!! We are all getting tired of winter and so therefore I am happy to see the sun. I am trying to stay positive and it seems like the theme of the week is to be wondering if you have job security or not? At school we have been told that the extra amounts of money we enjoy making may be cut or not offered at all. At club Tuesday night two of the 12 ladies have lost their jobs in the last month or so. It is a little depressing and I guess I will just be glad I have a job and continue to pay the bills that I can!! Hope all of you are having a great Thursday and enjoying the SUN!!!!

Weekend

This is the precious little boy who has had a lot of mommy time this past week. Thanks to Aunt Missy mommy got a break Saturday night and thank to Grandma Suzy Mommy got a break Sunday evening. We have gotten along great, He truly has been a real champ, however we are struggling to make it to the potty when we have to go #2. We will keep working- this little boy has had a big month and it is only the 15th!!!

Yep- that is Tayden Bish in the height of his glory! He was helping load the 28 coyotes, that the group of hunters my husband hunts with killed this weekend. Tayden truly enjoys outdoors and his daddy. He got to go Coyote hunting with his daddy today!! Once again the height of his glory!

Sorry for the dark picture! This is a picture of the men and 28 coyotes.
My husband and one of his buddies are in charge of the annual competition hunt. We have now done it for 4 years. (i am the secretary lol)
They hunt against other groups, their were ten teams from Missouri, Illinios, Strawberry Point, Bloomfield, Drakesville, Ottumwa, Blakesburg, Fairfield, Eldon, and Pella. They all hunt to see who can kill the most amount of coyotes and it depends on how they perhaps kill them. I was in charge of recording all 166 coyotes.
The grand total of all men was around 200 and the total amount of coyotes killed in two days was 166.
My husband truly enjoys it and I don't mind helping him- glad we had today to recooperate!!!

Valentine

V- very fun
A- awesome dad
L- loving
E- excellent hunter
N- nice
T- teases boys and I
I - intimidating to our children
N - needs a haircut
E - eats most of my meals

My Valentine and I have been together for 11 years this summer. We have spent lots of time together and had some challenges along the way. We seem to be able to get through anything. I do love him dearly and he ceases to amaze me with his fathering ways. (alot like his dad) We enjoy doing things outdoors together with golf and 4-wheelers being at the top. He also knows that his wife can handle it! (sometimes that - it - is a challenge) I would not change things we seem to work well together to accomplish our goals. Happy Valentines Day!

C -L-E-A-N

Well since I have not been to work since Monday and I have been home with a little boy who has been a complete champ, I think my house may be as clean as it has been since we moved in 3 years ago July.
I have a couple of closets I could still sort through and don't get me wrong the basement is a disaster(all my clutter has moved down there), but the upstairs is clean or as clean as it is going to be (toy room is still scattered)!!! I will be doing great to keep it this way until Thursday! I am having a purse party-all of you are also invited!!!! Thursday the 18th from 6-7:30 open house style.

Entertain-ment

Well as some of you know I have two sisters and we love to entertain each other along with our children. As you may know also we enjoy the company of each other and it seems when it is all three of us-it becomes sometimes toooo entertaining.
Our husbands enjoy coyote hunting and are often messing around with various things. Therefore since there is a big hunt this weekend, I decided if Brandon was going to be gone, and Tayden is with aunt Missy that Tucker and I would find something to do. My sister Lindsay invited us for chicken nuggets and french fries for supper-Perfect. Tucker and I picked up her girls and went to their house about 5(our husbands went to a game feed-together). I have wanted to highlight my hair for the past couple of weeks and just haven't found the time to get it done. Great Idea we will highlight our hair and party with chicken nuggets and the kids can play. So we did, well guess who came over about 6 to join the crowd. Yep you guessed Leslie(actually I think her girls wanted to come over). They dropped the girls off and hayed cows. Then when Leslie and Blake got back we decided to do Leslies hair as well. It was fun and we survived three highlight jobs with one box. (I think we are a little sly on our coloring). All in all we had a good time, enjoyed ourselves, the kids enjoyed each other and being sisters and having a great time- just plain ROCKS!!!! Thanks girls for the assistance.

Nose hairs

Well I think my nose hairs have been burnt just a little. I didn't realize how much cleaning/bleaching I had done yesterday until I got up in the middle of the night and thought wow that smells clean. The kitchen and bathroom have officially been bleached. I will continue to clean through the weekend. Thanks to Aunt Missy Tayden gets to have a fun filled weekend this weekend also. She is taking him to the ballgame tonight and Pizza Hut and he gets to spend the night and go sledding tomorrow. He will think it is great and I won't be trying to keep the two wonderful boys queit. I would like to think Tucker and I will relax and enjoy it, but my lovley Valentine has a job for me on Saturday and Sunday. I am the official recorder of one of his lovley coyote hunting excersions. I don't mind, but I think I will be busy(hmm wonder what the pay will be). Sounds we could have a busy weekend, but that is okay we will be busy from home. Enjoy the wonderful weekend!!!!!!

Brown Bear

Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see? Yes that is the favorite book of the day!! We have read it about 10 times and it is only 10! Tucker is doing well still, a little more of mommys boy today and I am getting some things cleaned. Bleaching the bathroom- do any of you remember when I blogged about the urine smell. Well let me tell you, since the big 2 year old is peeing in the potty that urine smell has doubled!!!! I am also thinking about working on cleaning cabinets in the kitchen. All the stuff not used is going down stairs and this summer we are cleaning out the basement BIG TIME!!! Yesterday I worked on the kids closet and drawers and sent two garbage bags downstairs. I have also sent a fair amount of time rocking this little boy(so don't get worried gmas)! I think I could be a stay at home mom with only one at home. Enjoy your day!