To race or not to race..that is the question!

Over the last few years, Jeremy has had the opportunity to build a few pinewood derby's. With all of that practice Jeremy has gotten pretty good at it. This is his most recent one, it looks more like a model car than a pinewood derby car. (The picture doesn't do it justice, but I tried.) He is so proud of it he is debating whether or not to even race it. Oh, the injustice!

Lions & Tigers & Bears..OH MY!

Micheal has earned his Bear patch in cub scouts! We are so proud of him! Good job Micheal!(Sorry about the fuzziness of the picture, Clayton was really excited to be working the camera.)

Gratitude?

We were finally able to get Tanners bed into his room on Thursday. We thought that he was going to be so happy to see it in his room. WRONG! He started crying because his bed wasn't on the floor. He wanted us to put it back on the floor like it was. I felt so bad for Jeremy because he worked so hard on it and Tanner was not reacting the way we thought he would. Jeremy was so patient with him knowing that Tanner doesn't like change and that he would have to get used to it. The first night in his bed he didn't want to go to sleep, but last night he asked us to put him in his bed. Now he is so proud of it, because he is a big boy in a big boy bed. Sometimes gratitude is just a delayed reaction.

Deer X-ing

North Carolina is very wooded almost everywhere. We regularly see deer, oppossums, raccoons, squirrels,and skunks on the side of the road, dead and alive, so we know there is always a possiblity to hit one. Well the other day, the boys and I were on our way home from a friends house at about 4pm. We came around the corner to see a deer run out in front of an SUV. The SUV tried to stop so there was smoke from the tires skidding. We saw the deer try to jump when the SUV hit the deer. The deer hit the SUV's front bumper, then hit the windshield on the passenger side, and bounce over the top of the SUV and land by the back tire on the drivers side. That's right...over the car! Then it jumped up, ran in front of another car (which stopped), and ran into the woods. SCARY!!! The boys saw the whole thing and talked about it for days. I was just grateful that the deer was able to run off the road so the boys didn't see it die. It helped me be more aware on the road, and I think it gave the boys a different respect for how dangerous it is to play in the street. I hope I never have to see that again.

Happy Birthday Jeremy!

"Winds-day"

Last Wed. was the windyest day I have ever seen in my life. It was just like a scene from "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day." The wind wasn't too bad until I got back from picking up the boys from school. Then when we started homework the house was rattling so I looked out the back door to see our trampoline try to fly away. I didn't want it to crash into our fence that we finished about a 2 months ago, or hit our neighbors house or our own house, so I had Micheal help me move it back then as soon as we let go another big blast of wind tried to take it away again so Micheal and I jumped onto the sides to hold it down. Then Clayton told me the trash can blew over. Yep...it had to be trash day. So we raced out to the front to pick up the trash. We got back inside just in time for it to hail. Micheal was disappointed that he wasn't outside when it was hailing. He was "inexperienced" with hail so I told him if he wanted to see what it was like he could go out, he only opened the door a little and changed his mind. He was satisfied to hold a piece of hail. Poor Tanner was in a frenzy to keep us inside, he kept screaming/crying and holding the door shut. Totally out of character for him. If you can't tell, he has a huge paranoia about wind. He thought that we were going to blow away. The boys didn't get much homework done that day but we had fun running around outside. Thank heaven the wind only lasted until bedtime. We were exausted! Good thing they don't happen everyday.

Tanner's Bed

Jeremy has been working on a bed for Tanner since before Thanksgiving. Well it is almost done, and Tanner is getting more and more excited. Jeremy even let him help paint...a little.

The first picture is from when we moved it out of the garage to sand it. If you look closely at Tanners face he is a little panicked because he thinks the wind is going to blow it away. Cute!