Flying By

Wow, has time flown since I last wrote on here. 

I'm now 30 weeks along and a few days.  I'm having the baby in just two short months! Wow...I can hardly believe it.  Until then, I want to cherish the wonderful seasons coming up.

Sunday the 18th is Clarence's 4th Birthday. We're celebrating Saturday night, the 17th with a party at dad's cabin.  That's where Clarence requested we have it.  He loves being at the cabin with everyone.

Just the other day, we were talking about his birthday.  He told me, "Mom, the dads be outside talking, the kids play and watch movies in the basement, and the moms stay in the kitchen and cook the food."  Really, Clarence, you've got it all figured out, don't you? That's how it always works...it's just funny that an almost 4-year old is perceptive enough to realize it!

Tonight we're going over to clean at the cabin and get everything ready.  I made buns for it last night, and I'll make most of the other food on Saturday morning. 

We had a fun couple weekends hunting...even though we didn't shoot a thing. We all saw a lot of does, fawns and small bucks, but none of us had a doe tag, so we just sat and waited for a big head-mounter to come along.  Didn't happen, though.  Maybe next year, I guess.  Clarence went out opening morning with Matt.  He lasted about a half an hour total...he was cold about 10 minutes after they got to their spot, then Matt told him to walk back to the pickup and wait for him there.  Instead of walking quietly, Clarence would turn around and yell, "Coming, Dad?", then walk a little while longer, "Come on, Dad!".  Needless to say, Matt just brought him back to Grandma Juli at  the cabin, since he knew his chances of actually seeing deer with his little hunter were next to nothing. 
I'm thankful I have a husband who's willing to at least make the effort, though.  It meant a lot to Clarence.

I've been subbing a whole bunch this month.  I'm getting tired and ready to just stay home with my family and get ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I want to help feed cows, cut/load wood (I only load it...I'm not too handy with a chainsaw), and bake Christmas cookies with my little helpers. 

I feel like I get so far behind at home when I sub all week long.  I neglect the house, only wash enough clothes to get us by so we have something clean to wear, make the most simple meals I can think of, and fall asleep exhausted with the kids at their bedtime, only to start it all ove the next day.  Thankfully, I got a bug this morning and picked up and cleaned the floors pretty well so the house looks more presentable.  If nothing else, it makes me feel better.

Anyway, I've just been rambling, but we've been so busy running here and there, hunting, feeding cows, and everything else, that I haven't written in almost a month.  Hope it doesn't take me that long to write again!

See ya!