Daddy time

My boys are getting so big. I can't believe they are going to be 5,9 and 12 this year. WOW where did the time go? It's really interesting experiencing this next stage of parenthood. It's not anything like I imagined. Thankfully we have good kids but still even the best behaved child has moments. I thought the baby days were so busy and hard, and they were, but the older child years is even harder because you realize you can't save them from everything and they're going to make their own choices.  Stevan is such a good dad and partner in raising our kids. We've grown so much closer over the past two years. I'm so thankful for him.

While he was laid off this past month, Wesstin got to go on a lot of dad adventures. His favorite was hot chocolate, french fries and ketchup at Cold Mountain.

When you have babies around the house you feel as though your always at the beginning stage, and now that they're getting older I have to come to terms that we're hitting the middle stages of life now. That was hard to swallow but I think I'm okay with it. I'm really enjoying the time with Stevan and look forward to watching our kids grow up together. I'm so thankful to have a complete family. To have the history and memories with that person you love.  You can not replace that.

Looking forward to spring time. Done with this grayness. BLAH!!! Ready to be in the garden and planning camping trip, sitting in sunshine, opening all the windows ahhhhh I think I have horrible cabin fever.  Oh well before I know it will be winter again and a whole nother year will have whisked on by full of memories.

We will have baby goats this year sometime around the end of April beginning of May. I'm excited for that. Wess hasn't really experienced that being old enough to remember.  I think we will all have fun with the new life running around.