New Bike

Hey look what is in our driveway. . . . . . . . . . . . we are SOOOOOO excited. We just bought a brand new 2009 Ultra Classic Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Of course it has to be two of Douggy's favorite colors red and chrome. The actual colors of the bike are fire sun glow red and smokey gold.

These pictures are BEFORE all the extra chrome has been added on to our bike. Do you really think that it would be our bike without TONS of chrome and skulls all over our new toy?

Any one want a ride ? Now we are really praying for SPRING........yahoooooooo.

God has blessed us . . . . . .

24 Years !!!

Today was a special day to us. It was our 24th wedding anniversary. We LOVE to spend time together as a family and we especially love our date nights together. We have spent alot of time together the past three years with Doug's work schedule and LOVE it . . . . sometimes we do absolutely nothing but just be together.In the past 24 years I have learned to love someone unconditionally. I have learned to be more patient and to stop and smell the roses because tomorrow they might not be there for you to smell. Life seems like a constant roller coaster ride at our house. One constant in our lives is our love for each other. We are grateful to God for our three beautiful children that he has given us to love (man it is hard to see them grow up), and we are grateful that God has given us a beautiful, healthy grandson and we are sooo excited to have more on the way (we are WAY to young to be grandparents. . . LOL). I love you Douggy you are my everything. There is not one minute of one day that I don't thank God for bringing you to me. I know that together we can accomplish ANYTHING and I know that whatever hand we are dealt we can get through it together. Happy Anniversary I love you.
Next year for our 25th wedding anniversary we are planning on celebrating it in June or July on an Alaska cruise (after tax season). Doug is so excited to go fishing. I am looking forward to many many many more happy years to come.

Ringing in the New Year !!!!

We had a really fun time on New Years Eve. Doug, Aubree and myself went to a church and eat snacks and played games til midnight. We all had a blast !!! I did not know that Taboo could be soooooo much fun. We laughed so much. Kolten went with Christine and her family and played Kolten's favorite game Risk til way too late o'clock in the AM. We did not ask Dellis what he was up too we called him and he didn't answer his phone until today so who knows? We are glad that 2008 is over !!! It was rough and rugged for our family, but we did it. Doug having three surgeries in one year was almost too much for him but he did it and we are glad he is back to work and feeling a little better. Dellis moving away from home was hard on the whole family especially his mom, but we are happy that he is happy. Kolten graduating from High School and receiving three scholarships was a wonderful accomplishment that we are proud of him for, there has been some stumbles but we know that he can do it. Aubree is growing up way too fast and making everyone run in fifteen different direction at once with her, and Monica has been working hard to keep everyone all together. We are blessed and thankful that our little Brodie is happy and healthy. It is really hard to know that he is many miles away from us but we look forward to his visits this spring. We are blessed to live in a country where we are free to make our own choices but we all know that our freedom is not free. We are grateful for each other, for our health, our jobs and yes even and the dam kids (hahaha). We are grateful that we have loving extended families. We love to spend time together with them when we can. We are happy together and for that we are grateful. Now onto our next adventure that is right around the corner. . . TAX SEASON. . . grrrrrr. Come on 2009 we are ready for ya bring it on !!!! Love ya all :-)