tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50759711346500616952024-02-20T05:04:02.441-08:00jewelzWell here is a little about me. I am a mom of four boys and a wife to a wonderful man. My husband is a firefighter and former Marine so it is needless to say I am so very proud of my husband. My boys are great kids mind you they are not perfect but I think they are great. As for me I just try to be the best mom and wife i can be.jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-13609498160231171602011-08-19T05:11:00.000-07:002011-08-19T05:49:14.743-07:00Not Excited My FOOT!!!!!!!Well I sent the boys off to a new school year yesterday. They tried to tell me they were not excited....but I knew better ;)
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<br />Austin picked out his clothes for his first day of !st grade. Notice the COOL Spiderman shirt and his new Sketchers. He wanted to look good for his teacher LOL. When he got home he ran in and said "today was the BEST day EVER Mom!!!!!!!!!!!!" so I think it was a good day LOL. Oh and Austin was most excited about the fact that the LOVE of his life Katey is in his class. He would sing that Justin Beiber song "Baby, Baby, Baby OOOHHHH" to her last year LOL.
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<br />Dakota is all about looking cool also lol. He found those "skater" shoes and loved the fact that he could have two different color shoe laces. That combined with his new "awesome" shirt he was ready for his first day of 4th grade. When he came home he told me that he liked his teacher she is nice, he has quite a few friends in his class and his girlfriend from last year is in there to and apparently they are still together LOL.
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<br />Travis has entered a new stage in his life.....HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He started his first day of his Freshman year with a heart monitor on him LOL. He is fine he had an EKG done for his sports physical and the Doc thought she saw something off about it so she sent him to a Cardiologist just to be safe and that Doc says all is good as long as his 24 hour heart monitor results come back fine...and they will. Now if we could stop him from getting concussions in football and wrestling we would be good LOL. The heart Doc actually said if he gets any more concussions he wants him to go see a Neurologist to look at his head...I wonder what he will find up there...HMMMMMM I might take him just to check LOL.
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<br />I would say all in all they had a great first day of school and a great start to a new school year :) I must say I sent some handsome young men off to those schools yesterday.
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<br />jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-39572371981225231742011-05-16T06:31:00.000-07:002011-05-16T09:01:18.289-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0ItSAHkci_Gy4beyc70Oot1aFw1gYAqiLxdfWBiZnlGrzJXtFHW9r2LKnm-q4g8df28rElcO4ooTTLqipViEC239IJ0SUYp4izLIn9oDHbtNdbV_tiCl5hoOZclT8jCc7ehyS62P1OEP/s1600/DSCF0015.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0ItSAHkci_Gy4beyc70Oot1aFw1gYAqiLxdfWBiZnlGrzJXtFHW9r2LKnm-q4g8df28rElcO4ooTTLqipViEC239IJ0SUYp4izLIn9oDHbtNdbV_tiCl5hoOZclT8jCc7ehyS62P1OEP/s320/DSCF0015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607341515858503202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAmxweNgqK9NPnFkuRtlNFbZFuWSd0KU22IMS73_KMoFogPPGNvid9vKDQocacGZPx3WDxmrRewc8rDHtxnUjvzUoq25LEBzxvVKQx_ROLtnGIbYMnej08KDBeHaUTVjO5cg-_kGkGlPN/s1600/DSCF0082.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAmxweNgqK9NPnFkuRtlNFbZFuWSd0KU22IMS73_KMoFogPPGNvid9vKDQocacGZPx3WDxmrRewc8rDHtxnUjvzUoq25LEBzxvVKQx_ROLtnGIbYMnej08KDBeHaUTVjO5cg-_kGkGlPN/s320/DSCF0082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607340380853864194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpDbpYFbSaq5Jfjlch97xaM0yYGdyYABd49kU6UBlHbamTWS6MtRwwqIk-RSL5cQ1bp7dmJM30wRPRdOj25O9pGk_xAShC1XbAqQHLeBUezukc0P2FXg-Mnl5736lV2lwYlxcT5HDWzRK/s1600/DSCF0863.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpDbpYFbSaq5Jfjlch97xaM0yYGdyYABd49kU6UBlHbamTWS6MtRwwqIk-RSL5cQ1bp7dmJM30wRPRdOj25O9pGk_xAShC1XbAqQHLeBUezukc0P2FXg-Mnl5736lV2lwYlxcT5HDWzRK/s320/DSCF0863.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607340369539561218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">When he was born he was only 4lb2oz and he was the tiniest baby I had ever held. The nurses kept coming into the room and offering to hold him for me because normally a baby his size was in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">NICU</span> and they never got to hold them that small. I was so scared I would break him he was so tiny. He has always been on the small side but always kept up or passed the other kids his age <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">intellectually</span> . When he was 1 the Doctors told me he had a hole in his heart. It was called an Atrial Septal Defect. We worried over that for quite a long time and finally in July 2007 they went in and repaired his broken heart with orders to keep him on bed rest for a few days when we returned home. Of course that was exactly what we PLANNED to do lol. We got home and sat him on the couch and started preparing for him to sleep in the living room with Mommy. Well as we prepared to do this he decided he was going to jump off the couch and start running around the house. It was at that moment I knew we were in the clear and the worst was behind us. He is now a big 6 year old today. With a healthy heart and energy I only could dream of having. He told me today he would always be my baby but he was six now so he was a big kid to everyone else. I am so proud of him he is growing up so fast and doing so great in school and growing into such a remarkable little man. I love the way he walks around and acts like such a BIG kid and hangs out with his older brothers as if he was the same age as all of them and then still makes time to sit and snuggle with Mommy and Daddy before bedtime (to avoid going to bed but I will take it). Happy Birthday Austin Joshua. Mommy and Daddy Loves You!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /></div>jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-50662726037712491382011-05-10T07:42:00.000-07:002011-05-10T07:55:44.557-07:00Hello ThereHello there Bloggy World!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and If you are a Mom then i hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day!!! My Mother's Day was like any other day (we don't usually do much for it) but Austin did make me a beautiful picture!!!! I went grocery shopping, cleaned the house, made lunch, did laundry, made dinner and then we sat down and had family movie night. It was a normal day but my boys made sure they were extra nice to me at least LOL. It is warming up fast out there today. It was in the 90's yesterday and Sunday and the same today and then the rest of the week will be in the 60's and 70's. Got to LOVE Missouri weather!!! Have a GREAT week everyone!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvATPyE3iCkQ5s01GGWr3sHtbwiKY1s5EPCvLajmjxR4FSUM5ezEZ9DcPCRaVC3xRfdPCFnVvK0l6LVVPEPYchYm_9tOxKHlAzFSfr7thg5bcMsaiDcS2-Cv5cBlcOzhg0wj13GQpzEDU/s1600/211245_1324360950_7299662_q.jpg"><br /></a>jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-72143717857716032182011-04-29T08:32:00.000-07:002011-04-29T10:35:50.151-07:00Most Dependable<div style="text-align: left;">This is Austin...my youngest son. I am pretty darn proud of him!!!!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYJTtJmP8gXIY_7Jv89f9asvSasSSVA7nsNzRPsiBVFbOSiRvsbYABwr9AGpxYS53STlnA33Ji-haoS-CWyuC_EOPmr6lnH6nz3Q0ehH3P4kUpYE8dMCeF0SdQrpQFjsXiy1VKEWvkLWE/s1600/austin+and+james.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYJTtJmP8gXIY_7Jv89f9asvSasSSVA7nsNzRPsiBVFbOSiRvsbYABwr9AGpxYS53STlnA33Ji-haoS-CWyuC_EOPmr6lnH6nz3Q0ehH3P4kUpYE8dMCeF0SdQrpQFjsXiy1VKEWvkLWE/s320/austin+and+james.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601030522968329010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsuM7XQK1-NHis_URXl1NBvQ_lI13qqngD5wAirKyKgOYrqpvP1dHBgAAVFZNuW__9P4-fpBtcAUQ7gqM1HcRA-ebrpnj-KBxpNt6cMzh8R2TK7-bCZ44ZvPpIMG8tITWst9RUQYs5ckV/s1600/DSCF0309.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsuM7XQK1-NHis_URXl1NBvQ_lI13qqngD5wAirKyKgOYrqpvP1dHBgAAVFZNuW__9P4-fpBtcAUQ7gqM1HcRA-ebrpnj-KBxpNt6cMzh8R2TK7-bCZ44ZvPpIMG8tITWst9RUQYs5ckV/s320/DSCF0309.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601029663584543522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Why am I soooooo PROUD!!!!!!!!!!!! Because on top of being an amazing little man and son he received an award this morning for being The Most Dependable child in his class. Now at home being dependable means you can depend on him to kick and punch his brothers and talk about things later lol or you can depend on him to give you the puppy dog eyes in order to get his way LOL (you know the look lol) but I have a feeling being dependable at school means she can depend on him to do his best and be nice to his friends and listen in class and do as he is told when he is told :) I have four wonderful kids each with his own personality and Austin has a BIG personality that is just so much fun. It is fun to learn all the new things he learns because when he tells you about what he has learned it is told with such enthusiasm that it is like I am learning something new to. Remember this face above because he is going to go far in life and you will likely see again LOL.jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-32707799279151529272011-04-26T13:10:00.000-07:002011-04-27T06:32:46.276-07:00It's A Wonderful Life<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHL3Ad_WJwV-xVkYcOpCWFHFZ_Gy6O1YDX5wkHXaftq0KmnOk2-MGDZDMy3seMZZmZSdI2V0UlbhdxikKTopCDPfHD25_UtneZ4lKkKIbxAG_8VfAxSo4jkP962upISYWEDJXXwnrTHQRI/s1600/s1324360950_194630_7236%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHL3Ad_WJwV-xVkYcOpCWFHFZ_Gy6O1YDX5wkHXaftq0KmnOk2-MGDZDMy3seMZZmZSdI2V0UlbhdxikKTopCDPfHD25_UtneZ4lKkKIbxAG_8VfAxSo4jkP962upISYWEDJXXwnrTHQRI/s320/s1324360950_194630_7236%255B1%255D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599987662845358306" border="0" /></a><br />10 years ago today I married my best friend. He has made me so HAPPY!!!!!!! He took my son in his heart as his own and has loved him as his own since then. He has given me a wonderful step son and two sweet little boys to add to the mix. I am so proud to call him my husband. He has a die hard love for his family and loves me to the ends of the earth and back. I couldn't ask for anything more. I am so BLESSED to have him in my life. I can't believe it has already been 10 years but at the same time it seems like we have been together forever.jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-72913460315538654852011-04-24T07:14:00.001-07:002011-04-24T07:16:43.780-07:00Happy EasterHappy Easter Everyone :) I hope you all have a wonderful wonderful day. We are headed out to Mom and Dads house in a little while to have some Easter fun!!! I am sure you will see pictures soon from me or my Mom ( punkin ). You know how much she loves to show off her Grand kids.jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-70279118649660003972011-04-07T14:06:00.001-07:002011-04-11T07:49:29.721-07:00One Special Kid<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR722fk44zPhcAHNzwykAsKxMk1ELXHBrE6acvZt0kl3l4XszUwnRsn3umZRb0SV0GfpSjilHMLIRG4PhJvYd5IChjTw1yqeAaf8bIeiTLEg8oasDCtHnAqOHXgxr14ZR5ROxmai8EzOz2/s1600/Travis+%2540+the+fort.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR722fk44zPhcAHNzwykAsKxMk1ELXHBrE6acvZt0kl3l4XszUwnRsn3umZRb0SV0GfpSjilHMLIRG4PhJvYd5IChjTw1yqeAaf8bIeiTLEg8oasDCtHnAqOHXgxr14ZR5ROxmai8EzOz2/s320/Travis+%2540+the+fort.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592954894048917330" border="0" /></a>I have four wonderfully smart and kind boys....but today i want to talk (brag) about my oldest son, Travis. Travis is 14 (almost 15) and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">showes</span> us all the time that he is a very kind hearted boy. The other day I got a call from his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">GTT</span> (gateway to technology) teacher. She called me and said...."Mrs. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Rummerfield</span>? " I said "yes" and she then said "this is Travis' <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">GTT</span> teacher" of course my first thought was oh no what happened now. (my son is very outspoken and gets in trouble for it often ) she said "I just wanted to call you and brag on your WONDERFUL son..." here is why..."in my class we have two young ladies that are special needs girls. No one really ever wants to sit with them much less help them because of how other kids will make fun of them. Your son doesn't care what other say about him. From the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">beginning</span> he volunteered to share a table with these two girls and has been nothing but kind to them. Everyday he helps them with their work and before they turn in an assignment he will check their work and make sure it is correct. If it isn't correct he will sit down with them and show them what they did wrong and what they have to do to correct the problem. Today after being gone sick for 3 days he came in and we had a little problem.... both girls wanted to be partners, something I try not to do since it is more difficult to teach with them together. Travis said it was fine he would work with them so she could teach the class. He worked with them and showed them what they were suppose to be doing and how to do it the whole time being so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">patient</span> and kind to both girls. He never judges them or makes them feel like they are less of a person because of their disabilities. I just wanted to let you know you have a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">remarkable</span> son and he is number 1 in my book." It was so nice to get a nice phone call from a teacher ( that is not always the case) and it is nice to know that my son seems to have a very kind heart and a great attitude towards the world and what is important and what isn't. I am <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">soooooooo</span> proud of him and how grown up he is. He makes me smile everyday and I am so blessed to have him as my son, my first born. He will be setting such wonderful examples for his brothers and I hope they follow in his footsteps.jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-43538022250792157172011-03-07T07:53:00.000-08:002011-03-07T08:15:45.162-08:00Hello ThereHello there blogging world!! I was reading my sister Tessa's (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tmarie</span>) blog and she had a blog with random facts about herself and I really liked it. I thought it might be fun to post a little about who I am since no one really knows a lot about me :) So here we go ......<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(many of you already know this but) I have the greatest parents a girl could ask forwho helped me through so many hard times and continue to do so all the time.<br /><br />I secretly love being short <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">LOL</span><br /><br />I LOVE the color yellow but it doesn't love me<br /><br />I have a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">fascination</span> with purses and shoes<br /><br />I love to cook and have 4 wonderful boys and a wonderful husband to use as testers<br /><br />I have three favorite movies... Mary Poppins, The Notebook and drum roll please...Dirty Dancing!!!<br /><br /><br />I wish I could go back to Collage and become a Special Education Teacher<br /><br />I love children and am very blessed to be able to watch them everyday<br /><br />I love to sing and dance and my boys think I am a dork because I will break out in song and dance at anytime LOL<br /><br />I LOVE cartoons even at age 30<br /><br />and lastly I LOVE being a Mom and have for 14 (almost 15) years<br /><br /><br /></div>jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-53817231828967470782011-02-27T07:24:00.000-08:002011-02-27T07:43:42.493-08:00Zipper scarMy step son Cody is a very tall boy....he stands 5'11" at age 13. Well this fast growth at such a young age caused a major problem for Cody. We noticed about a year ago that his chest had a huge dent in it. His Mom took him to the Dr. to get it checked out and it turned out his ribs on his left side were not growing toward his sternum and protecting his lung and heart the ribs were turning in towards his spin and moving his heart out of the way and starting to squeeze his lung. He started having shortness of breath a few times and the connective tissue in there was getting inflamed. Well the Dr. decided he need to have surgery to correct this problem before it got worse but insurance decided the surgery would not be covered because it "cosmetic" in there books. It had to be life threatening for regular insurance to cover it. We then reached out to The Shriners Hospital. That organization is AMAZING!!!!!! They agreed to do Cody's surgery.....for FREE!!!!!! It was a very expensive surgery and they did it for free. I was so amazed a felt like our families had been bless. Cody had his surgery on Monday. It was 4 hours long and it is a 6 month recovery process. They went in and cut 3" off 4 ribs on one side and 2" off 3 ribs on the other side. they then used "bone cement" to connect the ribs back to the sternum and they but in a metal rod to hold his ribs in place till they heal in about 6 months and then they will go in and take the rod back out in 6 months. He has a long road for recovery ahead of him but he is a strong kiddo and will do great!! He is going to come stay with us for about a week when he is able to ride in a car for 2 hours without to much pain. Cody will soon have a "zipper scar" to show off LOL and when his Great Grandpa on his Moms side gets out of the hospital after having heart surgery they are going to stand together and compare/show off their "zipper scars"<br /><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span class="messageBody"><br /></span></h6>jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-78952825609708248252010-12-02T07:59:00.000-08:002010-12-02T08:18:24.971-08:00My First Buck!!!Opening day of rifle season here in Missouri was such a great day for me!!! I went out hunting with my husband in HIS tree stand. We sat for a couple hours together enjoying the cold windy morning. I really wasn't expecting much to happen for me because Dougs brother and his son always seem to be the ones who get there deer first thing in the morning and it takes me a few days. Well not this year!!! A nine (use to be a 10 pointer) came out and I couldn't get my scope on him at first and I thought I wouldn't get him but then he stopped in just the right spot and I GOT HIM!!!! He was my first buck EVER!!! I was soooooo excited!!!! I also got a doe that morning about 5 minutes after I shot him. Here are a couple pics my husband took for me.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYPSmmOt6iZGAIR1fPI5cA8U9vYuQS0tfsZkjCciipb3wok742fmjeWJfoV3cjdDr1rgSCdVpi45ZlcyX26s2cjwqOEWeMzuYAyLt7m6kypwUc4KQYMPiw4vqNJunbhieOsRiFnBfqak1/s1600/1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYPSmmOt6iZGAIR1fPI5cA8U9vYuQS0tfsZkjCciipb3wok742fmjeWJfoV3cjdDr1rgSCdVpi45ZlcyX26s2cjwqOEWeMzuYAyLt7m6kypwUc4KQYMPiw4vqNJunbhieOsRiFnBfqak1/s320/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546119761531847106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfrNxf15KoeVdue_uxu45YJHdJGWiCUFQakTFYh32hkbx6ZgdfTpMbuatMpaJyy1KnkMwGIoWKNPLDidDPCARjPPSYWHsT8Xb05Pwoj-_Y5jhLB-9brWQa4Va5RyW82P83WjFDDADT71Q/s1600/3.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfrNxf15KoeVdue_uxu45YJHdJGWiCUFQakTFYh32hkbx6ZgdfTpMbuatMpaJyy1KnkMwGIoWKNPLDidDPCARjPPSYWHsT8Xb05Pwoj-_Y5jhLB-9brWQa4Va5RyW82P83WjFDDADT71Q/s320/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546118730659035122" border="0" /></a>jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-10986504749858741622010-11-23T05:57:00.000-08:002010-11-23T06:00:19.689-08:00Christmas Music!!Just wanted to pop in and let you know if you LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas music you can go to ksanta.com and listen to Christmas all day everyday I guess till Christmas!!! WOOHOO!!!!! I am one happy camper LOL. BTW I tried posting a video my mom took of Travis wrestling but it wouldn't work so I will have her post it for me so check out her blog in the next few days to see Travis woop some tooshy!!!!jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-92057095296045333022010-10-29T07:29:00.000-07:002010-10-29T07:38:35.894-07:00Prayers Please!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEh4gUdCbWIIy4ryxefLFc7alYRvULR7-UU7nH12ZLRpHfLZWGd08PobpA0wK-bG-YAExsmPzDXG0s7IoPQmJERSgW81BnJp8AylYX4irXTXPYo-LBqMkFZBCSclGdLYzoZh5HEqTfjlr/s1600/Daddy2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEh4gUdCbWIIy4ryxefLFc7alYRvULR7-UU7nH12ZLRpHfLZWGd08PobpA0wK-bG-YAExsmPzDXG0s7IoPQmJERSgW81BnJp8AylYX4irXTXPYo-LBqMkFZBCSclGdLYzoZh5HEqTfjlr/s320/Daddy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533475272427475650" border="0" /></a>I know most of you are friends with my mom so you already know but I am going to ask anyways. If you all could keep my Mom and Dad in your prayers I would appreciate it. Mom is having trouble with her ear, you will have to look at her post to get the idea on her ear problem, and she is needing a little extra love and prayer right now. My Dad is in surgery as we speak for his shoulder, he will be fine I just know it but still a surgery is a surgery and I hate that he has to go through it. He is needing a little extra to today. Oh and I guess you could say one more for my Mom because she has to be at home caring for my Dad who is not known for staying in bed and doing as the Dr. tells him. She is going to have her hands full!!! LOL We are going out for youth season deer hunting this weekend with the oldest boys so keep your fingers, toes and whatever else you can crossed. I will post pics soon, that is if they are blessed enough to have deer walk out and give them a shot. Deer don't like to play by the rules, they are suppose to stand in the middle of the field broad side and not move but we have yet to convince them to do this LOL. Have a GREAT Halloween everyone!!!!jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-63572857788592392802010-10-25T05:53:00.001-07:002010-10-25T07:17:40.516-07:00Hello Again!!!Hey there everyone!!! I have been one busy lady and have not had anytime to blog but I am here today!! Well here is a little update on me and my family. My husband has been doing good, he was in an accident involving the BIG Fire truck and the brush truck a few weeks ago (thankfully he and his boss were both able to walk away fairly unscathed) and he is now just thankful to be alive and is enjoying life to it's fullest. He is spending as much time with the boys as possible and loving every minute of it!! Travis is doing amazingly good!! He is making all A's and B's and 1 C+ but that is going up to a B as we speak. He played an amazing football season to his team went undefeated the whole season on A team and B team until this last game, they played the other Middle school here in town who were also undefeated and lost the A game by 1 touchdown but B team went undefeated all season. It is amazing how much he has matured in the last year, I am sooooo proud of him!! Cody is also doing great!! He is making A's and B's and 1 C also lol and has had a great football season too. His team went undefeated all season also and they just won their Bowl game this weekend!! Both my older boys have some major talent when it comes to football. Now for Dakota......oh my Dakota lol..... he is in the third grade now (how did that happen?) He is really doing great in school he is making all A's and B's and seems to be absorbing all that is taught very well!! I am going to have to get my camera and take pictures of all of Dakotas art work and do a blog just on that one day soon. He is really turning out to be an amazing little artist!! He got that from Grandpa Haslag I guess because it wasn't me!! LOL I didn't inherit that talent.....thanks Dad you passed on allergies to me but no art talent lol. He is doing Cub Scouts again this year and we took him back to his old school for it this year( last year was no fun!!) He is happy to be back with his old friends even if he only gets to see them once a week. I will have to post Cub Scout pictures soon also. Now for the littlest boy, Austin, oh where to start.......Hmmmm....well he is in Kindergarten this yearand he absolutely LOVES IT!!! He has been coming home with new info everyday. He came home one day and put tape all over my house and told me those were his corners (i guess they do different stations at school called corners) He then goes to each corner and does an activity all night long. His teacher sent home a paper stating the expectations through the year, here is what it said. Kids are expected to be able to say and recognize and write their upper and lowercase alphabet, Count to, recognize and write to 110, know their home address, phone number and their birth date all by the end of the school year. Austin can recognize, say and write his alphabet both forwards and backwards, he can count to 110 and he stops there. We say can you count higher than that and he says "well yeah but my teacher said we only have to count to 110 so that is as high as I need to go" LOL. He also has started reading simple books with very little help from me I only help him on bigger words and even then he can sound out most of those word to. He can do simple math and he loves patterns. He knows more now than they require at the beginning of first grade!! Needless to say I am one proud Momma!! ALL my boys are doing great and life is good!! Oh and I am doing good to.....not much ever changes as far as me, I wake up, I babysit all day and then I enjoy my family in the evenings. So there is the update of all my men, hope everyone is doing great and is enjoying life!!!jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-84437193613164366612010-08-17T07:46:00.000-07:002010-08-17T08:09:29.884-07:00AND THEY"RE OFF!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrvsEOXxBQ1CeYaxeDgZ2vCNPSTAJbH4fxc-XLx3w-WaQ0vG7VLC6mPzMl0UfhyphenhyphenhfNvqSII6OZpI6JHWsDMFz_JxtQ09vFVPoI1TLFnkoxzwOX968QWprRFf09TVTq9H8sjjjb8TwS0Qn/s1600/DSCF0264.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrvsEOXxBQ1CeYaxeDgZ2vCNPSTAJbH4fxc-XLx3w-WaQ0vG7VLC6mPzMl0UfhyphenhyphenhfNvqSII6OZpI6JHWsDMFz_JxtQ09vFVPoI1TLFnkoxzwOX968QWprRFf09TVTq9H8sjjjb8TwS0Qn/s320/DSCF0264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506394447133413282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnf85aF_P45PdzzsEtYHsgxmyz2iXKyXVP4kD_TrLoU4NHGsLy5CAycQVEsSrmSJF1SzNxeeTP5L5lCMUtgwM_X437b3aP0-muR1gz5ZdtCBVads_aY1kld_2sZd181a-1uWjGPOLMIb_t/s1600/Dakota+missing+his+teeth.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnf85aF_P45PdzzsEtYHsgxmyz2iXKyXVP4kD_TrLoU4NHGsLy5CAycQVEsSrmSJF1SzNxeeTP5L5lCMUtgwM_X437b3aP0-muR1gz5ZdtCBVads_aY1kld_2sZd181a-1uWjGPOLMIb_t/s320/Dakota+missing+his+teeth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506392254296641522" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAq1PB6u_SV4noEfKnHvHKhDI53zRc_SKsoa1NsN_Q1epVpTggz_w_k_X01GQGT8ANk87D74uNzogwYrcMZfFTo6rJBHflfyKirmSc-cG9zv8abTWa1bzBJJmsLvlBg3rgu-djPfykq2fR/s1600/Travis+%40+the+fort.jpg"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaM4lCaVSnwoCUNH8fUNfP3D24Y7fp_oY1eqEQAjzcatYVBGqjh2hfi3vtsIDYKqQJuxJa2VdmzvjuBWy9dePleh_g2RJOeC0pV98LeatWPTa0wfINT3rHdKxt93nLVOivoJfC8GWJ8CI/s1600/DSCF0067.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaM4lCaVSnwoCUNH8fUNfP3D24Y7fp_oY1eqEQAjzcatYVBGqjh2hfi3vtsIDYKqQJuxJa2VdmzvjuBWy9dePleh_g2RJOeC0pV98LeatWPTa0wfINT3rHdKxt93nLVOivoJfC8GWJ8CI/s320/DSCF0067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506392247174033042" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Well three of my four boys are at school today... my step son Cody starts tomorrow. Travis is going into the 8th grade and his last year as a middle school kid. Next year he will officially be in high school!!! He also like to remind me that next year he will be able to get his permit to drive.......AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Cody is going into the 7th grade and as far as I can tell he is ready for it. He is a social kid so he like being able to go see his friends. Dakota is going into the third grade and he is pretty excited even though he doesn't like to say it lol. He is ready to see his friends again to and make new ones. He is very worried about learning multiplication this year so he is stressing....he was thinking they were going to throw him into it on the first day and expect him to know it lol. He will do great though. Now for my baby Austin......."sniff"...."tear".....he is officially in Kindergarten!!!! He was soo excited to get ready today once he woke up. He ate his cereal and i went downstairs to start some laundry.. I came upstairs and he had hi sock, shoes and backpack on and was waiting at the top of the steps ready to go!!!!! I am so proud of all my boys and I can't wait for them to get home to tell me about their days.....I will keep you posted!!jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-304561400673308232010-08-15T21:37:00.001-07:002010-08-15T21:52:26.509-07:00Happy Birthday Travis!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3H831Ld5wq0pL9LbjXwCDdmGNqd8XnaKnBaeP_AkxTZ5t8g8p6qMrbnE-MQ5NR1by5f0VIs_bL96qyQtkcB_HA_qFxdV2r4z6TcVPsEpntXrZh4u2RDXLaiaHBdEFQcK1iJeBXOgGZvE1/s1600/trav+fish+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3H831Ld5wq0pL9LbjXwCDdmGNqd8XnaKnBaeP_AkxTZ5t8g8p6qMrbnE-MQ5NR1by5f0VIs_bL96qyQtkcB_HA_qFxdV2r4z6TcVPsEpntXrZh4u2RDXLaiaHBdEFQcK1iJeBXOgGZvE1/s320/trav+fish+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505862974562697074" border="0" /></a>Travis is my oldest son and he turned 14 today!!!! Can it be possible?????? He is one of the BEST boys you could as for as a son. He is kind and considerate and yes onry as all get out lol. I am so proud of him and who he is growing up to be. I know he will grow up to do AMAZING things in life. He makes me and his Dad sooooooo proud!!!! I am sure he makes his Grandma (punkin) and Grandpa a little proud to LOL. they are definatly a HUGE part of their lives. Travis grew up living with me and them at their home for four years until me and my husband married in 2001. He still recalls all that he loved about living there. He still goes out there every chance he gets and wants to spend as much time as possible with them. They help him through the good times and the bad and have some of the best advice anyone could ever give him. We are so lucky to have you all in our lives like we do and I know Travis will take any advice you all give him in any situation in life and save it in his heart to help him through any problems he might have weather they be present or future problems. He will always have you all to turn to and for that I thank you. Did I mention I AM ONE PROUD MOMMA!!!!!!!!jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-12634136758323584052010-08-13T12:48:00.000-07:002010-08-13T13:49:10.231-07:00School Days<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-FRMJiOEqdWDISAt7u6Yi0H-MuZMIN52gbY162NdeERBUKcGUg4rOGhEMu2Fw_t68Si_TikGUGU1zff80lsoNdFdYksxJBquO5iNqZggpFLF3xsKAZeIYEkaPD-CQubsNGNRqB9beIIs/s1600/DSCF0001.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-FRMJiOEqdWDISAt7u6Yi0H-MuZMIN52gbY162NdeERBUKcGUg4rOGhEMu2Fw_t68Si_TikGUGU1zff80lsoNdFdYksxJBquO5iNqZggpFLF3xsKAZeIYEkaPD-CQubsNGNRqB9beIIs/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504999306933221474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ok this one is short but sweet.....We went to open house at our youngest boys Dakota and Austin's school. Dakota is going into the Third grade and is kind of excited kind of not to be going back to school. Austin is going into Kindergarten, he went to summer school for a few weeks and LOVED it!!!! We went in last night to drop off his school supplies and meet his teacher Ms. Miller. Austin went into the classroom like a pro. He was a little shy towards his teacher but overcame that pretty fast. He found his spot at the table and unloaded his supplies where he was suppose to and hung his backpack on a hook on the wall. He went over and sat in one of the bean bag chairs and looked around and said "why does everyone keep leaving?" We were busy filling out papers so we didn't answer him at that time so he just sat there watching everyone. We finished filling out papers and meeting his teacher and said "ok buddy get your bag we got to go " he stopped in his tracks and said "WHAT!!!! I thought we were staying!!!" He then looked like a deflated balloon lol. We said "we aren't staying tonight hun we are just here to meet you teacher and drop off your supplies." He hung his head and started to get upset and his teacher looked at him and said "AWWWW buddy we will see you next week though.....and then looked at me with her sad eyes like she felt so bad for him. He soooo has her already wrapped around his finger lol. Austin has BIG brown eyes and has a REALLY good pouty face! She is putty in his hands and school hasn't even begun.jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-87367134321994252532010-07-04T07:44:00.000-07:002010-07-04T08:03:06.772-07:00Independence Day!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sam786RSGnyHDJtJ63j_zka3eM5iBMaBVqR_6h4b4EpUlUoWQ36hSe2e9MHXG-gjjW98ZwhTJ-QvO0Z3Ov32MUjqsCG22VsbMkg6HoTEDYGUJaPOxw1b0exZLJPAmn7pERre85mO2sI-/s1600/5692_118036236352_508016352_2599959_1282_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sam786RSGnyHDJtJ63j_zka3eM5iBMaBVqR_6h4b4EpUlUoWQ36hSe2e9MHXG-gjjW98ZwhTJ-QvO0Z3Ov32MUjqsCG22VsbMkg6HoTEDYGUJaPOxw1b0exZLJPAmn7pERre85mO2sI-/s320/5692_118036236352_508016352_2599959_1282_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490066703895530962" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy Independence Day Everyone!!!!!! I hope you all have a wonderful day. I am going to shoot off fireworks with the kids and have some BBQ with friends and hopefully everyone else stays safe out there and don't start any fires and Doug won't have to leave for a ton of fire calls. There were two yesterday within a few hours of each other so I am not sure how this is going to go lol.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tomorrow we are going to spend the afternoon and probably some of the evening out at my Mom and Dads house</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">and we re really looking forward to that. We have not spent a lot of time with the family lately it has been so crazy with everyone playing sports and all that so we are going to enjoy the day tomorrow also. I hope everyone stays safe out there</span>.<br /></div>jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-4975193683279627892010-06-21T05:15:00.000-07:002010-06-21T05:51:13.758-07:00To all DadsI was out of town yesterday so I wasn't able to do a post yesterday so here is my short and sweet one today.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEN-zlSnvahbdyo1TAiwQ-yG2dRA87nsIcnikjMu_grt6ItcnPWawK2PzKUataWHLiXd8D7pbOIrYKuFae6KBVwzehQ1x8OC27O3TtkF8tIdqEYCTtL_MWIdcoX5QZn5KEjdQPStLwKRuQ/s1600/Daddy2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEN-zlSnvahbdyo1TAiwQ-yG2dRA87nsIcnikjMu_grt6ItcnPWawK2PzKUataWHLiXd8D7pbOIrYKuFae6KBVwzehQ1x8OC27O3TtkF8tIdqEYCTtL_MWIdcoX5QZn5KEjdQPStLwKRuQ/s320/Daddy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485201620253523362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEno02zMICZCe5JLDjUIxxKBP5O0aP0USrQ-frRa1jZ3bul5dbgDXfGmwY6tW46ryieZTEzkN-bnHUGpcsfKQjLRob0WEvwvfDZVYlc1a8QULewupRIFhKBllIc9POS-WCbhyphenhyphengnITdoe3f/s1600/Kids+Day+10.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEno02zMICZCe5JLDjUIxxKBP5O0aP0USrQ-frRa1jZ3bul5dbgDXfGmwY6tW46ryieZTEzkN-bnHUGpcsfKQjLRob0WEvwvfDZVYlc1a8QULewupRIFhKBllIc9POS-WCbhyphenhyphengnITdoe3f/s320/Kids+Day+10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485201628319983906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(Left) This is my Dad and Mom, Jim and Deanna. The best parents in the world. My Daddy has been there for me through some of the greatest times in my life and some of the hardest times. I was very blessed to get the Parents that I did and I find myself as I get older trying hard to copy their parenting ways as much as I can. I don't think I do them as much justice as I would like sometimes but.....I will succeed in it eventually. The picture on the right is my Husband Doug with three of our four boys. Austin our 5 year old didn't want to fish this day and this is the most current picture of them I have. He is such a great Dad to all four boys and a pretty darn good husband to lol. We spent the day playing ball in the back yard at my In-Laws and just enjoyed the day without having anything pressing that had to be done until later in the day. We then went to Austins (our 5 year old) T-Ball game and although they play for fun the kids are encouraged to try to catch the ball and if they get the ball they are suppose to go through the actions of trying to get the batter out. Well Austin made his Daddy very proud yesterday. He stopped the ball and then picked it up, ran to second base and stepped on it and got the other player out!!!! The other player still gets to run the rest of the bases, this is just T-Ball but hey he knew what he was doing and made the crowd CHEER!!! The kids each have one parent on the field with them to help out and Doug goes out with Austin. I saw the smile on his face from the bleachers. I only wish I had my camera ;( I hope everyone had a great Fathers Day and were able to remember all the good times they had with their Dads. Happy Fathers Day to my Grandpas who are with God now also I know you are watching over us everyday. I see little things here and there and think did Grandpa Hood or Grandpa Haslag put that there for me. Only because they remind me of something they would do. I like to think when I see things that remind me of them that maybe they had a little to do with putting that particular thing in my path so I would remember them at that moment. HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-29378480768379803422010-06-15T21:00:00.000-07:002010-06-15T22:15:59.628-07:00Daddy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8q-tGw6HfuZp8oMzpgsuHKO9Kd5Dyywo0AiFXQr5TqLkYsKVeKHF37lR_4Iq-7QbMFIEF1ENEYWWmtlL9UaXK4BfNwCkShDR4upL0j-Raic65V-WlVGcjGz9osVX3lEKI8PNrimjQhcV/s1600/daddy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8q-tGw6HfuZp8oMzpgsuHKO9Kd5Dyywo0AiFXQr5TqLkYsKVeKHF37lR_4Iq-7QbMFIEF1ENEYWWmtlL9UaXK4BfNwCkShDR4upL0j-Raic65V-WlVGcjGz9osVX3lEKI8PNrimjQhcV/s320/daddy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483235718124959330" border="0" /></a><br />This is my Daddy!!!!<br /><br /><br />I have the most wonderful Daddy in the world!!!! He was a lot like the song by Holly Dunn "Daddy's Hands". He was a firm man who knew when he needed to be firm with us but at the same time he knew when to be gentle and loving. I had a flash back to when I was a little girl tonight as I was tucking the boys in to bed. I was putting my youngest two boys to bed and I kissed Austin good night and tucked him in and told him to have sweet dreams (this is something we do all the time he likes it)and then proceeded to go in to tuck Dakota in to bed. Well Dakota had a rough night fighting with his brothers and then trying to get them in trouble he lied and told me that he was being hit by one of his older brothers (travis lol) and then after talking to both boys found out he in fact hadn't been hit at all. Well I let him know it was not ok to lie at anytime and made him sit on his bed and then it was bedtime shortly after that. Well I walk in to tuck him in and find him crying! I said "oh hun what are you crying for?" He wrapped his arms around my neck and said "I am soooooo sorry I lied to you Mom!! I really am!!!" I looked at his face and he was so sad and upset and I sat with him and let him know what he did was wrong and I was disappointed that he chose to do that but that didn't change the fact that I Loved him and always will no matter what he does.Well this is where my memory of my Daddy comes into play. As I was sitting with him trying to think of something to say to get him to calm down and think of something else my mind went to when i was a little girl and I had trouble sleeping. As a little girl when I was just having trouble sleeping or if I was sad for one reason or another my Daddy could always come in and help me fall alseep. He would sit with me on my bed and stroke my hair and in his soft kind loving voice tell me to close my eyes and dream of Rainbows and clouds. I would fall alseep dreaming of beautiful clouds and rainbows. So tonight I was able to calm my son down and had him sleeping hopefully dreaming of beautiful rainbows and turtle shaped clouds (he loves turtles lol). I still to this day have trouble sleeping sometimes and I try to relax and hear my Daddy's voice telling me to relax, close my eyes and dream of rainbows and white fluffy clouds. I love you Daddy (you to Mom lol) thank you for taking a firm hand with me when needed and also thank you for knowing when I needed your kind and loving way.jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-12288783199896559202010-05-28T11:22:00.000-07:002010-05-28T11:48:10.290-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRe72Gqb4sJCEGdvYnig9hdw5YH_Frq5wHEMNgnD12ZEzALFAcuxb5C5bzUEeiKbf6U1dytlKTSy1A9exAsp9_sWYYNmKsw_hJ1cbGPoMoKXp-z8ufNsfXrd8gsK-JwS9SQutyzGFpLfx/s1600/DSCF0863.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRe72Gqb4sJCEGdvYnig9hdw5YH_Frq5wHEMNgnD12ZEzALFAcuxb5C5bzUEeiKbf6U1dytlKTSy1A9exAsp9_sWYYNmKsw_hJ1cbGPoMoKXp-z8ufNsfXrd8gsK-JwS9SQutyzGFpLfx/s320/DSCF0863.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476390357584410578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRe72Gqb4sJCEGdvYnig9hdw5YH_Frq5wHEMNgnD12ZEzALFAcuxb5C5bzUEeiKbf6U1dytlKTSy1A9exAsp9_sWYYNmKsw_hJ1cbGPoMoKXp-z8ufNsfXrd8gsK-JwS9SQutyzGFpLfx/s1600/DSCF0863.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRe72Gqb4sJCEGdvYnig9hdw5YH_Frq5wHEMNgnD12ZEzALFAcuxb5C5bzUEeiKbf6U1dytlKTSy1A9exAsp9_sWYYNmKsw_hJ1cbGPoMoKXp-z8ufNsfXrd8gsK-JwS9SQutyzGFpLfx/s320/DSCF0863.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476390357584410578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Last Sunday my son Austin played his fist T-Ball game!!!! It is all just for fun so there is no score keeping. Both teams did a great job and all kids had a blast and were very funny to watch. There were some that knew their bases and ran where they were suppose to and then there were others that hit the ball and then ran to third base and others that started in one direction and then turned and ran in the other direction lol. Austin looked sooo cute out there on the field!!! Each kid had one parent on the field with them so of course Doug went out with him Austin was so intense he wanted to play so bad he was ready to get the ball so when it came over to him he ran over and got that ball!! When he got it he turned around to his Dad and said "what do I do with it now?" LOL Here are a few pictures of him at his game.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPbBx7duL6WxyPlaVxlyE4wxKcXeKyuCE8SZPOJl-Rf-I-S17oqJmu64etbUntmu33wr13JC9eNjf66fcJhsXkfxa8jsP6LeFaBreUBPygs5owqluighF4R0bdSaYNieIn87OgXa8-0-S/s1600/DSCF0837.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPbBx7duL6WxyPlaVxlyE4wxKcXeKyuCE8SZPOJl-Rf-I-S17oqJmu64etbUntmu33wr13JC9eNjf66fcJhsXkfxa8jsP6LeFaBreUBPygs5owqluighF4R0bdSaYNieIn87OgXa8-0-S/s320/DSCF0837.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476390328695894178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFB8kdvvOYMq3BjCuowxiO4yer-l8cCQiVyv4pIPMVzi_K63SZY5DVtPndDfr4n7_1Sf2Kqv_hulqsJxT53SuWsRV9WmtS8XuKe0VDhAuDNlmXXtS6OUwPz9I4s8AJ8xRnp3_Z8bSgxEV/s1600/DSCF0835.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFB8kdvvOYMq3BjCuowxiO4yer-l8cCQiVyv4pIPMVzi_K63SZY5DVtPndDfr4n7_1Sf2Kqv_hulqsJxT53SuWsRV9WmtS8XuKe0VDhAuDNlmXXtS6OUwPz9I4s8AJ8xRnp3_Z8bSgxEV/s320/DSCF0835.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476390322294980274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJR1QemWMl_sC9e-lrYvpkprAF1eEE_ekbiHirapxHhD1uz0lZL9vNgEGL9vnG_0GBbevsicEaAuWMLZEl509kUhoJrPtQD2ZBePND9NWqAN823t3xBTonvWU0wEx4-PnW29xRjfWJ1zb4/s1600/DSCF0840.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJR1QemWMl_sC9e-lrYvpkprAF1eEE_ekbiHirapxHhD1uz0lZL9vNgEGL9vnG_0GBbevsicEaAuWMLZEl509kUhoJrPtQD2ZBePND9NWqAN823t3xBTonvWU0wEx4-PnW29xRjfWJ1zb4/s320/DSCF0840.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476390337917384882" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xAON-XyrcLJE6TxgCBfffimF2QEczJug2g6UzROd_THMFBNmEz-y8wahNSW7ifwsW9AHiUJxSzqa1kSqbCoLuTiq35_41tjDlJbJvbUue77TD-vCeeXGrvZK4RZyfEbmGonQ_pHmEnlI/s1600/DSCF0843.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xAON-XyrcLJE6TxgCBfffimF2QEczJug2g6UzROd_THMFBNmEz-y8wahNSW7ifwsW9AHiUJxSzqa1kSqbCoLuTiq35_41tjDlJbJvbUue77TD-vCeeXGrvZK4RZyfEbmGonQ_pHmEnlI/s320/DSCF0843.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476390345419941938" border="0" /></a>jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-1748769240286548192010-05-13T20:35:00.001-07:002010-05-13T21:19:21.997-07:00One of the Bravest Little Men<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdEYhGuaLvD3zskm-RuWsZCBirW_5IlVaV040UEgyTqfydv-z64vVQg-qf-HOS9IE4UUnh_B7HEaU-0abvSxn_QggvzzKCJ7G3C8hY1pg_Ce0hlhD7qrU5cGUX_T0RNfeILTK-9F71H19/s1600/Austin+%40+dentist.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdEYhGuaLvD3zskm-RuWsZCBirW_5IlVaV040UEgyTqfydv-z64vVQg-qf-HOS9IE4UUnh_B7HEaU-0abvSxn_QggvzzKCJ7G3C8hY1pg_Ce0hlhD7qrU5cGUX_T0RNfeILTK-9F71H19/s320/Austin+%40+dentist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470964482495212626" border="0" /></a><br />Austin came to me the other day and said "mommy my toof horts" (tooth hurts lol). I looked in his mouth and discovered he had a cavity in one of his molars. He was in a lot of pain so we eased it for the night with Tylenol and Ibuprofen and Orajel. I got him an appointment this morning for a visit to the dentist. Grandma Haslag (aka..Punkin) was kind enough to take Austin this morning due to me and Doug not being able to and the fact that I have a HUGE fear of dentists. He went in to have the Dentist look at his tooth and fill the cavity. Well.......an hour and a half later Mom called me to tell me how things went. She informed me that Austin deserve an award for the Bravest Little Man Around!!! (or something like that lol). She then told me all they did to my little man. The Dentist told my Mom that Austin needed 1 filling and 1 tooth pulled and a spacer put in to keep the teeth from messing up as they grew. He informed my Mom that normally he would put a kid Austins age in the hospital and put him under to do the procedure. He asked my mom if she wanted to wait and do that or just go for it since Austin was being so big. Of course being the smart Grandma she is she said "heck go for it he is being a big brave boy."They gave him laughing gas (which btw made him a little loopy acting later in the day lol.....he has been CRAZY!!) he looked like an elephant. Grandma said he layed in that chair like a big boy with his legs crossed and let them work on him and then got done and went to the store for soft food and a special Spider man toy as a reward from Grandma. Thank you Mom for being such a great Grandma Austin is really excited because the dentist told him that since he was soooo brave the tooth fairy would be extra generous lol.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBk2cInS-nMtGTZqlWUcEochDjA8QZF1H3MxYthUJUUa1PtsbwE9Yv544N56qmtpgrwOiKEKtTEsckzNUls1hRnd5BWPXNIKgreg284SGr0naecnXK0AyM_LbDczWXiLf-PcPc3A7lUfr/s1600/austin+%40+dentist+2.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNt71T54v056I6WaBTCM90zsHx56louIrcUp1MQk2Gsr1oj4jdNtMDQDrjdSg3VZIXZyUXxQxeP0HXIjkbZx8PgH9b3XzBBGCivkhRnvs1iBuasZxBZkOM2XEMA-FUuDsD-aSE9nvvspDp/s1600/austin+%40+dentist+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNt71T54v056I6WaBTCM90zsHx56louIrcUp1MQk2Gsr1oj4jdNtMDQDrjdSg3VZIXZyUXxQxeP0HXIjkbZx8PgH9b3XzBBGCivkhRnvs1iBuasZxBZkOM2XEMA-FUuDsD-aSE9nvvspDp/s320/austin+%40+dentist+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470974294445862834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRrM_Qi7gnFr1uvlD4sJQ74l64rw3p_GA9CM71356HlNc2zX6mcujlzghHOCBSVoB3Txx4l9Nf6bFnzl5d4OtJdy7SLOLDLT-F-C3Shhe7PuN1D0A_E8HWbGzjPgurDW0e99mj5m4TSUq/s1600/Austin+%40+dentist+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRrM_Qi7gnFr1uvlD4sJQ74l64rw3p_GA9CM71356HlNc2zX6mcujlzghHOCBSVoB3Txx4l9Nf6bFnzl5d4OtJdy7SLOLDLT-F-C3Shhe7PuN1D0A_E8HWbGzjPgurDW0e99mj5m4TSUq/s320/Austin+%40+dentist+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470974297709083234" border="0" /></a>jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-25585644888371472112010-05-10T08:04:00.000-07:002010-05-10T08:33:09.416-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymNbOacU2Y4cjP_nVMtulKETkslQVWgik0J9JqKWURpCUh6QbYeHsAl8PQ5RGFmQSXiP8sJxTHs3_vhCs6y_2L_lPWwLt1UXk3nKJPywSjRwMyFbXVHWvvR86WqMOE4NiwAFurKNW-zd3/s1600/my+family.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymNbOacU2Y4cjP_nVMtulKETkslQVWgik0J9JqKWURpCUh6QbYeHsAl8PQ5RGFmQSXiP8sJxTHs3_vhCs6y_2L_lPWwLt1UXk3nKJPywSjRwMyFbXVHWvvR86WqMOE4NiwAFurKNW-zd3/s320/my+family.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469658729038950994" border="0" /></a>This is a post after reading my moms post.<br />This is my wonderful Loving family. My sister Tessa, brother Greg, mom Deanna, dad Jim and me. We have always had a very loving family and very strong family. We went to church every Sunday (well most every sunday lol) I liked going to church even if at the time I didn't realize it. I grew up knowing God and loved knowing I had him in my life no matter what. If you read my moms post you will know that I had my first son at age 16 well I had just turned 16 1 month earlier. It was hard but there was no way I was going to give that wonderful gift from God away when I had enough love and a wonderful family to support me so i could raise him right. Travis was with me in church for the first time after spending the first week of his life in the hospital. Father noticed I had him and decided he needed to call me that afternoon and talk to me about that little boy I had with me in church that morning. I tried really hard to be nice and when he told me I had a lot of growing up to do I politely said "yes I know Father my parents are here for me to help me grow as a teen and as a mom." I guess he didn't understand what I said because he repeated this about three times. I then got frustrated and" said I really appreciate his concern but I need to get off the phone." He then said well I just wanted to say one more thing. I said ok whats that? He then said the one thing that has stuck with me since that day and I have yet to be able to forgive him for. He said" I just wanted to tell you that the world would be a terrible place if every girl your age did what you did." I got very upset and hung up the phone and started crying and luckily I had my big sister there with me to help me through it until my parents got home. We informed them of what happened and they were very upset also. What happened later that day I do not remember and I wish I do. aparently someone from our church came to our door and gave me a rose and said.......<br /> <br /> “We want to thank you for choosing life”<br />A beating heart deserves a chance to grow and be loved. Many beating hearts are killed before they have that chance.<br /><br />Father doesn't realize how bad he hurt me with what he said. He hurt me enough that day that I do not remember this act of kindness that might have saved my faith in the church. I read my moms post yesterday and started crying. I have not given my boys the gift of getting to know God because of my fear of rejection in the church and I have not been consistently in church for 10 years. I have a lot of thinking to do and I think I have to work on forgiving the one man I thought I could never forgive. I hope I can find the strength I need to forgive him. I hope all of you have a wonderful week I know I am going to and I am going to try to conquer this fear I have so I can give my boys the gift of God like mine did for me. Thank You Mom and Dad. I Love you all very much.jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-81340541037965484162010-04-30T07:37:00.000-07:002010-04-30T08:01:55.300-07:00A Hard Day AheadAs you know I run a daycare in my home and have been doing this for 9 years. I get to care for some wonderful kids on a daily basis. Right now I have one of the BEST group of kids in my daycare. I have my son Austin age almost 5 lol, my nephew James age 5, Laci age 2, Bella age almost 2 and then there is Mathew age 3. Mathew is the one who is making this day a very hard day today. Mathews Dad is in the Army, he gets transfered every 2 - 3 years. I have had Mathew in my daycare for 2.5 years and they are leaving today Dad got transfered to Colorado. This is wonderful for their family since Mathews Moms family lives there so they will have family with them all the time now. Mathew is a sweet little boy who can throw some of the biggest fits in the world but then make up for it after with hugs and kisses. He has a kind heart and loves to be around little ones that he can bring toys to and play with. He will be leaving today at about 4 and by 4:01 I am going ot be in tears. I can usually hold it together until they leave but I am not sure I will be able to with this one. He reminds me of my oldest boy Travis. He has be with someone who will keep their thumb on him or he will walk all over you but if you get the bluff on him and make him think you are a tough cookie then he listens and grows into a well desiplined sweet little boy.Mathew also has two older sisters. In the begining I wasn't sure how his oldest sister Emily would take to me she was very guarded. But.......once she realized I wouldn't hurt her little brother she warmed up to me and we developed a wonderful friendship. Taylor is the middle child and has a wonderful spirit about her. She is her own woman she loves fashion and is one of the most stylish girls I have ever met. I am going ot miss all of them soo much so I just pray that I will be able to hold back the tears so the kids don't see me cry.jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-86496567822728550712010-04-27T20:30:00.000-07:002010-04-27T20:52:45.315-07:009 years of Marriage<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8qnqHIqeMm4tBQqw45v8-FjEOI3jE-CnXKzUMCv474UEN3d6MHKlxNDtdcW6voLTxgxItdpMmrHA6kWoE7PA1Wo_EEztcRuzmgU8GL3xF8pzaEWctSRjohhNKDcgW1T644gP1u9vxDmj/s1600/7+(6).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465028121970785058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 248px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8qnqHIqeMm4tBQqw45v8-FjEOI3jE-CnXKzUMCv474UEN3d6MHKlxNDtdcW6voLTxgxItdpMmrHA6kWoE7PA1Wo_EEztcRuzmgU8GL3xF8pzaEWctSRjohhNKDcgW1T644gP1u9vxDmj/s320/7+(6).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>9 years ago today I married the love of my life!!! He is a wonderful man who took my son as his own and has changed my life forever. As you know we have four wonderful kids. Travis is now 13 (14 in a few months) and is doing great!! Cody is 12 (13 in a few months) is also doing great!! They both are doing great in school and playing sports like crazy. Travis is sporting a red cast on his right hand so baseball is put on hold for a while but he will get back to it. He was playing around with a kid at school and he punched him in the shoulder and fractured it pretty bad. Dakota is now 8 and is actually playing baseball this year ( he always use to say sports just isn't my thing lol) now he is going to give it a try. I am so proud of him he is also in cubscouts and recently took 1st in the pinewood derby in his den. Austin is 5 in 20 days and going to summer school to get use to being in a classroom setting. He is so excited about being a BIG boy lol. He is also playing T-Ball this summer I love watching the kids run in circles and play in the dirt and occasionally hit or catch a ball lol. So needless to say things are going very well for us. This was a post about my marriage but I guess it turned into a post about my family lol. One in the same I guess. I am one of the luckiest women in the world who 9 years ago today I married the love of my life and am looking forward to a the rest of my life with him.</div>jewelzmomof4http://www.blogger.com/profile/09795595518634075380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075971134650061695.post-13724787968451086072009-10-09T09:38:00.000-07:002009-10-09T10:04:35.135-07:00Dougs hunting storyOctober 4th me and my husband Doug went to one of his friends land and sat all afternoon waiting for ANYTHING!!!! buck or doe it didn't matter even if we couldn't shoot it we just wanted proof that there were some deer still roaming around. Well we sat there for about 5 hours waiting and waiting and waiting but nothing came out. It was just about to get dark when we saw some movement across the field so we got our binoculars out to get a closer look and to our amazement there about 7o yards away was a HUGE 13 point but. At the time we didn't know how many points he had just that his body was huge and he had a good sized rack on his head. So we waited until he got within 25 yards and Doug made a noise to stop him and then THWACK!!! he shot his bow and nailed him!!!! Doug came back the next marning to find him and he and his buddy Lucas found him about 100 yrds away from where he shot him. 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