Letting Go

With our recent move, there is a lot more opportunity for Dustin to go to work with Matt. Dustin is loving this! Me on the other hand, am having an extremely hard time letting go of my baby. He is growing up so fast and if it wasn't obvious before, it is now. He's been helping with the cows, running the tractor (by himself) and spending alot of time in the saddle.

Here is Dustin and his new horse, J.R. J.R. is not necessarily a kids' horse...he has some get up to him. The other day he wanted to go ride in the meadows by the house, to look for horns. It was his 1st solo ride. (I could see him from the house, but he was out there alone).
I don't know why I am having such a hard time letting go. It seems like all of the 'what ifs' have consumed me. Needless to say, I am discovering why everyone says that raising boys could be the death of you!!

J.R. and Dustin do get along pretty good. He stands still and lets Dustin get on without moving around, which is a good thing when you see how Dustin gets on...he puts his knee in the stirrup then pulls himself up and hangs there until he can get his foot in the stirrup to swing his other leg over!!

Yet another stress causing thing...the dirtbike. Which he informed me the other day that he has outgrown this one and is ready for a bigger one! UGH!!! He wanted me to put this picture in...he was 'hill climbing' in the pens on the hills of crap! LOL. At least it was a soft landing!!

So if anyone has any advice for me as far as trying to relax and let him grow up...I'm all ears!

My new project

There is a bunkhouse over here at our new place which is nice...I will have room for company to stay!!! Although, it is in pretty rough shape...to put it nicely. So I have taken it upon myself to fix it up!

This is the main room...

The kitchen...

I figured that I would tackle the floors first. I have almost all of the ugly laminate ripped up...now I need Matt to help with the next step. I need to unhook the gas and plumbing and get all of the appliances moved out!

The sub floor is wood planks and so far they all look pretty good, so my plan is to sand and seal them! There is some water damage in the bathroom so I may have to replace that floor!

I can safely say that I am at the point of just looking at it and wondering what in the world was I thinking?!?! I figured that the floor was going to be the hardest...WRONG! It's been time consuming and hard work, but now I am really dreading the walls and the bathroom!! Oh well! It will be so worth it when I'm done!

I'm back...sorta

I took my computer in and got some bugs worked out, so now I am completely capable of blogging again!! Although, I am out of habit plus I haven't been really good at taking many pictures lately:( So...I now have a personal goal of getting family and friends up to date with us!! Stay tuned....

UGHHHH....

I am so frustrated with Blogger lately. I'm not sure if it's me, the sight, or my computer, but almost every time I try to upload pictures, it kicks me off line. Then the newest thing is I can't change my background...it won't paste. Needless to say, I am going to take a break from blogging and try again later. I will try to post more pictures to Facebook!

Riley's 8th Birthday

Well, Riley Jo is officially 8 years old now!! This year we took her out for dinner with some friends, then headed back home for cupcakes and ice cream! Yup, I said cupcakes. She wanted pink bling cupcakes for her cake this year. They turned out pretty cute and she was absolutely thrilled with them!!

Her new bling belt:))

Riley Jo

Seems like just yesterday she was my little baby, today she is a remarkable individual:)

This is Riley telling me to hurry up...or else!!!!

Dustin & Riley