Walking.....

................SORT OF!!!

Zachary took his 1st 3 steps all by himself on Tues morning!!!  Les and I just stood there shocked and excited.  Les was holding him and I called Zachary to me.  I went to reach my hand out and before I got his hand - he walked to me.  It was so exciting and I was like," did you see that?!?!"  He wouldn't do it again, but later that day he took 2 more steps.  He didn't walk any on Wed., but then yesterday, he walked to my mom and walked to me this morning when him and I were playing.

He walks constantly while holding my hand, but now with letting go and walking - we're in for some fun and busy times VERY soon!  :)

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We love you, Z!!!!

My 1st Rifle

Les and I went and looked at several rifles yesterday and decided on one that he had been looking at.  He had been doing research on rifles that "south paws" can use.......well, that is fun!  The options are down b/c there just isn't much of a demand for those rifles.  We found a 7mm-08 rifle.  It's a break action and single shot.  I was super excited - I promise to post a picture of me with it VERY soon!!  It is registered under me, so that was cool!

Tonight we left Z with my parents and we went with some friends and shot guns.  I was about 75 yards away and shot the target everytime - was I perfect, NO WAY!!!  hahaha  I am proud to at least hit the target somewhere on it.  :)  We had a good time!  The rifle doesn't have a big kick, so I'm not sore in the shoulder.  It is really loud and we all agreed on that.

I promise to put a picture soon - so check back ASAP!!!  ;)

Well, well, well............1 whole week has passed and I haven't blogged yet!  :)

Not much is really going on right now.  We've been playing a lot, going to the park, taking walks, cutting in several teeth and a few of them are molars (OUCH!), etc.

He's been having the time of his life and we've just been enjoying him.

I have started selling Pampered Chef - if you book a party before May 26th; then you'll receive a gift from Pampered Chef for helping me to get started!  I love free stuff, so that totally would catch my eye!  ha!

Zachary and Kodi are both 13 months old and have been for several weeks.  They play so well together and it's HILARIOUS to watch them play.  Zachary LOVES taking her toys, bones, etc and playing with them too!  He "teethes" on her too and she just takes it..........YAY!  She's a great dog (most of the time) and has been doing much better.  She is now sleeping outside of her crate at night now and she is definitely LOVING that! 

Zachary and I will be traveling with my mom up to Branson/Springfield the first week of May.  I'm looking forward to that.  My mom's family is all buried up there, so we're taking flowers up there and just having some "gal" time.  :)

I passed my hunter's education course and Les was very proud of me!  I earned a 100 on my test - can't beat that!  and NO, we did not have an open book test......LOL  The instructor was great and definitely made the class interesting.  Now as far as the 70's videos - that gave us something to laugh at!  ha!

All in all, we're all doing really well and just getting ready for summer to hit full swing.  We're looking forward to many more boating days, fishing days, picnics and time together!

Hope everyone's doing well - till the next post.....signing off.

A few pics from the CO Trip!!!!!

These first 3 pictures are from the Durango train ride that we went on - we had a lot of fun.  Les was fighting a cold and didn't go outside while the train was in motion, but I did and got some shots.  I have a lot of pics from this ride, but didn't want to post all of them!  hahaha

This is a frozen lake - part of it has already started to unthaw.

Here is Les and I while on the train!

Here is a really sharp turn that we made - you can see the front of the train coming around and getting ready to go around another sharp turn.  We went through these curves VERY slowly b/c it's a tight squeeze.  You can see the Animas River below us.  We followed the River the whole way up - it was beautiful!

Here are pictures from our drive to Colorado Springs f/ Durango

Here is a mountain range that we went through - it was one of the prettiest drives that I have ever been on.  We did hit a patch of ice, but I saw it coming and had slowed down before we got to it and we basically coasted over it - I could feel the car slide some.

Here is a tunnel that we went through - Les took this picture - pretty cool!

Here is another shot of the mountains that we went through.  It was like a 5 -6 hour trip.

We stopped at a spot by the River where guys were fishing for trout.  We stopped to use the bathroom and stretch our legs.  Here is me!

Les had wandered off and I had climbed down to the river to enjoy the sounds and have a snack.  I was walking back up and saw these deer getting water.  There were 8 of them.  I just watched them and then Les started heading back to me and he got some pictures of them.  They weren't scared of us and just stood there.  It was pretty cool!

Royal Gorge

I got scared when we went to get on this little train.  You rode in these cages down a really steep hill and I didn't like the "cage".  I stayed at the top and this is Les taking a picture up from the bottom.

This is the Royal Gorge bridge.  We had just ridden the sky tram across the sides.  That was a little scary b/c your crammed in this tram and then suspended over 1000 ft above the water.  It was fun once we took off and were going.  It was a very smooth ride and we got to see some beautiful scenery.  :)

Pike's Peak Cog Railway

This was looking up from 12,000 ft.  We couldn't go any further b/c of the snow covering the tracks.  They literally blow up the snow in the mornings to hopefully get as far as they can.  We got up up the furthest they had been in 2 months; which was a little over 12,000 ft.  Breathtaking views!!!!!!

We loved how blue the sky was - so dark and clear!  You couldn't look out the window without sunglasses on - it was just too bright.

This is where we stopped; which was in 10 ft of snow.  I opened our window and put my initials in the snow!  hahahaha  :)

This is looking out across from Pike's Peak - just gorgeous.  There is a glare b/c those people didn't have their window down.  :(

Garden of the Gods

Les and I hiked and road horses through the Garden of the Gods.  It was beautiful in here, but I LOVED the horses the best.  :)  Here is a picture of me posing for Les.  haha

Here is Les posing for me!

I believe that this might have been taking while I was on the horse.

This is the "kissing camels" 

Hope you enjoyed our trip to CO pictures.  We have a ton more, but I can't post everything, so I hope that you enjoyed what I did pick out!!!

So excited!!!!

Our vacation is about to start and we're getting super excited!  For the most part, we're all packed and ready to go.  Our little man is going to be staying with his grammy and poppy for the week.  I know that he's going to have a blast!!!  We've been away from him before, so this won't be the first time.  The first time that we left him was 5 days.  He cried when I picked him up and of course, I cried too........LOL  When Les got home the next day, Zachary teared up and I cried b/c of how he missed Les too.  :)  Some people may not know, but my whole life, I have been a very easy crier.  I try my best to hide that b/c I feel that it makes me look weak, but sometimes, I just have to cry.  Not sure how I got into that discussion, oh well.....hahahaha

I hope that you have a great week and I'm going to try to blog some while we're gone, but not sure how much internet we'll have the whole time.  We're planning on packing our days full of stuff, trying out new "hole in the wall" restaurants (I'm totally excited about this!), etc. 

So, have a great week!!!!!!!!!  :)

He Has Risen!

Our Lord Jesus Christ rose today!  Thank you, Jesus for dying on the cross for MY sins and everyone elses' too.  You have paid the ultimate price for me to be able to be forgiven and to be able to spend eternity with You in Heaven once my life on Earth is over.

Mathew 28:6," He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay."

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter and remembers the TRUE reason we celebrate this season.  The Easter bunny is fun, but do remember your blessings. 

I love you, Lord!!!!