This is why I don't try to run marathons

I'd never make it. I'd get distracted or have too many other things that became a priority. I think I did 2 out of the 13 posts that I wanted to the other day. My next post should be on our Texas trip, but I can't find the cd with the photos on it. hmmm. Somewhere in one of these piles...of the dusty piles...or one of the tarped-covered piles. I know it's here somewhere. Maybe on Sunday I can find it:).

On a lighter note....

Out of the blue, Weston tells me the other day in a very defiant, challenging tone of voice,

"Mom, you're not in charge."

"????"

"You're not in charge, Mom, you know who is in charge?"

"Who?" (I am wondering if he is going to say Todd ....maybe Todd had thought I was wearing the pants in the family a bit too much? and said something in front of Wes??? )

"Jesus Christ is in charge. You're not in charge."

It would have been cute except for that snotty tone of voice he used. It would have been so touching...almost a spiritual experience, except for his tone of voice scared away the spirit:). I know he's right in the big scheme of things, but I don't think that's what he was referring to. Oh, are the teenage years already starting at 4 for Weston?!

Momma's Helper

Wes insisted on helping scoop the horse poop. I kept trying to sidetrack him because he has a hard time getting it in the trash can. The poop seems to go everywhere else BUT there. (He just needs to be a bit taller). But, Wes really wanted to help. What a good boy! I thought that maybe I had done something right in raising a child that was so insistent on being so helpful. Pat myself on my back. We start having this little conversation on helping out. Wes said he likes to help. But, then he let me know that he was doing it to earn a dollar. What?! Oh well, I guess he's an entrepreneur. I guess as long as he's willing to work to earn that buck. Funny thing was that he forgot about it and never asked for his buck.

Walking in Water

I'm really not sure how the idea came about. But, somehow, Todd and the boys thought it would be cool if you could walk through the pool on the stilts, thereby not getting wet. So, Todd, not even changing his clothes yet from church, decides to show the boys how to do it.

Imagine the shock as he realized the resistance from the water was too much to push the stilts through. Imagine the shock to his body as he landed in the ice cold January water. Too funny! I still laugh just looking at his expression. So glad I was smart enough not to try it. Needless to say, the boys decided not to try it either after Todd's failed attempts. Smart boys.... they must take after their mother:).

I didn't get the first one taped. too bad. It was the funniest. But, since he was already wet, Todd attempted it a few more times. Cash didn't seem to mind the cold water at all.

Marathon

Today, I will do a marathon. No, not run a marathon. I'm not that crazy... or that disciplined...or that extreme. I am happy with 2-3 miles:).

Today, I am talking about my marathon posting, as my SIL, Jan, likes to call it. I haven't posted in about two months. Can you believe it?! I have A LOT to catch up on. I seem to be doing this a lot lately. I really don't like doing it either because I forget about all the little things that I had wanted to post about. If I took a pic of it, then I remember. But, that's as far as it goes. So, here's to a few hours of hopefully catching up on our family blog.

I realized that as I finished off another year (2009), I now also have another year to prep for book printing. sigh. I still haven't finished that for 2008. How come I can never seem to catch up?!