Tragedy in the hen house

Living in the country and raising animals you never know what is going to happen. However, what happened to us Wednesday night, you hope will never happen. As you know, we purchased 55 baby chicks last month. After a quick count a couple of days after we received them, we realized they had shorted us 8 chicks so we were down to 47 baby chicks. Still plenty to supply eggs to our family and friends. Everything was going great, the chicks were growing, getting their wings and learning to fly, a little. When Bill got home Thursday, he headed down to feed and water them, he never expected to see the sight that he saw. We had 20 chicks dead. Some wild animal had burrowed under the coup and had dinner - on us. Bill quickly counted and we are now down to only 16 chicks. The balance of the chicks has not been found. We are so heartbroken. Brody was so mad he told Bill to go and get his gun and kill whatever got his chickies. We found the hole and have fixed it hoping not to have the problem again.

Magic Beans

This is an addition to the last post about the video store.

Friday when I was picking up Brody from school, he had to go and say good-bye to Mrs. Linda. Of course, she offers him a snack. Today it is strawberry cake and BEANS!!! After he has about 1 cup of beans she offers to send the balance of the beans home which is about 2 quarts. Brody is so excited because he loves beans. He looks around and finds a spoon for the ride home. As we are walking down the hall, Brody looks at me and says, "Mommy, these are my magic beans!!" I have no idea where he came up with that. After we get in the car, I call Bill to let him know we are on our way home. He said to not be in any hurry because he is going to be working late so for us to grab dinner before we get home. Any guesses on what Brody wants, beans and rice. While we are driving to the Mexican food joint, he is eating his magic beans. When he gets up Saturday morning, he wants magic beans for breakfast. Mid-day Saturday, those magic beans where making magic noises in his belly.

How much info does a video store need?

Friday, after work, Brody and I decided to go and rent a movie. Bill was working late so I thought it would be a nice and relaxing evening. We headed north after we had dinner of beans and rice. (who would have thought Brody would suggest beans and rice). I decided to go to Love Video in Eddy (yes, they do have family friendly movies also) since it is right down the rode. Brody was so excited, it was his first time in a video place. He soon saw Alvin and the Chickmunks ($3.00), yes that is what he calls it. We also picked up the Lion King ($1.00). I go to the check-out and they ask my name so they can pull up my membership. Of course they can not find it because I have never rented from them, neither has Bill. So she tells me to step around the corner so she can show me what I needed to provide in order to have a membership so I could rent 2 movies totaling $4.00. These people must be out of their mind. Here is a list of a couple of items they needed:

1. Name (of course)

2. Current physical address (they only rent to Eddy & the surrounding areas)

3. 2 phone numbers

4. A copy of drivers license

5. 2 forms of I.D. (besides #4)

6. Social Security Number (are they CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!)

7. A copy of a current utility bill (water, electric, phone)

8. A copy of a major credit card

9. Place & phone number of employer

At that, I looked at the clerk and told her she must be out of her mind. I only wanted to rent a Disney movie. She said, well, that is what they ask for. So in so many words, I told her she was crazy and we would never step foot in that store again. What the *#@ do they need with all that information???????????

So we came home with no movie so we headed up the York's to hang out by the swimming pool. We had so much fun. Bill finally arrived home around 10:30.

Now on Saturday we just hung around the house doing laundry & stuff like that. Rita came by & said they were going to have some beverages by the pool because Stacy & Conley were in town. You know we headed up for the VIP party. It was such a relaxing afternoon. Brody got in the pool, hung on to me for dear life but then he warmed up and hung on to the water noodle. I think we finally left around midnite.

Sunday we rested. Oh yeah, we did go to Wal-Mart and buy Alvin & the Chickmunks for Brody. He stayed up and watched it with Bill Sunday night and he loved it. He laughed so much. It was really fun to watch him and his reactions.

Bill & Brody had a day together on Monday, Bill was off for the day. They went into Waco and visited with grandma. Bill said they watched Alvin about 4 times.

On a different subject, if you remember a couple of posts ago, I talked about the wonderful songs Brody can sing. He has started working towards his audition on America Idol I do believe. He will be singing and all of a sudden he will say - Mommy, check out this song. He cracks me up. Today he sang about an umbrella, gold fish jumping in the air and swimming in the pool. He does not have one that he sings over and over yet, but I am sure that is only coming in time.

Hope everyone has a great week!!!

The New Addition to the Family!!!

It has been awhile since I posted. Things were very busy for about a month but we have had a couple of weeks of just relaxing. It has been nice. We are still very busy around the house and with work but have had some time for just the 3 of us. In this time, we had an addition to the family, in fact we had 55 new additions to the family. We are the proud parents to 55 baby chicks. Brody is loving it. He can not wait to get home and feed the chickies, water the chickies and just touch one. He calls them chickies. Here are just a couple of pictures the day we received the chickies. Hope everyone is doing great.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!

Go to Vonda's blog for the explanation!!! Way to go Ronaldo!!!

My Wonderful Family

Vonda has been asking me to post a new picture of me since I have lost some weight. So here you go. It also has my wonderful husband and wonderful son. Thanks Brenton and Jenna for taking some great pictures.

Mother's Day!!

This time of year is dedicated to moms all around the world. I want to take this time to thank my mom for everything she has done for me through the years. She has taught me so much about being a mom that I do not even know where to begin. She has taught (or tried) to teach me patience. That is something I have to work on now that I am a mom. Cooking - where do I begin. Mom let us help her in the kitchen from a very young age. I always remember being in the kitchen helping stir (or lick) something. My hips have the proof of the cooking this family can do. Unconditional love. No matter what I did or did not do, mom was always there.

When I became a mom to my wonderful son Brody, my mom was with me every step of the way. Helping me to try to control my emotions. That I was never able to do. Helping me try to find some clothes that might fit for more than a month. When I was about 6 months pregnant, mom was there to help me try to make some sense out of this house. About a week before Brody was born, she cleaned my house from top to bottom. It has never sparkled that much since. While I was pregnant, mom said she would stay with me as long as I needed after Brody was born. I thought to myself, I can do this. Boy was I wrong. When Brody was born, she never left my side. Thank you so much. I think I cried everyday all day for the first four weeks. She was always there reassuring me that I could do this even when I doubted my ability of being a mother. Thank you for being there for me.

Now that I am a mom, mother's day to me is every day of the year. Mom always told me that but I would think, yeah right. Brody is my life. He is the best little boy that a mom could ask for. I look at Brody and can not believe that he is a part of me. He is a great little boy, he is so smart and he loves me. Last night I fixed him some ice cream with chocolate syrup. When he was finished, he came to me and said "Thank you momma, thank you!!" The look in his eyes just melted my heart because to him, I am perfect. I love just watching him sleep at night, he looks like an angel.

I hope that I am as great of a mom to Brody as mom was to me. Thank you mom for everything you have done for me and everything you will do for me in the future. I love you.

Now just a quick little picture of my perfect son.