As Time Goes By

Can you believe this is our Ginger?

I recently looked at pictures of when we brought her home.
I hardly recognized her.
She is 7 and 1/2 months old and she is not done growing.
Between raising 3 growing boys and one growing dog, I wonder why my food budget can't grow too!

This week I've watched my husband take a week off from work to deer hunt with his buddies and his dad. He visits land owners ahead of time to obtain hunting permission. He stocks up on ammo and camo. :) He completely renovates the garage to turn it into a meat processing center. I wash sheets and towels, make up extra beds, and of course--cook extra food. I also take on the boys and all their comings and goings by myself. Not to mention scraping the frost off my windshield in the morning since I can't park in my garage...

It is quite exhausting.

But through all the extra work, I've seen my husband have so much fun. I've gotten some down time from the kids when they join the hunters in the garage at night. I even got to go out to breakfast with JUST Derek when the kids were all in school. We also took a day and went shopping for Kaleb's upcoming birthday, among other things. :) I used to wish that Derek had a hobby he could enjoy...and here we are.

flowers from my sweetie before this week began--he's learned a thing or two about a happy wife=happy life :)

Lots of things coming up in the next week or 2. Might be a while before I post again. Cub Scouts cake auction on Monday, Thanksgiving of course, a road trip to move our friends out here, and Kaleb's 8th birthday. Plus our dog needs 2 teeth pulled. Under general anesthetic. Good grief. Friends' birthday parties, small group activities, and extra school happenings...

Even still, I am thankful for all of my blessings. Happy Thanksgiving!