How can it be?

How can time fly so fast on so many levels? You hear that when you are younger, but it really sinks into me now....

Let's see a little over 20 years ago I graduated high school, I have two sisters 50 and over, I am the youngest of four girls and I am almost 40! That is hard to believe, although I don't feel any older than mid 30's. But I do know none of us are getting any younger. My dad for instance is going to turn 80 tomorrow. I can't believe that one. I don't think he looks his age either, I think it was about 6 years ago and he was jumping rope with Caitlin and Anne. To me that is great and I believe my sister and I told him so. He use to love to hunt and fish, I know he does not feel as good as he use to. And he is having a hard time with that too. I so picture him so much fooling with his boat and taking me fishing. Great memories, my oldest sister was not into the fishing as I remember it, my second to oldest sister if she went fishing, well I would not call it fishing, she brought a book! LOL! My sister that is just (well 10 years older than me) I remember her fishing some. But dont' remember her going alot with us either. Was it that my dad took me more because I showed interest? I still love to go fishing, we went fishing in Ark. on our vacation in July this past summer. Or is it that my parents were seperated and my dad took me to spend time with me and that time was his only time off too and his chance to get to do what his interest were. Which made them my interest too, because I love to fish, be outside, hunt and want to do even more of this as my kids get older and lean on me less and grow up out of toddlers. I wish my sisters were not all spread out, but that is how we are in all different states. I live closest to my dad. A job brought me back here and I am blessed to have it had work out that way too. I just don't know how much longer we have with him. God knows that answer and all we can do is spend our time with him and enjoy what time we have. I am just so glad he can still do all that he can. Not everyone is so blessed and that is so sad.

My oldest sister has a blog too, she has posted a pic of our dad smiling. This is not something he does alot of in pictures. But I was looking at some pics this past weekend and this is a pic I had to share....my dad....smiling....this is my nephew in the picture too. (the picture at the top of the post)

Birthday for Riley

Riley's birthday was March 15 th, we had his birthday on March 14 th (Saturday). He turned the big '4'! Growing up so fast!!! This is a picture of his cake. I know I am just getting a picture on here and it is now the 27th. I can not write good enough to ice a cake. I have tried and get so picky with how it looks. My sister Charlotte told me about a website her daughter Blair found. There are all kinds of ideas how to decorate cakes on there with picks. Someone I guess is like me and cannot write on a cake. So they made a mini banner and used toothpicks to hold it up on the cake. I thought that was a great idea! So here is the cake, Riley loves the movie Wall E and this is the theme of the cake! It was really good and he loved it!!! That is the most important thing, he helped me mix the cake with all the ingredients and then I let him and Ava lick the beaters, just like my mom use to let me do.

Adventures in bread making

Well I have had a bread machine for about a week now. But we have been sick and I am just trying it out. I made a french loaf and it turned out very good. Our son had to get up to see what the noise was and I told him he could watch the bread being kneaded. So he pulled up a chair and I had to snap a photo, thought that was just to cute. This is my first time using a bread machine, but I have made bread totally by hand. That bread did not turn out as good as I thought it might. It was chewy and hard crusted. That was not to my liking, I had found that reciepe in Mother Earth News and they said the bread was made alot during the depression. Well I am so glad things have improved :-)) Although some may like that kind of bread, I prefer the one I just made today!

Whiskey and goats

This is funny to me, we bought a Nigerian Dwarf goat to keep our New company so he would not be the lone male. Tammy who we bought our other Nigerian's from sold him to us. She had already named him and his name is.... Evan Williams. Yes Evan Williams, my husband said so now we have a goat named after some whiskey! I told him I did not know that! LOL! Oh, well, he knows his name and we just usually call him Evan anyway. Evan Williams is a mouth full :-)) Evan is quite nice and friendly too. Such a sweet heart, he is also small for being just about a year old or so. He is not much over 21 inches I think. Quite short, poor guy, he will sit in my lap or just let me hold him like a lap dog :-))) So precious!!!!!!