Soldier pot men!

I love my  Soldier Pot Men.  My mom made some I think in 1991.  We found the pattern in Hobby Lobby and loved them.  I am so glad she has had them all these years.  I made myself some and they make me smile every time I see them!

Aggie Weekend

This past weekend we went to my parents.  Our weekend started off with a dinner and dance at Traditions country club.  The food was amazing and the Texas twisters were wonderful.  Bobby and I love to dance and we were tired by the end of the night.

Both of the boys are junior Aggies!  They have great programs for the children.  This Saturday was junior Aggie day at the game.  They have toys for the children to play on and a special Junior aggie Yell Practice.  Bobby and I took Rob to Kyle field in time to enjoy these activities.  Ryan needed his name.  This was a fun time for just the 3 of us. 

Rob loved having some time with mommy and daddy.  I think he really just enjoyed playing the games.
We have take a picture of Rob each year at this same location!

This was him at his first aggie game.

Ryanl loes the popcorn and just watching everything going on!

recent fires

As many of you know this past week and currently our little town of Magnolia has been hit by wildfires.  It started on Monday. By Tuesday it was out of control. Bobby decided on Tuesday he needed to go help.  I was confident in his knowledge of fire fighting and fire safety (17 years of experience), but I was still worried about him.  We did leave our home for 2 days, due to the smoke.  We were very blessed that is never threatened our  neighborhood.   Our neighborhood and surrounding ones were really being protected by the firemen and women.  We live in a heavy wooded area and everyone is on propane.  So the though of exploding propane tanks on each property did not sit well with me.  Bobby fought the fire all week and slept most of the day Saturday.  This was the first time he had fought fire since we have been together.  I had a special God moment that I wanted to share with everyone.

 

One of the nights, it was getting very late and I had not heard from Bobby in quite sometime.  I was letting my nerves get the best of me.  I saw a picture  on facebook and reposted it with the saying "I know he is with my husband right now. "

 

 

I prayed in that moment and felt better.  I trust my God and knew we were all in the right place at the moment.  A bit later I got a call from Bobby.  He was headed in for the night.  I have to admit I was relieved, it was after midnight.  He told me he had been working with some young EMS guys.  They were not real experienced with fighting fire.  At one point they were standing about 30 yards away from a fire trying to shoot the water on it.  He new this was not making progress so he told one of the guys "lets go put this one.  Fall in behind me."  So he took the hose, crossed embers and was waist deep in embers and some flames.  That is when he realized, the guys did not join him.  So he turned to the flames and begin putting them out.  Right then he felt a tap on his shoulder and heard a voice that said "I am with you. Let's put this out."  One the fire was out, and they were back at the truck, he took a minute to thank the guy.  This man had seen what happened and knew Bobby was doing the right thing and went to help him.  During their conversation they got to know some about each other.  What Bobby told me next about the "big ol boy" as he described him made me cry for the first time.  He said "He is the Chaplin for his division of the department."  I knew in that moment, God was there.  He put another believer beside Bobby, when I needed it the most.  Yes, I said when I needed it.  God is so good.  Bobby does not want to be a hero, or praised for his work, but knowing God is taking care of him blessed each of us.  This summer we had both missed the opportunity to serve in mission.  He looked at me on Saturday and said, I was needing to serve this summer, just didn't know it would be fighting fire again.  Needless to say he will be going to the firehouse on Tuesday to sign up to volunteer again!  So proud of him.

 

Again I just wanted to share this wonderful story of God showing His protection of us!

It's about time

It's about time!!  For several things.  For getting back to blogging, back to our diet, Bobby back to firefighting, Rob to start golf lessons and Ryan to start potty training!

It has been a long time since I have felt like I have the ability to blog.  We had a very busy summer, but very glad to be back to school time routines.   Both boys are going to the MDO at our church.  We LOVE this school! Rob is in the pre K program and doing great.  I have also missed writing devotionals so I hope to get back to that as well.

Time to get back to our diet.  May 9th was a big day for me.  I started the HcG diet.  Bobby started it on May 16th.  in three months I was down 50 pounds and he was down 65.  For the past 5 weeks we have been on and off it and just maintaining our current weight.  But its time to real our goals!  I have 45 more pounds to go and Bobby has 20!  I hope by Thanksgiving I am at that goal!!!

Bobby was a volunteer fire fighter for 17 years before we became a couple.  He has missed it, but didn't know for sure if he wanted to do it anymore.  On Labor day last week, a fire started near our town.  By Monday around midnight the fire was out of control.  Tuesday morning Bobby went to see if he could help and continued to do so till Friday night.  Some days he worked 10-13 hour shifts.  As much as I worried about his safety, I know he is smart when it comes to safety during firefighting.  I am so proud of him and his dedication to serve.  He now knows that he does want to volunteer again and tomorrow night he will go to his first meeting at his new fire house.   We lost our deer lease and what we had on it to the fire but no damage to our neighborhood!  More about the fire to come!

Rob is finally started golf lessons.  He played t-ball last spring and really did well and had a great time.  The problem with Rob is he wants to play every sport and so far excels in each.  The city of Bryan is having golf for 4-6 year olds this year so we are participating.  He is so excited. Will post more on how this goes.

Ryan, o my sweet Ryan.  He turned 2 on May 16th and this momma is ready for him to be potty trained.  He failed our first go at this, well his body failed him.  We tried in June and were not successful.  I think his bladder was just not ready.  But he will tell me he wants to go on the potty and will go so we are making progress.  Now I just need a  free weekend to complete the process.    I also think him being in MDO helps with potty training. 

This picture blows my mind.  This is a bit of what we delt with last week.  We live in a country town with lots of animals and people were having to just let their horses go to save them.  Be praying for the workers of the fire as well as those displaced.

My Rob

Rob just turned 4! Man how time flies.  He has grown up so much in the past year.  He wanted an Aggie Sports party this year and that is what he got!

Rob has really excelled in his vocabulary.  He is doing some basic math.  He is NOT fond of writing though, we will have to work on it.  He has started tball and is doing well. 

holiday season

We had a wonderful Christmas season!  Bobby was off for 16 days, which has been wonderful and the boys and I have loved every minute of it.  Monday will be very hard when he goes back to work.  The week of Christmas, we got alot done around the house.  There have been alot of things that we have needed to do to the house since we have moved in, but budget wise we do it in steps. 
We had mom and dad and Don and Jonelle over Christmas eve.  Mom and dad went to church with us to the family service.  I am so glad to be apart of a church that I enjoy the worship services.  Our pastor did an amazing job, and Rob even got to sit up front with the older children.  After church we met bac at our house for dinner.  This was new for us to do this year and we loved it!
Bobby's family, where we spent Christmas day, all wear their PJ's to his parents to open presents in the morning.  I love this tradition!  He were are....Aggie Pride

The boys got tents which are huge hits!!!

Rob has enjoyed sleeping in his tent!  hey  he even asks to go to bed!

Over all it was wonderful! 
We pray for a blessed New Year for all family and friends!!