It will be Valentine's Day on Monday, but the celebrations have already begun. Lane had his kindegarten party on Friday. We spent the whole week working on doing Valentine's. We went to the store and he chose "Power Ranger" Valentines to address and give to his friends. Having 4 boys over 20 years and we're still into the Power Rangers (yuck). Lane worked really hard on his cards and we taped a chocolate marshmallow candy on the back of each one. We were in charge of bringing chips to the party so I let him chose that also. He chose a 24 pack of snack sized bags of assorted Sun chips. At 41, I am enjoying being a mom so much. It just seems like when Mathew & Tyler were little and I was 20 something, things were really stressed. Lane loves kindegarten and I am loving it right along with him. My camera is not working (getting a new one in the next couple of days) so I am submitting Lane's Thanksgiving photo. He made this outfit at school out of paper and then insisted we take his picture - its so cute.
Justin has had double duty caring for all of his animals this week. His heifer is doing well despite the cold weather. A turtle that was recently rescued by Justin has been living in my laundry room to keep warm. My third born also caught a small bird this week with his bare hands. He found it in our garage and was able to get it into his hands and then set it free. Justin does things that sometimes that other people would be afraid to do like catching wild animals - even once a grass snake. He says that he is going to become a veterinarian - and I think that would be great! Here is a picture taken a couple of years back. These are Justin's hampsters, Stripe & Wombo - he named them and completely cared for them (yuck, rats).
Tyler is gone today to his girlfriend's golf tournament. He & she both play golf. I think they are both really good players, both have won several tournaments. I hope Tyler does something nice for Jesse on Valentine's Day, I have mentioned before that he is overly careful with his money and he really does not like buying gifts. Matthew on the other hand, spent a whole paycheck on a Valentine's Day gift for his Valentine - which I thought was a little extreme for a 17 year old. Here is a picture of Tyler and Jesse.
Speaking of Matthew, I have sent him several messages but still I have not heard from him. For all I know, he could be in an entirely different location doing who knows what. I am trying to remain positive, believing that my boy is safe and happy. I just want to hear from him. Here is a picture of my two oldest boys when we picked up Matthew from bootcamp last June in Missouri.
The Power of Positive Thinking
Having all my boys around the dinner table sharing a good meal!
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