A walk down Memory Lane

One of the things I love about my evening walks is the fact that for 30 minutes I am left to my own thoughts on my own schedule. During these walks I find myself thinking about all sorts of things, some highly intelligent, others not so much. Last night while out walking I started thinking about my life and the changes that have occurred during it. One such thought, that I have actually had many times, is how different my life is in comparison to the rest of my family's. I usually have these thoughts while I am standing outside in sub-zero weather holding a gate open for my husband. I will find myself thinking of my sister and her climate controlled work environment and I have to admit I usually come up envious :o) But last night as I was walking, listening to the many, many sounds of creatures I could never begin to identify, I found myself thinking of my dad. He would LOVE my life. I have no doubt he would wake every morning with a smile on his face glad to be a hundred miles from anything you could refer to as a city. As I walked, only covering a mile, I passed 10-15 deer. I even spent 5 minutes just watching a buck that spent 4 minutes ignoring me. For those of you who knew my dad then you know he loved to hunt. Deer and antelope were his favorite and I can remember riding along with him as a young girl while we went out in search of the perfect one. I can remember just sitting in the pick-up watching a far off herd and asking intelligent questions (I am sure they were far from intelligent but hey this is my memory, not his) So while my life, like many of yours I am sure, may at times be boring and predictable I was remind last night that joy is all around, I just need to enjoy it. So thanks for letting me walk down memory lane, now on to the kidos :o)

This was the best picture I could get of the

buck. My camera's battery was very low

and it was dusk so it was taking a lot out of it.

The kids decided that Pepper needed a bath so out came the little pool. Poor Pepper was not exactly thrilled but I think he would walk through fire if the kids just asked him too.

The kids also thought it was a good day to warm up their brains and what better way to do that then by letting all the blood rush to your head!