insta-weekend

Howdy guys! 

I saw somewhere that someone posted about their weekend through the eyes of Instagram and thought that was a wonderful idea. 

We are going to call it Insta-Weekend. 

(Yes, I know that is very un-original)

My weekend started and ended great! 

Here is the new entertainment center my sweet hubby bought me! Isn't it wonderful?

This little guy was found under our truck on a cold, rainy morning. He had no tags and and was so tiny. 1.5 lb. tiny! Luckily, after two days of searching I found his owner and she was happy to have him home.

I made a mistake and accidentally mixed up my washing machine pod thingy with my dishwasher one and well, lets just say there were a tone of bubble and my dishes smelled mountain fresh :)

Saturday morning I was so excited that one of our local farmers markets was open and going full force. There is just something about walking around picking out home grown veggies. Love it!

My new shirt. Love the color!

Road trippin' it west for a ranch rodeo. Aren't West Texas skies are so beautiful?

Rodeo time!!!!!

My little cowboy in training.

He absolutely loves riding horses and playing in the dirt!

Hope you guys all had a blessed weekend!

happy monday y'all

This morning we woke up today to 60* weather here in West Texas.

It was absolutly perfect! 

And guess what... Spring is only 15 days away!

landscape photography

rainy monday

I know that I have posted a lot of pictures of the stormy weather we have had lately but it is such a blessing that we have had so much rain that I just can’t contain myself.

This morning we had a line of storms move in and it was absolutly gorgeous to watch!

So I decided to get my camera out and take pictures :)

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Leviticus 26:4

happy easter

Happy Easter!

I hope everyone has had a blessed Easter Sunday.

Our day is going to be a relaxing day at home as a family. I hope to teach the boys that Easter is about Jesus, not plastic eggs filled with candy :)

I will post pics of our festivities tomorrow, but for now I wanted to post a couple of pics of the boys taken back on Easter 2009. I can’t believe how grown up they are now. It makes me so sad that my boys are getting so big. Can’t they stay this small forever?

Here is Jacob. Shirtless and huntin’ eggs.

Look at how small Tyler is! Oh my gosh! Look at those cute little chubby legs. Haha! It looks like my boys are sharing one outfit!

This was the famous Easter storm that spawned a tornado that touched down about a mile from my house. Boy do I miss storms like those... okay, maybe just the rain :)

rustic flowers

Happy GOOD FRIDAY Everyone!

I was driving home yesterday and this little patch of flowers on the side of the road caught my eye. I thought that they would make pretty pictures so I went home, grabbed my camera and went back.

And I am sure glad that I did!

I’m not a professional or anything, but I think they came out beautiful :)

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Today is a SNOW DAY!!

Last night at my house we got at least 6” of snow! 
Thank you, Jesus!

Snow is actually very rare for this part of Texas.

And I have to say that I am quite excited :)

We tried to build a snowman, but my boys got cold seeing how we do not have the proper winter gear for things like this.

So I thought I would share a few shots that I took while I was out!

Looking out of my garage…

This is one of the cows down the street from my house.

Everything is oh so pretty covered in white fluffy stuff!

Lookin’ down the road…

My boys hanging window decals on the front door.

Hope you all have a blessed Monday!

Bobcats and Deer Oh My!

I finally got around to editing the photos that I took last weekend while we were at the deer lease.

One of the most awesome shots that I got was this bobcat. I have never seen one in real like so I was in awe about it. I have to say that it was one of the most beautiful creatures that I have ever seen. They move so delicately and stealth like that we almost missed him. And it’s not very often you just see one on the side of the road like this.

Michael says he prefers the SOOC shots, but I have to disagree! Even though I am still learning and am by no means an expert, I think that my edited one looks waay better.

Here is another shot that I love. This friendly doe got within 10-15 yards of my deer blind. She knew I was there, but she posed for a few pictures anyway. And I’ll be honest with ya, I enjoy ‘hunting’ them with my camera better than I do my gun. Shhhh! don’t tell my hubby, he may disown me :)
Isn’t she pretty though?

And here are a few pictures of my FAVORITE boys…

Photo Friday Week 45: Wind

Hello lovelies!

I can’t believe that it is Friday already! I had plans to upload and post pictures all week, but something always seemed to come up. Sigh. Jacob started Tae Kwon Do this week which takes up two  evenings and I started a new bible study this Wednesday…. Life has just been cuh-razy!

I am excited super about this weeks theme.

See… living in West Texas wind is one thing we are never short of round here. If it’s not blowing at this very second, give it 5 minutes and it will be howling.

Last week we had a cold front move through and it brought some pretty strong winds and limited visibility along with it.

Just as the storm was starting to arrive…

…the dust storm in full force.

Check out all the other photos over at Trina’s blog :)

Next Week: Music

That Time of Year

One of my favorite things about Fall is that it means HUNTING SEASON!

It is the one thing that we all get together and love doing as a family. I don’t know what it is about sleeping outside or having no running water that brings a family closer together.

This last weekend we made a day trip to the lease to check feeders and just hang out.

Here are a few {lots} of pics from our little trip…

Never to young to learn :)