Half A Year in pictures...

 

Found a new black eyed pea recipe to bring in the new year. Pioneer Women, you never disappoint!

Got a new "walking buddy"

Restock our freezer:)

Jones got his first carpet burn from noggin to chin!

Jones got his daddy wrapped more around his lil finger!

First dentist appointment!

Worked hard.

Got snow dumped on us.

UPS guy got stuck in our driveway.

Grammy's hot chocolate saved the snowy cold days!

Worked hard some more.

Played some more:)

Snowed some more:)

Played some more:)

 

Got sick, a lot.......

Rested a lot...... In our bed........

Got a little too comfy in our bed.....

Got out of dodge for awhile to relax.

Relaxed some more.

Jones caught his first fish all by himself!

Ate lots of Jerry's Pizza! Yumm!

Jones realized he had a cool Dado!

Wore a monkey out while mom and dad relaxed!

Got ready for our first big hunt of the year!

Daddy played basketball again this year.

Saw bats!

Another year older.....the big 32!

Another year goofier!

Another year with sweet Talon!

Being a bum.....

Being a bum....

Sick again.....

And again.....

Found that cold over night oats are the bomb diggity!

Raising deer

Turkey hunting!

Daily laughs from this goober!

 

Turkey down.

Crocodile tears because he has "too many eggs!"

Getting spoiled by my boys!

Jones' first awanas program!

First wild fire that got close.

Too close.

Packed up our house....

Moved half our stuff to Texas.

Moving stinks......

Came back to Oklahoma and welcomed our first fawns of the season!

Another piebald baby.

Witnessed the most beautiful sunset on our front porch!

Prayed for rain.

Played our last game of golf in Oklahoma.

Cody went bald.....

We said our goodbyes to "ole Ca-Cha and ole Whitey"

Hunkered down at the lodge one last time before we moved.

Home Sweet Home Texas!

 

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Starting over......

In TEXAS, baby!

We are now, officially, living in Brady!

Everything we have gone through this year has prepared our hearts for this move.

I am once again reminded that our God is Faithful.

That our God is good.

Even in darkness and sadness,

He remains faithful.

We loved Woodward.  We loved the people, the town and most of all we loved O Bar Ranch.  I was feeling restless at the end of  March and couldn't shake it.  I finally talked to Cody about it and he had been feeling the same way, except, he had been feeling that way for awhile.  We had a long talk and realized he was getting burned out on his dream job, his hobby.  He was just tired.  He was doing a 3 man job by himself and working 7 days a week.

Your not supposed to get burned out on your hobby.

Even though he was still enjoying his job , he needed a break.  A day to regroup, not think about the ranch, a mental break that he was just not getting  and couldn't get being the only one up there.

I could tell he was wearing down and tried to help him as much as I could.  I thought that was enough at the time.

After we had our long heart to heart I had two options.  I could have gotten SO completely and utterly mad because he hadn't spoke up sooner or I could help him with a solution.  He hadn't brought up his feelings before because he knew how happy I was up there.  I loved my job as nursery coordinator with our church.  The town was full of things to do with Jones.  We could see/hang out with Cody whenever we wanted and we lived on a piece of heaven!

Who the heck would give that up?

My little piece of heaven had started to be a constant reminder of loss. A reminder of what could have been, what should have been and I felt like I was a ticking time bomb in that house, that was getting ready to explode at any time.

My heartache put me and Cody back on the same page.

A few days later this job fell in his lap.

We are doing the same thing but with lots and lots of help and days off on a weekly basis. 

Excited for our new adventures, closer to home, on another piece of heaven.

Excited for this dark cloud hanging over me to move on.

Excited and beyond thankful for His never ending Grace.

And beyond thankful for my two boys who love me unconditionally through the storms and sunny days.