October, amazingly crazy!!

I can't believe how quickly the summer past by, that we are already in our 3rd month of school, and that the holidays are right around the corner!!

This month in particular has been so busy, I don't think I've been home one weekend!! 😆 

First, we took a weekend and spent it with some great friends who me made since we moved. They have a cabin in Chama, NM and it's such a beautiful place.

 This is the view from their deck

 

 Looking over the gorge 

 

 On a hike. Landen noticed in the bottom picture that the rock had a "face" in it. Can you see it??

 

 After getting back Landen helped make rolls from scratch for dinner that night 😊

We had an awesome weekend!!

The next weekend the kids had fall break, we decided we had to take advantage of that, so we headed to Silver City, NM to explore the Gila Cliff Dwellings, the area around there, and to fish Roberts Lake.  Again an amazing time!!

 One of many amazing views of the Gila Wilderness

 These are the Gila Cliff Dwellings. Ancient ancestors of the area built their community inside this mountain cave. 

 

 It was amazing!! We talked about what it might have been like to live like that. We all agreed pretty wild!!

Here we are the day before fishing Roberts Lake.

We didn't catch anything but we had a nice relaxing time.

This past weekend we ended up in Arizona to see my sis and we caught a Seattle Arizona football game. Viv is s big cardinals fan and my mother in law is a Seattle fan, so we had a fun rivalry going!!! 

 She can't believe it!!! Taking it in 😊

 Let the game begin!!

 Even though me and Landen are Bears fans, we just had to cheer for the cardinals!! However after this game he says he's a cardinals fan now 😉

 What an amazing month we've had traveling!!! I really am grateful we are able to do these things. I have to say though, I'm ready for a nice quiet weekend at home 😊

 

I know a girl...

She puts the color inside my world...I call her Vivian.

As a 36 year old woman, mother to 2 children, wife of 14 years,  I thought I had my roll all figured out.  My job is to guide my children, teach and show them how to be grow to be confident, positive, strong, smart human beings.  To lead by example...well today my 9 year old daughter became a roll model for me...

We have been having issues with a rooster, he's become aggressive with the other chickens.  So we decided to move him away from them.  Viv didn't know this, and this morning when she was helping water and feed them, she saw the rooster separated from the others and let him go with them, not knowing to keep him by himself.  When I came out to see how things were going, I saw the rooster with the other chickens and got irritated.  "HOW AM I GOING TO CATCH HIM NOW??!!  we had to GO!!"  I tried and tried and Viv tried to help me, but we couldn't do it.  She saw my frustration and apologized many many times.  I told her it was Ok, but truthfully inside I was bugged.  Finally I threw up my hands and just told her "just let him be, we will just have to see what happens later..." and went inside to get the rest of our things.  When I came back out to load the kids up for summer school Viv yelled out to me "MOM!!!  I GOT HIM IN!!!  THE DUCKS ARE IN THERE TOO THOUGH!!"  I was so surprised, I told her "JUST LEAVE THE DUCKS, THEY WON'T LET THE CHICKEN BOTHER THEM!!"  but again she would not give up, and ended up getting the ducks out and was able to keep the rooster in.

Bless her heart, her perseverience and determination to not give up got her the results we wanted.  I just love that about her, she made me feel motivated to be that way.  I've always been one to say "Oh well, it's too hard"  and I don't want to be that way anymore.  I want to be like Viv.

I love her so much.