9 on 10 January

WELL this was supposed to be a 10 on 10  but apparently I only took 9 pictures! Oops!

 

One sick boy today! We were up most of the night dealing with puke. 

Finally passed out

 

Pictures from the cold, beautiful, snowy morning

 

 

How we spent the day-- Mommy working on the computer 

and Dax leaned up against me.

 What got me through the day...

 STUPID turkeys!

 If there is a bare spot ANYWHERE they are digging away

 

 why is it that the coldest weather brings beautiful pictures? 

Couldn't get over how pretty it was outside just before sunset

  

 Headed out to be sure the chickens have water

 What a difference a few hours makes!

2 naps and not being allowed to play outside-- revived!

August 10 on 10

 Look at me! I actually did the 10 on 10 AND I'm posting it on the 10th! Of course there is still a hick up... I definitely didn't take these over 10 hours but oh well :)

 #1 My redneck clothes line

#2

Sure must be nice to be able to take a nap every day 

and look so darn cute!. 

#3 checking on the chickens, in this picture they look ticked off LOL

#4

My favorite flowers in my beds- echinacea!

#5

These two lazy bums just barely picked up their heads for a picture- 

we've named the Dottie and Nick...
well I named Dottie, Dax randomly walked in the house with Nick
and told me "Mama, this is Nick" Ha!

#6 

Dax watching the neighbors farm,

he tells me that when he gets bigger he's going to be a farmer---

Papa says he needs bigger dreams LOL

 #7

Glad I found these guys with my eyes and not my hand like the last time!

 #8

Mama, I go see my baby chickens?? :)

#9 Houston, we have pumpkins!!

 #10 

With my little man

10 on 10 April

I've decided to modify the 'rules' of 10 on 10 so that I can be more successful... I have decided that instead of 10 pictures from 10 hours in a row (or as close as possible to that) that I am going to try for 10 pictures from the 10th day of each month. It's just the way it's going to have to be. :) Enjoy..

7:45am 

We got to jump out of bed this morning and chase the cows back into the field... too bad they ignored the open gate and all 7 jumped over the fence breaking the top board. Dustin patched things together so my Dad could cover over after work and give it a more sturdy fix. Stupid cows!

12:30 am 

Posted a new blog post. I really, really like the format/backdrop of my blog currently.

Don't think it will be changed for quite awhile. :)

2:39pm 

THIS is what Dax looks like right after his nap.

Gotta love that hair!

3:45pm 

Dax just about couldn't WAIT for Mommy to get off work so we could go for a walk.

I just love his cowboy boots and so does he!

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4:01pm 

Headed to the end of the driveway to check the mail!

4:20pm

4-wheeler ride with Papa to go fix the fence. 

 5:30pm
My garden frog and spring tulips coming up

STILL 5:30pm
This little man opened the door for me :)

 6:15pm
My very first PINK daffodil!
 I didn't even know they existed!

8:30pm
All ready for bed!

4 on 10

Darn it!  I just can't get my act together to do a REALLY good job at these 10 on 10 things. Yesterday on March 10th my reminder went off on my cell phone while I sat in the parking lot of ESD 101 waiting for a class to start. I was on the south hill by 7:50 in the morning- for those of you that don't know, that's like an hour and half drive from my house plus about 30 minutes to drop Dax off with Gigi and Papa. I was up at 5:30! I also spent more time driving yesterday that actually moving around or taking fun pictures for sure. I should have been better, lord knows I could have and should have taken more pictures but 4 is an improvement over last month... sorry they aren't more exciting... but here you go... BRING ON THE CELL PHONE CAMERA PICTURES :p

7:54am this morning called for a BIG Starbucks drink! Sitting in the parking lot of ESD waiting for Lynnette to get there so I didn't have to walk in by myself 

 10:22am In class at ESD- BEST CLASS I've taken in a LONG time! Lynnette and I almost jumped out of our seats a couple times because we were so excited about how we could use what we are learning!

11:39am  I WON a door prize! I never win anything :) Discovery channel own Discovery Education which is the streaming program we went to class to learn more about! So cool! Can't wait to put what we learned to good use!

5:25pm This is Dax and Great Grandma Gregerson looking at his 'fishies' at GiGi and Papa's house. Dax just loves them because he controls the stream of bubbles. I got a very sweet picture of them from behind too but like this one the best. :)

That's it... I'll try to be better about this in April... one step at a time right? 

TODAY is my Grandma Gregerson's birthday! I feel so very grateful to have my grandmas still here to be able to watch Dax grow up. Last night we did a lot of talking about grandparents around my Mom and Dad's table. It was a great reminder of how blessed we are to have three living great-grandmas to love Dax. Is it silly that I didn't REALLY know my great grandparent's names? We always call them Great Grandma and Grandpa Gregerson and Great Grandma and Grandpa Gilberts. I knew George and Minnie's names but for some reason had no idea grandma's parents were Oscar and Bessie. I love sharing stories from my Dad's childhood and Mom's too. I did get teared up a couple times thinking about how much I wish Grandpa Gregerson (and the other grandpa's and grandma) had been there to share his memories and to have Dax sit on his lap. At least Dax got to snuggle with Grandma Gregerson last night :) I do love that!

Happy Birthday Grandma! Here's to many, many more!!

10 on 10- January

WELL.... this didn't work so well.... I made it until Dax woke up from his nap and then stopped snapping pictures... oh well... here's what I tried to accomplish yesterday :)

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Look at me! I'm actually doing a 10 on 10! Impressive! haha :) This will be in reverse order since I going to build it throughout the day as the pictures are taken. Hoping this will help me COMPLETE this task. Please excuse the blurry cell phone pictures.

2:40pm Oh sunshine, how mean you are to be shining so brightly while I am working????


1:34pm FedEx dropped off our fantastic new hotspot and then me being the AWESOME teacher that I am, did not read all the directions like I ALWAYS tell students and parents to do so it took about 20 minutes longer to activate than it should have! Stupid!


12:38pm Nothing like a boy and his tractors



11:45am Holy Wind batman! Dax and I both about jumped out of our skin when this big 'ol branch hit our front door! So glad it hit the bottom metal part and not the top glass part

10:33am this is what our living room looks like when Mommy is too busy working to make Dax pick up his toys between tasks :) yes, those are empty Keystone boxes-- Daddy has made Dax a whole outfit out of them. I can't throw them away :)


9:45am Dax watching Mickey Mouse Club House in his jammies, yes it's a little late in the day to still be in jammies

10 on 12- October

Well here it is... my 10 on 12 :-) Skipped around a little bit so it ends up being 10 pictures covering 12 hours. That works, right?

7:08am
Dax all ready to go to daycare

9:45 am
Students working hard. Love teaching day!

10:35am
My desk... YIKES!

11:37 am
The view out my office window, beautiful, right?

Noonish :-)
With my beautiful sister by heart, Leah

12:30/1:00pm ish
Holding a friend's sweet baby at office baby shower

3:42pm
What I need to remember some days so I wrote it on my board

4:45 pm
Dax got to play with Uncle Bill for a little bit

6:30pm
Mmm Potato Chowder for Dinner!!

7:15pm

Dax needed a serious bath after the chowder

Hopefully next month I can get my act together and take pictures each hour in a row on the correct day :-)

10 on 10-September

Ten pictures from my day...
wish I had remembered this project first thing in the morning...
missed some prime morning Dax shots, darn!

I just love the old chicken coop on our property
Had to get a shot of it :-)

Fall colors!

Can you say YUM!?
Vanilla Yogurt with Blueberry pie filling!

It was at least 90 degrees today but the kittens still curled up together to nap

Mama and Dax

Dakota sneaking in a lick

Sweet little white butterfly on my lavender

Beautiful sunflowers from my Grandma's house
sorry it's sideways, couldn't get the darn thing to turn

Mom and I were laughing because this squash was almost as big as Dax.

Carrying the freshly cut sunflowers inside