K-Bar ATV Park Video and Stills

Here is my hubby playing in the mud with his guy friends. This is a really cool video!

See why I didn't object!

These Firemen are HOT HOT HOT!
Happy Birthday AMY!!!!!!!!

A Fireman's Prayer

This the prayer that Bricen and I gave Albert for Christmas. I think I am going to write this on a small piece of paper for him to stick in his wallet to have with him at all times. He is loves being on the fire department.

A Fireman's Prayer
When I am called to duty, God,

Whenever flames may rage;

Give me strength to save some life,

Whatever be its age.


Help me embrace a little child

Before it is too late

Or save an older person

From the horror of that fate.


Enable me to be alert

And hear the weakest shout,

And quickly and efficiently

To put the fire out.


I want to fill my calling

And to give the best in me

To guard my every neighbor

And protect his property.


And if, according to my fate,

I am to lose my life,

Please bless with your protecting

My children and my wife.

Fireman's Wife

Albert joined the Bethel Fire Department back in October. He has been training. He went every Saturday and Sunday in January except the last weekend to learn about the fire trucks. He can now drive them. He has been in classes since the first weekend this month and will take his test the first weekend in March. There is a lot of training invovled. This second class is 5 weekends. Every Saturday and Sunday.
As I type this blog he has gone out on a fire call. I once heard this prayer and I love it!

Fireman's Wife's Prayer

The table's set, the meal's prepared,
our guests will soon arrive.

My husband once more disappears
with a hope of keeping a child alive.

While waiting at home alone,
our plans having gone awry

My first impulse is merely
to sit right down and cry.

But soon again I realize
the importance of my life

When I agreed to take on the duties
of being a fireman's wife.

While there are many drawbacks,
I'll take them in my stride,

Knowing "My Daddy saved a life"
our children can say with pride.

The gusting winds and raging flames
may be his final fate.

But with God's help I can remain
my fireman's faithful mate.

Author Unknown

President's Day!

We had a great day! Bricen and I stayed in our pjs until around 3:00 PM. We had a very lazy morning and after Bricen got up from his nap we got dressed and went to Plaza Fiesta which has taken the place of where Carolina Pottery use to be. They have a great playground and it's only a $1. We meet April, Champ, Chloe, Amy, Sage, and Marli for a play date. We had a great time and we found a new hang out. I hope we will be going back next week. It's fenced in and the kids can only get out one way and we sat there and were able to talk while the kids played.

Monster Truck Jam

We decided at the last minute that we would take Bricen to the Monster Truck Jam. We had talked about it but Albert has been in fire training on the weekends and he doesn't get out of class until 5:00 so we knew we would be pushing time to get there. So we decided to Friday night to get tickets and go. We didn't tell Bricen. We wanted it to be a surprise. So while Albert was on his way home from class I was at home getting us ready to go for a ride. Albert got home got a shower and we told Bricen we were going for a ride. We went to Burger King and got food to go and we ate on the way to Charlotte. We then told Bricen we were going to catch a train. We went and got on the lite rail at 485. It was a great idea but everyone else had the same one. Parking is $10 at the arena and parking spaces are hard to find and you have to walk along way. It only cost $5.20 for round trip. Bricen loved being able to ride he thought it was cool. We were on the train and he still did not know where we were going. We got to the arena and they made an announcement Monster Truck Jam is sold out. I wish you could have seen his face. He said Monster Trucks. So we didn't really say anything else and we went to will call and got our tickets and headed inside. He got to hear one crank up while we were going to our seats and we stopped at one of the entrances for him to see the trucks and his little face showed how excited he was. We went to our seats and we had a great time. It was loud but we took ear protection Bricen and he had a ball. We got him a Grave Digger shirt and he had to put it on right then. He told us he would wear it a lot. After the show we meet up with Derrick, April, Champ and Chloe and we rode the train back to the car with them. Again it was packed. We got back and put Bricen in his pjs and he fell asleep on the way home after he told us thank you that he had a good time. He is so sweet and we had a great evening! It was worth seeing his little face!

Bricen's Sweetie

My Valentines present!

Well plans changed this afternoon. Bricen and I were going to cook dinner for daddy but Granna called and wanted to come get Bricen. She missed him. So I picked up and did some cleaning and Albert came in from work. I was so surprised. I got a new camera case that I have been wanting and when I went to look in the case he had gotten me the flash that I have been dying to have. I finally have everything that I need for my camera and now I can take awesome pictures like a photographer. I can turn the lights out and take a picture and it looks like the lights were one. It's awesome! I didn't know that my husband knew what Valentines was anymore LOL. We haven't gone all out since before we were engaged. I think the last big present I got for Valentines day was when we were engaged and he bought me a vacuum since we were going to need one. Yes a vacuum. I felt bad. All I got him was a pair of shoes and some candy. He cooked dinner. It was great. Albert gets into the cooking shows and he is a GREAT cook. So the two of us go to eat dinner together and then we headed to the grocery store. Albert needed drinks for work and we needed diapers and wipes and a few other things. We got in the car at the grocery store and I said supper was very romantic but the grocery store was the best. LOL. Then we went to my parents to get Bricen. We visited with them for awhile. Happy Valentines Day! I will be taking pictures and posting them.

Happy Valentines Day!

Bricen and Albert woke up to find their Valentines tubs that I made for them. Bricen's was filled with Disneys Car stuff. He is still in love with Cars. Albert's had shoes and some candy. Bricen has had a great time playing with his new race track. Bricen went to school and I went and hung out with Amy until it was time for Bricen's party. They had a Valentines party and it was really cute. Bricen made a valentine present for me and daddy. They are so cute. After the party we went with April and Chloe to the Eagle's Nest for lunch. We are home this afternoon getting ready to fix our Valentines supper for daddy. We have steak, chicken, potatoes and salad. Hope you all have had a great day! We have. Happy Valentines Day!

Too Cute!

Saturday I went to turn on the water in the kitchen and the handle came off in my hand. So last night my handymen got to work. I had to take pictures. It was just adorable. I couldn't resist taking pictures. After about 15 pictures Albert was like ok mom thats enought. It was too cute not to share. Can you tell which one is doing all the work? It just looks like Albert is laying around on the job. LOL

Chicken Lay

Yeap that's right! Bricen and I went to Chicken Lay last night with Amy, Sage and Marli. Chick-Fil-A for those of you wondering what I am talking about. Bricen calls it Chicken Lay. Albert had a fire meeting and Wes was on call, so we took the kids to Chicken Lay to eat and play. They had a blast and we washed them up real good after playing. We said we need to do that more often. It gives the kids a safe place to play while we can sit and talk and they are confined to one area. We had a great time!

Chuck E. Cheese

We had been promising Bricen since Sunday January 27th that we would take him to Chuck E. Cheese. Albert got sick on Sunday afternoon so we didn't get to go. He was really disappointed. He wanted me to take him without daddy but the purpose of us taking him was so daddy could do something fun with him since he would be doing fire training for the next 5 weekends and wouldn't get to spend a lot of time with Bricen. So I talked him into going to the movie store and getting him a movie and then we went to Wendy's. When Bricen picks out a movie at the movie store usually they are same ones we already own and have at home. I guess when he sees a good movie he likes to watch it over and over again. We promised him we would go that week. Well as the week went on I got sick and we were unable to go. So we took him Wednesday night and we didn't tell him until right before we went that we were going incase something else would happen to keep us from going. We had a very good time. We got there and there were more people there than I would have thought on a Wednesday evening. Needless to say we were there with some of Gastonia's finest people. LOL. I sat and watched people as I love to do and thanked the Lord that we are some what decent.
Bricen has lot of pictures and they weren't from our camera. He rode in Chuck E. Cheese's car and has lot of pictures to show how much fun he had. I never mind going there. I love the food!

Weight Update!

Well as of week before last I had lost 10 lbs and was doing great with working out. Well I got sick last week and only went to the YMCA 1 day. I have been back to the YMCA 2 days this week. So I will step on the scale tomorrow and see how things are going. Working out is going great!!!! I will update you as soon as I see a difference on the scale again! 10 lbs for 1 month is GREAT! I am excited!

Happy Ground Hog's Day!

Happy Ground Hog's Day!

I am so ready for everyone to be WELL!!!

Sunday afternoon Albert said I think I am getting a sinus infection. He sounded a little stuffy. We all took a nap and were going to Chucky Cheese when we got up. Bricen got up around 5 and we started stirring to get ready. Albert came out of the bedroom and said I don't feel very well. He said I can't go anywhere. I feel light headed. So he got back in the bed and I had a very disappointed child. We told him that we would go latter in the week but that didn't seem to satisfy him. So he and I headed out to get a movie and some supper from Wendy's. Monday morning rolled around and Albert still did not feel very well. He had been having some flu like symptoms. Bricen and I also stayed home because Bricen had a bad cough and I wasn't going to send him to school coughing and my mom had my two nephews and I didn't want to spread any more germs around. We all stayed in and Albert didn't get out of the bed. I knew he really had to be feeling bad. Men- they will never go to the Dr. By Monday evening I got Albert up to eat a little homemade chicken noodle soup. So I though he was feeling better and he planned on going to work the next day. We all slept late on Tuesday and when I woke him up he didn't feel as good as he thought he would on Monday night so he missed another day of work. I got up and got a shower and got Bricen ready and I took him to my mom's since she was only going to be keeping Bricen and not my nephews so I could get a little work done in case I was at home again on Wednesday with him since she would have my nephews on Wednesday. Albert had improved a lot by Tuesday evening. Wednesday morning came and Bricen seemed to be doing better and Albert got up and went to work and I felt a little weird myself. I was a little horse but got up and Bricen and I headed to Granna's. It was Granna's birthday and we had a cake and balloons so we went in and had a little party for Granna with Sullivan, Addison, Bricen and myself. The boys had a ball. I headed to work and worked a good bit of the day and then we went to dinner for my mom's birthday. I went to bed not feeling real well and woke up feeling worse. I couldn't hardly talk and my throat was sore. I had a closing so I took Bricen to my mom and headed to my closing. After my closing I ran a few errands and headed home to rest. Albert ended up coming home and taking care of Bricen and I and I slept most of the afternoon. I have had different symptoms than Albert. Bricen and I both took the flu shot so hopefully we wont get the flu. So yesterday my dad came and got Bricen so I could rest and after lunch I decided that I needed to go to the dr. So I was going to go the urgent care and the wait was over 2 hours so I just went to the family dr. in town. He doesnt do strep test but if I had to guess thats what I have had. My throat has been raw. I havent let my medicine wear off enough to know if I have had a fever or not. I have been too scared. Strep is one of the only things that can knock me off my feet. He said sinus upper respitory b/c he cant say strep because he doesnt do strep test. He gave me an antibotic and cough medicine. Albert got home from work and went and got Bricen from my mom. Albert has been a great dr. Bricen is still coughing and has a really bad runny nose. I slept on the couch from 7:30 last night until 7:30 this morning. Albert has fire training for the next five weekends Saturdays and Sundays so he won't be here to help today. I can't take my cough medicine and take care of Bricen. That stuff knocks me out. Albert's mom came by and took Bricen with her so I can rest today. I hope to be feeling better soon. I want our house back to normal. Needless to say we will be making a trip to Chucky Cheese this next week. We never made it this past week.
Several of our friends have been sick as well. I wonder if we passed germs around at the two birthday parties that we attended the past two weeks because those are the same friends who have had some of the similar things. Hope you are feeling better Amy and Jessica. Chris and Yamilet's family have been sick as well and Jessica's baby has had the flu too. Lets all get well so we can be around each other again!