Happiest Girl Alive!!

So last night Brooklyn, Tim and I got to meet Bill Jordan and Martin Truex, Jr. live and upclose!! For those of you who don't know Bill Jordan, he was the man who designed Realtree Camo. And for those of you who don't know Marting Truex, Jr., he is the NASCAR driver for Bass Pro Shop. Now, I will have to admit, I felt a little corny walking into a room of men all dressed in camo just sitting around watching football, but let me tell you, these boys will make you feel right at home. I know they are human just like us, but man are they really some great guys!! Bill signed the picture we have with her and her first buck. He then showed it to Martin and said "this is our new guide right here....maybe we should be hunting with her!" She really got a kick out of that!! Above is a picture of Brooklyn with Martin on the left and Bill on the right.

First Deer of the Year!!!

Although this isn't Brooklyn's first time tagging a deer, it is her first time tagging a buck! Not only a buck, but a 10 point buck!! Today was the first day of shotgun season and her and Tim were in their tree stand and they were about to give up when Tim saw this buck running through an open field. Brooklyn had just asked if they could leave because she couldn't feel her toes anymore. He showed her where the buck was and she quickly picked up her gun and BANG!!! Tim said she is a great shot!! Of course, this deer will be mounted as it is her first buck and it is a pretty good sized one at that.

Today was a wonderful day!! Brooklyn received her certificate for Honor Roll for her first quarter of 6th grade!! WAY TO GO BROOKLYN!! Tim and I are SO proud of her!!!

Halloween 2008

So Brooklyn and I had a slight dispute on who she was going to be portraying this Halloween. We originally decided on Elle Woods from Legally Blonde. Once she was dressed and the hair and makeup was done she thought it would be better if she went to her 6th grade Halloween Party as Paris Hilton. When did Paris become a Halloween costume?? YIKES!!! Anyway, here are just a few pics taken from my cell phone. She looks SO grown up!!

Mr. & Mrs. Tim Riech

So on October 11, 2008 my sister, Julie, tied the knot!! She looked beautiful!! It was a gorgeous wedding!! We all had a great time. I am posting some pix so you can see how much fun we had!!!

New Additions!!

This weekend our family added two new additions. These sweet little girls were adopted from the APL. They are 5 weeks apart from eachother and came from the same foster home. The black kitten is Lois. The other is named Ethell. They are named after my great-great-aunts. Two of the most amazing women I know. Brooklyn has taken over Lois and I have pretty much taken over Ethell. I am posting a couple pix of them so you can see why we love them SO much!!!

Family Update

So it has been a while since I posted a blog, so here we go......

Tim is still working nights. It hasn't been too bad. I think we have handled it well. He received a raise so that is always a plus!

Brooklyn is truly enjoying 6th grade. She just recently performed at our Homecoming football game with the Pom squad. She did an AWESOME job!! Unfortunately, I did not take my camera so I cannot show you any pix.

Although, I do have a couple of pix from our Harvest Fest Parade. You might recognize the person in the pix. Yup, you guessed it. It is ME!! This is my 5th year I believe as Smokey the Bear. I can't begin to tell you the rush you get coming down the street on the front of a fire engine hearing those little kids screaming your name. Well, Smokey's name. LOL

My bestest friend in the whole wide world is getting married on October 11, 2008. Her soon to be husband is a great guy. He is very good to her and she deserves it!! She has two sweet little boys that I love with all my heart. Julie and I have been friends for about 7 years and she has a wonderful family that is very welcoming. They pretty much adopted me, whether they wanted to or not, lol, but I inherited the sister I always wanted and three brothers. These folks are the type that you can count on to always have your back if you need them!! I love them!!! Julie picked out her dress Sunday and the bridesmaids picked out their dresses also. Mine had to be ordered, but that's okay, I can't wait to put it on again!! Julie looked absolutely beautiful in her dress!! I was tearing up as soon as she came out. She is going to make a gorgeous bride!!! We can't wait.

Oh, lastly, we have made a family decision to adopt two baby kittens from the APL. We are so excited to go pick them out this weekend. We will not be bringing them home as October is going to be a very busy month and I don't want to bring them into our home and then leave them very much at first. So we are going this weekend to look at the new kittens and put our name on the two sisters that we will adopt the end of October. We are all very excited!!!

I think that is about all of the updates I have for now. I will keep you posted should anything new come about.