tania's space

So, I am "firing" live. I have had too many people telling me that they have issues, with reading... or commenting.. or whatever... so.. you will now be able to follow  the trials, achievements, and antics of the Hammond family, Texas chapter, on taniasboys.blogspot.com. Hope to see you all there!!!

Today was our first day out with no one grounded or in trouble!! YAY!  We got to go to Burnet to visit my friend Stacy and her son Jed. She asked if the boys could help her by moving some wood. So they loaded it up in the truck and we drove it over and they unloaded and stacked it. It went alot faster with the 3 extra pair of hands than it would have with just her and Jed.. who is 7. They had a great time! The best part was, the pay! They got to ride Jed's dirt bike and 4 wheeler! They also have 2 horses! Princess and little Belle.. I think is her name.. Anyway, they couldn't ride the horses, but they got to get up and pet them.. that was FANTASTIC! Princess was the friendliest. She really liked Gavin. She was following him EVERYWHERE. It was funny, he would turn around and there is a horse head right behind him! Ethan also took Gavin for a ride on the four wheeler. That was big fun! I have some pics that I took with my phone. I hope they come out ok!

Yay!!  Today for the first time in 3 weeks.. I think.. maybe 2.. Anyway, Ezekiel finished all his make up work and corrections yesterday... With the exception of a couple pages of Language that he did last night, when he was tired....... So yayayayay!!!  This afternoon we are going to a friends house so the boys can help her get some stuff done. I am going to take my camera too because she has a dirt bike, and four wheelers... those kind of toys! :) I will have some pics of the boys having fun! Happy Friday everyone!!

I just wanted to take a moment for a public service announcement! Seems that the only email I get anymore is forwards from people with things anywhere from.. if you love God you will pass this on.. to, if you want the government to stop this.. sign this and pass it on... Thing is with these things, one or two things happen... We have an emotional response... ie.. That made me feel happy, it must be good and right, therefore i must pass it on... or, we truly believe that we will be showing God we don't love him if we hit the little delete key... Well, believe it or not, the truth about Gods love and his care for us has been handed down for generations before computers were invented... and you aren't going to break the line of love from Christ if you don't send on all these emails! The other thing, when you get the ones that are looking for a signiture, and for you to forward it on to get all the signatures you can.... We think, here is a way I can make a difference! I will be letting all down if I don't do this and I will be to blame if this isn't fixed! Well, a good course of action is too do some research.. don't hit forward or delete right away. Look it up! you can go to a site call snopes.com and find all these different chain letters, and forwards and viruses.. it will tell you if they are for real or not. If they don't have it listed yet... then you can check with someone "in the know" people like my hubby that work in computers every day. They can tell you if a virus is really something to worry about. A little caution never hurt anyone. I mean... if someone told you that if you drive on a certain roadway at a certain time of day... that something bad would happen.. are you going to automatically rethink your day.. your route.. your life... or are you going to think it through and maybe look into it before you derail everything you do? anyway, just something to think about on this beautiful, glorious Wednesday!

Week that is... I have some great pics to share. First, my two youngest boys made cookies this week for valentines day gifts. They worked really hard.. they made the cookies... and then cut out the shapes.. and made the frosting and decorated all themselves! The only thing mom did.. was help them remember to do the math on a double batch, roll out the dough.. and take pictures!!!  The other big thing for our family was Erin graduated! YAY ERIN!!!  She got her degree as a medical assistant! So, I have some pics of that. In other news. We have decided to take next week off of school. I am still going to work with Ezekiel on his make up and corrections.. but we are drowing.. so, something must be done. Please continue to pray for us through this trial. I would like to come out on the other side.. still liking my children!! Thanks to all! And Sydni will tell you I would be remiss if I didn't add a beautiful Texas Hill Country sunset!!