My New Ride!

My sister Kayci has been telling me that I need to post my new ride, so here it is! It is a 1997 Ford F250 Heavy Duty Crew Cab ... that's all I know. You are probably wondering why in the world I am driving such a beast, so here is the story. Skylar started the Tempe academy two weeks ago so he had to quit his job as a superindent. He sold his F150 so that we would have enough money as back up for the next few months because he won't be making as much as he did until he graduates from the academy. My father in-law has had this truck since it was brand new but also has a newer truck that he drives around and my brother in-law just bought a new truck and so this truck pretty much just sat around. So my husband had the great idea of borrowing this truck for me to drive so that he could drive my car to and from the academy to save on gas. By the way, my in-laws live in Utah, so Skylar and his cousin Brandon drove up to Utah and hauled this truck down and Skylar got it all fixed up and ready for me to drive. Well, this is the third week of me driving the beast and I have to say that I love it! I love being up high and there is tons of room in the cab and the kids enjoy seeing everything through the windows. I had to get used to parking and backing out of parking spaces, but I have gotten better! This sucker has two fuel tanks! It's awesome that I can just flip a switch and the tank is full again! This truck is only temperary, but it sure is fun! Thank you to my mother in-law who cleaned it out for me, and my brother in-law for taking off the Cowboy Mafia sticker and my father in-law for trusting me to drive it and to Brandon for taking the trip to Utah!

More Pics of the Kids

Slade watches Skylar fix things all the time and now that he has his own tool set, he can fix everything like daddy! I believe his bike "broke" about six times that day.

Daisy is such a girl. My mother in-law gave her this chair a while back and she is now big enough to sit in it. She is always doing that with her hand.

Skylar had been practicing his turn-out time at home this weekend. He has to put everything on, including his respirator and oxygen within 1 min and 40 seconds. It's hard to watch him do it because you feel like you're the one doing it and I'm always sweating by the time he's done! By the way, he's been doing under the time allowed! Yeah Skylar!

Slade and Daisy always take a bath together. They have to have lots of bubbles and they splash like crazy at eachother. Slade puts bubbles on Daisy's head and calls her Princess Daisy.

Tagged!!

What is his name? Skylar Wayne Stock
How long have you been married? 3 yrs. 8 months.
How long did you date? About four months.
Who eats more sweets? He does.
Who said I love you first? He did! On Valentines Day!
Who is taller? HIM! By three inches!
Who can sing better? He does.
Who is smarter? He is.
Who does the laundry? I do.
Who pays the bills? I do. He just makes the money:)
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does.
Who mows the lawn? He does. He doesn't want me to have to do 'outside chores'.
Who cooks dinner? I do!
Who drives more? I like to have him drive but he likes me to drive because he says I drive anyway...
Who is more stubborn? He is.
Who kissed who first? He did!
Who asked who out first? I did! Ha ha!
Who proposed? He did and it was awesome!
Who has more siblings? I do! I have 2 sisters and 3 brothers. He has 3 sisters and 1 brother.
Who wears the pants? I think we both do, but it depends on the situation.

I tag Kayci, Erin and Camille....

Slade and Daisy...

Daisy has recenlty realized that she can actually eat baby food without gagging! (It must be a preemie thing...) When I give her a spoonful, she will stick her hand in her mouth and then smears it all over her head. This picture doesn't even show how bad her hair looks.


Slade trying on Skylar's respirator. It was so heavy for him that it made his eyes sag. He loved how he could talk through it and sound like a monster!

Slade holding Skylar's helmet. He doesn't like to put it on because it is really heavy, but he wants to hold all the time. He says he wants to be a fireman like daddy so he can wear a helmet.

The kids and I headed over to London's Run this past weekend to take part in the activities. I didn't sign up for the run because I was absolutely not ready. But Slade saw the kids riding the bull and he kept asking me if he could ride it. I didn't think he would want to once he was up on there, but he loved it! Anyone remember Colter Bradshaw from highschool? He was manning the bull and he made sure it went really slow for my sake...

My little girl is getting so big! We put the latches on the cupboards back when we first moved it, but she has been trying her hardest to get into them. The knobs may have not been the best idea, but she loves it, and it keeps her occupied. Open, close, open, close....

MaryKay

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Pigalina- Viewer Discretion is Advised!

Skyar went Javelina hunting with his friend Cody this past weekend. I explained to Slade that a Javelina is a pig, so he calls them pigalina's. It is a pretty funny story of how he got it. If you don't like to see animals killed, I'm sorry, just don't look at the pictures!



Cody and Skylar posing with their pigs. I think Skylar is trying to stand as tall as he can because Cody is quite taller than him. Cody's grandparents live near by the hunting area, so they went there to clean out the pigs and take showers themselves.

Skylar posing with the pigs. His is on the left hand side I believe. They turned out to be almost exactly the same size. It looks like he is sitting in the cactus! I just noticed that.

This is how Skylar packed the Javelina back to the truck. I don't know if I would be able to have a dead pig hanging off my shoulder like a purse.

Okay, I should have switched these two pictures around, but below Cody is poking Skylar's javelina with an arrow. After Skylar shot it, it ran off and hid in these rocks! I guess they poked at it for a while to see if they could get it to come out, but didn't have any luck with that. So if you look at the above picture, you can see that Skylar has tied a rope around its neck and is pulling the javelina out that way. The poor thing was still alive as he was doing that but it was dead when he got it out! I cannot believe my husband could do such a thing! But, he is going to be a firefighter and will see gruesome stuff all the time. I guess you could get in trouble if you shoot more than one animal so that is why they went thru all the trouble of pulling it out. So, congrats to Skylar and Cody for a succesful hunt. Now Skylar wants me to put that dead pig in my crockpot and eat it for dinner! He has got to be crazy! I've eaten some weird stuff because of him, but this is where I draw the line.

By the way, the clicking sound that you hear on the video is from the Javelina. They click their teeth together when they are scared or in distress.

Let me know...

It's Friday night and my husband is gone Javelina hunting. He said he could have taken all of us with him, but he says I complain about being cold and alone in camp all day, so we get to stay home. That leaves me to put both kids to bed, entertain them all Saturday and then figure out how I am going to teach my CTR 6 class by myslef when I have a crawling 9 month old and a 2 year old that is being 'church potty-trained.' I know mothers have supermom power, but after having 7 kids from 4 months to 5 years old in my house today, I am feeling a little overwhelmed.

Anyway, what I am really wanting to know is what vehicle everybody drives and if they would recommend it for me... We will be needing a new vehicle by fall, but we really don't know what to get. No, I'm not pregnant, but want to be... We will need something that holds more than five people, but no more than 8 :) I know a lot of you probably don't drive anything bigger than a 5 passenger car, but if you know of someone who drives something bigger please let me know what they think about it. It would be easier getting feedback from all of you, rather than testdriving everything out there. I'm not too excited about a minivan, but not totally against it. Thanks!