Well on our way for Wings to Wheels!

Well, we are now one step closer for Wyatt to have his Eagle award in scouting. On the 29th of December he organized and held a blood drive for the Red Cross. With stunning success! His goal was to have 30 units donated, he had 55 units when all was said and done. I think he was very relieved to have this part behind him, now on to the next bit, he has to write a letter to the president of the United States and letter to a member of the senate to complete two more merit badges, then the biggy... personal management. We have a parent in scouting that is a stock broker that handles this merit badge and everyone has told Wyatt how "hard" he is on the kids, so he has been avoiding this one... but the end is in sight! Even Dani was able to donate for the first time, that was pretty cool and a major milestone after her accident, she had to wait a long time~ WHOOOOPPPEEEE!!!

OK, so don't everyone pass out! Two updates, fairly close together!
We are frantically getting ready for Christmas, making a list and checking it twice! However, when the pager drops the tones in the correct sequence, EVERYTHING gets put on hold. You can't really see him, but Chris is working hard to put the "Wet stuff on the Hot Stuff". It was just a really cool picture that I thought you might like to see him "in action" he really does work, not just look handsome in the white shirt and shiny badges...

Latest in North Carolina

Sorry we are not very good at this blogging thing, and keeping everyone up to date. But back in the beginning of November Dani passed her State Boards for her CNA1 certification, and continued on and is working on finishing her CNA2 now and by the 18th she will have that Certification, and will be able to go and work in the Emergency Room were she has been volunteering for the last 2 years. Wyatt is getting ready to start his eagle project, which is a blood drive on the 29th. And is enjoying the hunting session more then ever, he has killed a spike and a 4 point. Dad has gotten a spike and a 7 point. Dad is also busy as ever at work and all. Mom so is busy and work and PTA president at Wyatt's school.

Well, lets see lets bring you up to speed, Wyatt has finished obedience class with our German Shepard puppy, Carhartt, they both passed, but I am not sure who learned how to be obedient more the dog or Wyatt... I think the dog, Wy seems to have the teenager syndrome, oh my its fun! Anyway, the instructor of the class trains and competes with German Shepard, he asked us several times where we got him from, when we told him he kept asking us if we want to sell him... of coarse the answer was and always will be NO! Wyatt and Carhartt are moving up to the next level of training, they are going to try Schitzen training for competition! This means that they will compete in tracking, obedience, aggression and agility work. It is fun to watch Wyatt coming into his own sport with his dog kind of like Dani did with her mule!

The clan...

Extended family

Lifes Little Lessons...
It is always funny to me how life hands you its own lessons. When you least expect them, they are smacking you in the forhead. The other night Dani and Wyatt went to feed the dogs at the house that Dani is "house setting" at. Chris and I went home to fix the fan belt on the fire car so he could get to work the next day. When we went to pick up Wyatt to bring him home, Dani comes running out of the garage, "Mom, we have to go to town and get a key from Mrs. Becky's aunt!" of coarse my reply is what is wrong, slow down. Well to make a long story short, she locked her keys in the house, the cellphone in the house and the emergency numbers, yep you guessed it, in the house. However she did have a back up plan, a list of numbers, locked in her car, covered up as to not let anyone see them that would be peeking into her windows. It was a good thing Wyatt was there with his phone - to rescue her from the crisis at hand. They called Grandpa Doug to see if he had a key to his friends house, who then called the aunt of the house owner who had a key. Needless to say lifes lesson number one of being a grown up: 1. You never leave both your keys and your phone in the same place unless they should be in your pocket!

First Day

Hello,
Today Mom and I were talking and thought that maybe just maybe if we too got a family blog then we can stay in touch more with everyone. So we are new users and need time to get the blog up and running good, because just like all of you we have a supper busy life with dad as battalion chief at the Fire Department, and mom and her job and PTSO president at Wyatt's school, me and first semester of college and work, and Wyatt finishing up his eagle in scouting and being a sophomore in high school, but any way got to finish setting up the blog as much as possible before i have to run again. Can't wait till we chat again.