that I was the BEST mom in the WHOLE WORLD!!!!!  Why??????????   All because I stopped by the side of the road..... and let him bring home.... a wonderful road-killed critter to skin!!:):):)  Yep, you read it right!:)  He is totally into frontier type skills and interested in skinning and tanning hides, trapping, etc!!!  We came home and within two hours he had done an AMAZING job of skinning his racoon!:)  Then he called a 17 year old friend of ours who came over and told him how and what he needs to do next to tan the hide!:):)  Life is not boring at our home!

Since my last blog we have made a trip to South Carolina (the beach):) and to Minnesota for a wonderful time of family, fun and fellowship!!  We make a yearly trek and it was SUCH a delight!!!  It always is!!:):)  And between vacations, which were about 3 weeks apart:), we found out that my mother in law who lives here in town has stage 4 breast cancer!!:(:(:(  That has certainly thrown life into a tailspin!  If anyone still checks in please pray for her, her name is Shiela.:)  Thanks!!