THE HUNTINGS

Feb 4, 2011

CrAzY kIdS

Dave brought us CHOCOLATE cupcakes last Sunday....they were REALLY yummy!

Landon's new crazy face

WHO KNOWS??

He actually fell asleep watching cartoons!!

He won't just sit and eat...he's always all over the place!

Madilyn's new "game". She pretends she's a dog or cat and has to do everything with shoes on her hands and feet...she actually brought in her firewood with shoes on her hands!

She wouldn't even take them off for bed!

In fact they were still on when she ended up in bed with me!

But she told me I could take them off so she wouldn't scratch me.

A litte Motivation!

I got the nicest comment for my birthday from an old roommate from college.

"Just so you know I think you are super mom and there is more than once throughout my week that I think "Brittney would be doing something great with her kids right now...what would it be" and then I do it. Thanks for being such a great mom example to me!"

Little did she know that I've been really struggling with balancing everything. I've just been letting the kids watch TV and movies all day while I do my thing. I feel like I am never done so I never have time for the kids....and then I feel guilty at the end of EVERY day because all the kids want is their mom, but I am exhausted and just want to go to bed. I just can't get on top of things. So Thanks Angela! It really meant a lot to me! This is what WE did because of YOU!

We cut out hearts for Valentine's Day!

Madilyn has talked me in to SEVERAL sleepovers!

Where we play games, have "hot chocolate" parties...

and of course SLEEP!

While Landon watched Toy Story....

We put glitter on our Valentines....

this is the one I made for Ron!

Thanks Angela, for inspiring me to be a better mom!

Feb 3, 2011

The things kids say...

When Madilyn found out it was my birthday..."gasp...I forgot to get you a present!!"

After tasting her milk and not liking it..."I think this is horse milk."

At walmart looking for a beanie for her..."Maybe not this one, its too expensive."

She wanted to stay home while I went to go get milk at the market. Before I left I turned on TinkerBell for her..."Don't worry, you can watch the news when you get back. Oh, and I have to tell you one more thing, the roads are slick so be careful!"-except it hasn't snowed for over a week!!

MY BIRTHDAY!

Despite all the phone calls and Happy Birthday wishes, my birthday this year was kind of a down-er. Birthday's just aren't as fun when your "old" and have no one to celebrate with!

But I have to admit, I have some wonderful people in my life.

My amazing friend Pam invited us to their house for dinner, then surprised me by having all our friends come over for birthday cake!

(I honestly don't remember the last time I actually had a birthday cake!!)

Then on Tuesday, I was REALLY surprised with a bouquet of flowers from Ron!

It was totally unexpected!

He has gotten me flowers a grand total of THREE times in the SEVEN years we have been together now!

It made my day!

THEN...we had a "planning meeting" before mutual.

My cute little beehives planned a going away party for me instead! So we partied with pizza and games!

Pam gave me the Willow Tree figurine..."Sisters' by Heart" and the Beehives gave me the angel one..."Thank You"

My mom also got me a new set of scriptures so I can actually put my married name on them!

WOO HOO!!

Thanks for the birthday everyone!!

Jan 30, 2011

Updates on our New Adventure

I went to North Dakota for a few days last week to visit Ron and go house hunting. The house hunting part was very unsuccessful and discouraging. We are going to have to sit back and really decide what we want out of this experience and what we need to do to make it work. There is NOTHING for rent in Stanley. I thought, since a lot of the guys travel from Minot (1 hour each way) we would be able to make the commute work. We came to a consensus that Minot won't work for either one of us. There are a few houses for sale in Stanley, but we didn't want to be there long enough to buy. However, a mortgage payment is actually cheaper per month than renting! (whats up with THAT??) If I could just see into the future and KNOW we would be able to sell the house AS SOON as we are ready to come back, I would buy it in a heart beat. We looked at one and I loved it! Its definitely more than we need, but I'd have plenty of room for company and all of our storage!

Ron's job is INSANE...but he says he's really enjoying it. I drove around with him for the first little bit I was there. He had just got pulled of production water, and switched to doing fresh water.

Here's how the fresh water works (correct me in the comments if I'm wrong Ronald!)

You find a little hut like this one:

Hook up your hoses...

Go inside the shed and turn on the water....then sit and wait until your full

then drive to the fracking location...

Back up the truck to fill up some tanks...

Then start all over again...

This is the frackng site where they shoot the water down into the ground. I haven't got a clue what all the equipment does or how it works...but I think the tanks on the far right (in the sun) are the one that hold the water until its ready to be used. I wasn't aloud to get out here because I didn't have any safety equipment...

He liked doing production water better, but he didn't do any of that while I was there. Production water comes up with the oil when it is pumped, then separated into a tank. He fills up right there at the oil well, then dumps it at a disposal site where its pumped back into the ground.

There are trucks EVERYWHERE, especially at the Cen-ex (the truck stop)! Its ALWAYS a zoo in there! I thought spud harvest was crazy, this is just a MAD HOUSE!! And drivers are DUMB and inconsiderate! Like..driving with their brights on ALL the time...but the people are really nice. Most of them are willing to do anything to help you out!