Mamma Ward

I KNOW!

2010-05-31T17:53:00.000-07:00

Ok, yes it has been awhile, but wanted to update what we did this weekend down at the land. We have finally started the second addition to the cabin. We are adding a bedroom, bath and mud room. We worked all weekend, of which turned out to be the hottest weekend this year. Below are some pictures....

This is the side view, this is the side of the bedroom and we are going to add a big window there.

These are some inside shots while they were still working on it.

The beginning of the opening into the existing house.

The future site of the bath room, the wall is now closed in, you can see the toilet and the shower sitting in the middle of the floor waiting for their new home. :)

You really did not think I would post without having pictures of Adah :) These are just some randum pictures I had still in my camera.

Birthday Girl, we had a blast celebrating Adah's first birthday.

Happy Girl! She is usually so happy, I just love this face...

Guess that's all for now I will post more when we finish the addition.

Where does the time go?

2009-06-24T20:03:00.000-07:00

It doesn't seem like it has been very long, but I guess it has. Been really busy, went to spend two weeks with Amanda, Josh and little Adah. It was the hardest thing in the world to leave. I don't think the people at the Monterey airport knew what to think with both Kelly and I sitting there crying. If you have looked at Amanda's blog you have seen all the pictures I have, below is my favorite and the one I have on my phone.

We miss you Adah and love you so much!

We have started working on things at the land again, Kelly and I worked on getting the field mowed, our goal is to keep it down. It takes us about 17 hours to mow the whole thing. Hopefully if we keep it low it won't take that long next time. Below are the pictures of mowing.

This is when we were almost done, if you look out by the trees the grass is still high.

While mowing, Kelly must have hit a snake and killed it. Not real sure, but think it was just a grass snake or something like that. It was about 3 to 4 ft long. When we are mowing the birds come from everywhere circling around the field just waiting for you to kill or scare something out of the high grass. Needless to say they were all over that snake, these are just a few.

We got up one morning and looked out the door and this deer was looking back at us. It was so neat, she was really close and just stood there, till Riley saw her and started chasing her. Even after she chased her to the back of the property she stayed around there for a while. We know they are there, but I think they know when hunting season is and hide.

This is her running from Riley.

I don't have much else right now, we started a pole barn this past weekend, it is way to hot to be doing this now. I am really a nice person when I am hot, tired and hurting. Ask Kelly he loves working with me. I always have a smile on my face. But, hey Kelly is no angel either. I didn't take any pictures of what we have done on this yet, maybe this weekend I will try to get some. Or maybe one of me enjoying helping Kelly in the 100 degree heat. Ha Ha!!!!

I want to wish Justin and Lindsay good luck as they head off on their run in Seattle. I will be watching to see them as they make it across the finish line. Glad they are going to Seattle and not trying to run here in this heat. I will try to update more often.

Take care love ya'll

2009-05-05T19:06:00.000-07:00

Nana Shower!

The people at my work decided I needed a Nana Shower. It was really sweet of them, we had a great time. Adah got lots of books, several to do with Grandma and lots of bows. They made a bow tree, I think she has enough bows to last her for a year and never wear the same one twice. I work with a really great group. Now we just need Adah to hurry up and get here.

Thanks everyone!

FINALLY!!!

2009-04-16T19:06:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would update with some pictures I have taken over the last couple of weekends down at the land.

As you can see everything is starting to turn green, I love it out there this time of year.

We have started mowing a larger area with the riding lawn mower. It takes a little longer but I really like it better.

We had Lexie out there one weekend, her and Riley really enjoy being able to explore. Riley knows when Friday is here and we are packing to go to the land she gets so excited.

Lexie likes to ride, she could be on the other side of the property and Kelly could start up the engine and she would come in a dead run to go for a ride. Mason likes to ride also but he is not as fast as Lexie so he got left behind.

Josh came in this past weekend for Easter, we went out fishing on Sat for a little while, the wind started picking up with the storms coming in so we were only out for about 3 hours totally. But we found a really good catfish hole. We caught these in about 45 min. just before we had to go in.

And Josh got to clean them....

Till next time, take care...only 33 days :)

Love you, Momma Ward

30 YEARS!!!

2009-04-06T18:42:00.000-07:00

Just a quick update to wish my husband a Happy Anniversary we have been married 30 years tomorrow.......WOW. Sometimes it seems like forever, and sometimes like it was just yesterday. We have a wonderful family, as you can see in my profile, and we are expecting our first grandchild in just a few weeks, looking forward to many more grandchildren and seeing what else our lives together hold. Love you Kelly.....Wish I had a wedding picture I could post but don't have one on the computer and not sure how to get one on here.

The Gate

2009-02-08T19:00:00.000-08:00

I know.....it has been a very long time since I have posted anything. The sad part is I was looking thru the pictures on my camera. They go back all the way to Thanksgiving, and I did not post any of them. I will not try to go back and update on everything that has happened nor will I be posting all those pictures. I am going to try to add a slide show later and hopfully will have them on there.

What I wanted to post today, was a picture of our gate. Justin and Lindsay gave us a sign for the gate for Christmas. We have been trying to decide how we wanted to hang it. Well this weekend we finally did!

What do you think? I Love it!!!!

Not much else right now, we did finally get a boat, so we hope to start fishing...YEA!!!
Also I noticed on Amanda's ticker that she has on her blog that little Adah will be here in about 100 days....we are so excited.

Till next time (I will try not to take 4 mths) Love ya'll

I love Fall

2008-10-06T18:32:00.000-07:00

It seems the cooler weather is getting here and I am so happy. The last couple of weekends we have been at the land we have not had to use the air conditioners at all. We have slept with the windows open and actually get very cold. I LOVE IT!!!

We went to the Hopkins County Stew Cookoff and to the Dutch Oven Cookoff the past two weekends. They were alot of fun. At the Stew Cookoff we tasted a couple of the different stews that were made and they were really good. There are also alot of different venders selling there items. Lots of homemade things, it was really nice to walk around and look at all the different ideas. The Dutch Oven had a few vendors but not as many, it was held at a place called Heritage Park, which is a bunch of orginal buildings from way back. There was the first church in Como, with the wooden pews and the organ, it was really cool. They also had the first general store with the orginal post office in the back, the first fire station, etc. It was really neat to walk thru all of it, the workers were dressed in that era also.

We seem to have a very big pig problem, we saw this when we first got the land, but thought they had gone away. Well I guess we were wrong. We are seeing where they have been out in the field tearing up the ground also. We are going to have to do something about them. Josh says he and Kristen will come hunt them, but the rate they are growing they may take over before that happens.

They seem to be there the same time every night....

I like this last one, that pig laid there for like 3 hours....

Well that's all for now.......

Just a quick update

2008-09-13T17:29:00.000-07:00

Hello, not much going on, been really busy working....never seem to have enough time to sit down and blog. We took a quick trip east this weekend, because of Ike and all the rain we thought it best not to stay down there. We went down to move the chairs in and make sure everythng that could blow away was put away. We had a lot of rain here in Arlington today, and there was suppose to be more in Como, so I am glad we didn't stay. While we were there I was able to go out and check the camera, my feeder has not been working till last weekend so I haven't had any pictures to show.

This is what was on the camera......Josh, he is waiting on you...we can tell we have serveral around. There were no pictures of deer, but we do see alot of their prints so we know they are there.

Well, I guess that is it for now, next weekend is the fall festival in Sulpher Springs, they have a Hopkins County Stew Cookoff, lots of locals selling their crafts and a big quilt show. I will take some pictures so ya'll can see how much fun it is.

Take care.....Love ya'll

I KNOW!!!

2008-08-20T18:31:00.000-07:00

Yea, I am bad about blogging....it just seems to take so long. We have been really busy, we were all able to get together on July 4Th and have a cookout (all but Amanda and Josh). Those pictures you probably saw on Lindsay's blog. Then Kelly and I went to California to see Amanda and Josh, we had a great time. Those pictures you saw on Amanda's blog. So see there is really no need for me to blog because everyone else does. Any way, not a lot to say this time but here are some pictures we have taken over the weeks....enjoy.

God does some beautiful work!

I work very hard out at our land to get the deer to come around. We walk out Amanda and Josh's apartment one day and here they come walking down the street. I don't know what I am doing wrong.

I think this guy stayed like this the whole time we were there. We saw him everyday. That can't be comfortable.

As you can see, the seals are all down the edge of this pier. They are so noisy, and every where, I have never seen so many. I have a little video of them but I could not get it to load.

Back home, this is two very tired dogs after a day in the sun running around. They both love to go out to the land.

Through the hay.....

That's all for now this really takes a long time to do. I always say I am going to try and post more but, I won't promise that this time, I just never seem to have the time. Maybe if I did it more I would not have so much to post. Oh well, till next time.....Love ya

TO LONG.....

2008-04-28T19:46:00.000-07:00

I know, I know, I have not posted in awhile.....sorry.....Just never seems to be enough time to sit down and do this.....so here is just an assortment of pictures from the past few weeks.......

My first 5k, I actually finished....yea.....I think it went Lindsay first, then Ashley's friend Kory, Justin, Ashley, then me......

Our Crappie fishing trip.....I caught the most.....sorry Josh maybe you can beat me next time.

My surprise birthday, Amanda got here a day earlier than I was told, Josh came and I was told he couldn't come in for my birthday. Ashley, Kelly, Mom, Dad, Kathy and Joe were all there. Justin was sick with Mono and so him and Lindsay didn't get to come, but I got to spend time with them on Sunday. All in all I had a fantastic Birthday weekend....Sorry Kelly for being so mean to you...:)

My cake.....the cake was good, the candles depressing...

What's missing??????

Kelly's new toy....

and this is not all of them......

Riley's new favorite thing to do.......I think it's her way of making sure we don't go anywhere without her......

Amanda, remember our momma bird.....

We now have a baby......

That's it for now.....love ya all....hope to be more diligent in updating....

One last thing......Josh playing happy birthday....

Sorry could not figure out how to turn it right side up....

UPDATE

2008-03-09T15:04:00.000-07:00

Well we got a little more done the past couple of weeks. Last weekend Kelly finished the upstairs window and some of the painting up high. But for some reason I forgot to take pictures of it. Could be because I was to tired after putting insulation in the down stairs. Kelly seems to find in humorous that he told me to be sure and wear gloves and long sleeves, but because I got so hot I had to take those off, well I found out why he kept saying "I wouldn't do that". It was very itchy.......

Other than working on the house, I decided since Josh is wanting to kill a hog, that I would see what I could do to bring some of them back onto our property since we haven't seen them in a few weeks. So I went to Bass Pro and got some "Hog Wild" and added it to the corn in the feeders. Below are the pictures we got....

babies...

So, as you can see, they are back. I am going to get some more "Hog Wild" to put out this weekend also.

I also bought some sunflower seeds, that I am going to plant next weekend towards the back of the property. And I got some bluebonnets, what I really want is a large field of just bluebonnets but Kelly says I can't have that because it probably wouldn't be good for the hay. So I am going to find me a place around the house that I can plant those.

We only went down there this weekend to make sure everything was ok. Since it has snowed here and been so cold it is really wet so we just stay at home. This coming weekend is suppose to be really nice so hopfully we will get some things done.

This shows you how wet it is down there, the creek is way out of its banks, this is by the feeder that never has water around it.

Till next time.....Amanda Happy Birthday again......We miss you and Josh, Justin and Lindsay you are to close for us to go this long with out seeing you...lets make some plans....Joshua hurry home, the hogs and fish are waiting....Ashley I see you everyday, I am so glad one of my children Love's to be around me. Just kidding Love and Praying for all of you, be safe...Love ya Mom

MORE PROGRESS

2008-02-26T20:04:00.000-08:00

Just a quick note to let you see how much progress we made this weekend. Billy and the girls came out on Sunday.......

We added outside lights.....

We got the windows in on the side, just need to frame in the one upstairs, and paint the rest of the trim... thats Kelly's job...high painting and caulking.....the windows are great they brighten up the inside.....

Hard to tell but this is a picture from the upstairs window...

This is Billy's dog mad because we are upstairs in the window and she can't jump that high...

And last the picture from the side...it is looking great if I must say so myself.....I love it....Don't worry the porch is coming soon.....

MORE PROGRESS

2008-02-10T19:02:00.000-08:00

Well, we worked a little more on the cabin. It is actually starting to really come together. Not much to tell, but here are the lates pictures....

This is the view looking out one of the windows.....

This isn't a very good picture, but it kind of shows how it looks from the inside.....Riley wants to go out.....
Here it is from the outside. I love my screen door...

This is my favorite picture of all..................

I KNOW.....its been a while

2008-02-03T17:04:00.000-08:00

Sorry, just never seems to be enough time to sit down and blog. I will try to catch everyone up on what has been going on since the last post Lets see, we had a really good Thanksgiving.....except for Amanda and Josh, everyone was able to be there. We did get to have everyone there for Christmas eve which was wonderful, we had a great time. The saturday before Christmas Billy, Neal and the girls came in to celebrate Christmas. We had a really good time and the girls presents were very entertaining.

Who ever said my boys can't dance......

Christmas eve was wonderful also, we went church where Josh D. (that is) got reconized for what he does for our county.....which we are all very proud of him and all of our millitay. After that we went to my parents and spent the evening with, Justin and Lindsay, Amanda and Josh, Ashley, Joshua, Kathy and Joe and Cody, me and Kelly and my parents. We ate, played games and had a great time with family.....

The two Josh's sometimes it can get confusing but we love them both....

Christmas day Justin and Lindsay were with her family, so the rest of us started the day out with opening presents....

After that we decided to take Amanda and Josh out to the land so they could see it before they left to go back home. This is were Ashley got a small idea of how bad Josh is going to have it going across country with Amanda......but once we got there we had a great time.....for some reason I don't have any pictures of that but if you check out Amanda's blog you can see those.

The next weekend Justin and Lindsay came out to the land for the first time also....

Lindsay driving Justin around with Lexie leading the way.

Justin was driving the 4 wheeler so fast I was never able to get picture of him.

Lindsay was driving so fast her hair was blowing in the wind...I think Lindsay likes running better than riding 4 wheelers, By the way be sure and check out her blog she just ran her first full marathon and did a great job. We are very proud of her, I can't even say the word marathon without getting winded. I an considering WALKING a half marathon tho, I'll let ya'll know how that goes.

Sonny and Nancy (Kellys brother and sister in law) came down the next weekend. This is a good picture of the three bothers and sister together.

Mom and Dad, Billy and the girls even made it down to the land.....

Joe and his girlfriend Maddie.....

And last but not least in Jan, Kelly and I went on the guided fishing trip that my parents gave us for Christmas. It was so much fun and I finally got Kelly to liking fishing. He can't wait to go back again.

So that covers Nov., Dec., and Jan. As you can see we visited the land alot but never seemed to get any work done. But we have made a new vow that we are going to work harder to get so things finished. So this being the first weekend in Feb. Kelly and I went out there this weekend and work all day Sat and part of Sunday and we were able to get the floor in upstairs, I am so excited, we actually spent the night in there. There is still alot left for us to do but it feels so good to have that behind us. See the pictures below for the progress on that.

JUST SOME PICTURES

2007-11-19T18:44:00.000-08:00

Not much new, here are a few pictures we have taken in the last couple of weeks....

The cabin painted and Kelly put on some temp. stairs...... He tried.....

and tried again...riley wants to try.....

KING OF THE HAY......

Hamburgers on the open flame....this is really cool, Sonny (Kelly's brother) made this for us, we have not been able to use it till now, and it was the best....I can't wait to try other things....my mother suggested breakfast....now that should be interesting....I'll let you know how it turns out.

Josh brought his roommate Kirk with him, he seemed to really enjoy cooking.....and the burgers turned out really good. Next time I'll let him try breakfast....

Riley on the floor of the cabin, in front of the heater....

Maddie on the couch...which dog did you say was spoiled....

Josh trying to find the camera in the dark woods....It found him first...Riley looks really scary...

Thats all for now, I will try to post more later......

If I don't get to see or talk to some of you before Thanksgiving....have a blessed one.....just remember all the things we have to be thankfull for, I know a lot of people who are having a hard time right now, with the loss of loved ones or injured loved ones fighting for their lifes and of course all of the military families....just remember all of these in your prayers and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.....God Bless

Some progress...Some playing

2007-10-28T19:33:00.000-07:00

We got some more things done with the cabin.......we did some painting....

Kelly and Joe worked on the upstairs

Billy, Allie and Sara stopped by and we played......
By Sunday afternoon even the dogs were tired.......

And last but not least the cool pictures from the hidden camera.....

First Fire

2007-10-21T18:31:00.000-07:00

Well we finally got the first phase of the cabin built....We are very excited about getting it finished out, adding the porch, window, bathroom, etc., keep checking back and I will show you pictures of our progress.....

Me painting the floor

It also got cold enough at night for us to have our first fire, in the fire pit that Josh built...We also made smores....

Not many pictures on our hidden camera this week just a few deer and the racoon.....

Thats all for now check back next week.....

HIDDEN CAMERA

2007-10-14T18:24:00.000-07:00

We got a camera that we can leave down at the land to see what is going on when we are not there. The first week we put it out there we did not get any pictures. This week when we looked at it we had 124 pictures. Below are some of the critters that were captured on film......

This is the famous "Deer in the headlights"

These cute little critters, Ha! Ha! enjoyed it so much they stayed around for a couple of hours and then came back again later.

These two are way better..a rabbit and a racoon...Can't wait to see what we get this week.

WE'RE IN THE HAY!!!!!!!

2007-09-09T19:21:00.000-07:00

We drove down to check out the land today and had a big surprise. The man that we had talked to like 4 months ago finally came thru. He had told us he wanted to wait till the grass (hay) was high enough to cut, but I guess being city folks, we were very impatient.

This is Kelly riding the 4-wheeler thru the hay....

Riley really likes it now that the grass is cut...

This is hay up close....

A view from the front gate....

This is by Joe's deer feeder, I think its deer poo......

This is Joe's salt block...something has been eating on it.

I have way to many pictures to put on here, so just ask me sometime and I will show you.

I guess you can now say Kelly and I are officially Hay farmers now....HA HA

Long time no post......

2007-06-14T19:38:00.000-07:00

Its been awhile, I know, but there never seems to be enough time to sit down and blog.........
We did get to go to CT over the memorial day weekend, and spend time with both of our married children. Below are a couple of pictures taken on our day in New York......we had a wonderful time

This picture was taken at a park and board walk not far from Amanda's work. I don't think there is a place around there that is not beautiful. Amanda says she loves it up there, I can understand why. You don't see anything like it in Texas.

After we got back from CT, we went to do some work and on our property in Como, TX....We really like it out there...it is so peaceful and just a great place to get away....I will take some pictures this weekend and post them so everyone can see...

SICK HOUSE

2007-03-08T17:43:00.000-08:00

This has been a bad week, I started getting sick on Monday night, then Ashley and Kelly were so jealous they decided to join me in my misery. Needless to say no one wants to come see us till this is gone because it is not pretty. I have been desperately trying to get Ashley well as she leaves tomorrow for CT and we don't want her to share with Amanda and Kelly, because we definitely want them to have a good time. Hopefully they will take alot of pictures and Amanda can share them on her blog. I am really ready to go back up to CT, it is really pretty and I really want to go to New York...there are alot of things there I would like to see. Soon I hope, but right now I can say I am very excited that Amanda is coming home soon to visit...27 days...does this sound familiar.

So I had to do some editing to my previous blog...I guess to keep the peace I will get permission to post a picture before I do......yea right.....

Lets see who I can make mad at me now......

Josh with his ear bud....he got it for Christmas but, my bet is that Lexie has eaten it by now....

Justin lost in a daze...the Cowboys must be on tv, nothing else keeps his attention this much...

Lindsay and Sarah are anxiously awaiting the opening of Christmas presents.....

Neil watching the girls open their presents and Grandma's hand.....every picture I have of her looks like this, I think her hand is part of her face.. :)

The excitement of Christmas, Allie and Sarah, this is what Neil was watching....

I have never seen Billy question anything he eats...not sure what is wrong with this possible the fact it's cooked...

Papaw....not a real good picture, I think his head blends in with the wall paper, but I couldn't leave him out....

Ashley controling the submarine....look out navy boys.....

Josh, Amanda and Mary Beth, I not sure if Amanda still calls Mary and tells her what color of shirt to wear or not....

No comment needed....

The ones I love....we once were 6 but now were 8....These people are my life and I thank God for each and everyone of them everyday......There is always room to grow :)

Till next time, take care, be careful, and keep each other in your prayers.....Love, Momma

2007-02-11T19:05:00.000-08:00

I have decided to try some more on this blogger thing. Here are a few pictures I found while going thru looking for some interesting ones to upload.....this first is Kelly on the sub in Conn. he wants to grow up and be just like Josh....This was not the sub Josh is on this is actually one that anyone can tour. When we got to go on the Alexander, they actually got it where we could look out the telescope and we had the hardest time getting Kelly away from it... This is what happens to you when you drive to Conn in a U-haul....you notice I am not in the picture.....I am the one that made them this way because they put me in the middle.....

(IF THIS NO LONGER MAKES SENSE I HAD TO REMOVE PICTURES....SORRY)

This is a really cute puppy that came to stay at our house but we have lost her because now all that is left is a really big horse....I'll get Ashley to get me a current picture so you can see how much she has grown...

This is my other two babies, Dixie is the black one she is getting really old, Mason is the brown, he was actually given to Amanda by Josh a few years back when they were in high school.....He didn't want to move to Conn. it is to cold up there...
Well that is all the pictures I can find for now....there is not much going on with our family right now. The end of 2006 was so busy with the wedding, moving Amanda to Conn and then Christmas, it is kind of nice that things have slowed down.

We are now getting more serious looking for land to buy so that we can fish, hunt and just relax away from the busy city life....We took a trip to east Texas this weekend, we drove around looking at serveral properties but not with much luck, nothing just hit us as this is it.....We did thou find some really good resturants, which I have decided could pose a problem what with driving eating driving eating driving some more.....think we better start walking the land instead.

Our house has really gotten quite...you know we had four children and there always seemed to be something going on...slowly they have moved on, oh yes they went away to college, but that was different, it was still like they were here. Then Justin got married and even thou they don't live that far away, it just seems like it is hard to get together very much...then Amanda got married and moved away to Conn. now that is really far and after driving there it makes you realize how far it really is. At least with Justin if we want we can get together iwe can but with Amanda, well you know...I can't wait for April. Then Josh is going to college and living in his own apartment he is so independent that even thou he is not married we do not see much of him. And Ashley lives here or should I say sleeps here....seems she is gone more than here. All this said enjoy your family while you have them near. Even thou sometimes it seems you will never make it because they are always wanting or needing something, alway fighting or just plain getting on your nerves...just be sure you give them a extra hug at night because the time goes really quick and before you know it they will be gone. I am very proud of all of my children and I want them to be happy in their journey of life. I pray for them every day....I Love you all....

I DID IT

2007-01-30T19:14:00.000-08:00

I finally figured it out!!!!!! More to come

HELP!!

2007-01-30T18:37:00.000-08:00

Ok, whoever ME is, I have my suspensions, I am sorry you think I am boring, but I am really having a hard time trying to figure out how to get pictures on here.....so ME, why don't you tell me how and then maybe it won't be so boring. I might have some really good pictures of you that we would all love to see....

MY FIRST BLOG ATTEMPT

2007-01-29T19:21:00.000-08:00

This is my first attempt a blogging. I have no idea what I am doing. I have not completely figured out how to work everything on this site but I am trying. Any help any of you want to offer up I will gladly except. I hope this will be a way that we can share things going on and pictures that we take with our family that is becoming spread out around the country. Not much to say this time this is really just me trying to figure out how all this works.....