Saturday....

Today was fun.  The old man had a shooting class in Mineral Wells.  I decided to take Troy on a little road trip to look at flowers.  My parents always did that with me and I remember really enjoying it.  Although, I never listened to my parents commentary because I had my cool girl Walkman and headphones.

It's funny to think that my children will never know what a tape is.  I'm almost positive they won't know what a CD is.  A record.. forget it.  And I have never listened to anything on an eight track so that's imposable.  Too bad, because the recordings I had of random music off the radio station was some good stuff.. and good times!

I mentioned this little adventure to a person I work with.  She then asked me to take some pictures of her daughter in the bluebonnets.  Another Texas tradition that I never had done with my own child.  She told me were she thought a good patch would be.  I met her there in the early morning and took pictures of her daughter.  They came out really cute.  But I wasn't thrilled with the bluebonnets at this location.  So, Troy and I grabbed some lunch and went on our own adventure.  We turned the music up (he's too young for an Ipod although he really wants an IPHONE!!!!) rolled the windows down, and off we drove.  I found a HUGE HUGE HUGE patch near Decatur.  Troy and I had to trample through some weeds that were taller than he was.  Thank goodness my son likes a good adventure and was all about it.  I just never mentioned my thoughts about snakes being in those weeds.  We were approaching West Texas......

Troy always makes a big deal of "Belaxing" everywhere.  Here he is "belaxing" amongst the "bluebells".  This is where the big snake scare entered my mind...

After laying in the weeds for twenty minutes, my sweet son was loosing interest in my photography.  So, we loaded up and drove to one of my favorite spots in the metroplex....

We live very close to Lake Worth.  It really is an amazing looking lake.  It's still a little too cool to jump in but it's an amazing place to go and think...  about life...  Something I have adapted as an adult is thinking spots in nature.  Everywhere we have lived, I have found one.  Sometimes I'll get lost in a book in my thinking spot.  Sometimes I sit and think.  Sometimes I figure out a complex problem.  Sometimes I pray and remember who really made my thinking spot.  This has become my thinking spot.  I shared that all today with Troy...  Here's is what he made of my thinking spot... A place to find some rocks and through them...Such a boy...

 Last stop on our trip is a hill I like to run every now and again.  Troy is always interested in my training so I decided to show him my hill.  Best picture of the day.  I think these pictures are so cool...

 

Then of course.. we had to race!!!  Four year olds can MOVE!!!

 

Such a sweet day with my little guy.  Days like today reminds me that HE is my number one motivation for being who I am... changing what I need to change... and trying to be the BEST that I can!!!  

!!!!True Motivation!!!