Life in the FFaaasssttt Laaanne

This is one of my favorite pictures. Family is so important, and it is the only thing that has gotten me through so far this year and in my life. I have gone back to school teaching this year, and I am teaching at two schools this year. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. It really keeps you hopping, that is for sure. School starts at 8:00 at my first school. I am a Special Ed. Teacher and I work with the Kindergarten kids and 1st graders. I leave my first school at 11:00 and get to my next school at about 11:15 (that will change in the winter). I start seeing my 3rd graders at 12:00. So I have a fast lunch, and make sure that I am ready and prepared for when they come to my class. At this school I see 3rd grade, Kindergarten, and 2nd grade.

Neill has a new job too. He is working at Basic American doing all different kinds of things. It's rough, because it is shift work, and he works some days, some nights, and it is 12 hrs. straight.
It's nice in a way though because he is working in Blackfoot. I sure do love him for taking on that job.

It seems like I can get so caught up in life that I forget the important things sometimes. It seems as if the days run together. Neill and I might not see each other for a day, and the next thing you know it seems like I'm running in one direction and he is running in the other. The thing I need to remember is to slow down and enjoy the journey. Take time to enjoy the people around you. The things that really count in your life like family (Husbands, parents, brothers and sisters on both sides of family). As I rush through the day trying to get from here to there I forget to take a moment and thank Heavenly Father for Neill and that the car is working, and that the sun is shining, or that there is no snow on the ground to contend with yet.

Sometimes I, and maybe some of you get caught in the FAST LANE. We have jobs we have to do to make a living, but I am going to try not to make that my life. I am going to strive harder to spend time with the people that really count, and the people I love.

Sometimes while writing this Blog I am able to ponder and see what I need to do in my own life, and other times it is a fun and exciting story. I hope things are going well for all of you out there.
Take some time out of your busy life and spend it with some loved ones. See how it makes you feel and them.

Sincerely,

Emily :)

TUCKER and "The BULL"

This is my cat Tucker. He brings a lot of pleasure to me for sure. However, I let him go out and play in the yard quite frequently. However, he doesn't just stay in the yard. We have a pen of cows and a couple of bulls next door eating off the grass. There is one BULL, we (our friend John, Neill, and I) we think he was the runt of the "cows/bulls" that year. Tucker seems to like things Bigger than him, and the neat thing about it is I don't think he realizes they are bigger than him. Our friend John was driving down the lane one day and he looked in the pasture, and Tucker was sitting on the back of that BULL. He had to look twice. The Bull just let him. They just sat together for one hour as he watched. then Tucker jumped off the back of the Bull.

The next day John was driving down the lane again, and he saw this Bull trotting along behind something. He wasn't quite sure of what it was until he got out of his truck and looked, and sure enough, Tucker and the Bull were playing chase, or Catch me if you Can. The Bull would trot behind Tucker for a little while, and then they would change and Tucker would chase the Bull and trot after him at the same pace.

You know we can learn a lot from animals. Tucker and apparently this Bull didn't care that each of them were different and of a different size, or a different kind of animal. All they knew is that they had fun together. They didn't care what we thought even though we found it quite humorous a Cat playing with a Bull and vice versa.

I think as group of people we just need to take each other for who we are. That we are Heavenly Father's Children and be happy with that and not worry about all the little stuff. I could go on for probably another page about the horses Tucker plays with etc. I've learned a lot from my cats in a very humbling and humerous way. Hopefully we can all be less judging of our Heavenly Father's children and creatures.

Everyone have a great day!!

Emily