We Don't Have A TV, I Am Serious!

What are your thoughts about the TV? Have they changed any if you are a parent?

When we moved to Connecticut we had the intention of buying a new TV. We sold our old one to a friend so we could buy a new one after we moved.

My husband then decided that maybe we should try to see how long we could go without a TV. We live in the country and he thought maybe we would all benefit without a TV. We did not watch the Olympics, we checked a few articles online but did not miss a wink of sleep.

I never watched much TV growing up, my parents didn't watch much either so it is fine with me. I was shocked that my husband was okay with it, you know how men need their TV's! I was up to the challenge and now it's been almost FIVE months since we have had a TV. The neatest part is with the boys. I can tell a huge difference with them. Their attention spans and love for the outdoors are so much greater now that we don't own a TV. We did get a new laptop about a month ago and the boys can watch movies on it if they want to. Thank goodness or I would never have time to clean! We are going to try to make it until January without a TV and then we will need to reevaluate because the next season of 24 will be showing.
And we all know that if Jack is back, it changes everything!

Landon and Logan's First Fishing Tournament

The boys had their first fishing tournament this summer. There were three trophy's for the little guys and somehow both of my boys ended up with one! Landon won a trophy for most fish caught and Logan won one for first fish caught! Landon could cast and reel the fish in by himself. Logan needed us to cast for him and then he would reel the fish in by himself. The video is of Landon catching a fish. It's pretty funny because we have to remind Landon to look around so he won't accidentally hook his brother. Then Logan gives him quite a scolding.

House Pictures!

1.Our little white cottage on the lake! 2.Our front yard views the most beautiful field! In this picture deer came right up to our driveway. 3.Our view of the lake from our street. 4.This last picture is from our main beach at our lake!

Girl Fun!

My mom came to visit me for a week while Dave went to Dallas to teach a class at DBU.
We had so much fun! The boys had VBS and they wanted to go a couple of days so we got to spend some of our time together shopping! We found so many great bargains!
My mom loved the cool weather. We had a few little rain showers and we had so much fun cuddling up and enjoying them with the boys. We were really sad to see her go home on Saturday but Landon had the hardest time! He loves his grandma! My dad sent a web cam so we are hoping to get it up and running so we can stay in touch until they come to visit again in October.