Fresh Air

March 29th...

First off let me just give a little shout out to my sister :

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISTY!

Ok, got that done, and there will be another one coming tomorrow.

Recently, I put an ad out about my love for photography because I decided I would like to start taking pictures of people...if they will let me. I am still planning on attending the Art Institute next year when Derrick comes home and I would be stupid not to get as much practice in as I can before then. I am going to spend my afternoons on little mini-adventures with the kids to really get to know Clarksville and what it has to offer. There are lots of parks, walking trails, some caves...or something. I don't know about those yet, those will be discovered by us at a later date. Today we went to the Clarksville Greenway walking paths and it was beautiful. There are a few trails to go on, but Cael and I chose to walk "Trail C" which is 3/4 of a mile. I wasn't sure if it was going to loop, or be a dead end but I figured it didn't really matter. I needed to exercise and it was a beautiful day outside for the kids to soak up some sun. Well...3 steps down the trail and Cael decided he wanted to walk too, instead of ride on the stroller. Then it mattered whether or not it was a loop! We were going so slow we may just as well have been going backwards. We got passed by 2 old men TWICE! They lapped us! I'm not sure how far we went before I decided to turn us around, quite a ways for Cael's little legs. He had so much fun. The wind was blowing dead leaves across the road and he was trying to catch them all and stomp on them like they were some kind of scary bug trying to get us. He also was very impressed with all the cows. We couldn't see them for most of our walk, but we could sure hear them! He kept trying to look up as high as he could to see over the hillside yelling "BOO!" (Moo in Cael world) He got to see them when we came back up out of the trails, but by that time they were quiet. By the sounds they were making...I'm glad his innocent eyes couldn't see what I'm pretty sure was going on anyway.

We sat out on the front steps today before leaving for the park and watched the military helicopters fly above our house. They fly by a lot, I think I am going to try and be ready with the camera next time we hear them and that can be my picture of the day. We'll see how that works out.

In other news, I am almost done with my book and, aside from a select few goosebump books i read in an hour or so in elementary school, I think this is the fastest I have read in a long time! I usually get so distracted by the TV...or the kids being loud...or just a dry spot in the book and I will set it down for a week or two. But not this one! Look Again by Lisa Scottoline, it is a heart wrencher but it is really good! Thanks Misty! I should be done by tonight, then it's on to the 2 latest Nicholas Sparks books!