20 years later......

Wow! it's hard to believe that 20 years have come and gone in what seems like a blink of an eye. Where do I start? I have been married to Travis for 17 years and we have 4 kids Shelby 14, Sydney 10, Madison 8, and Hunter 4 months. He was my little surprise but the best kind. I think that having a baby at this age I appreciate them being babies a little more than I did when the girls were little. I couldn't wait for them to walk, talk, and get into things. This time around I am just enjoying everyday with him. We moved to Colorado in October 2003. I love living in this area it is absolutely beautiful. I love getting up in the morning and seeing a herd of deer in my pasture. Although, I hate it when the garden is coming in and there they are out eating everything they can you can try to scare em off and they just stand there looking at you. When I was younger I never thought I would live in the country or on a farm. But that is what i'm doing we have 5 acres in Dolores we have horses, cows, turkeys, chickens, and a big garden. On a whim and in need of a job when we moved over here I applied with the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office and was hired to work in Community Corrections I never thought I would last the first year but here I am coming up on 5 years. I am now the Coordinator for the Alternative Sentencing Programs work release, etc. I monitor "clients" on GPS tracking systems I have been tased, pepper sprayed, handcuffed and fought with. But I have to say I love my job. Travis is crrently self employed running a construction company. In my spare time what little I have I love working out 5 days a week, riding horses, fishing, hunting, 4 wheeler riding. We live less than 20 minutes from the mountains and less than 5 from McPhee Reservoir. I think the last 5 years have been my growth time. Alot has happened July 2, 2004 Travis' brother Sean's twin girls were killed in a fire. It broke my heart, but, made me appreciate every day god has given me with my family. My dad passed away in October 2006, my mom is still in Kanab so we get over that way quite often. Then, of course I found out last summer we were having another baby that was shocker. I broke both bones in my right wrist 2 weeks before I had the baby and had to have surgery. I can't wait to see everyone and Thanks McKay this was a wonderful idea