Hello

So I've switched over to this blogging site because I wasn't content with using xanga. I've posted below some entries over the last couple months just in case you're curious.

Anyway, boy I can't believe it's already November! October was gone before I could take a breath.

Friday, which was Halloween deemed to be quite the experiance.
I worked that morning and had a big project due for school. I stayed in town to finish it and did some grocery shopping. Let me tell you: Halloween is not the day to do your shopping folks. lol Needless to say I was busy for a while. Anyway that isn't the interesting part.

A couple months ago Mark installed a couple camera's around the outside of the house because of some neighborhood kids attempting to steal things. So anyway, Halloween night mark set out a bowl of candy on the front porch with a sign over the doorbell saying "Happy Halloween, please take 3 pieces". Not long after that he got his first trick or treaters. They were older kids. Mark saw them on the camera at the front porch. They dumped the whole bowl in their backpacks! lol So mark followed them out as they were leaving and they were gone.. He walks out to the front road, and finally sees them accross the street. In a very authoritive voice he says "You guys stole my candy!"..."you need to return it now!"
lol so we have video of them stealing it, and then coming back with mark to return it. I had a good chuckle when he showed me. lol All the other trick or treaters were wonderful after that though.

Yesterday I got a phonecall from my mom. A really good family freind was killed in the last couple days. He was our neighbor when i was a kid..a retired veterinarian...he lived kitty corner to my parent's property. Over the last couple of months he had taken my brothers under his wing; teaching them how to train dogs, and taking them to the clinic every once in a while. Ben was really close to him (my youngest brother..who's 8) Ben's having a really hard time. Ben just amazes me. Evadently yesterday doc's sheep were out and ben decided he was going to help him get them in. He walked over to their house, and doc's wife told him the news. Ben came back home, upset but calm. He comes to my dad in the computer room. He says.. daddy docs been in an accident. My dad says oh no...is he ok? Ben tells him..no daddy he's not coming back home.
It just breaks my heart.. for him to have to lose innocince that way..he has such a firm grasp. Later he told my mom that he just wished the rapture would come so that he could see doc again. He's heartbroken because he didn't get to say goodbye. My mom told him that maybe they could go to the funeral so that he could. Ben tells her..but mom doc won't be at the funeral...just his body. Ben just amazes me and blesses me so much. I came to see him and held him so tight. I have wonderful brothers.
Anyway I'll say goodbye for now.
ttfn
Ashley