Behind today. About my other son.

I intended to post much earlier in the day but life happened. :)

I came home and spent some time with my husband, went grocery shopping, and finally relaxing for a few moments before I go lay in the bed and read a book before I doze off to sleep.

Last night wasn't a good night of sleep. I don't know if it was too cold or too hot but it was something so tonight I'm actually extra tired and plan to go to bed earlier.

Tomorrow while at work if I have time I will edit this post and tell you about him since he is just as important as the other. But for now I'm off to eat my last junk food for the next two weeks. I'm starting a new "diet" for two weeks because I'm stuck at a stand still.

So off to eat, read, and fall asleep. Tomorrow is the last day of student teaching.

I am back! Something happened and now I'm wide awake. It figures since I have a lot to do before heading to work in the morning. 6:30am may not be early enough to get up. Sigh.

Okay about my oldest son. He is a Junior in High School and will be 17 in June. Just humor me and tell me that I don't look old enough to have a 17 year old, please. Otherwise midlife crisis is coming before midlife here. :)

He began Junior High and High School as a skater kid. He loved nothing other than to skateboard his life away. But I found with this comes physical, mental, and emotional reprecussions because of the type of people usually involved in this "sport" and what other things they do for recreation.

This year has really changed him. He decided to take on a new challenge. He is a lazy child by nature and will tell you so. But I've never seen him work so hard for something he truly wants. He decided to join the FFA in High School and it seemed to be a wonderful thing. He raised a pig this year.
He picked her out in October and had to care for her twice a day every single day of the week until February. He had a friend take him in the morning before school to feed her and then my husband or I would take him in the afternoon to feed her and clean up after her. He worked so hard. And I swear I don't think I've seen that kid in a pair of skater shoes or even tennis shoes for that matter this year. He is now almost a cowboy. He wears boots and wranglers every day.

His grades also went up during that part of the year because he had no choice if he wanted to show her. He made third place in the show and sold her for $950. I know it was hard to let her go but he truly earned all of it. He plans to use the money for drivers ed, a belt and buckle, and another pig for next school year.

Now if I can get him to thinking more about his future I would be ecstatic. I constantly bother him about colleges and trade schools and am getting no where. I'll wait a little longer but he needs to get on track now. He will be starting his senior year when school starts back up.

Beginning of Junior Year. (We shaved his hair off).

He was working his butt off to get the pen ready for the pig. Her name was Oreo.

Here he is feeding her. He would whisper "I love you" when no one was around or if he didn't think anyone could hear. :)

Erik looking at Oreo eat. This was while she was still little. She came to him at 35lbs I think it was and left at 219lbs.

Rub her belly and she just falls over.

She gave him a hell of a time when he bathed her.

My favorite picture of them. He had just got her and he wasn't wearing boots and listening to country music yet. LOL.

And this is how he used to look!

Still shocked we have one year and 2 months before he is an adult. (18). :(