Blog Beginning's from Crystal Binning

Today should be a day marked down in history!  I've officially entered the blogging world.  That's pretty scary, right?  Mainly because several people have told me not to do it seeing as how it would put too much information about me and/or my family out on the web.  However, I see that it can't be any worse than being on Facebook.  Am I right or wrong here, guys? 

As you can see the title of my blog is "It's a Beautiful Ride."  Matt and I thought long and hard on what to title this and came up with some pretty catchy titles.  However, this excerpt from a line in one of my favorite songs pretty much summed it all up.  Our life together has been such a beautiful ride even through all the ups and downs we've had, and hopefully, you will get to experience some of these things as you keep up with my blog.

I'm not promising a daily update on the blog or anything at all.  I will promise you, however, that every post made will be honest and straight-forward.  Also, each post will leave you  thinking, "That was {interesting, emotional, funny, scary, crazy, etc}!"  You never know what is going to happen in our little "Binning World", but each time I feel there is something to be shared you can bet your top dollar I'll post it.

On that note, let me leave you with our funny exciting event of the day:

The kids and I are on spring break this week, and Matt's parents are keeping Matt's nephew.  Therefore, Carter and Landry felt the need to invite themselves over to stay with Nanny and Papaw in order to spend time with their favorite cousin, Brett! 

Matt and I drove the kids out to Maud, took in their suitcase, and headed out to the pond where Matt's dad and Brett were fishing.  We're standing on the "Binning Bridge," as everyone calls it, while Matt and his dad are casting out the lines.  All of a sudden, Matt's dad catches a decent sized croppy and begins to reel it in.  (Keep in mind, all three of the grandkids are huddled down kneeling on the bridge watching.) 

As the fish gets closer and closer to being reeled in to the bridge, Landry starts having a little panic attack and gets up screaming and jumping around in order to escape the flopping fish on the end of the pole.  She's going irate trying to get away, and in the process starts pushing Carter and Brett out of the way. 

As she's pushing them she about knocks Carter and herself off into the pond.  Luckily for them, Matt and I grabbed them and became heroes in Landry's eyes.  After getting safely over to me, Landry clung tightly to my leg and wouldn't even move until her Papaw threw the fish back in the water. 

The whole time we're laughing at her.  You see, to anyone else this may not be as funny.  However, to us, it was hilarious!  The reason being:  Earlier in the day, Matt came up behind Landry and yelled trying to scare her.  She, nonchalantly, turns around to him and says, "I'm not scared of you!"  Of course, this is so typical of Landry because she's always telling us she's tough and nothing scares her.  So, to see her panicking over this fish was priceless! 

Now, you see why life is such a beautiful ride for us!

To leave you, I've posted a few of my favorite pictures of our family!  Hope you enjoy!

Crystal