Miles 2011 summer

Miles has been hanging out at the airport all week...he almost got to ride in a plane the other day but rushed home to ask me and it was too late. I love that he's pursuing his dreams...today he asked them for a job...to be continued.

Earlier this summer I encouraged him to get a job pulling weed instead of playing video games. He really wanted to use the lawn tractor to cut grass but I wasn't playing along with that idea....I like him having all his limbs and such ya know.

So one day he goes down Indian trails road and finds a woman outside with a house on the bayou and asks her if she needs help in her yard. She asks "whats your rate?" and he replies "My mom told me not to worry about the money, just to be a hard worker and that people can pay me on how hard I work". She just fell head over heels for that and put him to work. Her name is Brenda. Brenda said Miles lasted 17 minutes on day 1. He did however come back the next day and work for a few hours pulling weeds from her beach...well he half pulled weeds and half played with her doberman. But he did finish the job over the course of 9 days and earned $35...big money when you're 10. I'm so proud of him.

This week he decided he wants to do ROTC at WMU, study aviation and work as an officer in the airforce...he says they make $32,000 a year and he figures thats really good money since his housing will be covered and they have housing for families :) Always planning his future, I love it.