The Beard

Dan always wonders why I never like when he shaves his beard off...I tell him at least keep some facial hair like a goatee or a mustache or just a beard...just some facial hair at least! His beard caught my eye 27 years ago and to this day I prefer him to have it! My excuse!????

When I was little and I mean little I liked Grizzly Adams!



Edwards  ( not so cute but it's the beard!) lol

And Johnathon! 
I guess you would say God made me that way!
So Dan,  please keep your beard!

I like it !

 

Passenger pick-up

Went to pick Luke and Allison up from the airport last night! Called before and flight had been delayed so I knew to go later! Wow! I am smart to call first right!? got there at 10pm drove around the passenger pick-up and back to the terminal several times.  No, Luke and Allison....decided to park and go in.  Went in and looked around the baggage claim and pick-up area...by this time there wasn't even any baggage left ! Weird.....asked around and no-one could help, not even the information people...no one could check anything for me! Well...Jerid came with me and I am super glad because parking garages are very scary at night! So I decided to go back to the car and check the flight info again....I had everything right but............. the day!!! So, tonight I get to go again! hahahaha hopefully come home with some kids this time! 
I know. I am an air-head.  Just push me out on an iceberg now! I am losing it!!!



And by the way this horse is very creepy! Piercing red eyes! Doesn't say "Welcome to Denver" very well if you ask me!
Also if you are coming out this way I would be glad to pickyou up, I know exactly what I am doing and exactly where to go! After last night I have plenty of experience!!  Really I do.







Oh! and Happy 1st Anniversay!! Hope you had a wonderful trip and can't wait to hear all about it!!!

Mothers Day !

Mothers Day....A Day that is happy for some and sad for others. For that reason I sometimes don't like Holidays because they make hurting people, hurt more, and lonely people, more lonely, ect. So on this Mothers day if it makes the day hard for you for whatever reason my heart goes out to you and I think about you on days like this. So on this mothers day I want to say I am thankful for my mom, she was a great mom and still is a great mom, friend and Grandma. I am thankful for her for she taught me to be a good mom, she has set a wonderful example. The older I get the more I see myself in her. I take that as a compliment. Thanks for being a great mom! in many ways!

And I am thankful for my mother in law Connie,who gave me Dan, without her I would not have him! We miss her a ton as she has been gone for almost 6 years already.  All the times she would come over and literally make us laugh so hard we would be on the floor. She would take her teeth out and lip sinc to country songs and tell stupid jokes. I only wish we had it on video!! She was a wonderful 2nd mom to me and a great Grandma!!

I am thankful that I am a mom! All I ever wanted to do was be a mom! I have loved every minute of being a mom! ( Well, almost every minute! )  My kids can testify that I NEVER blew a gasket! hahaha! But seriously each one of them have brought so much joy to my life words cannot even express! And I am honored to be their mom! and God made my dream come true 3 times and I am thankful for all of them!!

Jerid...the son who was the funniest little kid ever...he would walk in a room and say " The fun has arrived! Thank you very much!"  or blow a big fart and say " smell the difference!" lol  He was the one who did not like authority as a little kid. In other words we had to stay on top of this one! But we knew he had that personality for a reason and would just sit on his bedroom floor and pray for wisdom on raising him and that God would guide him and use that ornery-ness for good to fulfil His plan in Jerids life!  And we continue to pray for that special girl somewhere out there that may someday become his wife!

Luke...the son who wouldn't warn you when he was upset as a baby...he would just instantly scream! He even scared the ladies in the nursery!! hahaha! The one who had the moves and could dance really good at 2! The one who loved to draw all the time, and then as he got older and picked up the guitar and would play constantly, this one was never bored because he was either drawing or playing music or writing songs. I would also sit on his bedroom floor and pray for God to use him and grow to be the awesome young man he is! I am thankful for we have prayed for Allison since Luke was tiny! So today I am thankful for Allison's mom, Glenna for raising such a wonderful daughter for Luke...our 2nd daughter! she is an answer to a prayer that was prayed for many years!!

                                                                                   

Isaac....our first son...the one we looked at and couldn't believe he was ours. The one who was the chubbiest baby ever! The nursery ladies nick named him Two Ton Tony because he was so fat! The doctor told me to quit feeding him so much! I told him, NO. He is perfect. He was an easy baby. He was the natural handy man kind of kid. He wanted to help with everything. He was the little league football player, then grew out of that and picked up the guitar and played and would sing all the time. We had music in our house all the time. I would also sit on his floor and pray for him, to use his gifts and talent too and grow into a great young man that he is today!! I am thankful for Cassie and her mom, Mary for raising up a beautiful daughter like her to be the one for Isaac our 1st daughter! She was an answer to a prayer that had been prayed since Isaac was a baby!

When I say their bedroom floor ...it actually was the same room for they shared till Isaac was 9th grade! I don't think they minded...It made for lots of laughs for Dan and I to sit and listen to them horse around and talk and sing when they were supposed to be sleeping!

Today I am just plain humbled and THANKFUL !
Happy Mothers Day!

The Couch Makeover

No time to blog lately!! Been busy with the normal stuff and back in January we found this set of furniture on craigslist. It was pretty rough but the guy wanted to sell it bad! So I didn't want to pay what he was asking...we left without it. Then a couple days later he texted me asking what I would be willing to pay! He was desperate because it was OLD and very beat up. So I told him $100 bucks for the couch, loveseat, chair,end table and footstool. Score! That was $200 less then he was asking. So every spare minute I have been sewing new slip covers! ( Just so you know I will not take on this kind of project again!) sewing sewing sewing! and then sanding sanding sandin! and then staining everything! Dan helped me sand and stain the couch so that went FAST! Anyway, now I have like new...very old furniture! that looks like this!

and this......

and this....

and this....

and then...... I did this......

Just for fun!  ;-)

It works!

I do believe it works.

I have been going to a chiropractor that does acupuncture also. It has been helping the pain in my neck where I have protruding discs. Ouch. Oh I still feel it some but nothing like I did before! I also struggle with migraines. But I have a lot LESS of them since seeing him!! Although last week I had to take my "migraine pill" two times. Then on Monday I was getting another one and I knew he was in the office so I called him.  He got me in!!! Finally he got to feel what my whole back does when I get a migraine! TIGHT all the way down to my low back and into my neck and head. So he put the needles in all over my back, one foot and in my hands and shoulder blades. I laid there for about 40 minutes and on the way home, do you believe it was gone! My muscles were relaxed! If you are person that gets migraines you know this is huge!!! I was so thankful I could have cried! Try it ...maybe it will work for you. He is my "hero"! anyone who can help you with that kind of pain is a hero!!!

Apparently everything is bad for you! lol That is why I say:

 "Hey...a little bit of everything is good for you!"

Pastor Don Whipple WWII

Proud to know Pastor Don Whipple and his late wife Jo ! He has been a very important person in my life since I was a little girl in the 3rd or 4th grade! I am thankful for them in so many ways!!! Thanks to ALL of our veterans and military!!!