Girls day out

We just had the best day! We have an annual tradition, evey year after Christmas all of we girls get together and have a shopping day. So today was the day! We went to Franklin, TN and everywherewe went we had a great time of fun and fellowship. So I now want to publicly thank all our guys for allowing us the time, by watching all the boys in our family, and for providing the means, translate to cash, to buy some more treasures! Thanks!! We had a great time!!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to one and all!! May your day be merry and bright!

We have already had a great morning and are waiting for the rest of the family to get here. Which reminds me that I need to start the food cooking. So I off to the kitchen. Merry Christmas all!

New stuff

So much is going on!! We are updating our home. YEA!! We are adding some new cabinets to the rear entry/laundry room area. This will help add some much needed storage. We have also updated our den and dinning room furniture. I will see if I can add some pictures next week. We will be working on a few more projects over the weekend, so I'll update here again next Monday or Tuesday. Have a great weekend!!

Oh, why don't we all start thinking about what we are thankfull for. Even if you can't get new, you can move what you have around. Change it up. Go to Goodwill, check the clearance at Walmart or Target. You can add a few small things for not much money, move some furniture around and have a "new" look. Think about this story, I read in a "FlyLady" email. Ok, to give this story a little depth, you have to know that "FlyLady's" mantra is "You can do anything for 15min.", and it's true! One of the first things she has us do, as a habit, is to shine our sinks every night before bed. There is just nothing like coming into your kitchen and the sink is clean and shinning. So, now back to the story.

Ok, so this lady was just writing in about how thankfull she was to even have a sink. You see when she was little they didn't have running water. No bathroom, think outhouse. yuck!! She never thought anything about it, that's just how she lived. Until.....school and other some children "enlightened" her. So helpfull, huh? Well she found out that they were so poor that their house wasn't even painted, just plain boards, unlike those "helpfull" children. So she had a wish to be well off enough to just have a white house. Well, it turned out that she married the right guy and now has a BRICK house with 3 cars. Oh, I forgot that part. They didn't have a car, they waited for a neighbor or family member to take them to church, or into town. Making you thankful yet? Ok, so she now has more that her wildest dreams and she was feeling like she needed more. Ever been there? I have! Well, she was looking around and realized that she had sooo much! And so she had to write in and say how thankful she was to have a sink to even shine and how silly she was being to have the "I wants".

God wants us to have the best, but we have to follow His path to get there. Hard on our flesh, but soooooooo much better in the long run. I had things in my life that I needed to get straight. Now that those are straight, God is showing me more things to fix. I almost said work on, but if you had been at church on Sunday, you'd know what I mean. Check out the website and you can see the video. There is a link on my blog page. BUT you would be better off coming and hearing in person.

Ok, now that I have gone on some more. Have a great weekend!!

Hello to my Aunt!

Hello to my wonderfull Aunt who has been bugging me to update my blog. Which is looooong over due, for sure.

So who is ready for Thanksgiving? I am almost. We are getting everything in order for now and for Christmas. I am endevering to continue following FlyLady's program, and motto. Well really 2 of her mottos: 1st "It won't get done, if it isn't fun", works for young and old alike, hehe.
And 2nd "You can do anyhting for 15 minutes!". This is a really great website, and the best part is that it's FREE!! All the printouts and email signup is free and all her products ar very reasonable and work great. Ok commercial over. Well i will update hopefully with pics in the next dy or two.

A Regular Week

You know what I did this week....Nothing! Well, not really nothing, it just seemed that way. We had a "regular" week. School for 3-5 hours, depending on the day. House work, laundry, yardwork, playing with my horse, setting up the slip and slide. So you see it was a very easy week. hehe We have really had a very relaxing week. After all the traveling we've done over the last two months it was nice to get back to our "regular" weekly schedule. I hope to enjoy another one before we have the business of the fourth.

I had a lovely day today, though. This morning my sister came over and we had a great play session with our horses. Then later in the day, I spent a wonderful hour with my Mom. We enjoyed just chatting and surfing the web. Looking at EBay and our favorite makeup, Bare Escentuals. Then I came home and had another wonderful visit with my SIL Laryssa, of "Heaven In the Home". we also had a wonderful hour to visit. I am so BLESSED to be able to call these Godly ladies family AND friends! Well now you are cought up on my week. See you next week.

WOW TWO Months

WOW TWO MONTHS!! I really am alive, just soooooo super busy! Since my last post I have been on two trips. The first one was with my Hubby. Just the two of us. So very nice. We went to Reno, NV. We have another facillity of our business there, but my DH didn't go in to work the entire time we were there. He even went into Sephora with me! WOW what a guy!!! We had a very special time apart.

Then on Friday I went to my second Parelli celebration. What is Parelli? Well to me it has been the way to trully enjoy my horse. It is a way to trully understand your horse. So if I have peaked you intrest in any way you can see way more at Parelli.com or read other peoples blogs at ShareParelli.com, or contact me here. I love to share.

Ok so now for the next trip. We just got back from Navarre, FL. We were there for a week with my DH's side. So much fun! Always a great time going to the beach, but getting there was intersting! On the way there we had a blow out on our trailer tire. Then when we got to the house, oh wow what a mess! There was a MOUNTAIN of trash out front, where they had had a wedding there the day before. Then there came the inside. the glass stove top was cracked all the way through on one side, read big burners! Now with fourteen people, six of them children, and that's not too good. Needless to say this trip had me thinking "But God" the whole time! We all overcame and had a great time, full of fun and fellowship. We all left happy and knowing eachother a little better. And what trip is all bad when you get t swim in th ocean, the guys get to play golf and we girls get to SHOP!

So, that gets me to now. We had a church picnic on Sunday, then went to a farm store on Monday. I bought some REAL eggs. Met the chicks that lay them and the children even got to collect them. They thought that was fun. Well now you are all up to date with me. So I will endever to post at least once a week with an update on our goings on.

Sunday Evening Ramblings

I have just read my sister's post from yesterday and can't wait to hear all the details. Check Sarah's blog out at http://livingtoworship.blogspot.com/. I am sitting here still kinda ouchy from yesterday. Ok let me give you the scoop of our weekend. Last weekend my DH won an ebay auction on a trailer, in W. Virginia. So, on Friday he and our boys went to get it. Although this was after we were at a local auction. Where of course we bought a truckload, literally! :) Later that evening my DD, Bekah, and I went and had a nice girls night out. And the boys went with their Daddy to get the trailer.

On Saturday Bekah and I finished putting out all our mulch and I got the yard cut, all two acres of it. So, now comes the ouchy, I wore a tank top and have burnt my arms, mostly my shoulders. But I now have a weed free front flower beds!! YEA!!! I am sooooo happy with that! Can you tell? I'll have to get pictures to post. I still have some things to add, but it's so much better. Then when the boys got back we went to eat and hit a buck of balls at the driving range. Always a fun thing with sun burnt shoulders. But we all had a good time.

So now it is time for me to go to bed. Thanks for putting up with my ramblings.

Our 12 day trip or why I haven't posted in sooooo long

Oh WOW it's been so long since I have taken time to post anything!!


We have, I think :D, gotten back on track since getting back from our ski trip. We went to Reno, NV for 12 days, although 5 of those we spent in Tahoe. Where the kids and my DH skied. This picture is of my DS Alex who is 9 and snowboards like a champ. Cute isn't he? They all had a blast! I am really impressed with how much better they are this time. My oldest DS, Ryan who is 10, was probably the most improved. He did so well this time. And, if my DD, Bekah who is 8, had anything to say about it we would do this every day! Oh and no adult could keep up with her! She loves speed!!




This is the view out our bedroom,
while we were on the mountain. Gorgeous isn't it? There wasn't much snow, except on the slopes. Made it nice to shop though.
We also took the kids ice skating. First time for them. They made me ache, they fell so much and BOUNCED! :D But they had a blast! Well I hope you enjoyed reading an abbreviated version of our trip. We certainly enjoyed taking it!

Wow, I have been meaning to post since Wednesday! But here I am now. On Wednesday my "babies" and I went to the zoo. Seven and a half hours start to finish. We went with myMIL and 2 SIL's and their 3 children, all under 3. We had a BLAST! It was a trip from God. We had such good fellowship and hugs all around as we left. We all enjoyed see the baby tigers, they are only 3 months old. But they weigh around 80 pounds and have HUGE feet! They still don't know what to do with them. Aren't they cute?!

The children really enjoyed the carousal. The Nashville zoo has grown so much in the last few years. We now have camels, zebras, an anteater, red pandas, and many more. I added a few pictures from our day.

I have been thinking about how blessed I am to have such great fellowship with all of my in-laws, as well as my own family. I had a call from my MIL just today, just to talk. Because we love each other. How unusal is that? Yes, I am truly blessed with the family I was born to and the one I married into. Thank you God for my family!

Girlie night

Thanks to my sweet Mom I just had lots of fun getting new make-up. And what girl doesn't like that. Mom cleaned out her drawers and helped fill mine up some more. So I have decided to make tonight a beauty night. You know all the fun stuff. Mask, scrub, moisturize, and feeling relaxed and girlie.

So now here is my challenage to you girls out there. Pick a day or evening and have some girl time. You'll feel better and look better too!

So go do your nails, look strange and put on a mask, or take a nice hot bath and read your favorite book. Or better yet do all three, but make time for yourself. Especially us moms, we need time to recharge before the next day and all the adventures it holds. Have fun getting even more beautiful than you are now.

A fit woman is fit for anything

I read a statement that I'd like to share. It said "A fit woman is fit for anything". WOW!! I really had to stop and think about this for a bit.

I really started thinkg about my life. Not only in the relm of, are you ready for the dreaded word? Not only in the relm of exercise, but also about my spiritual fitness, my goals, and my emotional fitness. I have already started in on the, gulp, exercise. Love our wii fit! I am always working on my emotional fitness, it is what God calls walking in love. It is a moment by moment choice. My goals are in the works. But my spirit man is a little weak. That's not to say that I don't have strong faith, because I do. I trust God with all my heart, mind and spirit. But I haven't been reading the Word as I should. So, THAT is my first goal. To read and study the Word as I never have before.

As we are thinking about goals and our fitness I challenge you all to see what area of "fitness" you need to work in. Set your goals. Small and short time frame works well to start with. As we all grow and learn we are all made more perfect in His sight. Just where we should want to be.

Latest work of art

Just thought of something else. Check out what I finished today. I have worked on it off and on all week. Let me know what you think. Thanks!

I Live to Worship was tagged! Here is her post and then my response.

I got tagged today by Hannah at Set Apart For The Grandeur Of My MasterThe subject of the tag was, "What Did You Learn Today?"To tell you the truth I was expecting something goofy like, "Name your first pet.", or "What was your favorite song when you were 16?" or something else completely random like that. Then, Hannah hits me with this ultra-deep question and posts a wonderful lesson on what she learned today. WOW!So, I'm taking a deep breath and trying to analyze exactly what did I learn today. 1) I learned 4 new beautiful songs written by my SIL Laryssa.2) I learned what a truly remarkable man Paul Harvey was. He will be missed.3) I learned from Hannah that I should be learning something everyday!Now I tag my sis Laura at Love Reigns Here to do the same thing. Sis, what did you learn today?
Posted by ILiveToWorship at 4:44 PM

Wow! That is a deep question.
I can't say that I really learned something today. But, I remembered why I like some things so much.1) How much I not only love my sis but I LIKE her too. sniff sniff2) How much fun I have playing with my horse! :)3) How much I love to hear my children laugh.4) And last but most defiantly not least. My loving and wonderful God! How good He is to us!!
So even though I didn't necessarily learn anything new today, this is a good thing to do. Remember what and whom we like and love. This is a great way to help our love walk, too. Thanks sis for reminding me to look deeper for the good things in life and then to thank the one who gave them to us.

Happy Birthday Larysssa

Happy Birthday to my wonderful SIL Laryssa, of Heaven In The Home.
Love you!!

Also Happy Birthday to my bestest brother Adam, Laryssa's amazing hubby.
Love you too!

New Venture,or adventure....

Here we go! New venture, or adventure. My fist effort at Blogging.

I am sitting here in my bedroom looking out at a blah type of day. Pretty cold and kinda rainy, maybe evn snow tonight. I have been thinking about all that we did this week. I like to review the week before on either Saturday or Sunday afternoons. So, most of the week was normal. But one highlight of the week was on Tuesday afternoon.
My sister and I taped for our Parelli level 1/2 online. For those of you who don't know. Parelli is a way of teaching the person how to communicate with their horses. It litterally trains the human. It is the most amazing way to learn how to play with your horse and still be safe. The online part is just that, we play with our horses with a halter and a rope, the ropes are of varying lengths, depending on where you are in the program. Can you tell I love doing this. This is my relaxation time.
On Thursday Sarah, my sis, transfered the video to disc and put it all to music. They she mailed it off, we are sending the tapes in to get ourselves certified level 1, and maybe level 2 online. So I will update when we hear back. Hopefully in the next two weeks.

So there is my first posting. I know I will get better at this as time goes on. So just bear with me. ;)