Christmas 2009

It was a wonderful Christmas this year. We were surrounded by family & friends. We had alot going on. Raechel & Nathan both were in a church Christmas program. Nathan sang and Raechel did Human video with sticks and also ballet. It was called "Happy Birthday Jesus". They both did a wonderful job and we are very proud of them. Also, Nathan was in the 3rd Grade Christmas program at MES. He was an elf. He had several speaking parts and I was just amazed watching him. This was the child that a few years ago would not even go on the stage to sing at church. We are so very proud of his accomplishments. We also had Christmas with our family. Christmas Eve breakfast with my family and Christmas Eve night with Davids mom & family. The kids got alot of great presents and we had alot of great laughs and memories. David was off for Christmas Eve and Christmas this year. This was the 1st time since the kids have been alive. They were very excited to have Daddy with them all day. Then Christmas morning arrived. Lots of fun stuff. Elves, presents snacks and visits from our family for lunch. It was a wonderful & most memorable Christmas. Most of all gracious hearts to our Lord and Savior for his birth and our saving grace.

1st Gingerbread House

Tonight we made our 1st Gingerbread House ever. It was a lot of fun!! Messy but fun!! The kids enjoyed icing it putting candy on it and adding their own little touches. Mom helped as well. I had icing all over the table and me. I am not sure what they enjoyed more, building it or eating the icing. What great memories we will have of this Christmas!!!!

Thanksgiving/Black Friday - 11/27/09

Well I cannot believe that it is this time of year again. I love Thanksgiving. It is probably my favorite Holiday. I love being together with my family. We had a great time again this year. We ate lunch with GG and supper with Nanny & Pop. We celebrated as well with all of our siblings and their kids. We are such a blessed nation. God has blessed both sides of our families so much. We are all so thankful to be together again this year.

As for Black Friday - I was sooo exhausted.!!!! Myself, my sister and my mom went shopping together on Black Friday. We headed out around 3:30 a.m. and shopped literally until we dropped around 3:00 p.m. We stopped only for minutes to get a Starbucks coffee & cider around 5:30 and then around 12:30 we stopped for lunch at Olive Garden. One of all of our favorite restuarants. We had a wonderful day together!! Looking forward to going again next year. Oh BTW, we did find some really great deals if you are interested in that. However, the time we spend together meant much more!!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

I'm Back!!!

I wanted to let everyone know that I have not died and went to heaven. I have just been out of pocket for awhile. I am very excited to say that I am back to blogging at least one time a week hopefully. I do miss sharing with my friends what is going on in our lives.
Right now school is going great for both Raechel & Nathan. They love their classes and teachers and so do we. Nathan is playing baseball and Raechel is still twirling with Sidelines. They are both enjoying their extra curricular lives. We love watching them excel in all that they do. We are very proud of both of them. David is working a lot and we are so thankful for his job and the way that he has been able to provide for our family. I lost my job at the end of last year and started subbing again this year. I just could not stay away from those kids. I love it!!!
I guess the most exciting thing going on with me is that I have started selling Premier Jewelry and absolutely love it!!! It by far is the best home show business to work for. I usually do several parties a week. It is so much fun to meet new people and serve them through my business. Premier is a faith based company and a percentage of its sales goes to mission work. You know I am lovin that!! Enough about me - I will be posting some recipes, pictures and other stuff as soon as I can get my pictures to download. Please check out the blog weekly.
Have a great week!!!

Snow Days in the South - March 1, 2009

What an exciting day - Our family woke up to about 2 inches of snow. Nathan woke up and began screaming it's snowing!!! He immediately woke up his sister and got dressed and ran outside and began to play. We all enjoyed a day in the snow. Throwing snow balls , playing with Dixie and each other. We great a great day!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!

It was also a great day at my Daddy & Momma's house. All the family got together for my Daddy's birthday!! What a great birthday gift - SNOW!! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful Daddy . I will always be Daddy's little girl!

Sick little boy

Today I am at home with Nathan. He has strep throat and has been sick since Saturday night. He is much better today and hopefully will go back to school tomorrow. He misses his friends at school but loves staying at home with Mommy!!! I hope the rest of us stay well this week and do not catch this yucky stuff.. Until later on I hope everyone has a great week :)

Baseball Tryouts

Well today is baseball tryouts and we are very excited. We love this time of year. There is something exciting about sitting in the bleachers of a baseball complex watching your child play baseball. He did very well at tryouts and we are looking forward to a fun year in baseball.

Guitar Man

As you can see Nathan loves to play his guitar at night before he goes to bed. He tells us all the time "It relaxes me". We love to hear him playing at night or going crazy with it during the day. Sweet music to our ears!!! Nathan, always have a song in your heart.

My Little Cheerleader

Raechel just finished another year of Upward Cheerleading at our church . This will be her 3rd year cheering with Upward. We had a great time as you can see. She loves to cheer and we love to watch her as well. I am very proud to call her my daughter and for me to have the opportunity to coach her. We are very thankful that our church has this ministry.

GO UPWARD GO!!!!