It's Been A Long Time!!!

Well I have not blogged in a very long time so I will just do a catch up blog.  Since I blogged last we .....

Went to Disney World with some of our best friends Jason & Devan Mahathey and their family over Fall Break. We had a blast the weather was pretty much perfect we stayed Saturday to Saturday and covered a lot of ground while we were there!!

When we got back we......

Picked up our Nellie Girl from the trainer in Sommerville look at her on her first duck hunt!!! Big props to South Wind Outfitters her trainer they do a really awesome job!!

After that we......

Trick or Treated!!!! Delaney was some kind of 80's chick she was happy so that's what counts and Ella Blaire was a Pirate!! We had fun we went to Mt.Carmel and met up with some friends to trick or treat there.

We trotted through November working on Grandmothers house while she was up north with my sister nothing very eventful happened then just before she got back I......

                                                                   Living Room Tree

                                                                    Bedroom Tree

                                                                     Kitchen Tree

Put up my Christmas trees!!!! YAY!!! Those of you who know me know this is one of my favorite things to do. I love this time of year the shopping, the music all of it!

I guess that is about all not too exciting but we love our life!!!

Golden Apple Awards

 
 
















Last Year Delaney's school participated with the Huntsville Times in writing a letter to nominate a teacher for a Golden Apple Award. Huntsville City, Madison City and Madison County school systems all participated elementary through high school. Ten letters were chosen and 10 well deserving teachers were recognized and awarded with the Golden Apple Award for doing all the MANY things a good teacher does.

Delaney nominated one of her teachers from Walnut Grove  Mrs.Wright. I can only skim the surface in telling you what a special teacher and person Mrs.Wright is because she is so wonderful this blog could turn into a novel. We knew Mrs.Wright was a special person in our lives way before these awards came about Delaney just put it on paper for other people to see. Mrs.Wright is a Godly woman and it shows in her daily walk through life. She is also a WONDERFUL teacher she has been there for Delaney while Delaney was in her class and after both through educational trials and personal trials. She is truly a beautiful person inside and out and we are forever grateful she was brought into our lives!!

The dinner was very nice Mrs.Heard (Walnut Grove's Vice Principal) and Dr.Terry Davis (Madison County's Superintendent) also shared a table with us. It is nice to have school officials that take time out of there awfully busy schedules to share things like this with their students and teachers.

So we are proud of Delaney and forever grateful and thankful for Mrs.Wright!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE SISTER

SO THIS IS LAWANDA AND I HACKED INTO MY SISTERS BLOG TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT SATURDAY THE 17TH  IS HER BIRTHDAY, SOOOOO HAPPY 31ST BIRTHDAY LINDSEY!!!  YOUR BIG SISTER LOVES YOU!!!

Hunting Season 2011

Today is the day to say GOODBYE to your husband until January if he is a hunter! Bye to spending time together on Saturdays, Bye to staying out or up late on Friday nights because they gotta get up early and if you really got it bad Bye to seeing him even during the week in the afternoons! Dove opening day starts it ALL we go from this to Deer Season and from that to Duck Season and anything else that has feathers or fur.
Really Mark is not  that bad though he does not hunt nearly as much as he has in  years past. Today Ella Blaire is going dove hunting with him. She was sooo excited her and Mark train his new dog Nellie (named after the gun brand Benellie) almost every afternoon. Today is Nellie's big first day! Hope she does good.
Well to all you hunting wives be patient with them they are still little boys at heart but make sure you get the same  amount of money they spent on guns, bows, hunting club memberships and whatever else to go shopping with every Saturday this fall!LOL!!

Happy Birthday Grandaddy

Happy Birthday Grandaddy this is your first birthday in Heaven. Right after you passed away in December it was Christmas very soon after and I remember thinking your first Christmas in Heaven is probably so much more beautiful than what we see down here. That's what I am thinking today on your birthday also. You are probably celebrating with your old dear friends you could not wait to see. I do not just hope you are having a wonderful birthday because I know you are and I take comfort in that as you would want me to. I still miss you though. You have a Happy Birthday Grandaddy and go sit up on that green hill looking over the River of Life you talked so much about. I Love You.
                                                                                                                   " Your Angel Girl"

The Birmingham Zoo

 We took a quick day trip to the zoo today it was good to spend time with the girls but it was HOT!!!!! Here are a few pics from our day.

      Ella Blaire with her new giraffe mask.

   Me and My Girls I thank the Lord I get to be their mom.

       Ella Blaire says the Giraffes were her favorite.

    Delaney loves Zebras if you have seen her room you know.

And of course Hello we were in Birmingham the day ended at the Cheesecake Factory.

By the way I can't comment anymore I know some of you have had trouble with this also any suggestions?

July 4th!!!!

We had a good relaxing 4th just hung out at home and stuffed ourselves!! Mark smoked some chicken and we had homemade ice cream and banana pudding. We were going to start a diet today but I can't until the banana pudding is gone no point in trying.We got a few fireworks for the kids. Nothing big but simplicity was good for a change.
I am totally wrapped up in the Casey Anthony trial my TV has stayed on Headline News almost nonstop cant wait to hear the verdict!!
Have a good short week!!

Happy 95th Birthday Maw Maw

This Saturday I had the privilege of hosting a surprise 95th Birthday party for Mark's grandmother Sis. Ethel Treece. She was surprised and cried and cried. I was honored to be able to do that for her and I enjoyed getting to be with the older sisters very much. Maw Maw has had a wonderful life she has had hard times but the Lord has always seen her through. She has had the Holy Ghost for 77 years! (WOW!!)

Happy Birthday Maw Maw we love you!

TIRED!!!!! But Happy!!!!

Well Huntsville Revival 2011 has now came to an end. It was really GREAT! We had 4 people counting the one we had the Wed. night before revival recieve the Holyghost. I really enjoyed this years revival Bro.Edwin and Bro.Jimmy did a wonderful job!! Of course we are wore out!! But it was fun and worth every dish I cooked and washed! I am also gald Lacey got to come and I got to meet her in person. So shout out to you Lacey LOL!! We will try to pay back the visits I hope we get to visit Trenton soon. So now I am off to bed considering it is 1:43 am why am I still up?!?! I hope to sleep late tomorrow so if you are reading this which I highly doubt anyone is up this late reading my blog but if you are DON'T call my house before 10 unless it is a real emergency!!LOL!!

Come Back Warm Weather!!!

Ella Blaire and Fat Boy The Wonder Dog

It did get warm for a couple of days. We got outside and Ella Blaire played in the sprinkler and dressed up the dog. That would be our eldest dog "Fat Boy" we love him Ella Blaire lays on him sits on him and gross yes I know kisses him and he just lets her. Last year she colored him with sidewalk chalk.

I hope these warm rain free days return soon!

Happy Anniversary

Today is our 15th anniversary! I can remember when we first got married hearing someone was married for 10 years seemed like so long but 15 has FLEW by! I never want to fail to praise the Lord for Mark and our life together. He took me out of a not so ideal home environment and gave me a wonderful husband to spend my life with. And he did not stop there he has blessed our lives together so much in the last 15 years I will never be able to thank him enough! I love to be able to look back and honestly say if I had tried to plan out the perfect life for myself it would not come close to what the Lord has blessed me with.


So Happy Anniversary Mark I love you and am thankful for all you have done and all you continue to do everyday!

Weekend Overview

This has been a fairly uneventful weekend. Sat. consisted of a BIG grocery trip (still trying to stock back up after the power outage) and church Sat. night. Sun. Laundry catch up and church then after church Sun. night we went to pray for a good friend of ours which leads up to my next paragraph.....
We went to pray for a like I said good friend one I grew up with. He is one of those people I truly believe we could call in the middle of the night and he would be there with no questions ask. He was down in his back and of course I wanted the Lord to heal him but my first thought when I heard about going to pray for him is maybe he will receive the holy ghost!!
You know those people you are with all of your life some older than you and some dear friends your age that don't have the holy ghost when you think of heaven you automatically want to picture all of us there. I can't imagine heaven without so many people like that! This year during or hopefully before our revival I hope to see those people receive the holy ghost!!!
However it was a wonderful prayer and he did get a lot of help. Now we just want him to receive the holy ghost Wed. night so he can testify about it. LOL
Hope everybody has a wonderful week!

After the Storm

We are so thankful to be safe and healthy after the recent storms in our area!! Our heartfelt prayers go out to all of those who have lost family members and friends and those who have lost their homes.
We are in Indiana with my sister with a feeling of guilt to have power and hot water! We are thinking of our family and friends back home and hope to be back home with them soon.

Easter Pics

We had a great Easter Church, food at Mark's parents and Church again. Ella Blaire was all into the Easter Bunny this year!

The girls with our preacher and his wife.

Delaney and her girls. We have a lot more girls her age at church but these were the only ones around at the time.

My girls LOVE Mindy and Steadman or as Ella Blaire says Mimi and Stemin.

Hope everybody had a great Easter!

Vegas Day 2

We did quite a bit today first we went to Circus Circus for the girls. We had a late lunch and set off for The M&M's store pretty cool 3 stories high full of candy and fun stuff. Next we went and walked around the New York New York hotel. Then we saw the volcano at the Mirage. We finished off the night with frozen hot chocolate from Serendipity a friend of mine highly recommended it and let me just say it was VERY good after that we watched the fountain show at the Bellagio and went inside and saw the gardens they were gorgeous.

Vegas Day 1 part 2

I am having to do so few pics because they are taking sooooo long to load I'm thinking because of slow connection through hotel internet?????We ended our first night with cupcakes from GiGi's cup cakes in our hotel. YUM!!!!

Another pic of hotel I can't get enough pictures to show you just how beautiful it really is.

This is one of the gondolas that go through the canal in hotel. I love to hear them sing.

We are here in Vegas and having a good time!!! above is a pic of hotel I thought was neat it looks like it is outside but it is actually a shopping area inside.

Another pic of Hotel we are staying at The Venetian and it is just beautiful.

We went to the Hoover Dam as soon as we left the airport truly amazing.