Happy Birthday Evelyn!!!!

Today is our sweet friend Evelyn's birthday~~ So we decided we wanted to make a special dinner for her and celebrate her tonight... My parents are in town and my Mom made it all which is alot better than I could ever make:) We had so much fun!! Evelyn and I have been friends for about 6 1/2 years but it sure seems like it has been alot longer than that! She is my friend who I feel like I have known all my life.. We first met in St Louis, Mo at church and we became friends through a home group which was one of the best things that ever happened to us! We have had some great great times together and have made some wonderful memories and we have been through the deepest pain that anyone could go through.. As most of you know she lost her oldest daughter Sarah 5 years ago and that was the hardest thing I have ever been through with a friend!But she is one of those friends who have been there for me and my family for everything happy times, sad times and difficult times.. She is far more than a friend she is like my sister! Well a year to the date after Sarah passed, Gregg lost his job and found one in Texas so they moved and I was heartbroken!! I was just so sad and so was Chuck b/c him and Gregg became very close friends and my boys both cried b/c they loved them like family! I promised her that I would never ever let her be without the support of this friend on the toughest day of her life so that first year I went to Texas and surprised her and spent a few days and realized how far away she was from STL and that just brought the heart ache again... The next year on the date, we were in Texas house hunting.. Chuck got transferred and we were moving to Texas... We could have lived anywhere in the state but I knew that God was bringing us back together..There is only a few friendships like ours in the world and I knew that this was Gods plan.. She is one of the Best friends I have ever had in my life! She is just one of those if shes your friend she always has your back no matter what! she always is there for me, she always helps me in anything I choose to do, she gives me words of wisdom sometimes when I don't want to hear it:)lol!!She is just one who makes my life better and brighter by being in it!! Ev, I love you bunches and I am so happy that God gave me you as my BFF!!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxox Happy Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful Boys in the Blue Bonnets

The Texas State Flower in the Beautiful Blue Bonnet... it is a wild flower and they are just beautiful, there are fields and fields of them and they are just breath taking! They usually bloom in March and are in season til the first of May.. I can not even tell you how beautiful they are and no picture can tell you either.. You just have to see them in person so come on down!!! I kept telling the boys I wanted to take their picture in the flowers and some of the comments that I got were "No Way!" "That is Gay" "We are Not" Well, guess what I won!!! yeah!! with a little bribery I won!! I wish they would have cooperated a little bit more but... I can not be choosy!! I would have had them posing and they were not having it.. So some of the shots you see of the wrestling well, What can I say? That is just them!! I got the picture and that's all that matters.. Its not like it is a professional portrait.. all though I wish it was..:)Look how BIG my boys are.. it makes me so sad how big they are but we had a great conversation today and no matter how BIG or how OLD they get, they said they would ALWAYS love their Momma.. awww !! I am so blessed and I am so Thankful to God that he blessed Me with the 2 precious boys that call me "MOM" sometimes"Momma"...

Spring Break 09"

We had a great Spring break... At first we had travel plans.. we were going to visit family and friends and that changed! Then we had family and friends coming to visit us and that changed so we just hung out here and played and slept late and hung out with friends and played golf and went fishing, went to a few party's and stayed up all night (whheeewwww) and then we decided it just would not be a spring break if we did not travel somewhere.... so we decided we were going to the beach and no it was not Florida, we decided we were going to the beach at Galveston which is only 1.5 hour away... So we took the top off of the jeep... packed a cooler of cokes for the ride and took off... we had a blast! Of course we have never been there and had no idea where to go or what to do but we had fun!!The Ocean is the Ocean and the beach was nice too but if you remember Hurricane Ike last September did some MAJOR damage down there and there was still alot of damage but I must say they have done a outstanding clean up job and the rebuilding is incredible!! We want to go back now that we know where to go and we want to spend more than a few days, we have decided we want friends to go too so if any of you want to go with us say the word and we will start making travel plans!! We went out on the beach and went out to eat and the boys even fished in the Ocean, they didn't catch anything but it was fun!! I love trips like this because as I say my favorite line" We are making memories" Can't wait to go again!! Hope that you all had a great Spring Break!!! I don't know about you but I am now ready for Summer.... 8 weeks of school left!!!!!

Girls Chick Flick Night at Teresa's

We had been talking about having a Chick Flick night over at Teresa's house in her amazing theater room so we finally planned it...We all decided that we needed a girls night out and a good movie and a good cry and a good laugh and a good glass of wine... and we did it all.. Last Thursday night we went over and watched" P.S. I Love You.." awwwww it was so good and he was so good lookin..( did I just type that thought to self..lol) We had the best time but, we really missed Pam, she was out of town for Spring Break.. Hopefully, we will do it again and she will be able to come.. I am so thankful for my sweet friends and I just love them all so much!! We met last AUGUST/SEPT and I feel like I have known all of them for years.. We have so much fun together.. we laugh together, we cry together, we pray together and for one another, it is just truly gifts from God!! I love how we can be so real and not afraid of being judged... I love how we can all laugh at each other and not feel insecure about it..I truly love that I can tell my friends that I am addicted to Little People in a Big World and they can laugh hysterically about it and I can just encourage them to watch it!! I think the next outing will be here for a few episodes of The Roloffs..... Thanks T for a great night and I want you all to know I love you bunches!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Ford

Wow! This year truly flew by!! Our sweet little nephew Ford turned one this past Friday...We were suppose to go to Jackson for his birthday but, we let the brothers (Chuck and Brad) work out the plans and needless to say we did not end up going!:( My boys were attending a church all nighter lock out on Friday so Chuck was afraid that they would be exhausted which they were and be like zombies all weekend.. which they were.. and they also thought that it was going to be a rushed trip with not alot of one on one bonding time.. Little did they know that once Aunt Shannon walked in it would be instant bonding because I sure would not have let anyone else hold him not even his Momma and Daddy:) Maybe they knew that! His Momma sent us all the pics from his b-day and his b-day party and a slideshow and it looked like he a BIG TIME!! I can not even begin to tell you how special this baby is to us.. He is truly a blessing to all of us and we are so Thankful to God for him! I feel like he is mine! I can honestly say there has only been one other baby besides mine that I have loved like this and now add him to my heart! If you know me, you know I am a baby freak and I love babies but this one just throws me over the top! He hung the moon and the stars in my eyes and can do no wrong!:)I can not wait to watch him grow up ( note to self and Jennifer! Lets make the plans from now on, so I can!)I pray everyday for him just like I do for my own that God will just watch over him and put his hedge of protection around him! That God would just continue to bless his life and let him grow in to a Man of God who has the burning desires to know Christ more and more everyday!! I thank God for Brad and Jennifer and I just thank HIM for blessing their lives with this precious soul! We are just proud of them the way they are bringing him up! and I thank them for letting us love Ford like our own!! Ford, Don't ever forget how much we love you and I am so sorry we were not there to celebrate with you but when we see you we will have our own party~~ Happy Happy Birthday!! Love you Love you Love you!!