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!!

Opening Day 2009

Today was Opening Day of Baseball 2009 in our little town and it was such a fun fun day~~They really went all out and had all the teams and their coaches dress in their uniforms and all were called out to the field and announced.. They had the Mayor and even Miss Magnolia come to the ceremony! Of course all those little boys from the age of 4 to 15 were all in awe of her:)I tried to get Phillip to take a picture with her but he threatened to kill me if I even suggested it in front of her.. lol) I love embarrassing my boys...They have 65 teams in this league so you can imagine the crowd of parents and Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles, it was the place to be today...I tell you when we moved here the end of June one of my constant prayers was and still is that God would just make us all feel like we are a part of this community and not only that but, that he would just use us in this community to Glorify him! We were so involved in St Louis in the schools and in our church and in the baseball organization so it has been hard to come to a place where no one knows you and you don't know them.. we have really jumped in feet first in all we can and have really met some precious people and have made some wonderful friends.. Today I do not know what more I could ask for... here we are at opening day and here are both my boys laughing and talking to their new friends both of them healthy and in ball uniforms, here is my husband surrounded by people who tell me that they think the world of him and how happy they are that he is board member of the league now and they are all out on this ball field being announced and then they ask for the first pitch to be thrown out and it was a little boy who threw it who will be 4 tomorrow our youngest player and they picked Phillip to catch it for him.. WOW!! How AWESOME is GOD?? I could not have asked for me and my family to feel more part of a community than we were today! So when you pray you better be sure it is something you really want to happen because he will make it happen if it is the true desire of your heart so Thank you Lord for hearing me and answering my desires:) Thank you for making me and my family a part of your day today by reading our blog!! Have a great day!!