What I'm Loving Wednesday!

Hi!  It's time to share some of the things I'm loving this week!

I'm LOVING  that our church honored our graduating seniors with a luncheon on Sunday. They were also presented with a new Bible! We had 3 graduates but one of them was unable to be there Sunday because of a work conflict.

I'm LOVING  that Allan's Taekwon Do kids did great in their tournament over the weekend!  One of the girls won  a gold medal in sparring and it was her FIRST tournament!  The boy placed in several events also.  Great job everyone!

I'm LOVING that Oklahoma City Thunder won their series against the Lakers on Monday night!  The last two series, against the Mavs and Lakers, have been great! I'm looking forward to the next series against the Spurs.

I'm LOVING all the funny photos and cartoons circulating around about the Thunder/Lakers rivalry!

 I'm LOVING the "Dancing With The Stars" finale last night!  I think it was one of the best ever!  All three top finalists were so deserving to win, but I was REALLY pulling for Katherine Jenkins.  I love her! Congratulations to Donald Driver and his partner, Peta!

I'm LOVING these two girls from church!  Carol is my cosmotological genius as she likes to refer to herself.  She has been doing my hair forever and I always take her advice!  Little B is her granddaughter and is in my Bible class and I love her so much too!

I'm LOVING that we're having a wedding in our church this weekend!  The bride has been working so hard on making alot of her own decorations and I just can't wait to see it all put together.  This couple met at our church when one Sunday, the groom just stopped in to worship as he was passing through town.  He happened to sit in front of her and they met after services and fell in love!

Link up with Jamie and share what you're loving this week!

Mother's Day and More

I'm finally back to the blog world hopefully.  After two weeks of almost daily headaches/migraines, I'm taking advantage of being headache free today and catching up with my blogging.

Allan's parents came down for a week or so to camp at a nearby lake a few weeks ago.  I didn't get to spend much time with them because of the daily headache.  One evening they brought friends that were camping with them to see our new house.

We are always happy to have visitors come see our house project.  We then went to eat together and I took the friends to see our local cemetery while Allan's folks ran to Wal-Mart to get camping supplies.  Yes, I said, I took them to our cemetery!  Our cemetery is really a tourist attraction and I'll be blogging about that in the near future.  Anyway, we enjoyed our visit with them.

Colby came home for Mother's Day weekend and it was so good to have him home.  With Ashley's new job, she wasn't able to come this time.   We spent the day,Saturday, at our church lectureship/youth rally and it was really a great day!
After church, we went out to eat with my parents, brothers and their families for my dad's birthday.  We went out to their house after supper for presents.

 It's always fun for all the grandkids to get together. Again, we really missed Ashley not being here too.

Mom & Dad with me and my brothers

4 year old C is one of the funniest kids!  He was pulling toys out of his backpack and out comes this PLUNGER!  Oh my, it was so funny! I guess it's best to always be prepared.  You never know where you might be when a plunger will come in handy!

Sunday, Colby helped me in my Bible Class.  They were WILD for some reason.  Maybe they were showing out for Colby because they are usually so well behaved.

We made handprint bouquets for their moms and grandmoms.  We ran out of time before we got the bows put on but they're pretty cute anyway!

Allan's parents came for church and lunch also.  We went to our usual Molina's!

Mom and I both got Vintage Pearl necklaces for Mother's Day and I also got a Vintage Pearl bracelet!  We love them!

Colby, Mom, & I

Colby, Allan, & Allan's mom, Pam 

It was great for Allan and I to celebrate Mother's Day with both of our mothers.  They are such special people and I thank God for them both!
Also, while we were at Molina's, our owner friend, Stevie,  had made special Mother's Day surprises for me and mom.  Stevie wasn't there that day but sent the 'surprise' with other family members.  They sent Stevie's 3 year old son in with our gift.  I opened it up and this is what I found.

The kids so graciously left us ONE chocolate covered strawberry!  I really think we must have gotten to the restaurant BEFORE they actually had time to finish this one off!  Oh my, we laughed so hard!!  We didn't let any of the family know what the kids had done.  I just couldn't do it! haha  I know Stevie was so proud of her efforts to make our Mother's Day special and it really is the thought that counts anyway. 

After church and lunch, it was time for Colby to leave.  I always hate to see my kids go:(

Migraines Are Evil

I've been a bad blogger this week because

I'm on day 3 of this terrible headache pain and it is no fun.

This is exactly how it feels except there is no smile on my face as there is on Barbie's.  I hope it will be gone soon!

It's Friday, Friday!

Yay!  It's Friday! 
Yesterday, I went to the beauty shop and got my hair done by my sweet cosmotological genius, as she likes to call herself!  I think the title fits!

Carol has been cutting, coloring, perming and styling my hair for, well, years.  I'm not going to say how many because that would date both of us!  Anyway, she is amazing and I'm always happy when I leave there. 

Last night, Allan got home in time for us to grab a quick supper at Molina's before he had to go to Taekwon Do.  We usually go there on Sundays and Wednesdays, but didn't make it there either of those days this week, so we were STARVING for Mexican food.

These two Molina kids just crack me up!  Apparently this is the proper way to wear your sunglasses.  They are just too cute and always want me to take their picture when we're there...always.

I finally made a Wal-Mart trip and picked up Carrie's new cd!  It's great.  A couple of songs are real tear-jerkers though!

Hopefully, this weekend we'll get back to working on this project!

Since Allan has been working lots of long hours, our house building has been put on hold for the last 4 weeks or so.  Tomorrow that will change!

There is still lots to be done!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Thursday Thoughts...

This is what I'm thinking about on this nice Thursday morning in Oklahoma.

This is so true! I see this so often with children.  Children always want the latest new toy and our marketing people know just how to appeal to kids with their product.

Lots of adults are selfish and greedy too.  It seems like we live in a society where what we have is NEVER enough.  I'm all for striving to do better and improving our lives, but when it always takes buying the next new 'toy' to make us happy, and temporarily happy I might add, then something is wrong in our lives.

Is there anyone that can actually get home with EVERY french fry??

 I know I can't!  Usually when I get home, there might be 4-5 left in the sack.  They're just too good to resist!

Boy, I need this posted on my front door right now.

Allan has been working such long hours that our yard needs mowing so badly!  Weeds have definitely taken over.

Sometimes it IS up to you to bring your own sunshine.  We can't always rely on  others to make us happy and we really shouldn't be doing that anyway.

Happiness comes from within and a happy person is way more fun to be around than one down in the dumps all the time.  So, be that person that is joyful and one that everyone benefits from spending time with.

My closet is absolutely FULL of these little critters! 

A precious lady from church that has since passed away used to say that something caused her clothes to 'draw up' when they're just hanging in her closet.   She had no idea what caused this!  Now, I know.

Oh my!  How many times as a kid did me and a friend lay on our backs in the grass and watch the clouds?

We always hunted for shapes and things up in the clouds. If there was a spot where the sun was shining though in a particular way, we always thought that was heaven and God was looking down on us.  Great memories!

Laughter really is the best medicine!

Sometimes you really do just have to stop and laugh.  And, you know, crying does give me a headache!

I have to admit, this fits me perfectly some days.

I don't usually plan to not accomplish something, it just kinda sneaks up on me and all of a sudden, the day is over and it's time to go back to bed.

And finally...

I just love this scripture and since it says it all, I'm going to end with ...think about such things.  Philippians 4:8

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

It's time for the weekly "What I'm Loving Wednesday" post!   Here are some things I'm loving this week.

I'm loving that my Bible Class has grown lately!  Sunday, I had 5 little ones and they are 'precious in His sight' and in mine too!  Too bad, P has his eyes closed but trying to take pics of groups of children is hard!!

I'm Loving my necklace I got from The Vintage Pearl recently!  It's called the 'Circle of Love' and I had it personalized with "Live, Laugh, Love".

I'm Loving CHOCOLATE! Is that a surprise?  Ghirardelli dark chocolate is some of the best!  I'm not prejudiced though because Nestle's, Hershey's, and Godiva chocolates are all wonderful too!

I'm Loving that we were selected to be a Nielsen Family!  As it says on the cover of the booklet, YOUR VIEWING MATTERS... If only my opinion mattered enough to really clean up the tv shows currently filling our minds with worthless trash! 

I'm Loving that this is NOT for me to use and that Allan actually bought it for himself!  Whew....I was afraid it was like the 'gift' he gave me several weeks ago.

I'm Loving that our Oklahoma girl, Carrie's new cd came out yesterday!  I don't have it yet but I will soon!

What are you loving this Wednesday?  Link up with Jamie and tell us!

Totally Random Tuesday

Today's post is just a bunch of randomness going on in my life lately.

Last week I took my mom to  have some minor day surgery.

I was sitting with her after they got her IV started with some relaxing meds in it.  When it was time for me to leave, I told her to not be too silly.  She said, "Can I sing 'Red Solo Cup'?"  The nurse said that she would sing along with her!

I recently made this deliciousness from Pioneer Woman's new cookbook! Apple Dumplings!

They are amazingly simple and so very good! I'll definitely be making these again...more often than I should, probably.

Oreo just makes me laugh!  He is our hider out of the three cats we have.

He LOVES boxes!  He sat in this one for quite a while, thinking that we couldn't see him.  I called and called him and no response at all from him.  He was sitting so quiet and still!

We went to Braum's after church Sunday night, as we usually do.  Our friend, Jason, ordered this amazing peanut butter hot fudge sundae.  

 

I took the lid that came on it and licked off the excess peanut butter and hot fudge.  Jason must have felt sorry for me, or I looked pitiful enough, that he ate just about half of it and gave me the rest!  Yay! 

I love our Sunday night's with the church group!  We have so much fun and it sort of sets the tone for the week ahead.

I'm so thankful for Christian friends like Lee Ann!

Hershey is zoned in on the TV!  I had it on some kitten show on Animal Planet and he LOVED it.  He was trying to take a nap but kept popping his eyes wide open to watch kittens romping around.

Today I went to eat at a little hole in the wall with my parents and a couple other church friends.  I didn't know where we were going.  This is what I see when we pull up.

I guess the name of the restaurant is just "Cafe".  I was really leary of going in to eat!  I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised!  It was great homestyle cooking!  Chicken fried steak, baked potato, corn, roll and a melt in your mouth cinnamon roll for dessert.  All for $7! 

Have a terrific Tuesday!