My week in pictures

Trenton had a few boys over from his classroom and Dalton for a
camp-out that turned into a camp-in with all this rain!
Guys doing some massive grilling! lol
Happy Birthday Paizlee! She turn 10!

Before school picture! ha
Trenton and the boys playing President and bodyguard
and again...
CC having too much fun!
If you'll notice Miss Priss (CeAnna) always does some kinda of leg pose in her pictures!

It's Friday, again - lucky you!

Blogging on Friday's must be a running theme for me. Lucky YOU - it's Friday ;)!

This week has been an adjustment for Trenton. He seems to always have a hard time getting back into the swing of things at the beginning of every school year. I wonder if it's just a boy thing or is it a personality thing? He is just so depressed - for a better lack of words - that he cant come and go as he pleases anymore in the afternoons and I can be so impatient with him. I gave him my "that's life speech and the quicker you except it the quicker you'll get over it" and for the moment he has seem to accept it. I thought girls were suppose to be the hard ones???

I was suppose to go eat lunch with a friend yesterday but she had something come up and I ended up going to my Maw maw's. I love to be with her. The best part was the Lord let me tell her a testimony of some one's. I felt the Lord as I was telling it- You know how I cry when I feel the Lord? I looked up at her and she was wiping tears away from underneath her glasses. (Makes me tear up just writing this) I just can't wait till the Lord works out her life for her!
We went and got Captain D's and split a dinner and then another friend called and said she was coming to Arab and wanted to meet for a late lunch. So I go home to wait on her and another Sister knocks on my door with some okra from her garden. Needless to say I felt blessed. I was just telling Kevin how our whole point to moving was to get closer to the church and to get closer to his children. I think our intentions on moving were right and good but obviously it wasn't the Lords will (right now) for us cause our house didn't/hasn't sold. And I of all people know if the Lord wants your house to sell - he can sell it!
I was telling Kevin that I felt like the Lord still wants us here for now and yesterday day just reminded me of all the good reasons he may want us here for the time being. I trust the Lord. He has always done us right. Lord knows, I don't want to move and end up feeling like I have done the wrong thing down the road so Ive decided to be content with being in Arab for the time being.

This week Brian and Kevin have been going over where our house (that we have decided to build in the meantime) is going to be. How it's going to sit and all that good stuff. Don't get me wrong I love the thoughts of having a new house but I'm not someone who enjoys picking out anything! I can tell you if your walls, counter tops, cabinets, hardware, light fixtures and all that other junk looks good and matches but I'd rather have a root canal then be the one picking anything out! It's so stressful! Nothing looks the same in the stores as it dose in your house!!! So I'm taking volunteers on choosing everything for our new house. Seriously! Brian is very good at that but his taste and my budget don't mix! lol I'll end up with the 1,500 sq. ft Tashmahal with him! lol Here is a picture of our future home. Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Thank goodness it's Friday

I love it when it rains so hard that it bets the roof and that is the only sound you can hear.
(Most of the time it only rains, that hard, when I'm coming out of Wal-mart with a buggy full of groceries.) Today, I got lucky, it rained that hard and I was still in my PJ's and drinking a cup of coffee-inside my cozy little home!

Trenton has a couple of boys over from school ( I desire your prayers) :) JK- so far... so good! They were going to have a camp-out but with all this rain it might turn into movie night in the living room. So far, they have played football, kickball and basketball and they have only been here three hours!!! I'm exhausted just from watching them!

I'm sure most of you are TGIF! I'm TGIF but a little sad cause I just heard all church has been called off till Sunday night :( I'm already having big time church withdraws from last weekend (KP was on call) and now this. Hope you all have a great safe weekend!!!

Making the most of my mornings

I know I drive my kids crazy with the "you look so cute this morning let me get my camera" Well, let me rephrase that, I drive Trenton crazy with it. CeAnna she is a different story. But I truthfully don't do it near as much as I want to!

so far... so good! Keeping my fingers crossed!

Sometimes, I have those moments where I think "where has time went!"?! It truly panics me, for a moment. Trenton has started 5th grade and CeAnna has started 3rd.! I had a sister at church tell me Sunday, "these are the best years of you life". I believe that..... I remember that.... in moments.

There is a sweet older sister at church who recently had an accident and has a broken neck. She sent a message to the church Saturday night saying, "be good to the little children be patient with them." I wish I could hold the wisdom of all these older ones. Who I believe, have true patients with little children (and with big children).
Oh, and while I'm at it, let me say that Brother Gary is precious! He prayed for all the little children to have a good school year. I thought that was a sweet, sweet prayer.

Monday was our big back to school day and both kids seem to have good days! This was Ceanna's first year at the elementary. One of the few years both kids will be dropped off at the same school! Awhhh, the little things... that make us so happy! Trent wasn't as happy about his first day but after he got his new school clothes he was a little more excited. It's moments like these I can see me in him! lol

Here are a few first day pictures of my kids and some of the " The Get Along Gang" do you remember that cartoon? That is what Ive always called Brian's and my kids.


It's not necessarily fitting but....

Sweet Summertime

Tyler

All is well with the world (at least in my world) my babies are home! It's a amazing how much better I sleep at night, just knowing my children are under the same roof as me.
We have one week until school starts. Where did this Summer go? I reread some of my older post and it was just a couple of blogs ago that I was excited that school was about to be out. I guess, I could attribute some of that to my lack of blogging this Summer.... but still it was way too fast!
I had my heart set on moving to Huntsville/Riverton area but here we sit and the school year has rolled around again. I'm a little disappointed that things didn't' work out with our house selling. We still have our house on the market but it looks like we are going to build on the little spot of land we have beside our house. Hopefully, we can sell both houses by the time school is out this Summer. I know most normal people get excited about building. I'm like "call me when it's over"! Even if it was a house that we were going to live in long term I'd probably have the same bad attitude about it. :)
As I was writing this blog Nanny (the ones the kids went to Disney with) called and said they had found her oldest brother, Mike dead this morning so please say a prayer for her and that family. Terri loves her family so much. They are all close so it's going to be a difficult time for them.
Trenton and I went down to Honeycomb to keep Tyler for awhile. Tyler is autistic (sp?) he has the best attitude and the sweetest spirit. Heaven is going to be full of people like Tyler. People that know no sin and are pure in their hearts, minds and motives. Tyler pets me. He always comes up behind me and pats my back. Sometimes he'll hug my back or give me a kiss on the back. He has this sweet half grin on his face and shy eyes as he gives his love. It's precious. Tyler can say very few words but I believe he knows everything thats going on. He thinks most everything is funny. Tyler has truly been blessed by God to be adopted by Terri and TR. And in the same breath I can say, Poppa and Nanny are blessed by God to have Tyler.