Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Friday night we got the honor of attending hands down, the sweetest wedding I have ever been to. Only four family's attended. The part that stressed me out the most - The fear of there not being enough.... Enough time, enough preparation, enough decoration, enough effort. I'll be the first to admit the word "simple" is hardly ever my first thought... or my last thought. In most cases it's  not even on the radar but after Steven and Misty's wedding I'm a believer! Brother Jack said to them after the wedding " see your just as married as someone who had spent ten thousand on a wedding." Two people in love, who had dated for four and a half years were excited about spending their lives together. That is what I walked away from that wedding thinking.

After the wedding we all decided to go to Logan's. The funniest thing happen - I'm pretty sure this is one of those "you had to see it moments" - but just in case it's not, here goes - so we where sitting at our table and I glace behind me to the empty table - well, what I thought to be a empty table. I causally open a peanut as I'm having a conversation with Brandi and Kevin acting all cool, tossed the peanut shell over my shoulder. Their eyes both got huge! I had just hit a man in the head with the peanut shell sitting directly behind me, only inches away!!! I'm sure the fact that he was sitting so close made the impact of it hard. However, I'm not sure how much he accepted my apology beings that I couldn't hardly stop laughing while giving it to him. Thank goodness he seemed to be a nice man. Could you imagine him being like, "you and me outside" to Kevin? In front of Sister Susie and Brother Jack. I apparently watch way to many movies and have an over active imagination. 

Saturday was mile yard sales with Marty. In Grant..... Not New Hope.... two different places. But they both have a Hardees..... just in case you were wondering. You would think the term mile yard sale would apply that its one continuous mile but..... nope. In Grant it means a little bit here and little bit there and down the road a little bit more! You know us girls made the most of it and had a load of fun doing it!
Saturday afternoon was back to back ball games at Brian's - nail biters! Sunday we went to a funeral and then Kevin had to take Blake back to Hartselle :( So much for a day of rest. You would think there being no church all weekend means not as much driving but we filled up the SUV twice! I'm not complaining I do love our busy little life!

Marty is an furniture re-finisher and is quite good at it. This desk is one of my $15.00 thrift store finds that I re-finished about two years ago - it actually had wallpaper on part of it when I bought it. Now it's one of my favorite pieces of furniture in my house! The chickens (or roosters??) came from yard sale day and match my kitchen perfect!

What goes up must come down.

Most of you already know but KP fell from a ladder Monday at work. Brother Rodney had to go get him and take him to the doctors (OHG). He has been in a lot of pain with his left knee. They said it was a torn ligament. He has a hard time walking and has been staying in the bed or on the couch. He also scraped up his right knee and cut up his hand with a sheet-rock saw. Yeah, Kevin does nothing half way! Thankfully nothing was broken and looks like it will heal without any surgery. He will be out of work for a least a week recovering - note * I listed that he would be home for a week along with the good news!

Happy Tenth Anniversary

                                            If ever two were one, then surely we.
                                           If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

Thank you, unfinished blog

The kids are at school it's Monday morning and it's unusual but the house is pretty much cleaned. We had Brain, Brandi, Steven and Misty over to watch the game Saturday night. And the fear of someone coming over between services that inspired me to keep it clean Sunday. We went to Rockey Branch Sunday morning and there's always that chance of someone coming home with us between services. True fear of mine - someone seeing my house dirty.... that and brown recluses. lol.
This weekend seemed so good. Church has been so good. It feels like heaven has been opening up a little and sprinkling us with a little dust from heaves floors. I'm trying to soak it all up ~ getting while the harvest is plentiful. I know when adversity comes its these good moments we hold on to.
I had this unfinished blog from yesterday that I have decided to add to today and actually post. I say actually cause so many times I start blogging and then get interrupted by life and there for I have a pile of unfinished blogs................ but guess what I realized today was, thanks to my unfinished blog......... My Holy Ghost birthday!!! 7 years old today!!! I think this calls for a trip to Mt Fuji to celebrate! Okay, I was going there anyway but now I have a valid excuse and we all know a valid excuse makes the food taste better!

Biscuits anyone?

I think Huntsville utility's must have worked on the street lights last night it seemed like more wattage was going to them on the way home from church! Trying to decide what side of the coin I fell on last night. The mercy side that Kevin and Joe David were talking about or the "that a girl" side? I have been trying to do better but my guess is it was the mercy side.
Just wanted to post today cause I have a grateful feeling in my heart. Love you all and I'm soooo thankful!

rock-n-roll sushi

Arab has a Japaneses restaurant called Mt Fuji and I eat there way to much. I ONLY say that just after eating shrimp hibachi for lunch from there. I'm also now into sushi! Basically, I've only tried three types of sushi, Californian roll (my favorite), a raw salmon (not that good) and something called rock-n-roll sushi. I'm interested in learning/trying more sushi and even more ethnic foods. I like that show Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern its a documentary-styled travel and cuisine program hosted by Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. It would also be kinda neat to be knowledgeable about something that I'm so obviously obsessed with- FOOD!

This weekend was so good. Blake came and we all had a wonderful time. I find myself wishing it was our time with him even when it's not. He is such a good kid! I went shopping with Brandi Saturday and actually found some great sales. Yellow Box flip flops for about 15.00 and dress sandals for around 20.00. Belks has great prices on most of their mens Summer dress shirts. A lot were 70% off and more. It's would be a good time to stock up for next Summer and plus we have quite a few more weeks of warm weather to go.
Oh, and this is defiantly blog worthy - I had my first pedicure E-V-E-R. I think it must have been similar to the way John felt when he got a glimpse of heaven! (lol) I told them I wanted extra time cause I didn't get any polish and it lasted about forty five minutes!!! Ha La Lu Ya! I didn't realize how much my feet had hurt me - thank you high heels - until I got it done!!!
Saturday  night we had DVR-ed (lol) the game and had a few people over after church.... Okay....... it was just Brain and Brandi and their kids... and I'm way uncool! Sunday was our regular we went to Nickey and Tyson's in-between services. I got a huge kick out of watching their kids walk around on crutches turned upside down. Tyson said he was training them to hang sheet-rock lol. My kids tried and tried to do it and finally got it. Nickey said its the one toy the kids never get tired of playing with and that she even had parents calling her wanting to know where she bought them at cause people were wanting to get their kids a pair of their birthday!

Getting a little more excited over building, it finally hit me that we are really doing this when we got our house plans in this weekend! What is your opinion on putting black cabinets in my kitchen???? I really like them but the Lowes lady told me that no one had bought them and that they had there display up for six months- If I was planning on living there forever I wouldn't worry about it but I'm not and I don't want to choose something no one else would want!?!
Happy Monday! Hope this week is a really great one for you all!

Happy Labor Day! Hope you all had fun in the sun (or where ever you were at) this Labor Day. We really made the most of it. The sad part of it was, we had to set the alarm clock to do it! It just kinda seems like the name Labor Day holiday should imply a day of sleeping in. We got up bright and early cooked and got on the Lake in a pontoon boat about nine.
The lake was so peaceful and the temperature was perfect. We pulled kids on the inter-tube, went to Shell Island, watched the brave kids swing from the ropes, as we headed towards Goat Island Poppa came and picked my family up (in the middle of the lake we got onto a different boat, that was was kinda neat.) Poppa carried us to honeycomb where we had Sister Sandra Craft a surprise retirement party! She was truly surprised. The food was so yummy! We all ate like pigs! The kids went boating again at Poppa's but me and Kevin stayed back at the lake house and rested a little bit. I wish I had not forgotten my camera! We were all wore out by the time we got back home that night it didn't take Trenton or CeAnna long to fall asleep.

The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry

I find myself in tears this morning reading a blog I have been following. I don't really know the person who writes the blog, I more know of her. Her words of coming home empty handed after a long adoption process is heart wrenching. There is just really nothing you can say in a situation like that to give someone comfort. She had wrote about the baby not having food or toys or being clean and it reminded me of something the Lord showed me a few years ago.

I was in a store and I seen this momma screaming at her little boy.... I mean screaming!!! She was talking like a dog to her little boy in the middle of the store. Everybody was looking.
He was about three, dirty, dressed awful, cowered down in the buggy. People were staring and giving her dirty looks but this lady was out of control, she did not let up on him in the least bit. She was so loud and nasty in the way she talked it brought the worst feeling.

This little boy stayed on my mind. I thought maybe I should have said something or called the police or something.
Then it became every time I went into a store there she was with that poor little boy - mistreating him. It made me boil inside -
I started praying for him. I told the Lord that little boy would be better off without that mean old momma. I told the Lord how he could just take her and give that little boy to someone who would be good to him and would love him. He stayed on my heart and mind day and night....
but I knew that I shouldn't be praying against his mother, like I was so I went and talked to an older brother about it. I told him all about it. How the little boy was so mistreated about his mother and about the way I felt about his mother... Then he gave me some of the best advice EVER. He said you need to pray that - that little boy can endure this!
My prayer changed. I no longer prayed against his mother I simply started praying "Lord, please help that little boy to endure this"
It wasn't to much longer and I ran into them again in a store. (I know the Lord showed me this) she was talking on the phone telling someone that her little boy was in daycare and that she had gotten a job and they both looked clean and happy.
I have gotten so much out of that. I have prayed those words for myself in the middle of a trial. I have prayed those words when my heart was broken over sweet Kensley not getting to play with the other kids this Summer and feeling left out. I have prayed those words for my Blake. I prayed those words for Brother Darrin Isabel (to endure this until the Lord heals him) I know sometimes those words are the only words that will fit.
Lord help (them, me) to endure this.... sometimes.... its all you can pray.