DaY 18

Day eighteen: a picture of your biggest insecurity.

 My biggest fear is not being enough... When it comes to my children. I hope I teach them all they need to know in life... I hope I live a good enough life in front of them.

Day 17

Day seventeen: a picture of something that has made a big impact on your life.
September 21, 2003. The day I became a child of God.

Day 16

Day sixteen: a picture of someone who inspires you. One person.... really??? Can't do that cause so many inspire me.
Melissa Kelly is one of them. She is one of the strongest people I know. She has had a rough go at it lately but she handles all of her circumstances like a champ! She is a wonderful mom and she inspires me to have much needed patience.

Drea Cantrell is another. Drea is a good one that dose not talk about anyone and that is definitely a quality that I greatly admire.

Kevin also inspires me to be a better person ... but I know you are all tired of hearing how great I think he is. ;)

Alyson Stilwell she is my hero and she definitely inspires me.

Lindsey Anderson has the gift of compassion and she and Mark took their grandparents in and in many was sacrificed for the greater good of someone else and that inspires me!

Oh geese, I can think of a ton more...  Belonging to our church where you see so many people doing extraordinary things inspiration is not hard to come by!

Day 15

Day fifteen: a picture of something you want to do before you die.... to see the Northern lights from Alaska!

Tyler

My family is doing a 3k on April 2 to raise money for autism of Alabama. I'm not a big fund raiser person I never let my kids do the fundraiser things at school but this is something that means a lot to me.
Tyler Ryan is a friend of ours little boy who is absolutely precious. Tyler is one of the sweets souls you will ever meet. Tyler suffers from autism. The money we raise will go towards research to one day find a cure. If you would like to donate you can click on:




http://www.firstgiving.com/walk-for-autism-2011-1997e4


or just let me know. Thanks so much!

This was Tyler at our church Christmas play.

Day 14!

Day fourteen: a picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.
This is me and Kev thirteen years ago. He is the one I would never want to imagine my life without. He is the person I want to grow old and gray with. He reminds me daily by example what it is to have charity (and normally its me he is showing it to.) I look forward the most to us having grandchildren and Kevin retiring. I have BIG plans for me and him!

Day 13

Day thirteen: a picture of your favorite band or artist.

I'm a true 80's girl I love almost every cheesy eighties song!  I never listen to the radio any more and unless its on my kids i pods I couldn't tell you the words to any current song! We are always listing to Cd's - Holiness Cd's at that... I have one called Angie's Favorites that has New Harmony, Gathers and a lot of other great Southern gospel on it.

Day 12

Day twelve: a picture of something you love.
Being a mom is by far one of the most fulfilling  things I do. I know there are moments where I get stressed and feel like I completely don't know what I'm doing! I worry about messing them up - but being, Trenton's, CeAnna's and sometimes Blake's mom is a job that I'm so thankful the good Lord in-trusted me with.

Day 11

Pic of something you hate.....

CHICKEN LIVERS!!! Who ever thought eating the chickens liver was a good ideal, obviously, was either starving or didn't have any taste-buds!

Day 10

.a picture of a person(s) you do the most messed up stuff with

My family - To be a fly on our wall sometimes you'd get to see how totally goofy we are!  

Day 9

Day nine: a picture of the person who has gotten you through the most:
Two people get this, first is my brother. We are two years apart and both survived a horrible childhood together. There was a time were we only had each other and I get so thankful that the Lord has given both of us his very best. Although we are not as closes as I wish we were - he knows I've always got his back.
Second is my Maw-maw if I listed all the things she has done for me in my life Id cause a ruckus in the family. But she has always stood beside me and many time stood for me and she kept my baby for years so I could work. I don't think my life would have been the same with out them!

Our Spring Break 2011

Our Spring Break was last week - Look at how I say our Spring Break. Like I'm in school. When your a stay at home mom, pretty much your kids life - is your life. :) We had a good break, we stayed at some of our friends cabin on Smith Lake. My two kids plus Dalton. I wish it hadn't rain so much because it caused so much debris in the water and it hampered fishing but other than that we really enjoyed ourselves. Here are the pictures from our trip.

This was taken at one of the oldest churches in the state

This is where the boys slept

View from the deck

A place we visited

Backside of the cabin

Dalton modeling the cabin!!! He will kill me for this!!! Hahahah

Where me & CC stayed

If anyone is interested in renting a cabin this Summer I would highly recommend this one. It's super cozy and only about two hours from Huntsville. It's three bedroom and three bath. I'll be happy to pass on the info to anyone who is interested.

Day 8!

Day eight: a picture that makes you laugh. Trenton wins the makes me laugh award. I think thats half his problem - he gets out of trouble by making me laugh.

Need my blog readers help!

Need my blog readers help! My family is doing a 3k walk for autism in honor of Tyler Ryan. Tyler is a big part of our lifes and we just love him! I'm asking all my followers and friends to pledge $5.00 for our walk. If you can donate please let me know by leaving a comment in my comment box or letting me know at church. I'll be collecting between  now and April 1st. This is Tyler's moms story:

Walk for Autism 2011

Story Media

We brought Tyler home from the hospital when he was three weeks old. We officially adopted him when he was three and a half years old. Although, Tyler is not biologically ours he could not be more ours in our hearts. As any parent knows to see your child suffer with anything that's debilitating as autism is heart wrenching. Tyler has so much to say but doesn't have the words. Speech is not the only affect autism has on Tyler.  He also has low muscle tone, poor coordination and social skills. We would appreciate any donation for further research so a cure can be found.
Thank you,
Terry & Terri Ryan

Day 7

Day seven: a picture of your most treasured item.
I'm at the cabin for Spring Break with the kids and I ran across this picture of Kevin. Most fitting for day seven. I truly treasure my marriage. Being away from him during this time has made me appreciate and miss him. Kevin is such a good person. I'm so blessed to have him in my life.  

Day 6!

Day six: a picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day: Hands down!!! I'd love to be nine for one day again! To have all the energy in the word... No responsibility...... No true worries.....  And the best mom in the world ;) !

 

Day 5

Day five: a picture of your favorite memory:

Our honeymoon - We had the best time. We went to Chattanooga, Tennessee and then went to the Smokey Mountains. 
We left our wedding in a boat.

Day 4!

Day four: a picture of your night. Driving, driving and driving. Our Sundays are so busy and there is so much driving we have to do.

Day 3!

Day three: a picture of the cast from your favorite show.

It's official, Spring Break is ON!!!

Day two

Day two: a picture of you & the person you have been close with for the longest.

 Tr and Terri Ryan
I've been friends with TR and Terri for 13 or 14 years. They kinda adopted me. TR gave me away when I got married and Terri has been like a mother to me. They love, love my kids and I'm very thankful to have them in me life.

30 Day Photo Challenge

 Day one: a picture of yourself & fifteen facts.
1. I shop online.
2. I love the smell of fall, football games and the fair.
3. I'm pretty much addicted to Vick's VapoRub and have been almost all my life.
4. I'm thankful for my husband and children. They are one of the greatest joys in my life.
5. The other greatest joy has been living for the Lord. It will be eight years this September.
6. When I was little, I was chasing a poodle and  had red cowgirl boots on and fell on the sidewalk and got a rock stuck in my knee and had to get stitches. ( in honor of Drea's cartwheel story)
7. I have two birth certificates one says my name is Angela and the other says my name is Angelia - I truly am not sure what my name is!
8. My name was almost, Rachel but my dad love the Rolling Stones song -Angie.
9. I never went to prom....... and this is one of my life's regrets.
10. I unwilling say the most inappropriate things to people at funerals and viewings. 
11. I some times ask myself questions in my head and then will answer out loud.
12. I think almost everything is funny and I laugh way to much!
13. I want to build a new house but I don't want the payment.
14. I love antiques
15. Earlene Tebo was one of my best friends and sometimes I miss her so bad.

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad. ~Norm Papernick

Good morning  afternoon. I just finished my 2k walk before the rain came today. I once again don't want to jinks myself on actually being super motivated to walk everyday but I'm proud of my commitment so far. I tell you this, just to have some kinda accountability with a pinch of braggen / JK. My walking all started with a stressed out moment. I got a phone call that just had me almost, well... I don't know what the word is but it made me super stressed at that moment.   I just went, put my tennis shoes on and started walking... Now, that I say it like that, it kinda sounds like Forrest Gump! Never the less I feel so good after my walks. I have lots more energy and maybe this parts in my head cause it's only been two weeks but I feel so much healthier.

So many of you have ask about my grandmother. She is at home healing. She has people coming in doing therapy several times a week. At one time last week she had felt like another bone in her back was broke or maybe even a rib. I ask prayer for her that weekend (cause she had ask me too) and she called after her Dr. appointment and said they could not find any more broken bones! She said she really believes in prayer.
I truly appreciate all the prayers. Although, they have fount nothing wrong or whats causing the pain never the less she is still in a lot of pain. She is scheduled for a MRI to determine if there is something that they are missing. I'll try to update this once I know more.

Next week it Fall Break for all three of my kids. I don't have huge plans or anything we may go to the Smith Lake Cabin for a few days. I sure hope it's good weather. I don't think I have ever looked forward to Summer like I have this year. After all the snow, rain and sickness we ALL have had. The warm sunshine is a welcome sight! Take Care! TTYL :)

Think I'll go back to bed now

I had good intentions on sleeping in today after I got the kiddos off to school thanks to a very non-restful night. CeAnna fell asleep in church last night, thats a good sign that she is either sick or getting sick - cause my girl don't wanta miss nothing! :) We had to get her a just in case bag for the ride home. I was convinced she was on the verge of having The horrible stomach bug so I made her sleep with us. I had the trusty trash pal beside the bed, and a (just in-case) towel under her  and a cold rag on her head. I thank the good Lord she never got sick and was fine this morning. In fact she was all decked out for Dr. Seuss Day at her school and rearing to go. She was a little too rearing.... I got a call at 7:27 that she had left her folder at home! No rest for the weary... or the sleepy.
I don't want to jinks myself by saying this but I have taken up walking in the afternoons. I try to walk a mile or two every day. The kids have been walking with me. My kids and Brian's kids. I got to noticing a lot of dead birds in the field. New pelt guns for birthdays equals lots of dead neighborhood birds. Let me be the first to say I don't understand boys. I don't understand what makes them want to hunt, get dirty or do half the stuff they do. I've told them to only shoot black crows! Not one of those poor little birds was a crow!

I feel like I put a ton of pictures of CeAnna up. I always post cutesy things about her and poor Trenton gets left out in the cold. The truth is, Trenton dislikes having his picture taken and unless your a fan of killing birds, or getting dirty or Xbox then your out of luck! But I love my boys - don't understand them (ha) but love them! In fact I love my family. I love the life the Lord has given us. The older I get the more I realize that the most important thing in life is.... Love.

Cat in the hat day

Spring picture day at school

Picture Day (and she wants to wear her glasses sooo bad at school but is too embarrassed to most of the time)

Dr Susses dress-up day

T eating his breakfast