This Thing Called Life

I don't know about ya'll but I could use a bit of a breather.  I can't believe we are halfway through May and that Boyd gets out of school in 1 week.  I thought things might slow down, but it's not looking that way!

We got a call last Thursday afternoon for a 2 year old boy and his 24 day old brother.  We said we would take them and that baby brother was just getting out of the hospital.  So I picked them up and they were SO cute.  Baby brother had some health issues and by Thursday night we were rushing him back to the hospital.  We are waiting on him to get better before he comes back to our house.  In the mean time, on Friday we headed to Oklahoma to surprise my mom for Mother's Day.  We got to their house about 9:00 p.m. and they were still gone.  My dad called me to let me know the ETA and so we sat in their living room in the dark and told Big Brother that when Granny walked in we were going to yell surprise.  As dad was unlocking the door, Big Brother yelled "Prise".  It was so cute.  We definitely surprised her.

Saturday we went yard selling.  It was a lot of fun and we needed some clothes for Big Brother so that worked out well.  Then we swung by the Christian Gift Store and picked out a song for Mother's Day.  My mom did it with me this year and I think it was really cute.

Saturday night mom and dad received a surprise... Ron and his family came walking in.  Love surprising the old people!!

We had a great time and Big Brother enjoyed showing off for the family.  Drove foster mommy crazy, but oh well.

Sunday we had a great service and I must say it was a lot of fun being able to stand up with dad asked all the moms to stand.  My heart overflowed with joy.  Thanks to Big Brother for making that possible this year.  It was very enjoyable to be able to attend church with my momma on Mother's Day.  She is such a blessing to me and I thank God for her and for our relationship that we have.  I'm very blessed.

After church all the restaurants were full, so we went back to mom and dad's and packed up to head home.  Ron and Sheila decided they were going to stay one more night.  Thankful they did!  (read ahead to find out why) We went from OK to Clara's that evening and took her out to eat for Mother's Day.  Big Brother had a great time and seemed to not get full.  He ate everything that was in sight.

On our way home I was visiting my friend Tammy when my brother kept calling me.  I had Boyd call him while I was visiting and he gave me the phone and he was trying to get a hold of me to tell me that Dad and Mom had just been T-Boned by a drunk driver and were on their way to the hospital by ambulance.  SCARY!!!

They hit right behind my dad's door.  He could see them coming and tried to speed up, thankfully he did that or else they would've hit him right in the driver side.  Anyway, dad's neck started swelling so they needed to get him checked out.  THANKFULLY there were no broken bones for either of them.  They both are just really banged up and bruised and sore from the impact.  The drunk driver and his passenger are both sitting in jail.  They tried to run after they hit mom and dad but were found shortly.  PUNKS!

Anyway, they are home and safe and that is just the way I like them.  Their suburban is totaled, but they are not and that is what's important.

I'm sorry, it seems like the past couple of blogs have been kind of depressing, but this if MY scrapbook/diary of things I want to remember.  Hopefully next time I blog I will have more pictures and happier things to write about!! ha!!

Cute things I want to remember that Big Brother said...

"Hey, where you husband at?" meaning Boyd
Me:  "Who's that"  Big Brother:  "You dad"  "You Mom"
One morning on the way to work he kept trying to tell me things and I couldn't understand him so he finally put up both hands and said, "Fordit It".
While feeding the animals one night I called him Buddy and he said "You can call me (insert name) if you want"
In the morning I hear, "KK, I waked up"
Another one of his favorite sayings is, "No I Yain't"