Mother's Day

I had one of the best Mother's Day and one of the hardest Mother's Day. I'll start with the best. This was the first time in 7 years I was able to go to church with my mom. After church we all met up and ate together. Mom had all 4 of her kids with her and most of the grandkids and great grandkids. We had a great time. After we ate we went to dad and mom's and fished at the pond. I think everyone had such a great time.

Thanks mom for all you have done for me and all you continue to do for me. Thanks for being my mom and my best friend. I love you!

On the way to the farm to fish. Boyd, Me, Jessica andRyan

Kevin, Me, Jessica

Caleb on the phone with Uncle Boyd

My 3 brothers, Ron, Rob, and Kevin and nephews Ryan and Caleb

Dad in his lovely hat and my great nephew Trey

Trinity and Sheila sitting in the truck out of the rain.

Fishing on the pond bank.

5-7 years ago we put some goldfish in the pond and now they have grown huge. Bubby caught one.

Papa Kevin and Bryce with their big catch.

Ok, with the not so good Mother's Day. This year has been the hardest one for yet. Don't get me wrong, I'm VERY thankful I still have my mother because I know that a lot of people don't. But I want to be a mother so bad myself that it was hard to be in the service and have all the mother's recognized while I sat there with tears in my eyes, wanting so badly for my own children. I was visiting my brother's church and the gentleman did such a good job. He even brought up those who can't have children of their own and I completely lost it then. Then of course as we were walking out, there were people standing at the back to hand out "mother's day" bookmarks and books. I panicked. I looked for another way out the door, but couldn't find one. So I headed out the door and the little girl, bless her heart, she didn't know what I was feeling, started to hand me a book and I said no thank you, I'm not a mother. Well apparently my niece was close by, who told her mom what had happened and she came outside and gave me a hug and a book and told me that I would be a mom one day and that I was a mom to her kids. So more tears came. I just had a pity party that day, but got over it after a little while.

I am so blessed in many ways. I have such a loving husband, wonderful parents and extended family and great friends. One day, I will get my miracle. It may not be our own child, but maybe by adoption. I'll be thankful either way.

Please remember to pray for all those people who can't have their own kids or who have lost their children. Can't imagine what they are going through at this time.

Here are a couple of videos that I did from last night.

The first one is of Boyd on his "pony" ride being led around by his wife. It was pretty funny. I'm anxious for him to get use to riding the horses so we can actually go on separate horses and he doesn't have to be led around. He was slightly embarrassed that we were videoing this whole ordeal, especially when he found out it was going on the internet. But he such a good sport! Love you honey!!

The second video is of Trinity and Caleb riding together. They are so cute. And there's a little shot of Ron and my horse Sissy. She was feeling left out so Ron went and got her and brought her down.

ENJOY!!!

Welcome Home Dad and Mom!

April 23rd, 2009 mom and dad pulled into Bradleyville. They are home, well at least until next Monday and then they'll be gone until August. But, oh well. At least they will be here part of the time.

I put of some signs starting at Taneyville and I'll write down what a bunch of them said... "Hi mom and dad. Welcome Back", "Home Sweet Home", "Bradleyville Bound", "Welcome back to Taney County", "Answered Prayer", "You are Loved", "You were Missed", "7 years is long enough", etc.


This one was on the mailbox with some balloons. The balloons didn't last long with the heat, but they got the point.

Here they are pulling in.































And another one of the signs. We use to have Sunday dinners with them every Sunday after church. Now we can again.













Here's dad and mom getting out of the rig. 8 hours is a long trip. They were happy to be HOME!

Tammy, this is for you...and anyone else that wants to read it.

Well, FINALLY I took some pictures. The social worker was suppose to be out on Friday to look over our house and place, but she called me an hour before stating she had to cancel. Oh well, my house looked really great anyway.

So here is the bathroom. It use to be light blue and now it's tan. I think it looks much better. Of course our theme is sports, shock, shock.

















Here is my basketball flower pot for a door stopper. The can underneath is actually a trash can for the bathroom, but the basketball was outside and all wet so I put it up on there for now.














For some reason I didn't take a picture of the "kids" room. But it's not completely finished yet either so I'll get one up soon. This is a cowboy boot with a silk plant in it. It's a door stop for the "kids" room because it's done in all horses. Imagine that! ha!














So the kitchen is pretty much the same, except for the curtains my mom made. They look really nice. She did a great job.











We brought the cedar bench from outside. I really like it inside and the lamp on the table is new. The shade is crooked because when you sit in the rocker, it's hard to see the t.v. I'll have to figure that out later.









The couch is on the other side of the living room now. I think I like it there better.













This is a view from the kitchen. We got an Armour for our t.v. and I LOVE it. It works nicely in the corner.











And this is by the front door. I thought it turned out pretty well too. It represents our lives... Us, our parents, and Christ.

One woman's junk, is another woman's treasure... Thank goodness! ha!

So Saturday, the fire department had a yard sale in their fire house. We all bought booths (or 2 booths in my case) and started getting our stuff together on Friday night. I had never fully moved out of my previous home after I had married Boyd. But because my parents are moving back, I had to get my "junk" out of there. I threw away a ton of stuff and probably should have a lot more. But I also had a lot for a yard sale.

In order to get rid of as much stuff as possible I put 25 cents and 50 cents on most of the items. I didn't have anything over $3.00 and that was for a rocking chair. I had clothes hanging on the wall for $1.00 a piece or $2.00 for a suit. Anyway, Saturday morning at 6:00 A.M. rolled around and people started coming in. I got rid of a lot of stuff. By 10:00 a.m. I put all my clothes $1.00 a bag. Have I mentioned I wanted to get rid of my stuff. It was all going to the free store afterwards anyway. By 12:00 I was getting tired of the sale. So I started giving stuff away. If they walked by and picked it up I would tell them they could have it. I had a big box of odds and ins for the kitchen and sold it to a lady for $1.00. The stuff that went the fastest was my books. I was very surprised. I had them 5 for $1.00 or $.25 cents each. They went quickly. I had about 100 books or so. I had plenty to replenish my table with.

All in all, I had a great day. Saw lots of people. Lot of old friends and made some new ones. And I got to do my favorite thing in the whole world... people watch! YES! And I made a little extra cash too. I was sure not to walk around to other people's booths, because I would've spend all my money!

Here are some pictures from the day...

Hillary and I! She came to visit with me at our yard sale. She brought her mom, Jenny, and the sweet lady who works at Hillary's home. Thanks for coming guys!

Just some of my "junk"

Here are "some" of the books.

3 tables full of "junk". Plus the clothes hanging on the wall.

The clothes on the wall. For some reason clothes sell better when you hang them up. It's true. As people would by them I would hang the others up.

Changing My Livingroom

This is really not a very interesting post, but I know Tammy will be interested. So...

Hey Tammy! I found an Armour for my living room and I have completely re-arranged my living room. I'm going to get pics soon, but I want the mess to be cleaned up first. I'm so excited for you to see it. It turned out pretty cool. Everything is completely different from the last time you saw it and mom got my curtains done, so I'm going to try and get those up too before I take pictures.

We found bunk beds that are country blue, but I think I'll paint them because the room they are going in is Hunter Green and Tan and the blue will look weird I'm afraid. Anyway, I'm anxious for you to see.

Just wanted to keep you updated since you helped me decide colors and such for the house. Pictures soon I promise!!! Love you!

Easter 2009

Boyd and I Easter Morning

Kevin, Debby, Mandy and Nicholas Easter Morning


















Ron, Sheila, McKenna, Zachary, and Trinity Easter Morning



















Jessica, Caleb, and Ryan Easter Morning













My cousin JoDene with straight hair. She has REALLY curly hair naturally.




















Caleb found an egg, can you see it?
















The kids minus a few adults that hunted eggs. We hid about 600 eggs. It was crazy!!!












Here they come from playing, ready to hunt eggs.
















Coloring the eggs.















Coloring the eggs.

Coloring the eggs.

We had such a great time at Easter this year. We took Rob's kids with us since Rob and Carrie couldn't come. Thursday evening, Boyd, Me, Jessica, Ryan, and Caleb headed down the road for our 8 hour trip. When we got close to Alpena, we could tell we might be in for a storm. Little did we know that we were in the middle of a Tornado Warning, not watch. It was very scary. I had to pull over at one point because the hail, wind, and the rain were coming down so hard. We prayed and we prayed. Thankfully we made it to the Huntsville store and waited it out there. The rest of the trip went pretty smooth. We made it to dad and mom's by 2 a.m. Ron and Sheila were a couple of hours behind us and they made is safely about 4 a.m. friday morning. Needless to say, we were beat.

Friday we just hung out and played. Trinity and I taught Caleb how to hunt eggs since this was his first Easter egg hunt. And then dad and I and the bigger kids went on a two mile walk. Well the boys rode their bikes.

Saturday we colored eggs in the morning and then hunted them that afternoon. It was a blast. Caleb did a great job. We also straightened my cousin JoDene's hair. (She has curly hair like you Tammy). It looked great and she looked way younger. Saturday evening a storm rolled in and Sunday was just plain nasty. So the church had their Egg hunt inside. But there were 2 prize eggs at church that had over $20 in them. Man to be little again! That would've been so exciting.

We headed home Sunday evening and we had our car that Boyd drove, and I drove Mom and dad's truck. They are moving home next week and so they needed some help getting all the rigs home.