Time to catch up

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines day! I had to work that night and hubby had to work in the evening but he still wanted to do something special sooooooo off for a romantic breakfast we went! Not long after we got our orders and were enjoying our omelets did I see these men in white tuxedos, they were walking to our table and loudly asking for me........I just looked at my husband and asked him what did he do now! Well the men presented me with a beautiful rose and a lovely card then they broke into song!!!!!! did I mention the restaurant was packed that morning??????
It was a big surprise but a lovely romantic one if I do say so myself. So today being Thankful Thursday.......
I am very thankful for my husband, we have been together so long now but he still amazes me with his romantic side. He is also such a hard worker and strives to make our needs met as well as our wants. He will also tell you that he is not the perfect man of God, but then who is?, but he tries to lead our family as well as himself in a way that would honor God.
Yes! I am truly thankful that he is my husband and I am his helpmate!

Soooooo cold!

Ok, so now I am ready for Spring to come! I am sooooo tired of putting on the coats, gloves hats and whatnots just to go outside! I am ready to work in the yard, plant flowers get my garden started and just hang out outside!
Snow is all I see when I look outside.......
This is my daughter playing outside with the dogs, snow, snow, snow!


We celebrated hubby's b-day Sat. by meeting the family at a all you can eat buffet restaurant. Everyone had their favorite item to eat and plenty of it too! Mon. he took the day off so we went out for a b-day lunch date, just he and I! We went to Olive Garden, one of my fav places to eat!!!!!
Tues. was his actual b-day, I made ribs for dinner and his fav cake pineapple upside down cake. The kids came and went thru the day to spend some time with him which made him very happy. In the evening the boys gave hubby his gift, a sweet tea maker!

Well time to get a little rest!

How can one be sad and have joy at the same time?

It has been quite a week, my great uncle was taken into the hospital against his desire, to have him check himself out a few days ago. The dr did tell him he would only have a few days left if he left. My uncle did tell them that if he was going to die then he would die at his home, the home he grew up in. this is the same house my mom and her siblings grew up in and I grew up there as well. I spent my summers with my great grand parents as a child.
Today, at 3:10 pm my uncle left our world and entered into the heavens.

A New Start

Wow, where did 2008 go so fast? seeing how fast life can fly by has really made me stop and think about this new year and what I want to accomplish and savor.
as hubby and I were having breakfast we were sharing our thoughts on our goals for the new year. Of course we both want to grow in our relationship with our Lord, letting Him be the leader in our home....we are working on doing devotions together as well as on our own. We both think it is important to have a time of shared devotion and prayer as well as a private time of devotion and prayer.
I of course want to get through my pre-requisites for the nursing program I am hoping to get into in a year. To get into the program I really need to buckle down and focus on getting the last of my classes done and then start studying for the nursing entrance exam!
As for our goals for our relationships, we feel that we really need to spend more time with the people that come into our loves. We need to spend time with them, listening to them, encouraging them as well as praying for them.
Yes, we are excited for the new year.....what adventures will befall us?
I wish you all a wonderful year!

A Big Surprise!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas day! After work I was picked up by dear hubby with a nice big cup of coffee! Yum!
I made some gorilla bread, it's a larger and yummier version of monkey bread. I will have to post some pics in a few days!
P and J opened their gifts and they were happy with the goodies they received, hubby and I were too! P gifted us with some new cozy slippers! I love my slippers as my feet are always sooooo cold. I also received some bath and body works goodies! J wrote me a very special poem. It was a very nice morning.
Since D and T were making us our Christmas dinner for this year it became a very relaxing day. I thought it would be a great time to clean the bird cages. the kids were cooking in our home so the rest of the family did a quick clean up. I was almost done with the bird cage cleaning when I heard hubby tell us that the kids were here. As he opened the door I could not believe the voices I heard! It couldn't be! So I thought. the voices belonged to Tracy's parents!
I knew that Tracy's sister Deb was coming over for a visit during Christmas, but her parents too?! What a wonderful, wonderful surprise. This family has become such a dear special addition to our family.
So Daniel and Tracy's sister Debbie made us a proper English dinner, I have to admit I have become a Yorkshire pudding fan! Oh my it's delicious stuff!!! A wonderful dinner, wonderful company, it was a very blessed day.

A Beautiful Day

It has been rather busy around here as you can imagine, I am sure everyone is busy getting ready for the family gatherings that are to come.

Today we watched the kids in church perform their program, it made my heart leap with joy when the lil wee ones came on and sang their songs! They were so proud and for being all of three and four, they did an amazing job! I remember my own when they were that little, they all had their share of being in one church production or another.....and another!

The older kids put on a lil skit about being too busy.......struck a chord in all the adults hearts! I think we do tend to get too busy that we forget or miss our opportunities to help, encourage, pray for someone or even to just hear God as He quietly tries to get our attention.

Today was our family dinner day, since I do work every other weekend we try to have a Sunday meal with the kids every other Sunday. I made sticky lemon chicken and champs. It was very good and everyone enjoyed the meal.

Jessica had to leave early from our meal time to help the church as they were filling bags of food for some orphanges in Haiti, she enjoyed spending her time by helping the church and also by helping these poor kids who don't get enough to eat. I am so thankful that our children are very generous in giving......they don't give a second thought to reaching out if someone needs help.

Well that is it for now, time to do a little crocheting, I am creating snowflakes!

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

I am sitting here in the kitchen sipping my cup of tea and watching the snow quietly fall on the ground. I haven't seen a car go by at all, everything is white and so pretty! Inside all I hear is the hum of the refrigerator and the click of my hitting the keys on my laptop, I love mornings like this!

With Christmas quickly approaching I have been busy creating my snowflakes, crochet snowflakes. I plan on adding a snowflake ornament inside every card I send out as well as to everyone who receives a cookie plate from us, I love to bake oodles and oodles of cookies and gift them out to folks. I haven't quite gotten the decorating done yet, the tree is in and I must say the boys picked out a beauty this year! I was rather busy the day they went to pick the tree so I was not able to join them. She is a tall blue spruce and she smells so yummy! I will try to light her today and add ornaments in the next few days.

Well Pat is awake and in the shower now getting ready for work so I must stop and make him some breakfast before he heads out and help him brush off the car of the snow that has accumulated and warm it up!