Loving Life

Friday, November 28, 2008

I'm also thankful for

my family. I really meant to write a post yesterday to say how thankful I am for my family, but time got away and it didn't happen. I feel very blessed to have the family that I do. There are so many people who love me and for that I am very grateful. We don't always see things eye to eye, but when it comes down to it- we definitely stick together. We pray, we defend, we comfort and we love each other through thick and thin. God has blessed me with a wonderful husband, children, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and I can't forget the out-laws (ha ha!) Every one of them are covered in prayer by me and mean so much to me, more than they will ever know. I am eternally grateful for each and every one of them!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

I am thankful for

our friends. Mike and I have a group of awesome friends. This past Saturday we all got together and celebrated Thanksgiving early, as a group. I am guessing there were at least 40 of us there. This was the 3rd year that we have celebrated like this with our friends and our children. We all get together and everyone brings side dishes and deserts. The family that hosted the dinner provided some groooovy turkey and barbeque. We usually see some of the friends many times throughout the year, but it is rare that we are all together as a group. The group started with two childhood friends - Mike and Bob. They have been best friends for a super long time. The group grew from there as the fellas played golf together and other men and their families started joining in the circle of friends. Our kids are all excited when it is time to meet up with everyone and they all play so well together. We had a few of these families over at Halloween too and it was a blast!! Over the years a we have had some families drop out as some have moved away and others got married and had different interests. But all in all, I feel that we have friends for eternity and I am very grateful for that! Thank you Lord.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

It's that time of year again....

SIGH.... Wrestling season. For Mason. For Mike? For who? Mike wrestled in school and was good I tell ya, good! I keep telling him that he can't re-live his wrestling days through Mason. This will be the 3rd year of wrestling for Mason. The boy is so tough and strong wrestling/fighting with his 14 year old brother... why in the world doesn't he take that strength to the mat? He goes out there flops around like a fish so that he can hurry up and lose and go sit with his team and horse around. (tears my nerves up I tell ya!) I don't even like wrestling as a sport, it is too personal, too one on oneish, know what I mean? If you lose, YOU lose. Like I said, Mason IS strong and puts up an awesome fight with his 14 year old brother, but for some reason he won't get mad enough to go out there and *whoop* some fanny on a 6-7 year old boy. It is almost like in some matches that he is in a competition with himself to see how fast the other guy can take him down, so he can hurry back to the group and hang out. And the funny thing about it is, it doesn't appear to bother him. When he goes out on the mat I need a nerve pill... why, oh why are they doing this to me again this year?

Can you shout out some good vibes for ol' Mason this year? Pretty puleeeeese?

Here's Mason doing some push ups last night

Here is copy cat doing her version of a push up...

All of this exercising wears me out

Saturday, November 15, 2008

We are proud of you Sarah Palin!

Lyrics to Million Voices by Christain group - Barlowgirl ~
Tell me who'd have thought that we would be so controversial
And stand against the normal
Are we too outspoken, loud, and messing up the comfortable?
Well we've been messed up also

But how can we be silent
When a fire burns inside us
'Cause we're a million strong and getting stronger still
They'll remember we were here
With a million voices breaking silence till
They'll remember we were here

We were made to start the riot, take on the impossible
And we will slay the giants
We are done with fake religion fighting now to find the movement
Won't stop till we find it

But how can we be silent
When a fire burns inside us
'Cause we're a million strong and getting stronger still
They'll remember we were here
With a million voices breaking silence till
They'll remember we were here
We're a million strong and getting stronger still
They'll remember we were here
With a million voices breaking silence till
They'll remember we were here
BY BARLOWGIRL

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

I'm so thankful that I live outside the city!! I went to vote today and honestly from the time I got out of my car, got in line and voted and back to my car was only about 10 minutes. It took me longer to wait on two pizza's at Little Caesar's right after that. The kids were out of school today and we did a whole lot of nothing!! It is 7pm and I am wiped out. I'm off to the bedroom to snuggle with Ashy and watch some t.v. and pray for our country. God be with us.