BRANSON TRIP

Aug 20, 2009

This has got to be one of my favorite vacations I've ever been on....it was probably the company! We stayed at the Radisson Hotel & Suites and we were right on the strip where everything is happening! We didn't have alot to spend so we just went to Ripley's Believe it or Not and went to Keith Moore's church! It was awesome! Cale had seen our Pastor on TV at Keith Moore's church and he was like on the 2nd row. Cale had told me he wanted to sit where Pastor did. I told him, I'd rather not so he didn't say anything else. So we get there about 15 mins before church started and they are the friendliest people I've ever met! There's like usher every few steps greeting you! We get to the door and an usher asks us if we've ever been there before and we say no so he escorts me and Cale down, down, down the row and ends up on the first row, I am just standing there in shock, thinking to myself...I didn't even dress up, this ministry is on TV, I can't even go to the bathroom if I need to....not only the first row, but front and center! Cale is smiling from ear to ear and I just grin at him and say..."is this close enough for you?" It was an excellent service and just goes to show that God does have a sense of humor! ;-) I will defiantly be going back there! We also got to stay with the Joneses and they keep our lil Sophie! She had so much fun with Kinley! They played non stop! Thanks for letting us stay and feeding us that yummy lunch! Love ya'll!

Here's some pix from when we went to the park for Uncle Jason's Party!

Here's when we had a get together. Our cousin from TX moved here so we wanted to make him feel at home! We had lots of fun that night! Bless his heart, he's not used to so many people in one house! LOL!

Youth Trip 2009
Here are some pix from our trip! We had so much fun. 1st went to an aquarium and then to incredible pizza! We had some bonding & restoring and it was just a great time in the Lord! Praise God he can use us with these wonderful young people! We will miss you Jacoby & Katie! I guess you had to grow up some time tho huh?! We had a great time with you in our class!

Our Youth Group

Me, Katie, & Steph




Sam & Ta Ta




Cale & Linz




Heather, Taylor, Sam, & Alexa (after seeing the sharks)

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We also had our youth room remodeled. Isn't it nice?! The ceiling tiles were taken out and the ceiling was painted black, then we of course had it painted. We have new chairs and a sound booth which is really nice! We really like it and it was just one of the changes we made. We, as leaders, have decided to step it up in the Lord and we have had some great results! Praise God!


Front view

Back view

Sophie's 1st Hair do!

I took her yesterday to get her 1st haircut. The lady gave her a bath, trimmed around her eyes, ears, feet, filed her nails, and just trimmed under her belly for only $16! She even put a bow in her hair! It's day 2 and it's still in...all though she has tried to get it out...we'll see how long it lasts! I am going to try and keep one in though so she gets used to it and b/c it's cute and it keeps the hair out of her eyes!

She is standing on the back of our chair. It's perfect height for us to pet her when we stand behind it and that's the only way (for now) for me to brush her hair without her trying to eat the brush! I just have to remember she's only 6 months old! Now's the time to get her fix and maybe that will calm her down a bit?! Cale wants to breed her, but I don't think we will! She's to little I think! Well we are going to the city today so I better get of here so I can get ready!

Jones Family Fun!

We have picked Tues for our 'family night'. This last Tues we went and played putt putt! We had lots of fun! Cale was merciful to me and Jax b/c we weren't very good at it! LOL!

Cale showing Jax how to hit the ball

Jax about to hit the ball

I always take the pix, so I had Cale take one of me!

This pic is especially funny b/c when my sis was little she did this same thing!

I thought this pic was neat of the fireworks!


Me, MY hubby, and Sophie


Dave & Lauren


Daniel & Luke

Lea, Jules, Linz, Lauren, & Mom

These are our 4th of July pix. The reason we aren't all patriotic is b/c it rained on Sat so they did them on Sun instead...I did wear red, white & blue on Sat though!

Jax just LOVES Sophie


Sophie


Me & Sophie



Her waitin for Cale to get back in the car...she just wines when one of us don't take her with us!

Her shirt says 'Lil Miss Bow Wow! She'll wear it tomorrow!

We just think she's the cutes lil pup!

PRAISE THE LORD! (as done by Kate McVeigh)

Well, I have a few things to praise the Lord about! For one, I am so excited to be a Christan! God is sooooooooooo good to us!
For starters I got to teach our youth one Sunday morning about intercessory prayer and share what God laid on my heart. I explained to them that when someone comes to mind that we should pray for them. Then I told them a story that happened a few yrs ago...
One morning I heard a name of one of my old bf's. I thought it was weird, but I prayed a short prayer and then felt the urge to call my mom and have her pray too. So I did. Two weeks later my mom runs in to his mom (they don't live in the same town as us so that was God too) and they talk for a min and then his mom says, 'Did you hear what happened to Timothy'...and goes on to say that two weeks ago he was on some land doing a controlled fire when his fourwheeler flipped and he got pinned underneath. He was by himself and the fire was coming his way! He was yelling for help and all of a sudden someone gets him out! My mom immediately called me and told me the story! I was so grateful God used me to pray that very moment! I also shared with them that a few days ago a girl I went to school with came to my mind. I haven't seen or heard from her since 4th grade! I told them that I prayed and was expecting to hear something about her soon! When I said that I thought...huh? I didn't know I was expecting to hear anything, but hey I will now! Well, two days later a girl walks in to my work. She has the same last name, and the same eyes my friend does...I think, okay do I ask if she's related or not?...Guess what?! It's her sister! I got her email, and myspace info! I emailed her the other day and can't wait to hear back from her! WOW! I teach on Sunday and I get to tell them all about it!
Then, about three weeks ago our internet modem broke! We had to wait til we got paid to get it fixed, b/c with insurance it was going to be $50...well pay day comes and we decided not to and pay something else. So here we are with no net and we can't break the contract or it'd be $200! So, today Cale goes to the phone place to ask a few questions and the lady I talked to asked Cale if we'd done anything about our net. He said no and she said, well there has been a lot of people call in about this modem so the company recalled it and if you bring your modem in then we will replace it FREE!!!! OMG! I was soooooooooooo excited about that! So now we have internet and guess what...it's an upgrade too so it's even better....and FREE!!! Did I mention FREE! :-) Praise GOD! Well, I'm going to go spend some much needed time with my hunnie! Bye for now!

P.S. You would just have to hear how Kate McVeigh says. Praise The Lord! She has a story about it and everytime I hear 'PTL' I hear her say it! LOL!

"My First Veins"

Last night Jax was in the shower and he said, 'Mom you missed my first veins.' I said, "What do you mean?" He said, "you know my first veins, in my arm (as he makes a muscle in his bicep) b/c I am working out!" I said, "Honey, you have always had veins"...he said, "No, mom these are my first veins!" How could you argue with that?! I just let it go and said, "okay honey!"
Then today we were watching Full House and he looks at my feet and says "Mom you are working out b/c you have veins in your feet!" The only thing I can think is that he's seen body builders with big muscles and veins popping out and now he thinks that means you have worked out! LOL! He's so silly!

Sophie

This is my cute lil Sophie!  My sweet hunnie got her for me for our 4 yr anniversary!  Isn't she cute?!  We took her to the vet today and he said she was healthy and gave us some guidelines on how to take care of her...like potty training, disipline, food...ect!  She weighed 2 lbs 4 oz today!  We think she'll be about 4 - 5 lbs.  Her parents weren't very big so she wont be either!  She's been really good!  She learning to potty on her potty pad and of course she has some mistakes, but what can I expect really...I've only had her a week!  Well I gotta get to bed!  It's WAY past my bedtime and Cale is already in bed!  

Me and Sophie - The night I got her!

Easter at my mom's

~Chess~

Cale & I played chess the other day and he did a good job teaching me. He was patient and even silly with me. I like to joke around and be funny and he didn't even get aggrivated at me! He's doing alot better at being sensitive and sweet! So now I can say I've played chess. I'm no pro, but can play! Oh, ya and neither one of us won...it's called stalemate when neither one of you win! Yeah! The 1st time playing and I didn't lose!

~ABBIE~

Its 12:50 a.m. and I decided that was worth blogging about!
My dog, Abbie, (a German Shepard) is little over a year old and she is very playful! Tonight, we left for church about 6:30 p.m. this evening and after church we visited till about 11pm. We drive up and are walking to our house when we notice Abbie didn't greet us at the car like she usually does...in fact she is no where to be found! So we,Cale, Jax, and I, all call her name & whistle and still she's not coming. Just about that time Cale says 'she's in the house!' We were gone about 5 hrs with her locked in the house!!!! My heart sank as I walked in the door....all the while thinking the worse!! Surprisingly she only did minor damage...considering how long she was in the house she did very well! Really God watch out for Cale, me, and Abbie!!! LOL! I didn't have to hurt anyone!! She didn't tear up anything valuable. Part of Cale shoe and mostly trash from the trash can was all that she'd gotten in to!
This is what must have happened...when Cale went to get in the car for church he left the door wide open. I am usually a ways behind him and so she must have came in and was very quiet b/c I didn't notice a huge dog in my living room! She must have laid down in her usual spot and I didn't even see her. Which is amazing b/c it’s in plain sight!!! Thank God he watches out for Cale....he could have been in BIG trouble!!!! LOL! Needless to say Cale got to pick up the mess while I was in the shower since he was the one that caused the whole thing! All Jax could say when he came in the house is..."mom is going to be real mad!" LOL! He's so silly! Here is my Abbie…

SPRING BREAK

Well, it's my second day off and it was a pretty good day! I got up and watched my ol time favorite "Saved By The Bell"...we have a DVR and I recorded them. Yah, maybe it's a lil 'childish' but oh well! It's fun to watch them again! Then a movie came on that I'd never seen before, 'Fried Green Tomatoes'. I watched as I cleaned house and it was a good movie! I can't believe I'd never seen it! Then I cooked pizza and it was ready for Cale when he got off! Yum, it was good! He was very impressed that I'd done all this...he thinks on my days off I will just sit around and do nothing...I showed him! LOL!
Cale is about to teach me to play chess so I'm gonna go! I'll let you know tomorrow what the verdict was! If he was patient or not....we'll see!

~ Dave & Lauren's Wedding~

Here are some pix from their wedding! I finally got some loaded on here for you to see! These are some of my favs!

"Just Because"

On Thurs I mentioned to Cale, just in conversation really, that I needed to look at getting a new purse because my handles on my purse had started to tear away from the purse....because I have too much stuff in my it! On Friday Cale went to town to do some stuff and when he came home he had this for me! Isn't it really cute? He did a great job picking it out! I love it! He's doing sweet things like when we were dating & I like it! Keep up the GREAT work honey! He's a great guy and I'm so blessed to have him as my husband!

Valentines Day

We didn't go anywhere for V-day, but we did spend time together! Here's a pic of us!

CURLY SUE...is that you???

My sis & I decided we wanted a body wave. So we made an appt and told her that we just wanted some curl, but not like 'curly sue'! She did a good job and I'm not sure any other way to do it anyways...but here's what it looks like. Now, I haven't washed it b/c she said we have to wait til tomorrow night, so hopefully it will 'tame' down an lil! I think it's pretty, but I have to clip it back b/c I look funny! I told Cale this morning it looked like a poodle died on my head! I have so much hair it's just really full!