Happy Anniversary

Today my wonderful husband and i are celebrating our
30 year Wedding Anniversary

He sent me flowers. (if you follow me on Twitter, take a look at them)
They are beautiful!
... for right now I am still all the "tricks" to my new
"IPad". ...yea. that's right he got me that too!
So I don't have a picture on here to show you yet..

.....
More to come...I have some catchin'up to do...
But for now,I need to learn more about my new toy.

'fathers day'

father's day at our house is kinda quite ..well except for this precious one...
  can you see her?
       [ it is hard to get a good picture of her sometimes, she tends to "blend" in..]

this is dale's father's day card from  KARLIE...

this is a close up of the card
    we made it just for him!

this made him laugh!
 which is a nice change from opening cards from
Matthew, KatieBeth and Jordyn...  they all brought TEARS.. whew!

this is where i took him to celebrate



Linebergers Steak House


it was sooooooooo good

we had a great time


today my Earthly Father is sitting at the feet of my Heavenly Father!
i miss him so much, he was such a "fun" person to talk to .. he had a great sense of humour.
i am so very thankful for the long suffering of my Heavenly Father..
 there's gonna be a great reunion day someday!
     .... miss you "dad"

i'm back

man.. where does the time go?

i didn't even realize it had been so long ...
anyway i guess i need to "fill you in" on all the happenings around here...

last week our whole family was here for the weekend...YEAH!

here is our new family portrait...

 jordyn, katiebeth, [ellie], matthew, me, dale,[karlie]

         ellie is our new "grand-dog" she is a 3mo. old "yorkie-poo"
                                    with really sharp teeth,
                  we are praying the tooth fairy comes to her house
                            BEFORE she comes back to mine :D


.... and there's more......

this is our best buddies
 [which are jordyn's parents]
                 and
[josie is karlie's best buddy]
... i am sure that "ellie" will fit right in.. again.. AFTER the tooth fairy
      

             we are so blessed to have our in laws as our best friends...

jordyn. katiebeth,[ellie], michelle,[josie], scottie

*uh mm ...that is matthew in the back ground...

 enjoying some of that homemade ice cream

we all had such a great time..
i had told them i would prepare every one's favorite thing for sunday lunch..
                so here was the menu....
    grilled fillets
    grilled chicken breast [for matthew]
    fried yellow squash
    fried okra [ dale makes the best]
    mac-n-cheese
    rolls
    fruit tarts
    homemade ice cream [pineapple]

it was ssssssssssso good!
   we enjoy each other's company so much,
it is always so sad when everyone leaves to go back home.

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moving on....

my new favorite thing since my last post...



frozen strawberry lemonade



this wonderful little treat is only 100 calories...

       and it is soooooooooo good...

           you need to try it!

oh..yeah still watching the weight thing,

    and yeah still going        s..l..o.. w

                only 2lbs. lighter since last post..

                                :D