a week of "Thankfulness"

today i am thankful for my family

God has truly blessed me with the most wonderful family

 IN THE WORLD!

Dale.. my sweet WONDEFUL husband

relaxing  :)

Happy Day.. 2010 Bow Season

always. thinkin'..uhm

Matthew...my AmaZinG, WONDERFUL, son

always... playing some type of music... 

 the "cut-up"

   

KatieBeth... my AmaZingG WONDEFRUL daughter

"so sweet"

  

Our son-in-law to be Jordyn...  who is also a sweetie

always smiling ...

Our Amazing Little

Karlie ... who is always happy !

Thank you Lord for my Sweet .. Wonderful.. Amazing family



happy birthday

 WoW ... you are 24 today!
man the years go by fast...
i remember when you loved playing with your Teenage Nu Ninja Turtles..
and
it seems like yesterday when you played little league baseball
 rode your mini-bike ... had your friends over for a game of "wrestle mania" on the trampoline..

then as you grew ...so did your love for music..

and look where you are today...
isn't it amazing to see how the Lord has worked ... and is working now in your life...
Proverbs 3:6..."In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."

Psalm 37:23..."The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way"

we are so very proud of you, and we love you so very very much!
Happy Birthday
       Matt

here we go again

it seems that i am constantly fighting a sinus infection.
for some reason nothing seems to "kill" whatever is [in there..] ha..

i have tried every anti-biotic out there, and now that i am thinking about it .. that is probably one of my problems..
maybe i am immune to them by now..anyway.

the infection before last about 6 mo. ago the dr. that i always see told me ..
 'ok' i don't want to see you again for this
     .. you need to see a specialist..[ENT doctor].. ouch!
                needless to say i don't want to go there.

so just this week i am battling the same ole.. same ole
.. so i thought .. i need to do everything that i can think of , and maybe just maybe that will keep me from that dreadful visit.

so i pulled the handy dandy Neti-Pot(s) .. AGAIN
see i have two different types.


the one on the right is the new and improved version..uhm

 i have done this before, many times..but at night .. which kept me up all night while the nasty mess drained down my throat.. sorry i know that was too much info..

but i decided that i would do it in the morning, and see how it goes
..  seems to be helping..dont feel great.. but better.

i hope i am not being selfish when i ask you to pray that all this helps..but i sure would appreciate it.
thanks!

matthew

this is ONE SWEET guy!..

-- and Handsome too!

i have worked for a couple of weeks (almost daily) on getting this picture downloaded for you to see... worth it don't 'ya think?...

it is so good to see him, even if it is a picture; since he moved to Nashville, we dont get to see him that often.

but we are so excited that he is trying to seek and then follow the Lord!

... and GOD continues to bless

he is planning on coming home for Thanksgiving.. can't wait!

he also will be celebrating his 24th birthday in a couple of weeks... WOW!



WE LOVE YOU Matt!



We are so thankful to the Lord for blessing us with our wonderful son!

"Thank you Lord!"

just good stuff

enjoying the day off today!...yee-ha

but before i get into all of that...let me ask you... did you watch this last night?
www.acmcountry.com/awards


let me just say that i DO love these groups...



Little Big Town



Rascal Flatts



Lady Antebellum




"my Matt"

 and i love this guy even more  he was there!..
 working...kinda
 (if you call that work.. i call it FUN)
                               ...i am soooooooooo jealous.








then today.. we honor those who have served our great country.

and those are servering now..so we say a big THANK YOU! to this guy...

AIRMAN TOWNSEND...
aka our future son-in-law.. We love you JT!

Happy Veteran's Day

God's Protection

i think sometimes we just kinda take His proctection for granted...
that is until something happens such as this...

one morning last week i had left early to run get gas, vote, then head back home to get "Karlie" before heading to work.

when i got to the gas station, i had this kinda weird feeling, maybe because it was still dark, and there was no one around..or at least i thought there was no one around..
i get out of my car 'cash' in hand .. ready to dash inside..pay .. pump and go!
just as i get past my car this man comes outta no where.. walking straight toward me.. i said to him..very sternly.. "you better back away".. he continues toward me..again i said, EVEN MORE STERN.. " i'm telling you, you better back away".. he saw the anger in my eyes as well as my voice.. and ran to his vehicle.(which was parked on the side of the building).. and he got outta there in a hurry.
i was so fired up... i was ready to FIGHT...it made me soooooooooo angry.
when i went into the store, i told the lady clerk about what happened.
i asked her if she was alone and if she had some type of protection on her.. she said she did, but that God was her protector.
we then talked about the Lord for a while, and how good He is!

i have no idea what the man wanted, and frankly wasnt gonna give him to chance to tell me!
but to see how God had His hand on the whole thing is humbling!

i know that God has protecting me in so many ways, i also know that He has protected me from things that i am not even aware of...

He is sooooooooooo awesome

 many times we take all that God does for us for granted...and it takes something like this to remind us that
 He will NEVER leave me, nor FORSAKE me
Never...ever..
no matter how big or small the situation maybe.

Thank you Lord, for your Protection on my life

"that thing"... just handle it Lord!

how many times have we faced different situations and looked at every angle trying to ...
...figure it out
.....work it out
........  think it out
...........talk it out... and on and on
sometimes things happen that we don't understand,
.....sometimes things happen that are just simply out of our control,
either way we allow  "that thing"..  to consumed our every thought.

when we as God's children should be saying to HIM.. ok God',you know what's going on here.
I am leaving it up to you to .. "just handle it"     and then leave it there.

Boy, that is not an easy thing to do.. regardless of what "that thing" may be.. BUT, if we don't lay it down and leave it .. we will not be able to focus on anything else, and that is just where the enemy would want us to be.
Psalms 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

I Peter 5:7

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

..thank you Lord for loving me unconditionally, for being patient with me as i learn to trust you more ... YOU are God.. the mighty Creator, and You have everything "under control"... thank you for reminding me.. to let YOU .. "Handle it"

Do you have a "thing" in your life? if so.. let God handle it!