happy birthday Dale.. we love you

"my dale's" birthday.



we celebrated at a local restaurant with Scottie, Michelle and Jordyn..







and then home for some fun and games!... well Michelle and I had fun as we LET the guys win at playing ROOK.. since it was Dale's birthday and to keep them from whining ... :)


Josie also came over so she and Karlie could have some fun together.. they are best friends.
(Karlie is on the left..Josie on the right)










the only thing missing was this wonderful son of ours.. he wasn't able to come home this weekend.. but we hope to see him very very soon.


We love you son!
(always doing something to make us laugh... )

thankful thursday

today i am thankful for ...

GENUINE people!

i do not do well with those who "play the part". most of the time i can spot those that are "fake" very quickly and...then i try to RUN! ..


i love the statement in Sheri Rose Shepherds book "His Princess"..

"the more real you become, the better you will relate to others..no more pretending"..



"for do i now presuade men, or God?or do i seek to please men? for if i yet pleased men, i should not be the servant of Christ"

Gal. 1:10



Our Heavenly Father wants us to be real with Him.. therefore we should be real with others...everyday in everyway.

"my promise...

i have to say, so far i have written mainly about things that i really love, and that truly are "my favorite's". it will not always be that way.. altough today these are two more of "my favorites"...

1.. my very favorite PROMISE from my Heavenly Father...

"i will never leave thee, nor forsake thee"...Hebrews 13:5b "

2.. my reminder of one of my favorite places.. "The Beach"

(which i will be at in a couple of weeks... so excited about a much needed vacation)

(the picture was taken in my bathroom, which is done in a "beach theme")

i love creation, and the awesomeness of GOD.. i am so thankful that he has given us so much beauty to enjoy while here on earth.

Beautiful You - Monk & Neagle

"in the beginning GOD created the heaven and the earth." Gen.1:1

"Pedicures"

this is one of my very favorite things !

after work KatieBeth and i decided that we would go for a MUCH needed pedicure.

this is KatieBeth...

this is me...

...ah!

my favorite birds

i love to watch birds!

we have always had birdfeeders on our deck so we can watch the birds come and feed up close, and in the late spring we always hang hummingbird feeders too.

"my favorite birds" are ...
the Yellow Finches ..(i have three feeders for my finches)

the Red Bellied Woodpecker

and just recently we have had this guy.. he looks like an Indigo Bunting.. but he has the body and markings of a "finch", so we are sure what he is ..just that we love watching him

"my favorite people"

My husband Dale...

(man ... looking pretty serious... must be thinkin'..)

We have been married for 29 years, and we dated for more than 4 years before we got married..( we were very young :)
He is the Senior pastor of the most wonderful church in the world.
Where GOD continues to bless and show us great and mighty things.

Our Son Matthew..

After we had been married 5 years we were blessed with our son, he is now 23 and lives in Nashville, TN where God continues to use him in mighty ways.
(we miss him here, but we know for now that is where he needs to be)

Our daughter KatieBeth...

After another 5 years passed we were blessed again.. with our daughter,KatieBeth she is now 17 and has already completed her first two years of college, and will continue for a couple more years.

We have the most wonderful children EVER!

Then there's Karlie.. isnt she the cutest?

she is our 7 mo. old, spoiled "Morkie-poo", she doesn't know she's not human..and we treat her like she is too.. we LOVE her.