~~ ABC's of ME ~~

I saw this on Faith's blog and thought it would be fun to do.

A - Age: 38

B - Bed size: King size actually getting a brand new one any day now, just waiting on delivery.

C - Chore you hate: Cleaning bath tubs!

D - Dog's name: Kaki

E - Essential start your day item: COFFEE!!

F - Favorite color: Green

G - Gold or Silver: Both

H - Height: 5'6"

I - Instruments you play: I played the violin many, many, many years ago. I would love to learn to play the piano now that I have one.

J - Job title: Mom and Fulltime Student

K - Kid(s): My boys-Jesse-5 and Michael-3 and my girls Brenna-21 and Breann-17

L - Living arrangements: Recently bought a house that my sweet hubby and boys are super excited to call home for a very, very long time!

M - Mom's name: Judy

N - Nicknames: Jenn

O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: A few years ago when I had my gallbladder removed-it was a day surgery turned into overnight.

P - Pet Peeve: I have a few, but people parking in front of my house for long periods of time. Mainly neighbors or their company, especially when there is space in their own driveway or in front of their house!

Q - Quote from a movie: from Some Kind of Wonderful--Keith: You can't tell a book by its cover. Watts : No, but you can tell how much it's gonna cost you.

R - Right handed or left handed: Right

S - Siblings: 1 sister

T - Time you wake up: It a depends really. Some days it is 6:30, some days it is 7:30-8:00. Things will be much, much different at the end of August.

U- Underwear: Not really sure what the right answer is here-yes or no?, size?, color?, cotton?, old lady or fancy? Moving on......

V - Vegetable you dislike: The slimy ones.

W - Ways you run late: Not giving myself enough time to get myself and both boys ready and out the door on time. Trying to remember everything that needs to go in the car with me and the boys. Procrastination :~)

X - X-rays you've had: ankles, teeth

Y - Yummy food you make: Phillip is the cook in our family! However, I do my fair share. Phillip is crazy for my meatloaf and mashed potatoes and the boys love a good chicken or garden salad.

Z - Zoo favorite: Zebras, Cheetahs, Giraffes.....Lion, Tigers and Bears, OH MY!! They are just all so beautiful.

~ College Bound ~

Congratulations Breann!!

~ Class of 2009 ~

Yesterday was a BIG day for Breann

Graduation Day!!

She made it through 12 years of school and finally graduated from high school last night at 8:30pm. It was crazy that the ceremony was so late, we didn't get out of the Erwin Center until 10:55, but it was special night. My only complaint is that because it was so late afterwards we were rushed taking pictures which is usually hard when there are two families anyway. I could go on and on, but this isn't the post for that. I wasn't able to get a picture of just Breann in her cap and gown or a family (all 6 of us) picture.

Here is what I did get:

I must admit it was a little sad. It went by so fast. I know that she is so excited to be moving on to the next stage of her life---COLLEGE---she will be going off to Texas Tech in Lubbock next fall. Congrats sweet girl, we love you!

All or Nothing

It is sad, but true......I am an all or nothing blogger.
I haven't posted anything in over a month. I realized that I start a post, then I get side tracked and/or I want to add pictures that I haven't downloaded yet and/or I have to get off the computer to feed or do something for or with the kids. What it comes down to is I have too many posts started and I never go back and finish them so I can publish them. Before I know it, I have another half finished post that I don't want to post until I edit and post the post before it. Does that even make sense? It is almost summer and it is fixing to get busy around here. My goal is to post more regularly, but there will probably be some old posts popping up randomly here and there. Just giving ya the heads up.

Backsplash....Completed

I was suppose to start AND finish this over Christmas break.
That did not happen.
I started school in January and planned to tackle the job over Spring Break.
That did not happen.


Two months later, it is finished! It was the first time I have ever done a tiling project. There were definitely some challenges, but it is finished and I love how my vision has been brought to life. It's exactly as I had imagined. The idea came to me because of my Fiesta dishes. I love all the different colors. My all new black appliances also help tie it all together.

Eventually I want to pull up the tile and if the concrete is in good condition I'd like to stain it, if not I might retile it.

Also, these cabinets need some help. I'm not sure what to do with them, but I think they need some color. Any suggestions? Maybe I'll just add some handles or knobs. I just don't know yet.

My Pig

Michael's class did their version of the 3 little pigs

and my baby was pig #3.

Isn't he cute?

Getting the bricks for his house.

The big bad wolf knocking-let me in.

Not by the hair on my chinny, chin, chin.

He is Risen

I remember this performance at the CMA awards and they would play the video on CMT around Easter every year after that. I absolutely love the song and I hope you enjoy it too!

Good Friday

These pretty girls stopped by to have lunch with us. They are busy teenage girls, so we don't get to see them enough. We usually get lucky around the holidays. I was reminded that I/we made a sort of resolution that whenever all of us are together I will get out my camera. Well, I didn't get a family picture, but I did get one of all the kids.

It was a pretty casual lunch, notice the t-shirts and shorts, but Brenna had a big date with a new car at 2:00. Seriously, she fixed her hair and make-up and got all dressed up because she was getting a new car that afternoon. She's been driving around in her Durango for years.

Remember your first car? I sure do remember mine, but I'm going to save that for another post.