Friday, July 27, 2012


 HIGH FIVE FOR ......




It's Friday again.....FINALLY :)   



1.  The storms have been rolling in the past few weeks and this one was no exception! While I love a good strom at nap time it sure has been ruining alot of pool days :/





2. My Mom and I went shopping this week (several times! :) and picked up so many goodies :) Like these awesome dining room table decor!!!





3.  My hair is getting insanely long and I LOVE IT!!!!!! :) After having an inverted bob it takes a REALLY long time to get this again! 





4.  I am currently cleaning out my office and stumbled upon this pic of myself circa 1987 ! Adorbs!







5.  This has really helped me through the last few weeks with Andy getting a new job and things being all up in the air I have came back to this several times. Love Joyce Meyer! 




Summer is coming to close in a little less then a month....my birthday is coming up (YAY)....and we still got a lot of summer fun things to check off our list! :) 

Where has this summer gone????




Tuesday, July 24, 2012

The Greatest Woman I Have Ever Known



I am a true believer that everyone comes in and out of your life for a reason. Some people come in without much impact and others make such an impact they change who you are. Some people you can't imagine NOT having in your life. I am very lucky to have a lot of family and all my family lives very close by and we see each other a lot of the time. But there is one person who not only has loved me since the day I was born but who has shaped me and guided my life in every way.

My grandma is one of those people that once you know her its impossible to forget her. She is a strong woman, one who has been through so much in her time. She is someone I have always and will always look at as unbreakable. She raised 5 children who were born within 4 years! Her and my Grandpa have been married 50 years this past November and she took on two grand children (including myself) to raise. She loves like no other I have ever known. She believes in hard work and has never (even now at 71) stopped working hard. 

When I was growing up I always remember knowing she wasn't going to put up with any excuses and she expected everyone's best.....always! She is so strong willed and if she had something she wanted to accomplish she NEVER let ANYTHING hold her back. Me and Grandma have a different sort of relationship then most women and their Grandma's. I not only see her as my Grandma but like my mother because she raised me but also the older I get the more I see her as my friend. She taught me so many things, how to love school, how to treat people, how important GOD is to have in my life, and most importantly how to be a mother. 

My Grandma has always been so strong. But in the last few years she has battles so many things like cancer and diabetes and heart problems. She has been anything but strong the last year and slowly I have watched my Grandma, who could do anything and everything, slip away. She became weak, less able to do the things she loves like garden or go to church. She began to lose a lot weight and at time forget what she was doing or even who she was. She has always taken care of everyone and never seemed to need taking care of until now. 

To see her cry is heartbreaking and to know she is in so much pain that she doesn't want to fight to stay here anymore is crushing! I can't imagine my little boy having no memory or her when he is older or her not being here to have an impact on his life. I can't imagine him not fully knowing what an amazing woman she is. I can't imagine the overwhelming pain my Grandpa is going through watching all this happen or the all consuming heartache he will endure when she is no longer with us. 50 years of marriage this day in age is almost non existent and they have been through so much together. I can't imagine what it would be like to lose the person you have spent every day with for the last 50 years. 

My Grandma's all time favorite bible verse is Matthew 21:22 "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” 

I believe she is strong but I also believe she is tired. Tired of pain. Tired of doctors and hospitals. Tired of not having answers to all this pain. And tired of fighting what she feels is a losing battle. I know she is ready now at any time to go home. Her forever home. I know she is ready to walk without pain hand in hand with the LORD. And even though its easy to be selfish and want her here and want her with us I have reached the point where all I want for her is happiness and peace. Her body and her mind need rest.  


In this time of saddness and praying for only comfort for her and not knowing how much longer she has here with us I will look to the Lord and his word for my comfort and the knowing that I love her and will always love her and be thankful for the impact she made on my life.


2 Timothy 4:7-8 
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing





2 Corinthians 5:8 Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. 





Sunday, July 15, 2012

Being without internet the past weeks has been a pain but things are back up and running now so its time to catch up :)  I wanted to share the last few weeks in a short and sweet recap of Instagram photos :)

it's rained here...a lot!
a trip to Toy's R Us was in order this week 




Loving my new target ring :) 
He has a slight obsession with his goggles



                                                               



made my second diaper cake! Success!
After an hour long tantrum he fell
asleep holding my hand


                                                           
                                                   The goggles are on ALL THE TIME!!!!!                       


The Children's Museum!!!!
my mom is now living 3 miles away!
We couldn't be happier!






Hensley is in love with Horseshoes
so he got his very own set :) 

I have the bestest best friend EVER!
Love her!















I am so in love with the fact that he
isn't too old to fall asleep on me :) 
The neighborhood pool! We see this
place weekly!!













  How we spent our 4th of July! At the pool with family, lots of good food and a diving board!!! Hensley life was pretty much complete with the diving board!!!! :)






The back to school sales have started
and saving 80 bucks on my first trip
spending only 12 dollars is AWESOME :)
Hensley's most prized toy (blue monkey)
was thrown accidentally on the hospital
roof this week! Long Story!
He was rescued safely :)  













We have been to backyard paradise a few
times and Hensley loves it :)

Watermelon has been Hensley's
food of choice! 






This pool has provided HOURS of fun
We got a big blow up pool and some
lounge chairs! We are SET!





Water gun fights with daddy :) 
We added a slide to the pool! :) 


                                                
We went to the race track with friends
and watched alot of fast cars and
MONSTER TRUCKS!
Hensley was in heaven :)




Well that was just a short little post about  all the happenings around here the past few weeks :) There will be LOTS more catch up detailed posts to come :) So far it's been a pretty AWESOME summer :) 



             

Monday, July 9, 2012

High five for Friday




High for Friday!!!!!! TGIF!!! I skipped last friday because we were at the beach!!! Look for that post this week! :) 




 1. This week was a very lazy week for us because if all the actions last week on vacation. Hensley slept until 12 pm on Monday, re first day home from the beach! And that pattern continued for the rest of he week waking up at 10 am at the earliest! Which is insane for Hensley!!! I love it and even though I couldn't sleep in I enjoyed just lying in bed relaxing :) 






 2. My mom is coming to visit and spend the night which is awesome! She works all the time and we don't get to see her a whole lot spin am super stoked! We are going out for Mexican and to the pool tomorrow :) love love love her and Hensley adores his granny!!!








 3. I took over 800 pictures at the beach... Obsessive???? I think not :) prepare yourself for that blog!








 4. I stated a list I got from a fellow blogger called 101 in 1001 this week. It's basically a list of 101 things you want to accomplish is 1001 days ( or roughly 2.75 years) it's harder then I thought to think of 101 thins but when I finish I will post for you all to follow my progress and force me to stick to it :) 










 5. Andy and I are planning our first date night in over a year and a half!!! I couldn't be more excited or in need of this!