Someone Is Turning 18 Today August 27,2008

Happy Birthday Rebekah. I hope that you had a fun filled day. I have enjoyed so much of being your mom and watching you grow up into a beautiful woman that you are today. I look forward to making many more memories down the road and seeing what God has planned for your life. God definitely has plans for you, he made that known to us on August 11th. I posted some fun memories from this past year. The years that you were only 17 yrs old. lol Enjoy!=)

For a graduation gift, Sarah took Rebekah to Florida.

They got to visit the beach with an old friend, Stephanie. =)

Graduation Day

Just received her diploma= Congratulations!

Visit our cousins in March.

Went skiing with the family in Indiana. That was so much FUN!!

Rebekah being silly.

Rebekah's senior picture. My beautiful baby girl.

Visiting some more friends in Florida.

A bit out of order... our fist hurricane experience.

Some good friends

Rebekah's senior trip to Gatlinburg...no parents. I was so jealous!

The sisters having a good time.

Canoeing on the lake...oh how my dad would had loved to been there. Thank you Rebekah for so many precious memories! Now your 18!!!!! It finally got here. =)

Aug. 26,08 They Came, I Saw, They Ate

My momma and her baby came by again today.

I am so excited! They are so beautiful!

Look at that cute little tail. =)

August 25,2008 I Can't Believe ThiS!!!!

This is my kitchen. This is where my refrigerater sits. Right next to this counter.

This is where my oven sits. On the othere side of the same counter.

Richard came home, went under the house and found the problem. Out shower is literally allowing the water to FLOW out through the walls. Please pray that our home insurance will cover this.

I just don't know why everything has to happen at once. First, both of the girls cars break down, Richards truck gets totaled, I'm starting a new business, we're trying to survive with the rising prices and now THIS!!! I found this on Monday.

Want to hear my devotion for this morning? Good cause I'm going to share it with you anyhow. =) It's Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. A friend suggested this to everyone and I am so glad. It has helped me so much!!! Hear it go's....

The exact words that I read this morning.....

TRUST ME in the midst of a messy day. Your inner calm--your Peace in My Presence--need not be shaken by what is going on around you. Though you live in this temporal world, your innermost being is rooted and grounded in eternity. When you start to feel stressed, detach yourself from the disturbances around you. Instead of desperately striving to maintain order and control in your little world, relax and remember that circumstances cannot touch My Peace.
Seek My Face, and I will share my mind with you, opening your eyes to see things from My perspective. Do not let your heart be troubled, and do not be afraid. The Peace I give is sufficient for you.

John 16:33; Psalm 105:4; John 14:27

WOW! Did God know what I needed to hear or what! Of course he did, but this book was dated long ago. He knew that on August 26,2008 I was going to need to hear him say this to me. WOW! As my mom would say, "Isn't that awesome!". lol

So, I will put my trust in Him and know that he is in control. My thankfulness to God this morning was for the good health that my family has and for our salvation. Those are the most 2 important things right now. And I would take that any day. NOW I need to get rid of this nasty mold before it makes us SICK!!! Please pray that the insurance lady will tell us that they will cover our damage. She is coming out tomorrow morning, Wednesday at 9 am. Thanks!

This is just a taste of God's beauty and peace.

August 23,2008 The Last Day of Fair

From the left, Austin, Jonathan, Brandon, I forgot how you spell her name. It's different! Wilson county is know for one of the Best Fairs in Tennessee. The people here will save their money for a whole year just so they can spend it at the fair for the 2 weeks that it's here. This Fair is their Disney, I kid you not!

On Friday after school 3 of Jonathan's friends came home with him. They camped out in the woods till about 2 am and ended up crashing in the livingroom. Someone knocked a pole down and the whole tent colapsed on them. lol

The next morning we all headed off to the fair. We spent the whole day there!

This ride is called the Crazy Mouse.

From the left, Matt, Cody and Austin.

I think this is called the Rock-N-Roller.

This is a pot belly pig. You could actually win this cute little fella. But good luck! You have to throw a ping pong ball into a glass bowl that floats in a little pool of water.

At 7PM we went to watch the Demolition Derby. That is my favorite part of the fair. I turned around and looked up in the dark sky and saw the most beautiful sunset. I wish that light wasn't in my way!!!!! It was so beautiful!!!!!

Vanderbilt Life Flight was also there. This is when they were landing. Right next to where the Derby was. This was a very long and loud day but also a lot of fun.

August 21,2008 A New Beginning

Today was my first show for my new business, Premier Jewelry.

I did pretty good.

The jewelry pretty much sells itself. Letisha, here are some pictures of what I have. If anyone wants to do some outside sales can recieve free jewelry.

August 18,2008 We have a BABY!!

Look carefully and you will see it. I was sitting at my computer and I looked out the window and saw the momma eatting. Then I was something little moving in the woods. There it was!!

Here, I zoomed in closer. The momma came out of the woods but the baby stayed inside the woods for safety. Isn't it cute!?!?! I can't wait for them to come and visit again. =)

August 17,2008 Rebekah's car

Well, today we went to church, came home and ate. Now it's time to get Rebekah's car fixed. Here Richard is dropping Rebekah's transmission out .

Her car's been looking like this for a week.

This is where her clutch was. Now it's in little pieces.

I do mean little pieces. My husband is so good that we was able to get all of this done and back on the road that night. We had one very happy young lady. =)

August 16,2008 WHAT A BUSY WEEKEND!!!! whew!

This is our new addition to the family for only about 2 more days. =( It's a Mazda 2008 and boy does it have speed! =)

Now that the truck is at the collusion place being evaluated, the girls cars are down and the van is the only vehicle still running good. Thank goodness we have a rental car. Today Richard's goal is to get Sarah's car back on the road. Then he will tackle Rebekah's car. Between all of this he will also pick David up at work, take Rebekah to work and then bring David out to the school for his football game. I think he has a pretty easy day. lol

Me? Well, today is the boys Football Jamboree! We will be hosting 10 different football teams at our school. From 2pm -5pm I will be collecting the tickets at the entrance. Then at 5pm I will go and watch Jonathan's team play.

Remember Jonathan is number 31. He is to the left of the picture.

His coach sent Jonathan out to take this big guy out.

Go Jonathan!

Hit him low!!

There you go!!!!

They WON!!!! 14-0

Then after Jonathan's game I went to go work in the merchandise building. We sold a lot of Wildcat stuff. While I was working, our QB president came and told me that Tim McGraw is in the house. WHAT?!?!?! YEA!!!!! His nephew plays on the team that our varsity was playing against. SOOOOO, I decided to go and ask him if he would wear our Wildcat hat for a picture. He of course said that he couldn't do that. I know! But he said that he would hold it for me instead. THAT WORKS!!!!! SO, I didn't want to sound stupid and say 1,2,3, smile. =) I just took the picture. Now I wish I had at least said SMILE! Oh well, he still looks good. =) We will be putting this picture into our football programs. =)

TIM McGRAW PEAOPLE , AT OUR KIDS SCHOOL!!!!

Then at 9pm I went to go watch David play football. We killed Tim McGraw's nephews team. tee hee hee I think it was 21-0

Tim looking on in the stand. He's the guy in the middle at the top with his hands (both hands) by his face. Ya, he had a few friends with him.

And then we got to go home around 10:30 or so. LONG DAY!!!!!!