Here and There and Everywhere

So alot has been going on the last couple of months and I have decided that even though I love blogging I really stink at it. Before I had a blog I had so much I wanted to write about, then when I got one, I am a total slacker with it. So hopefully I can get better at it. So for now here is a couple of things happening in our life.

1. We found out we are having a BOY! Yea! I am so excited, now to determine a name. We have narrowed it down to two. I know what my favorite is, but Chuck won't pick one yet. :) (I think he already has, but just like to drag me along because he know he is driving me crazy!) So when we get a name I will let you know. The nursery is painted light blue, we will be putting a thick chocolate brown stripe around and a thin orange stripe on either side of that. Me and my mom are going to make the bedding. We will use dinasours and Soccer Balls (are you surprised). We are going to work on the bedding over spring break so hopefully I can post pics soon.

2. I am so glad it is almost spring! I love the Sunshine!!!!!!!

3. My 10 year highschool reunion is in June. Weird, so weird. I have mixed feeling about this but and so excited to go and see everyone! More than just looking at their lives through facebook. LOL

I don't really know what else to write for now so if I think of something else I will just have to post later.

I hope you all have a blessed week!

RIP Papa Lee

Well as most of you probably read on my facebook page my Papa passed away last Sunday night. He had been sick and basically unresponsive for about a week and a half. He was surrounded by his family and just went to sleep peacefully. I am so glad that he is in heaven with my Gaga now. I know that they are happy together. For his memorial service they have asked each grandchild to write their favorite memories of Papa for the Preacher to read, so hear is mine.

Papa Lee loved us grandkids and great-grandaughters and spoiled us rotten. One of the first things I remember is he always had a snickers bar hidden somewhere for me when I came over. He loved to work outside, and it was a real treat if we got to ride on his lawnmower with him. He loved to take his naps and had no problem telling us kids to "hush up" if we were being too loud. We would take bike rides all of the time. (I think this was more so Gaga could get us out of the house for a minute but he still loved it. :) ) He loved to watch his Dallas Cowboy's football. He loved to eat. He always read out of his large print Bible, and always made sure that we read our Bibles. Growing up I always remember him in either red sweat shorts with a white t-shirt and a hat or jeans that had a crease sewn down the front of them, a white t-shirt and a hat. He loved to eat ice cream and drink pepsi and sometimes put peanuts in it. He loved to work with his tools in the garage. He had a large collection of National Geographics in the garage also. He loved to sit on the porch with binoculars and watch his birds. He loved to help people and give them anything they needed. He adored my Gaga and loved spoiling her. He loved to talk to anyone who would listen and tell some of his old stories. He loved the church and he loved God. He loved his daughters and always said they were the best in the world. He was very protective of his family. He was stubborn, courageous, a gentle giant, giving, onery, and a man unlike many in our culture today. He was loved by many and will not easily be forgotten. I love you Papa and can't wait for the day I can see you and Gaga again!

We're Knocked Up!

So the news is out! I really hate the phrase "were knocked up", but you really can't say that when you are telling family or friends, so I decided to use it on here. :) So I don't know alot of detail yet. I think I am due around August 9th, 2010. I go to the doctor on January 4th and will find out for sure then.
I don't really like telling people this early because I have had a miscarriage in the past, but I'm feeling pretty good about this one so we decided to chance it and tell everyone early (for us). Anyhow I will update after I go to the doctor, but until then please keep us (and my nerves) in your prayers!

Have a blessed week!

What I am Thankful for.....better late than never!

Hello all, so I know I have totally been a slacker with blogging but life has been a little crazy. In October my cousin got married. I did a whole desert room for her that included several goodies, a fully stocked chocolate fountain, mini cheesecakes, oreo balls, mini fruit tarts, mini chocolate eclairs, and mini cream puffs. Also punch and milk. So for about two weeks my house and kitchen were a wedding explosion. It was a blast and I was glad to have the opportunity to do it, but I was glad when it was over. Congrats Jessica and Brad, I am glad you found your prince charming.
Also in October was my husbands 31st birthday! I should have been a good wife and blogged 31 reasons why I love my husband or something like that but instead a friend let us borrow their cabin and we went for an overnight trip without Delia, after a dinner at Shoguns. We enjoyed our evening and then went fishing the next morning and ate orange icing cinnamon rolls for breakfast!

And finally in October I planned my churches fall festival for the kids. I had to organize food, games and more! I had lots of help thankfully, it went off without a hitch and I think both kids and adults enjoyed it. Me and Delia went as Dorothy and Chuck went as the scarecrow.

In November my Mom celebrated her 50th birthday. I decorated her office and threw her a surprise party! She hates things like that, but hey you only turn 50 once, besides she doesn't look 50 so it is ok. I got her a "NANA bracelet" that has mine, my brothers, and Delia's birthstone on it. I will have to add others as the come. :)

Thanksgiving was good this year, just a dinner at my mom's house. I love cooking for my family! This year I only made deviled eggs and greenbean casserole, but after all of the other planning and cooking over the last couple of months that was fine with me.

And then Christmas........I really hate shopping, I think it is the country girl in me. I just like the quiet outdoors. Not noisy, smelly stores with rude people. I bet I could never go to the mall and would be just fine, maybe my children will not know what the mall is. :) I am trying to make most of my gifts and so far I am having luck! I enjoy making things for people and I hope they enjoy them to and don't just think I am trying to be cheap. (Even though it usually is cheaper to make gifts!) Well I think that is all for now, that should update you from my last post until now so I just have to get better about this blogging thing. Hope you all have a blessed holiday season and a Merry Christmas!!!!

Have a blessed week!

Some pics from our Cabin getaway!

Random Thought Tuesday

So lately I have been realizing that maybe I am too hard on myself. I think I am a great wife and mother, but you just have mommy guilt sometimes. I need to realize that I do what I can and as long as my family is happy and taken care of that is what matters. Everybody says that time goes so fast and I want D to remember a mom that spent time with her not one that stressed about the house being clean all of the time.

I need to spend more time studying my Bible. If I studied the Bible as much as I checked my facebook, read emails and blogs I would be a whole lot better off.

I am thankful for who I am and what God has given me. I have recently come to this realization. I used to be really self conscious and worried about what people thought of me. Some of that was just me and some was listening to what other people thought I should be like. I have finally decided that I am just going to be me and you either like it or you don't. I am tired of being a people pleaser or being worried about making someone uncomfortable.

I worry too much, this is a big struggle for me. I trust God, but I don 't trust God. I have a hard time letting things go and knowing that God will take care of me and my family. He always has and I have no right to doubt that but I just have a hard time giving up the reigns.

I am tired of the "mean" stage that D is in. She tries to love on babies but is too ruff. She is really into pinching and sometimes I feel like all I tell her is "no" all day long. I don't like that but sometimes I don't know what else to do. I am definitely ready for this stage to be over with.

Time to Blog...Potty Potty Potty

OK, so wow it has been way to long since I wrote on here. We have been crazy busy apparently and looking at my calendar it doesn't look like it going to stop any time soon. In the last month I have prepared for school, we went and saw Chuck's mom in Lawton, had family pictures taken. Between fantasy football drafts, Chuck going to the OU/BYU game, baby showers, wedding shower for my cousin it never seems to stop. On top of it all last friday Delia decided she was ready to go potty on the big girl potty. I should be really excited about this but I think it just caught me off guard. Don't get me wrong I had the potty, and knew what "signs" too look for but she really wasn't doing anything that I thought was big and then bam she ran into the bathroom trying to pull down her pants and sit on her little potty say "Potty, Potty." So we let her try and she has been doing it ever since. She doesn't stay dry all of the time but she is doing better and better. She is starting to wake up dry from naps and at night she is almost dry. I am kinda excited but also it makes me sad, she is growing up so fast and I feel like I have no idea what I am doing when it come to potty training. I feel like I have a newborn again(I know it is not that big of a deal but it feels like it). I don't know where to start, pull-ups, panties, or let her run around naked. Get on to her when she has an accident or just gently guide her in the right direction. I guess I will just figure it out like when having a baby, but man it is just as much work for mom as it is for Delia. Now we can't just go, I have to make sure that we have sat on the potty, and remember to let her do it in public which totally grosses me out. :) All in all it is not that bad, and kinda exciting to start this new journey in our life, and hope it doesn't take forever. But hey the one good thing is "NO MORE BUYING DIAPERS", so potty little Delia and Mom and Dad will be proud. We love that girl and want to cherish every moment, even if we are not ready for them. Here is one of the new family pictures, the rest can be seen on my facebook profile. Have a blessed week!

To stretch or not to stretch?

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So this is a more what do you think post. This is kinda a touchy subject for me lately just because I'm really paranoid of mine. I know it doesn't matter to some people, but I tend to hate mine. So what am I talking about? Well......STRETCH MARKS!

In my head I have categorized stretch marks into four categories:
1. Tiny white/clear lines....that don't even count as stretch marks really. :)
2. Deep white trails.
3. Deep purple trails.
4. I had a baby and they were purple, but now they are white. But still noticable and very annoying. (This is the category I fit into.)

So I am bringing this up because of an incident that happened while I was at the pool today. I myself now wear a one piece to cover up my left over stretch marks, that look like an old map. I would like to wear a two piece but I'm not sure if that will ever happen again. So today at the pool there was a pregnant lady in a bikini. That part doesn't bug me I think pregnant bellies are beautiful. The lady was walking around, swimming, laying out and doing whatever she wanted. She also had huge and very dark purple stretch marks all over her belly. She looked like she could pop at any minute. She told me and a friend that was with me that she was due in Sept. So then I just felt bad for her because she was already so huge. So here is what I want to know. It didn't really bug me that much that she was wearing a bikini. I figured if she was comfortable with doing that more power to her. But there was several people staring at her, I even heard one lady say "someone need to go get her a cover-up, that is gross and I don't want to see it". I didn't really know what to say to that. So what is everyone's opinion? Do you cover them up, or are you proud and just realize that it is a part of that so just deal with it. Are you comfortable and have enough confidence to not worry about what other people think? I'm not sure what I would do, I think I would cover them up. I don't want my daughter to have self esteem issues when she gets older, but I'm not sure how to tell her that I think strech marks are beautiful. ???
Sorry if you read this and you didn't want to but that is what I was thinking about today so I figured I would write it all down.

Hope you all have a blessed week! L