Thank you Cheryl

& Cheyrl's Mom & Dad!!! Today I got to meet Cheryl's Mom and Dad. It was way cool. As her Mom said there are actually real people on the other side of the computer. They brought me this beautiful plant. Isn't it georgeous? I love the colors. Cheryl's Mom assured me that it is what Cheryl would have liked. Thank you all for the beautiful flowers! I will hang it on my back porch and think of Cheryl everytime I see it. Thank you Cheryl's Mom and Dad for taking the time to bring it to me and the trouble of finding my house. I am sorry I didn't find out your names lol. Although, I am sure you are used to being Cheryl's Mom and Dad! Anyway, thanks again and I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip!

Weekend Review!

We had an interesting weekend. Friday night my friend Angel had a "great" idea lol. She wanted to make shirts for the walk on Saturday. So we went to Walmart and got everything we thought we needed and headed back to my house. We started using some fabric spray paint that didn't seem to be working that great. So after making a mess on Anna's shirt I head back to walmart to get a fabric marker instead. I get back to discover that Anna had gotten all quiet on Angel and Chris and they discovered that she had given her baby open heart surgery and suctioned her nose. Funny thing is she didn't get it on the carpet or anything just the baby oh and her hands. We started working on the shirts again and didn't finish until around midnight. Anna and I headed to bed leaving poor Angel with it at 11 or so. Anna was in complete melt down mode but wouldn't lay down without me.

Saturday, we went to do the walk. We arrived late but we sure did look cool in our shirts. Mine is being washed but maybe I will share a pic later. We were going to do the Sidewalk Chalk Festival after the walk but Angel and Victoria decided not to go. Anna was so exhausted and about to meltdown again so we didn't go either. Of course, we came home and she slept in the car and then wouldn't go back to sleep ugh. I did get a nap though it was a great thing because I was melting down too lol.

Sunday was church of course and afterwards we went to lunch with our friend Denise. Oh but before I go on I came up with a great project for our Sunday School class. We are doing interviews with each child about their Mom or female guardian. We are going to show it (after being edited of course) during one of the services on Mother's Day. I can't wait to see how they turn out. I came up with the thought and I came up with the questions but Chris has done the interviews. That kinda makes me sad because it was my idea and I had it how I wanted it in my head lol. Oh well, I am sure he has done a great job. I had to stay in and referee the kids cause they were wild! Sunday night we went to a Korean Church Dedication. They use to share our facilities and were building there own. They finished a while ago and so they did the dedication and invited us. It lasted 2 hours and Anna was such a big girl sitting with me the whole time. She did play around a little with Kia in front of us but really she did great. After the service they fed us and let me just say I am soooo picky. I didn't eat a lot but Chris seemed to enjoy it. Anna not so much! It was nice though and they have a beautiful church. My favorite part was listening to their choir. I couldn't understand a word they said but I love the way they sound!

The American Dream!

Some days I feel like I am living the All American Dream! Sure I spend a lot of my days doing laundry, dishes and cleaning but inbetween all of that it is full of moments of laughter and fun with my daughter and on a smaller scale because somebody has to bring home the bacon my hubby. I feel like a woman of days of old since I am doing so many things without equipment. You know hanging out laundry and dishes by hand etc. Oh and don't forget my vegetable garden outside. I feel like I have the life that I always wanted. To a lot of people this will sound stupid and well insane. Not only do I do tons of house work but I also have to give up a lot of extras in life. At first this was hard for me and even still today some days it is really hard but for the most part not so much. Sure I splurge every now and then like last week I had a pedicure with a friend. I was desperate you see. Sandal season is upon us and my feet were just shameful! Shameful I tell ya!

I would like to say thank you to all of those who help make this dream possible. My in-laws that are so good to us and so very helpful! My friends that help entertain me and Anna on days when I just need to get out and about. My hubby and Anna for making my life so rewarding and fun!

Wordless Wednesday

Tiny Talk Tuesday

Anna has turned into quiet the chatter box. She is also getting to be very stubborn and vocal about it lol.

While shopping with her Yia Yia:

Yia Yia: Anna do you like this dress?
Anna: (Looked at the dress and simply shook her head) I not gonna wear that!

If I wear something new or something that she really likes she says: Mommy turn around (spinning her finger in a circle.)

I wanna wear jeans. I wanna wear that dress. These are the things I hear in the mornings. She has gotten very paticular in what she wants to wear lol.

Let's go out in the yard to pull weeds. Has been her sentence of the day.

I was getting my hair colored yesterday and Anna was sitting in the chair watching.

Anna: Mommy your hair is getting BIG!
Mommy: it is?
Anna: Yes it is.

Anna: Oh Mommy your hair is so pretty! Let me see. (she said this last part as she is grabbing strands of it to inspect lol) I tell you she is either going to go into fashion design or a hair stylist.

For more Tiny Talk you can go to NB7!

March for Babies!

I wouldn't typically do this but the cause is such a great one I thought why not! The March of Dimes is sponsoring a walk to raise money for the NICU babies and families. I am walking and I need sponsors. If you are interested in doing this please go here! You can give as much or as little as you want. Even if you give a dollar that is ok with me. If you don't give anything that is ok too! Thank you Cheryl for being my first sponsor! If you decide to sponsor me I will give you some linky love too :*)

Out of the Loop

You guys have been out of the loop for what 5 days now. Wow!!! I think that is the longest I have gone without blogging in a long time. Maybe that is why I was starting to twitch lol. We have been busy. Preparing for poker night and then spending time with family. It was a fun weekend. The guys said poker night was a success. I ended up doing the Mexican dip stuff, spinach dip, hamburgers and hot dogs and chips with dirt for dessert. My dirt looked very cool. I can't believe it but I forgot to get a picture for you guys. It was a nice relaxing weekend after Friday lol. Anna had a great time. She loves when we have visitors.

My Sunday school class was good this morning. We have decided to not follow our class curriculum and just follow our hearts. We are keeping with the theme of the month, sort of lol. The theme for this month has been joy. Some of our kids haven't always been in church so when asked what they wanted to study they decided they wanted to study some of the stories like this morning we studied Noah's Ark.

The cool thing is I didn't start going to church until I was older so I am learning details of the stories that I never knew. Like did you know that the ark was 1 and a half football fields long and about half as wide as the width of a football field. It was roughly 3 stories tall with 3 levels. Also, I didn't know that they had to wait 150 days before the water receded. Very cool stuff!

Well, someone is ready for bed. Have a good week!