Sunday, September 25, 2011

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL RIDE

 AREN'T THESE THE MOST PRECIOUS BABIES YOU EVER DID SEE! TO ME THEY ARE! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!! 
ANYWAY...LIFE HAS BEEN A LIL CRAZY TO SAY THE LEAST! I THINK I SAY THAT EVERY TIME I BLOG NOW! I THINK ITS JUST BEEN A CRAZY YEAR FOR ME! I KEEP SAYING " COULD ANYTHING ELSE HAPPEN?" MY FRIEND KELLY TELLS ME TO STOP SAYING THAT. SHE RIGHT. STUFF KEEPS HAPPENING! FRIDAY GENE HAD A MAJOR SURGERY ON HIS NECK. THEY HAD TO REPLACE TWO DISK AND FUSE THEM TOGETHER! THE SURGERY WENT GOOD AND HE CAME HOME THAT EVENING. HE WILL HAVE TO KEEP A NECK BRACE ON FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS UNTIL HE GOES BACK TO SEE THE DOCTOR. HOPEFULLY THEN, HE WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK AND ON WITH HIS NORMAL LIFE! BUT IN THE MEAN TIME, ITS LIKE HAVING THREE KIDS INSTEAD OF TWO! ITS GOING TO BE A LONG THREE WEEKS. PLUS GENE STOPPED DIPPING, SO YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW HARD THIS IS ON HIM. WE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH AND LAUGH ABOUT IT ALL LATER! THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND ALL I CAN DO IS PRAY HE WILL KEEP MY HEAD ABOVE THE WATER AND GET ME THROUGH THIS ALL! WHAT DOESN'T KILL, ME WILL MAKE ME MUCH STRONGER! IT REMINDS ME OF A SONG THAT SAYS... LIFE AIN'T ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL, BUT ITS A BEAUTIFUL RIDE!
 SO INNOCENT WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD! CAN I GO BACK TO THAT PLACE PLEASE!
 CANT YOU JUST FEEL THE LOVE!
 SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!

 THE DAY BEFORE GENE'S SURGERY WE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING FUN WITH THE KIDS BEFORE GENE WAS DOWN AND OUT FOR A WHILE, SO OFF TO THE ZOO WE WENT! WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY!
MY TWO LITTLE GLOW IN THE DARK SKELETONS!



ITS NOT YOUR BATTLE, ITS GOD'S!
PICK YOUR SIDE, STAND FIRM, AND WATCH GOD DELIVER!
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT!

Thursday, September 8, 2011

LABOR DAY WEEKEND!

 THIS PAST WEEKEND WE WENT TO CURRENT RIVER WITH MY FAMILY FOR THE 3 DAY WEEKEND AND TO CELEBRATE MY SISTER'S 24TH BIRTHDAY! WE ALL RENTED A TWO BEDROOM CABIN AND JUST HAD A NICE RELAXING WEEKEND TOGETHER! THE KIDS LOVED THE WATER LIKE ALWAYS! THEY ARE DEFINITELY MY KIDS! I'M SO GLAD GENE HAS THE HOLIDAY'S OFF WITH US NOW!  I THANK GOD FOR THESE PRECIOUS MEMORIES THAT WE MAKE TOGETHER!




 DADDY CAUGHT SOME NICE FISH WHILE FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER!
 THIS IS BIG SPRING, A NATURAL SPRING FROM THE MOUNTAIN! ITS BEAUTIFUL!

 WE STAYED AT THE YOGI BEAR RESORT!

 AND OF COURSE ON THE WAY HOME WE STOPPED TO EAT AT LAMBERTS! OUR FAVORITE!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA!


TODAY IS MY DADS BIRTHDAY! WE ALL WENT OUT TO CHILI'S TO CELEBRATE! TOMORROW WE ARE HAVING DINNER AT MOMS TO REALLY CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY WITH EVERYONE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA! WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!