It's February?

 

2013 seems to be moving right along in our neck of the woods.

Since Christmas...or even before, our lives have been "on the go"

CB is playing basketball and that has been the main attraction! 

With practice being 5:30 to 7:30pm  and 2 games a week. That is about

all we get done, besides work. 

Let me clarify that I'm NOT complaining...just stating a fact.

I absolutely LOVE watching my boys do ALL their activities!

 

It has been so much fun to watch these boys grow this season

We played today in our league tournament and there has been some

great improvement since the beginning of the season!

We won today and will play again on Monday evening.

Go Vikings!



On the 17th of January, CB turned 13

He had a basketball game that night so afterwards we went out for supper at our favorite

mexican place here...and he enjoyed his birthday Wonderlita!

 

Then over the weekend I made this cake.  An oreo, double layer cake. It was yummy and he

LOVED it!  He was so excited when he saw it...he told me "mom, it looks just like the picture in the magazine!"  It was fun.  And if you are counting the candles....there are only 12.

I wasn't driving to town for 1 candle.  He was totally ok with that! lol

 

 

I did some digging thru old pics and found these...oh how I miss my little boys!

 

 

 I can't believe how fast time is going...

 

 

It seems like just yesterday I was snuggling this big haired baby boy!

 

 

 

 I had some crazy idea that I was going to be better at blogging this year.  It is NOT because I don't want to, it has everything to do with t.i.m.e. or lack of.  AND the fact my computer would hardly load these pics AND I couldn't load some I wanted.  *sigh*

Did I mention I have hardly had my camera out?  *sigh #2*

 

My family and I received some GREAT news over Christmas...the exchange student that lived with my folks nearly 20 yrs ago...from Denmark...

Is coming to KS....in March...with her family(husband and baby girl)

 

We are sooooooo Excited!!!!

 

It has been several years since she has been here and it's going to be awesome...her little one turned 2 in November...we will finally get to meet her! Cannot wait....it's going to be awesome~I get teary eyed thinking about it!  Yes, I'm a sap.

 

I need to hit the hay...blessings friends!

 

 

 

 

A New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

 

We have enjoyed a blessed time with family.

Received many nice gifts.

Ate ALOT of good food.

My folks went with the "little" and "low maintanence" tree

 

 I took this pic of the gifts and used the pencil drawing effect in Picasa

I thought it looked kind of cool

 My mom fixed cole slaw and I thought it looked so pretty!

I called her Martha Stewart.

 

Yeseterday began a new year.  2013.  It almost sounds funny.  I am not one to make resolutions.

I prefer to call them goals.  I read a blog yesterday that listed their prayer requests for the new year

and I thought that was neat.  We all have them.  We need our friends/prayer warriors working for us.

I think about where our country/world is headed and only God can save us.  I pray our nation will seek him and his ways and turn from the evil and wickedness that seems to be on every corner.  As my boys get older, the more important I find a relationship with God to be...and they find it less.  That's my prayer request...that their hearts be changed~

This was our supper last night...cornbread, fried taters & onion with ham and black-eyed peas.

This is what I ALWAYS fix for New Years Day

 When we got married, I fixed this very meal.  JB wanted to know what we were eating and I told him.  He immediately curled up his lip and wrinkled his nose and said "yuk" and then "why?"  I just couldn't believe that he could even say that!   I didn't know everyone did not have this tradition and I thought there had to be something wrong with him AND his family!! lol
 

I have the best memories of going to my Grandma Dell's, her cooking up a big pot of peas, cornbread and fried taters and a slice of onion for New Years Day....and we would watch the Rose Bowl Parade.  Oh how I miss that.  She Loved every float and would say "honey, look here, isn't that somethin?"  I would agree and we would have that conversation in several versions for the whole parade!  My guys don't necessarily appreciate my tradition, but on it will go...maybe someday.
Do you have a family tradition like this?

 Isn't this great?  My sister gave me this for Christmas and some new Scentsy smells to go with it.

Rest assured it will be fired up and ready for the BIG game on Thursday!
K.S.U......Wildcats!

 I love my tree all lit up. But I'm ready for it to go DOWN.  I am ready for all the craziness to be done/over/gone for another year. That sounds terrible I'm sure.  I just want my chaotic/normal to return.

I hope to start taking down xmas next weekend...I had to work today.

And then there are these piles of stuff on my counter...it needs to GO AWAY!

I need about 2 days by MYSELF at HOME to get organized and re-grouped.  I am neither right now and I admit, I am a bit on the grumpy side.

I pray that you and your families have a healthy, happy and prosperous 2013.

May the Lord make you increase, both you and your children.  May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.  Psalm 115:14-15

December Already?

Holy Cow~It's nearly Christmas!

I am NOT ready, not even a little bit.

I am going shopping today with girlfriends in the big city and I'm so excited.  We shop, laugh, drink coffee and eat good food.  Nothing like fun with dear friends.

 

I have NO pictures to post.  I have a few on the camera, haven't even downloaded.  Busyness is my theme right now...running ZB around to deer hunt, taking CB to basketball practice and watching him play twice a week and just living life is keeping me hopping!  I am ashamed to say...I have not even thought about Christmas cards yet.  Wow, I'm slipping. 

 

I have to say that I have struggled to find the JOY of the season this year.  I decided this morning, I have to change my focus.  It seems to always be on the "world" and not my true source, Jesus.  It will be a challenge but I am determined to change my focus.  I know all things will fall into place if I do so. 

 

Have a wonderful weekend friends, I promise to get pics posted soon.  I know that my eloquent writing skills will not keep you stopping by!  lol

 

17 shopping days left!  eeek!

Wildcats, Cowboys, Anniversary and Miscellany

First of all

HAPPY 18th ANNIVERSARY JB!

I Love You

I cannot believe we are so close to celebrating 20 yrs!!

It's gone so fast.

 

 

 

Ft. Riley Day at Manhattan, KS

Pre-game.  Ft. Riley army base is just outside Manhattan.

I was fortunate enough to be RIGHT where the Cats came out!

Hello there Collin Klein.

I think you are a good guy and great football player.

Thank you for being a good example to young men...you are not

trashy, you are classy!

 

 

Well, Look here, it's Bill Snyder. Head coach of the KSU Wildcats.

Class act, gentleman, soft spoken and smart man!

Another great example to all who follow him.

 

Got a few shots of the game on our end.

 

One of my favorite players...Tyler Lockett.  His daddy and his uncle both played for KSU and were pretty darn good.  He is following their footsteps in becoming a great player!!  Such a cute kid.

 This was our view(JB, CB and I) for the game.  We were in the North End Zone.  Would not choose these tickets here even though the view is great.  We stood the whole game.  I was tired when it was over!  CB on the other hand...couldn't get enough!  We actually went back over at half time to where the players come in and out of the locker room....he got to High Five several of his favorite players.

His smile was PRICELESS!

I got to do the same as they took the field earlier in the evening...I admit it...I was excited!

 

ZB was somewhere in this mess of kids...he got a student ticket with our good friend Hannah.  Needless to say, he was PUMPED up!  He had so much fun and claims he really doesn't want to sit anywhere else....uuumm ok. LOL

 

We have wanted to take the boys to a game but have been unable to find any tickets...that were not RIDICULOUS in price.  Some of our Oklahoma State friends had 3 tickets and were not going to be able to make it...so we bought them and got ZB a student ticket with Hannah and it worked out Great!

Except for the part where it was a night game...and it was 3:15 a.m. when we pulled in the drive. That was NOT so fun.  But the awesome game made up for it! 

I can't believe we went to the game...goofed off in Manhattan all day and didn't get one picture of ALL of us together!?!?!?  What the heck?

 

Well, that was our weekend...over a week ago. I'm behind. I am always behind.  I want to be organized.  I want to be ahead.

On a side note...we were taking ZB to a cousin's house on Friday night...it was about 8pm, we were all in the van, ZB was driving...we hit a deer at 60 mph about 1/4 mile from the house.  It did some damage...not sure yet how much, will find out tomorrow.  PRAISE the Lord we are ALL OK.  ZB was flustered after we got stopped...I felt terrible for him because he felt bad!  It was a God thing for sure...we smacked that deer hard going 60...no air bags went off, no oncoming traffic, no one behind us and we were in a bad spot.  We were able to pull off near the mile corner and get in the ditch.  So..we are a one car family at the momento...and that in itself is an interesting post! LOL

Praying that the insurance company doesn't want to "total" my van. 

 

tap tap...anyone still here??

I hope I haven't bored you to TEARS or SNORING.

I'm done. Adios Amigos!

 

 

a list

• We are going to wear purple and be AT the big KSU game tonite!
• I am loving the beautiful sunrises/sunsets lately
• ZB has grown another 1/2 inch since the end of September
• CB had a great 1st football season
• ZB has not got his deer...yet
• CB starts basketball on Monday
• I can't believe it's November
• I HATE diabetes
• Raising teenagers can be challenging
• I have become the idiot mom that knows Nothing
• I am going to have Thanksgiving at my house!
• I really do love watching college football
• The bathroom is almost done, but useable!
• I have cobwebs in nearly every corner of my house-and no I didn't decorate for Halloween
• I made homemade pizza last nite and it was yummy
• I don't want to think about buying Christmas presents
• Somewhere in the move 1 1/2 yrs ago my crochet stuff has gone MIA
• ZB got to see 2 new states on his FFA trip a week ago
• I am drinking coffee and blogging instead of getting ready to leave!
• I think Bill Snyder is a true gentleman...a class act man
• I am going to do a Master Cleanse starting Monday
• I have not had my camera out in a LONG time ;(
• Did I mention I HATE diabetes?  Well I do.
• I'm excited to have my Christmas tree up this year, where we enjoy it!
• I have had to doctor sick cattle. So has my husband!
• ZB got a ticket in the student section of the KSU/OSU game thanks to our sweet friend Hannah!
• He is PUMPED!
• I still have not got my dad a birthday present...from 10 days ago.
• I want to take a cool picture for Christmas cards this year
• Any ideas for that???
• I am dreading the late nite drive home tonite from KSU
• I am having trouble getting organized at home
• I think it has to do with constant construction
• It's almost OVER~Hallelujah!
• I have not run in over a week.
• I have plantar fascitis in both feet
• It is NOT fun
• They are getting better.
• CB LOVES Collin Klein and is excited to see him tonite~
• I think that he's a great role model
• I painted my fingernail tips PURPLE
• Why do people feel the need to make a comment about my FULL basket of groceries EVERY time I go to the store?
• Am I the only person who doesn't go on a weekly basis?
• I do believe in the Healing power of Jesus
• I will never lose hope in healing of ZB's pancreas, even though there are days I wonder...
• Have I lost all my readers yet???
• I hope not...lack of posting and a boring post probably doesn't keep people!
• I miss blogging...my computer has been SLOW in loading pics and SLOW working
• I have got to get ready to go~
• EMAW~GO KSU WILDCATS!

Lack of Pictures

 This past weekend we went to friends to shoot skeet and the kids shot bows too.

ZB practicing up...really wanting to get that deer!

It was sunny and almost HOT on Saturday.

My newly tiled shower in the boys' bathroom.  I'm so happy how it looks so far.

Especially since my tile came off the clearance rack at Lowe's!

Happy Day!  I just finished painting the ceiling tonite.  Need to get the walls primed and painted.

They will get the new sink installed tomorrow and tile the backsplash.  

This morning...ZB left for National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN.  He was pretty excited.  

He just texted me...they are in Illinois tonite.  Stopped at the St. Louis arch and toured then ate supper.  Doing some neat things along the way.  So happy for him.  But missing my boy already!

It was 90 degrees here today.  A little hot for Oct 23rd.  Guess it's going to be 40 by Friday.

Won't that be a change!?!

Not many pics...just a lot of babble.  

Later Gators!

This and That

 A few weeks ago, we got to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon with my family.  It was full of laughter, football, good food, pictures, sunshine and thankfulness.  My little nephew is getting so big...but still likes sitting on Papa's lap.

 CB playing catch...it was funny, they had hundreds of acres of open space to play catch and they chose the backyard in amongst the trees.  Not really sure why?!

 Mom and Dad have been cleaning out the old garage.  I forgot about this little chair. 

I {love} it and it's coming home with me next trip!

 Then we have had Homecoming.  I remember Homecoming when I was in school and how exciting it was and how much fun I had.  We had a parade and CB's Football team walked thru.  Notice how he migrated to the middle to avoid my camera. 

 Go Vikings!  Our town is a supportive community.  These flags are hanging downtown and look pretty cool as you drive thru.

 ZB went to the Homecoming dance this year...with a date.  Momma Bear had to come to grips with reality that my boy is growing up.  Didn't say I liked it though. {smile}

 I want to mention, it was COLD this day.  Damp and windy too.  Those girls were a bit chilly in their cute dresses for pictures!  We went to our local park to take pics.  On a side note, ZB is anxiously awaiting the "big one" to appear so he can shoot his bow and get his first deer.  I want him to get one so bad...he's worked so hard on his deer stands!

Oh yea...we are in construction again.  The main bathroom is getting its remodel.  We have been a 1 shower family since June.  It's do-able but we are ready to have 2 showers again! 

I.am.so.tired.of.living.in.a.mess.

I can't even explain how SICK of it I really am.

But I'm trying to be thankful.

I despise sheetrock mud.

The End.

CB making a great catch for a 2 point conversion at his football game last Thursday.  He had 6 tackles too and stripped the ball on a tackle.  He had a great game and has LOVED his first year of football!

 

CB on the right...going in for a great tackle!

Lined up for kick off...he has played offense, defense and special teams. He has worked hard and started on all 3!  So proud of him.