Pink Confetti

Last night we had our 1st Family Movie Night.  Samuel can almost sit still for about 30 minutes at a time, so I figured he was ready.  We borrowed Cars from my dad and finally got to watch a Blu-Ray movie in our new Blu-Ray player.  Cars seemed like Samuel's speed, he loves Thomas and Friends and cars with faces can't be that much different than trains with faces. Family Movie Night was like embarking on a new adventure, could 3 people with very different tastes and attention spans enjoy the same movie?  Turns out we can for about 30 minutes. At 8:30pm dressed in our PJs we all climbed in to bed and started Cars.  Samuel was so cute sitting between Mommy and Daddy.  He was watched very intently as the cars raced around the track in the opening credits, he identified the helicopter as an airplane and watched for other things he could name.  He tapped his hands to the music and wanted water just like mommy and daddy had.  This family bliss laste...

On Wednesday I traded in my Jeep.  It was a happy and sad day. I bought my Jeep on August 6, 2002 it had 136,000 miles on it and was beautiful.  It was my miracle Jeep.  I had started keeping my eye open when driving past car lots.  Then one day I was leaving my Grandma's and there it was, a 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer Dark Blue with Wood Paneling.  It was $4,000 and I wanted it.  However, my dad was out of town and I didn't want to do anything without him checking it for me.  For the next two weeks I continued to visit my Grandma but the Jeep wasn't in the lot. When my dad was back in town we went looking for cars.  We saw a Red version but it was in bad shape. So I said lets take a chance and go back to the one I saw first.  There it was back at the front of the lot. I was in love!  It was beautiful, leather seats, keyless entry, power windows, seats and doors, plus 4 wheel drive. The memories aren't all this perfect.  The d...

So much has happened in the last month that it seemed like a very good time to count my blessings. 1. My family is healthy 2. Tyrone has a great job that he loves 3. I have a great job that I love 4. Samuel is growing like a weed and learning new things everyday 5. We have a warm, comfortable house to live in 6. My sister is having a great time in New Zealand 7. My sister is letting us use her car 8. The Casino Road Auction raised $22,229 9. We have a ton of amazing volunteers that help out every week at CRM 10. Our baby on the way is 16 weeks and healthy 11. We had a great get-away at the Cabin this weekend 12. We eat breakfast every morning as a family 13. This baby is craving fruit instead of McDonalds 14. We have an awesome church family 15. I saw sunshine today for a few minutes 16. I'm essentially a Stay-At-Home mom, since Samuel doesn't know I'm at work 'cause he's sleeping 17. I'm eating yummy Mini-Cupcakes while writing this blog 18. ...