Giveaway!

Hey everyone I have a friend that is doing a giveaway on her blog for the cutest necklace. Go on over and check it out, even non bloggers can enter. Good luck guys! Click here for the blog, and while you are it go ahead and read what she has to say, I love her blog =)

Have a good one all!

A sad day in NW TN.

Today a hero was brought home for the last time. Cpl. Keith Eric Essary from Dyer County TN was killed Jan. 7th (US time) in Afghanistan due to a suicide car bomber. He was 20yrs old and gratduated in 2006. Just a baby. He was a very hard worker and committed to his country. His honorary procession, where the military gives possession of his body to the family was today.

I was able to watch the procession and honor him as he was brought by my house. There was a sense of pride and such sorrow at the same time. I feel for his family and have them in my prayers. I never knew Cpl. Essary, but I am extremly thankful to him for his heroism and willingness to defend our country and our rights. I cannot say how proud I am to be an American. Obviously there are "changes" that I don't like coming, but I am still proud of my country and the men and women that defend it. So thank you Cpl. Essary for your ultimate sacrfice.

As I was standing outside for the procession a little while ago I had a man that pulled over right in front of me and got out and held his cap over his heart. He is a Vietnam veteran and is very bitter towards this war. He kept looking over at me and telling me, this should not be happening, we should have never been there in the first place. But really think about this, had we not gone over there and set up some kind of government what would we have today? Another Sadam I believe. I may be wrong, but I feel that we were meant to go over there. I do however believe that we should have been long gone. But things take time. I know that some do not agree with me, but I feel that God has a perfect plan and that us going there was and is part of it. And I fully trust Him to take care of His children.

Which brings me to this, I have a question for you. Do you know that if you died today, where would you go? With the way that this world is today, I belive that the end is soooo close that it is knocking on our back door. Jesus will be here soon to take His children with Him. Will you be one going? I pray that everyone of you will. I love each and every one of you. And am praying for you all.

Please keep the Essary family in your prayers and please, please, please support and pray for our troops.

Have a great day.

Today's theme is

"HAPPY FACES"

I absolutely love this one of Liana! I call it her Gerber baby picture.

Kids are so funny!

Ok well it is 1am and I am still up because I have 2 children that think that they MUST sleep in my bed when Daddy works nights. So now that I have gotten them back into bed I must wait up to make sure they go to sleep and not wait till I go to sleep, and come back to my room. Sneaky little guys.

Anyways since I am up, and the news about little Kailey's body being possibly found is so depressing so I don't really want to watch it, I decided I would blog about the conversation that I heard this evening. It was bed time and I was getting the kids to clean up the toys like every night and they were in Liana's room tidying up a bit. Well they have a Sesame Street toy that is really for babies, we call them stand up toys because babies learn to stand with them, and it is annoying when they sit there and press the same thing over and over. So I keep hearing it and finally I hear Caylob speak up. This is how the conversation went. BTW Caylob has been carrying around his new Bible all night letting me know that it is the Word of God and the Word of God is a sword. I love it!

Caylob: Sissy do you want me to cut you with this sword?

Mommy's ears start to burn on this one just waiting on what was next, I was in the living room btw and they had no clue I was listening.

Caylob: This is God's word and it is a sword and it will cut you and then you will believe in Jesus.

Now mind you I was picturing him in there waving his Bible at her and she is ignoring him all the while pushing the same button on this Sesame Street toy.

Caylob: Sissy are you bored?

Liana: No I Sissy

Caylob: No Sissy, I said SISSY are you bored?

Liana: NO Cayob I said I Sissy! Frustration mounting here

Caylob with the same frustration: No Sissy, I was asking you if you were bored.

Still pressing the same button... Liana: OH! Ok....Nope

I could just see the light bulb above her head come on. And I could not help but to laugh. And that was the end of the conversation. I thought Caylob was about to preach to her to begin with and it ended like.... yeah ok whatever and they were done, even though I was waiting on a sermon, it was still too funny! The funniest thing is. Liana is really smart and pretty much knows what you are saying, but she has her Daddy in her and if you do not ask the question specifically, you WILL get a run around answer. That is soooooo her Daddy!

Either way I found it amusing, hope you did too. I am off to bed now, praying that they are asleep. (crossing fingers)

Have a good one all!

Foto Friday.

Today the theme is

"LOVE"

This is a picture that Jodi did for us and she added the exact thought I had at the moment she took the picture.

I know I know mushy. Oh well, what can I say, I love him!




He is the love of my life, but these guys right here have allowed me to form a love like no other. Sometimes they may not know it is love, but most times it is the best love in the world. All Mommies know what kind of love I am talking about!




Have a good one all!

Thanksgiving poems.

These are a couple of poems I found today while I was browsing the internet. One is humorous and the other just reminded me of when we used to go to my Grandmother's every year. I miss those times.

Either way I hope you enjoy then like I did.

Christmas Is Coming – A Turkey’s Tale

When I was a young turkey, new to the coop,
My big brother Mike took me out on the stoop,

Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow,
And he told me there was something that I had to know;

His look and his tone I will always remember,
When he told me of the horrors of..... Black November;

"Come about August, now listen to me,
Each day you'll get six meals instead of just three,

"And soon you'll be thick, where once you were thin,
And you'll grow a big rubbery thing under your chin;

"And then one morning, when you're warm in your bed,
In'll burst the farmer's wife, and hack off your head;

"Then she'll pluck out all your feathers so you're bald 'n pink,
And scoop out all your insides and leave ya lyin' in the sink;

"And then comes the worst part" he said not bluffing,
"She'll spread your cheeks and pack your rear with stuffing".

Well, the rest of his words were too grim to repeat,
I sat on the stoop like a winged piece of meat,

And decided on the spot that to avoid being cooked,
I'd have to lay low and remain overlooked;

I began a new diet of nuts and granola,
High roughage salads, juice and diet cola;

And as they ate pastries, chocolates and crepes,
I stayed in my room doing Jane Fonda tapes;

I maintained my weight of two pounds and a half,
And tried not to notice when the bigger birds laughed;

But 'twas I who was laughing, under my breath,
As they chomped and they chewed, ever closer to death;

And sure enough when Black November rolled around,
I was the last turkey left in the entire compound;

So now I'm a pet in the farmer's wife's lap;
I haven't a worry, so I eat and I nap;

She held me today, while sewing and humming,
And smiled at me and said "Christmas is coming..."

It did not list an author, but the website was

http://community.tasteofhome.com/forums/t/680472.aspx

Then I read this one that took me back to the old days =)

Thanksgiving



(Edgar Albert Guest, 1881-1959)



Gettin' together to smile an' rejoice,
An' eatin' an' laughin' with folks of your choice;
An' kissin' the girls an' declarin' that they
Are growin more beautiful day after day;
Chattin' an' braggin' a bit with the men,
Buildin' the old family circle again;
Livin' the wholesome an' old-fashioned cheer,
Just for awhile at the end of the year.

Greetings fly fast as we crowd through the door
And under the old roof we gather once more
Just as we did when the youngsters were small;
Mother's a little bit grayer, that's all.
Father's a little bit older, but still
Ready to romp an' to laugh with a will.
Here we are back at the table again
Tellin' our stories as women an men.

Bowed are our heads for a moment in prayer;
Oh, but we're grateful an' glad to be there.
Home from the east land an' home from the west,
Home with the folks that are dearest an' best.
Out of the sham of the cities afar
We've come for a time to be just what we are.
Here we can talk of ourselves an' be frank,
Forgettin' position an' station an' rank.

Give me the end of the year an' its fun
When most of the plannin' an' toilin' is done;
Bring all the wanderers home to the nest,
Let me sit down with the ones I love best,
Hear the old voices still ringin' with song,
See the old faces unblemished by wrong,
See the old table with all of its chairs
An I'll put soul in my Thanksgivin' prayers.

Now I have to get off here and get some cleaning AND cooking done. Caylob just reminded me it is Thanksgiving eve. I knew it, but he just made it sink in a little more...lol. Have a good one all!

Family pictures.

We recently had our first family pictures taken since Jaycob was about a month old. Well....sadly he is now just about 19 months old. With Caylob we had family pics taken all the time. Or at least pictures of him every so often. I cannot even keep up with thier shot records now, much less when their pictures are taken...lol.

But we had a good friend of our's, Jodi, take them for us and she did a wonderful job. I was so excited to get them back. Plus she did some Christmas pics of the kiddos for me. They also turned out awesome as well!! The kids were not as cooperative the second time around tho. Oh well. They still turned out just the way I wanted them. She even added some things to them to Jazz them up a little. Those turned out really cute.

But here are some that she did. Enjoy and have a good one all!!