Nothing much going on these days....

Not to much going on w/us these days. Logan got a job at Lowes in the Lawn and Garden and seems to like it. He works 8 or more hours a day all weekend and is saving up money to get a new car. They hired him for seasonal help but he is hoping they will go ahead and keep him on after the season. Other than working he has just been going to school and hanging out w/his friends. Madison has been updating her profile on care.com hoping to find another full time summer nanny job this year. It worked out perfect for her last year so hopefully it will work out that way for her again this year. Randy and I have been doing some small things to the house to get it ready to put on the market. Now that the kids are grown we are planning on moving over the line into Missouri. After we get everything done that we plan on doing I will post some pics. So if you know of anyone looking for a house in the Pea Ridge area w/a nice yard for a good price you can share our info. Our house is nothing fancy and it was built in 1985 so it's older but it is a nice home and I would plan on staying if my sweet husband wasn't craving a place w/a few acres.

Mom, Madi, Taylor and I went to the Vintage Market Days at the Benton County Fair Grounds. Lord have mercy it was crowded! You could not get through w/out getting up close and personal w/everyone in there. It was a lot smaller than I thought it would be too. It cost $5 to get in and we were in and out in less than 2 hours and that was fighting the crowd. I'm hoping for a better experience at Junk Days in June. This is a picture of us in the silly booth. I did buy an old window for $10 and a cute bracelet w/4 charms for $10!

I re-painted my laundry room (It's a pretty pastal green. It's called glimmer and it makes the room bright and cheerful.) I never look out the back window because it's blocked by the washer/dryer but I lifted the blinds to get some light in there and this little nest was on the window sill. Now I keep checking it for birds. :)

Our sweet, Kacey, had to have a lot of dental work done on her teeth last week and so we decided to take her for some ice cream. She loved it and was tickled to death that Kathy joined us!!

I think most everyone knows Charlie. He has been Madi's sweetheart for almost 6 years now. This past weekend was his 20th bday and I made them let me take their picture before they left for dinner. I so love him and I love the relationship they have. He is such a wonderful God loving young man and he gives Madi the space to be herself and he loves her. What more could a momma want?

That's all I've got for now... :)

Take Care sweet friends & God Bless!!

Classy Hat Fundraiser, Logan's tattoo, & Spring Break all wrapped in one....

This was only the 2nd spring break in the 6 years I've been at the school that we have had the entire spring break off. We are usually making up snow days some of it so it was really nice to have it off. Overall it was a pretty laid back time and the kids were home and I got to spend some time w/them so that was nice. I didn't really take any pictures but one night when the storm was coming in the kids took off on the bikes. Silly kids...

Randy's mom is a member of the Classy Hat Club in Cassville, MO. Every year they do a fundraiser and give all the money to someone in need. It's really fun w/lots of laughs. This was the last year they are having it and I will be sad to see it end. It has helped so many people. All the pictures are on mom's phone but I did have a couple from our table. :)

Kacey goes w/us every year and oh how she loves it. She won a gift basket in the drawing and you would have thought she won the lottery. I love her excitement over the little things.

Madi & Samm (adorable as always)

Mom and my sister Carrie (I love this picture..they both are so beautiful)

This is Madi and Helen (Randy's mom)

While we were at the fundraiser Logan was getting his first tattoo. I have 3 myself so I love tattoos. I thought it turned out really well. This was when he had just got done which is why it's red. Of course it looks much better now.

As for the rest of spring break..Madi and I went w/friends (Jennifer & Taylor) to Ikea in Kansas City on Monday. We did a little shopping around town through the week and got some stuff ready for our garage sale. Which is coming up on April 18th. We did run to the casino for a night and I lost money, Madi won, Charlie broke even, and Randy won $725! Woot! So overall it was a good night. We also spent some time working on the house. We are doing some little upgrades and stuff so we can put it on the market soon. I will post pics of the house when we get ready to sell. We are going to try and sell it ourselves first so we do not have to up the price to pay commission to a realtor.

Thats about all I got for now....

Peace & Love ;)

A little bit of random....

We had a few snow/ice days and it's been so cold that Harley has been spending more time inside. I do have to say I see a lot of HATE posts and stuff when people have dogs that are tied up in the yard. Harley is one of those dogs. Yes, he has to be on a lead out back but he has plenty of room to get from one side of the yard to the other. He also has a recliner that he sleeps on in the shed (so he has comfortable space). He gets plently of loving and spends time inside cuddling and the nights that it's cold he spends them inside as well. I love this picture of him because he is watching it snow...which reminds me of a time I took Setch w/me to the river. I was meeting a friend at the Wal-Mart in Jane and she wasn't there yet so I parked kind of at the back of the lot so she would see I was there and I cracked the window (it wasn't hot) and ran in just to get sandwich meat, ice, and coke. If Setch can still see me he will bark like crazy but he stops once I'm out of site (or so I've been told). Anyway, I had just got the coke and was paged to return to my truck. When I got out there someone had left a very nasty note on my truck about how I must "LOVE" my dog and what a bad person I was. I was furious!!! I did love my Setch and he was fine for the 5 minutes I ran into the store. I wanted to go back in there and have that person paged so I could give them a pc of my mind but I didnt...) Now, I'm wound up and way off topic... ha! Anywho, here is the adorable picture of our Harley...

We are planning on putting our house up for sale this spring so we have been doing some minor things to it. The floor in the kid's bedrooms was carpet and stained so we pulled it out and added new flooring. I LOVE it. Madi picked it out and Randy and Kevin (brother) installed it. They did an awesome job and it looks good. We have also put in new floors in the front bathroom as well as a new toilet. We have painted Logan's room and are re-doing the floor in the kitchen. I will post pics of that stuff at a later date. So if you know of anyone looking for a house for sale in Pea Ridge this spring send them our way. (Not sure why my hall looks bright green in this picture, I assure you it is not.)

I have been saving money for a bike. I wanted one of the cruiser type bikes (or so I thought). Randy ordered me one as a surprise early bday gift. Well, it came in bent and when he took it in to see if it could be fixed he had to give them my number (he never carries a phone). So he had to tell me about it. It ended up being for the best though because they couldn't fix it and it had to be sent back. So we started looking around for a bike and I test rode one and decided I did not really want the cruiser bike. We looked at Wal-Mart and Academy and ended up at Target as an after thought. That is where I found this one. I love it!! It's super cute! Randy put a better seat on it for me and she was ready to go. Kevin and I rode at the military park this weekend and it was so fun.

Logan's b-day

Our Logan came into this world quickly on 3/13/1996 at 12:22 am. Randy arrived at the hospital at 12 and mom aka mimi arrived at 12:20. Once he decided he was coming he came fast. Oh how much joy he has brought to my heart. He is a true blessing to us.

I couldn't decide what pictures to upload of him so I just loaded a bunch of random ones.

For his b-day we stayed at the casino because we had a few free nights and thought it would be fun. He brought 3 friends (Trent, Gage & Nick) w/him and we gambled a little and hung out. It was a pretty good time. I actually got to hang out w/him some just him and I and I really enjoyed it. He is 19 of course and spends more time w/his friends than w/us so I cherish every second I get. He wanted cash for his gift (which he usually does). He is planning on getting a tattoo w/it. Of course I'm ok w/that...Randy isn't to thrilled as he does not like them AT ALL. I like what he has picked out and I just hope the guy that does it actually does a good job. I will post a picture of it after he gets it done. He could not work him in this past weekend so we will see if he gets in this weekend.

Weekend in Review

The weekend started off pretty good. Logan came home on Thursday (lucky duck doesn't have a class on Fridays). I actually got to hang out w/him for a while on Thursday night. He is usually running around w/friends non-stop so it was nice to hang out w/him. Madison came home on Friday. Friday night we didn't do much...went to dinner at BWW and hung out at home. Saturday morning Madi and I got up and picked up mom (mimi) and met Belinda (dear friend for the past 29 years or so) at Kohls. We shopped a little, went to lunch and then headed to Crystal Bridges. After that we went to downtown B-ville and shopped around. Saturday evening Randy and I went to dinner at On The Border and Madison went out w/Samm. They met up w/Logan and his friends at high rise. At midnight the sickness hit! Randy went first, Madi's sickness hit at 4 am, and mine at 8 am. It was not pretty. We were rotating in and out of the bathroom. Puking has to be the worst! Today (Tuesday), Madi and I are feeling better. Randy not so much and it hit Logan this morning. So now he's sick. None of us are ever sick and this was miserable.

The pictures are from Crystal Bridges...before the weekend went out the window. I sure hated being so sick on Sunday...couldn't even enjoy the warm day. If I wasn't in the bathroom I was asleep or curled up in the fetal position.

Yes, we are the goofy ones that pretend we behind a glass that is not there...

The 4 of us...not sure what the camera was doing but Madi's face wasn't swollen but this picture makes it look that way...weird

Madi and Momma (Mom had been sick all week so I'm glad she could join us)

"As we grow up, we realize it is less important to have lots of friends, and more important to have real ones."

Mom's Birthday!

Saturday my mom turned 61. It’s odd, you do not really realize your parents are getting older. It’s like life goes on around us and things are so busy and our parents are just always there. I’m lucky in so many ways. My mom had me when she was 19 years young. She was young and fun when I was growing up. We are both opinionated and stubborn so there were some rough patches but she loved me in spite of them. She has always been my one constant. Now I’m hoping she lives to be at least 100 so I can have her for 40 more years. How wonderful would that be?! Of course none of us are ever promised tomorrow. So I am going to try to not let the stress of every-day living keep me from cherishing the time I get w/the ones I love.
Happy Birthday Sweet momma…I love you most!

I was sooo happy that they came on vacation w/us in 2013. I'm hoping we talk them into coming this year as well.

I love this picture. We had been down at the beach doing pictures and we were just going back up to the house...

Christmas a year or two ago w/all 5 of us "kids".

Prom

Hiking roaring river w/the grandkids on one of Carrie's trip's home. (So glad she has moved back.;)

Graduations

Shopping adventures...

This was taken on her actual birthday. Being silly....

Tim McGraw concert at the AMP (I was melting, can you tell?!)

Texas Roadhouse on the way back from Dallas! Yummo!