Happy Birthday!

at 04/20/09 7:20AM

I wish a very, very happy birthday to my sweetheart, the love of my life, my partner and friend, the mentor my sons need, my remodeler of bathrooms, layer of wood and tile floors, installer of sinks, hanger of sidings, repairer of broken fan motors, changer of oil filters, replacer of broken taillights and bumpers, driver on trips to the Motherland, smoker of the world's most awesome meats, and the man that God knew I needed.

From 2009-04-14
Ain't he cute?!? This is one of the two ties I got him for his birthday from ArtsCow.com; this one has on it a picture we took of some bluebonnets, and the other one has our favorite picture of the boys on it.

Thank you, God, for this man's life, and please bless him today and always as he walks in Your way. Amen.

Happy Birthday, love.

Happy Birthday!

by scline at 04/20/09 8:46AM
Happy birthday to the big guy! Sorry, I'm just now getting on and catching up. I sure hated that we missed seeing you guys while you were in TX. I'm glad you thought of us, though. We just happened to be at a bible study that night. Next time we get to see you guys, there will be another addition to the family! :) Hope all is well out your way!

by dianna at 04/20/09 11:42PM
Happy B-day to my b-i-l! Love the ties, Laura!

by musicmom66 at 05/06/09 12:10AM
Can you send him this way for a while to do some odd jobs around here!? :) Love how deeply you love him! I may have to argue with you that I love my husband more, but we may go on forever with validated points from both sides! :)

by tortilla at 06/20/09 11:30PM
a bluebonnet man -- Isn't it wonderful to live a life with a mate who is all that we need.
So happy for you both.
Looking good there, birthday man!

by granny at 07/03/09 7:38AM
hi hi

by daddysgirl98 at 07/15/09 10:35AM
Hi!

by stargatefan at 07/15/09 3:24PM
I'm on pleo now!

by terrio at 08/19/09 9:27AM

Back home in Georgia

at 04/17/09 10:45AM

Howdy!

We've been home now almost a week, and we're still not yet settled. Jason brought home his mom's old dining table, 8 chairs, and server, so I've been working to get my mom's furniture unloaded and, last night, put into storage. The problem is that I had dishes, candles, tablecloths, serving pieces, and other memorabilia and ephemera in a china hutch and a buffet, and now I'm down to one storage receptacle. We've been looking for a china hutch on craigslist, but it's hard to judge by a grainy little picture.

Here's a lovely little picture of our goodies we brought home:

From 2009-04-14
Front row, from left, contains 4 bottles of Rudy's sause, 1 of 6 Dublin Dr Peppers, Tad's and Nick's geode slices, my little woven Texas basket, and the boys' hats. Next row has 4 jars of HEB salsa, 4 bottles of Adams' vanilla, and 4 bags of HEB coffee. Finally, the last row shows my recycled HEB Texas wildflower shopping bags, 2 packs of Texas tissue, 3 gold-plated laser cut brass Texas ornaments, 5 woven Texas flag coasters, and my gift from my hubby: my Texas Star welcome plaque that he bought at Tractor Supply. Not pictured are the boys' bandannas (Tad's is cow print, Nick's is traditional navy bandanna print, and Chipper's is the Texas flag), Chip's rubber western diamondback rattlesnake, the three Texas tissue boxes my mom got me, or the 80 pounds of V&V sausage.

We really had a fabulous trip-- probably the best one so far. Sadly, though, that made me a bit more reticent to coming home. Thankfully, we have wonderful friends who make our home here such a joy, and we thank you all for that. Plus, we just couldn't leave Dyno with Roy forever! ;o)

I love that welcome sign! Your display looks like it belongs in a store by itself. ;-)

by julied93 at 04/17/09 4:56PM
Instead of taking Texas in bits and pieces back to Georgia with you, why don't you just come back to Texas?!! :)

by kmgm at 04/17/09 10:32PM
Your Texas stuff cracks me up! You should see my suitcase when I come back to Prague. :) I'll get to email later. Sorry I didn't have your address. Glad you're safely home!

by praguer at 04/19/09 3:24AM
Note to kmgm: From your lips (and fingers) to God's proverbial ears... What a sweet thing that would be... MISS YOU!!!!!

by musicmom66 at 05/06/09 12:10AM

Having a ball

at 04/10/09 11:00AM

in Cowtown!

If you've been following Jason's blog you've seen our journey through Texas thus far. We toured the boardwalk in Orange, visited with Grandma and the folks in Edna, found some bluebonnets in Smithville, toured the Texas State History Museum in Austin (where they wouldn't let us take any pictures, sadly), went deep underground at InnerSpace Cavern in Georgetown, walked through the Texas Rangers Museum in Waco, and today we are going to walk through the famous Fort Worth Stockyards! We have eaten at Whataburger (3 times so far), Dos Hermanos in Edna, Cartwright's bbq in Bastrop, Dairy Queen in Round Rock (love those DQ Dudes!), Round Rock Doughnuts, Pancho's in Fort Worth, and we've had kolaches from the Little Czech Stop in West. We have HEB coffee, Adams' Vanilla, Dublin Dr. Pepper, and 80 pounds of V&V sausage in the truck.

It's been quite an adventure!

Tomorrow morning at o-dirt-thirty we'll make the journey back to Georgia, and we'll see many of you Sunday morning. Have a great Friday.

And you missed Brenham????????

by bluebonnetmom at 04/10/09 11:46AM
Have a safe trip home.

by bluebonnetmom at 04/10/09 11:46AM
It was great to see you too. We will see seeing you in Georgia!

by christy34 at 04/10/09 12:33PM
Hope you get home safely!

by auburnfan96 at 04/10/09 12:41PM
I hope it was all "good" things. Faith LOVED his facial hair but isn't sure her daddy should geta beard.

by bluebonnetmom at 04/11/09 4:36PM
I missed you, too. I've got some health issues and other things going on, but I'm determined to get through it all. By the time I get home from work, I am usually done in and have to take a nap before starting dinner! A lot of my problems have to do with caring for my mother. Her dementia is getting worse, and it is extremely stressful. :(

by misslynn at 04/11/09 6:15PM
I sure missed your sweet voice this morning... remembering hearing you last Lord's day. ... Precious Memories. I'm so glad you made it home safely and found the house all in one piece. I thought about you all day yesterday...wondering where you were on the road.

by scottishceli at 04/12/09 1:49PM
Sounds like a wonderful trip. One your three guys will cherish. And I "lifted" your husband's bluebonnet picture of you guys. Thank you!

by granny at 04/15/09 8:35AM

The newspaper article

at 01/12/09 8:04AM

As requested by my coffee buddy, here's the clipping from the January 3rd edition of the Coweta County Times-Herald. I retouched my face a little within Picasa to try and obliterate the crease, but it didn't work very well since the picture, as newsprint, is just a gazillion tiny dots. I contacted the reporter at the paper, though, and she's going to email me the picture, which I'll post later.

On Saturday Amanda came over and we worked on some sewing projects for her-- what a wonderful way to spend a day with a fabulous sister. We did some singing, and some spiritual discussions, and my heart is so full of love for her. I know you all (who know her) feel the same.

Amanda also accompanied the boys and me to Wallyworld for the boys' eye exams. Boy, if that wasn't fun! They're all getting new glasses; should be in sometime this week.

Yesterday was a wonderful day; Mitch's lesson on Pledging Allegiance to God was awesome, and I'm so looking forward to the proverbial study on anger tonight.

I also got a new bible yesterday-- an ESV study bible, and I'm very excited.

Now, I need to go Sonic-Scrub the boys' bathtub so Jason can recaulk tonight. Then I have a trip to the store on my list, and various other little projects to do. I hope you all have a lovely day-- stand up for Jesus today!

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Aww, how sweet! The crease isn't really noticeable.

by lilyofthevalley at 01/13/09 9:07PM
Awwwwww! Don't you look lovely!!!

by musicmom66 at 01/14/09 12:08AM
How great to be in the paper for the first baby of the county! I also have an ESV that I've been pleased with overall. Hope 2009 keeps going great for all of you!

by dianna at 01/14/09 1:58PM
that's so cool!

by bikeaholic at 01/14/09 4:54PM
HA! Sassy, that's me! ;-)

by julied93 at 01/15/09 8:10AM
Kevin Has the companion book too. We would let you borrow our movie if we were there. Kevin liked the movie, but, obviously, there was a lot that had to be left out because of time restrictions. Hope you enjoy it, though!

by sweetpeas at 01/15/09 12:34PM
I wasn't talking about your makeup, sweetie... Love YOU.

by musicmom66 at 01/15/09 12:55PM
I loved talking to you too! We don't do that nearly enough! And there's no way you could ever look like a pig. You're WAY to pretty for that.

by lilyofthevalley at 01/15/09 9:28PM
Oh, I found my coupons (they were in the Ulta magazine.) I'll call you if I end up going and see what you're up to!

by lilyofthevalley at 01/15/09 9:30PM
Cool, and you look so cute in your uniform! Love you!

by susie at 01/18/09 11:04AM
What a sec ... you are a NURSE! You are supposed to be ok with those things... Ick, Yuck, Blah! Whoever said that it's ok when it comes from your kids was crazy!

by jennifer_mann at 01/18/09 4:21PM
Let me know how you like your ESV. I'm always skeptical of "newer" translations, but I've heard this one may be OK.

by praguer at 01/19/09 5:22AM
Have fun gathering up some patterns! I'm glad you will be able to enjoy the sale, too!

by sweetpeas at 01/20/09 6:31PM
I love you!

by scottishceli at 01/20/09 10:10PM
cute

by daddysgirl98 at 02/02/09 12:33PM
I love you, Laura.

by lilyofthevalley at 03/04/09 9:10PM

HOWDY

at 01/07/09 4:08PM

I hope all of you are having a wonderful new year, as we are here!

The news:

My dearly beloved is now one of the deacons serving us here in our congregation. Please pray for him and us, so that he may serve to the glory of God the father, and I do thank God for Jason's willingness.

I was on the front page of the Newnan Times-Herald on Saturday, for nothing more than welcoming the first baby of the new year in the county. Whoo-hoo.

Tad is growing, growing, and growing-- he's now added about 4 1/2 inches since August! He got new clarinet books for the holidays, and has been practicing diligently.

Nick is learning division! What a trooper he is. He and I wiggled some number families around today for his homework, and he really is a whiz.

Chipper preached his first sermon Sunday night.

Nope, it's not a typo. He, of his own volition, checked with Mitch and then Mitch checked with Charlie and they gave him the go-ahead. My little 6 year-old read Romans 15:1-7, then Joshua 1:1-2 and said, "We see the love of Jesus in Moses and that relates to Romans 15, and we should all follow the example of Jesus in how we love one another."

How my men constantly amaze and encourage me.

Chipper was so cute.

by stargatefan at 01/07/09 4:23PM
Terrific. Good to hear from you all. It'll be nice to see you in April, Lord willing.

by whisperam at 01/07/09 4:48PM
Wonderful! God bless you all!!!

by trekkiemom at 01/07/09 11:17PM
Sounds like a great start to the new year! :)

by scline at 01/08/09 8:45AM
What a wonderful family you all are!!! So excited and proud to hear of everyone's accomplishments! You know, those boys wouldn't be so great without such a great mom!! :)

by dianna at 01/08/09 9:01AM
I was not feeling well Sunday night and I am so disappointed that I missed Chipper's sermon. I heard he did really well. I tried and tried all night long to listen in online from Larry's work laptop but I couldn't get the link to work.

by grgapch at 01/08/09 2:38PM
Chipper did such a wonderful job!

by auburnfan96 at 01/08/09 6:39PM
Sounds like a really good start to your year!

I stumbled upon 'someone's' craft blog. You had some cute things up on it!

by sweetpeas at 01/09/09 11:17AM
Wow! Your year is starting out soooo great! All your men are just wonderful :) and I LOVE you!!!

by misslynn at 01/10/09 1:08PM
It's so good to see a new post on your blog...I know that you've been super busy so I haven't fussed but I miss hearing about the goings-on of your menfolk and you.

I thought your dad was going to fall out of the car when you told him about Chipper.

We will post the April visit on our calendar.

I found some Creme Brulee coffe... it's made by Godiva and I got it at the Wal-Mart in Victoria. It's in little 2-cup pods for the senseo machines but you could just space them around your basket. I put 1 in my 4-cup basket and it did fine. I'll send you the rest of these with the Houston Blend from HEB and throw in a bottle of vanilla just cause.

by scottishceli at 01/11/09 2:13PM
How differently you feel about the movie than your husband :) It was so nice to hear from you on my blog! Things have been hectic around here after the surgery and the holidays - I'm still trying to get all the holiday stuff packed away!

by misslynn at 01/11/09 8:53PM

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Back home in Georgia

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