100 Things

The rules state: Below are 100 statements. Bold or change the color of the ones you have done.

Started your own blog yeps your reading it although way behind
Slept under the stars love to camp
Played in a band played the clarinet
Visited Hawaii
Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford trusted God while tithing
Been to Disneyland or Disney World World
Climbed a mountain yeps did some hiking along the side of some
Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo
Had stitches
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Taught yourself an art from scratch knitting and sewing
Adopted a child
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Grown your own vegetables when I was younger
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
Slept in an overnight train
Had a pillow fight
Hitchhiked
Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
Built a snow fort
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a marathon
Ridden in a gondola in Venice
Seen a total eclipse Lunar only. -saw a partial
Watched a sunrise or sunset even got to watch it on the beach too
Hit a home run when I was younger and played softball
Been on a cruise. Our local dinner cruises
Seen Niagara Falls in person lots of times grew up seeing them and doing the same with our kids
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Seen an Amish community vacationed around one and also grew up around the Amish
Taught yourself a new language Spanish while teaching the kids for school
Had enough money to be truly satisfied Satisfied with what God provides us with
Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
Gone rock climbing
Seen Michelangelo’s David
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
Visited Africa
Walked on a beach by moonlight
Been transported in an ambulance several times
Had your portrait painted Does pencil drawing by hubby count?
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gotten a speeding ticket Just last spring on my visit to Amy's
Been in a movie
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Taken a martial arts class
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout Cookies
Gone whale watching
Got flowers for no reason
Stayed the night in jail
Cried so hard you threw up
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
Bounced a check
Flown in a helicopter.
Saved a favorite childhood toy I have my fav barbie and bean bag chair :)
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten caviar
Pieced a quilt
Stood in Times Square
Toured the Everglades
Been fired from a job. yeps because I was pregnant although couldn't prove it.
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Broken a bone
Been on a speeding motorcycle Just last summer with my daddy
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
Published a book
Visited the Vatican
Bought a brand new car not in a long time but I have
Walked in Jerusalem
Had your picture in the newspaper My engagement pic
Read the entire Bible
Visited the White House
Killed and prepared an animal for eating
Had chicken pox
Saved someone’s life had to give a client the Heimlech maneuver he almost died
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous.
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one
Had a baby 6 babies
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Great Salt Lake
Been involved in a lawsuit I am at the moment
Owned a cell phone Have one now, what would I do w/o it??? lol
Been stung by a bee yes I have and oh boy does it hurt even made me cry
Read an entire book in one day Love Tuck Everlasting, Kaitlynn's school book, couldn't put it down, lol.

If your reading this, consider yourself tagged. Please leave me a comment to let me know I can come read your 100 Things.

Happy Easter - Christ has Risen

What a wonderous day it was, the day that Christ our Lord has Risen from the dead. I hope that everyone had a Blessed day. We were supposed to have snow but it actually was a bright, sunny and beuatiful day here. I finally managed to get my video gift for Steven figured out with all of our wedding and family pics done just in time and he loved it. We had a Beautiful Church service that consisted of our children singing a few songs, a very powerful sermon, then a choir production. Here is a couple videos of the children singing their one song, Jenna is in the front in the yellow and white dress, in the second video when it goes to the right, in the second row you can see Kaitlynn just a bit and Andrew next to her on the Left.








After this wonderful service we went visiting at my in laws and my daddy was with us for dinner, ooh talk about being stuffed with yummmmy food and chocolate it was all there. After we took pics:

This is our family pic:



Here are my in laws (yes smooching, the kids were all into wanting the luvin' pics):



Ok if you can't handle the smooching you might want to cover the eyes because here is Steven and I:





Ok enough of us adults as I have little miss Kaitlynn sitting here making sure that I showed you the pics that she took of us yesterday, now it's on to our little angels and their easter egg scavenger hunt that my MIL did for them:


Here is Jenna getting a good "what for" from Andy my FIL's bird as she is trying to get her egg that she has found, LOL



Here is our "mother hen" Kaitlynn reading the clue to Andrew and Jenna to figure out where to go for their next egg:



And here is my Daddy with Jenna modeling all her Princess things and of course Chris at that wonderful age that he has developed a phobia of having his pic taken:



Who could possibly ask for more than this on the day that God has given us the Greatest gift of all???

May God Bless all Have a wonderful day :)

ICE STORM

OH NO, I am in trouble again from those New Brunswick people again!!! We just got hit bad last night and this morning with a bad Ice Storm and now the big bad "S" word, yes we're getting more of that yucky white stuff. Now to tell you my dh is plenty happy with the snow but not the ice. I like the snow at the beginning of winter but now it is just getting old. Now I'm just hoping that everyone is safe that has already been hit with this storm as it was a nasty one, and it is continuing up North according to our news this morning. Prayers that everyone stays safe and to those that are out of power. Alot of schools in this area are closed or on a 2 hr delay, this is the first time in a long time that ours has even went on a delay and never closes. Here are a few pics that I got this morning from the front of our house and the back. Everyone stay safe and warm. Northerners doing what I can to keep it from coming your way, have pity on me :)

Front of our house:







This is from our back deck:




Needless to say the dogs wouldn't stay out long enough for me to get pics of them slipping and sliding on the snow that was iced over.

May God keep all Safe, My prayers are with you

Beautiful Day

Matthew 11:28-30

"Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."


What a beautiful day it is here, yes bright, sunny and warm. But yet another day that God has given to us. I woke up to my beautiful family and yes those yucky, slobbery doggy kisses. But how wonderful everything looks in a different light when you really let go of your problems and TRUST God. This is just one of my favorite Scriptures when going through a difficult time and it does really help when I read this and keep reminding myself to not just pray for the strength to get through my hard times but to also trust God and let my burdens go and rest in him.

Today is just so warm that I have our house all opened up letting the fresh air in and getting some cleaning done in between sitting outside enjoying the weather. I just can't help myself just dancing around with my broom and vacuum cleaner. Well dh or children aren't available so those were my options then decided to teach Lady Annabelle to dance, got a short video of her so anyone that enjoys those cute little doggies let's hope I can get this to work




This is Teddy and Sarah's baby from last June, she has gotten so big and is just spoiled rotten, not like you can tell or anything, right :) Toby is there on the floor running around of course wanting his attention as well.

Another thing that I would like to share is a pic of our oldest son Chris, 17 1/2 and in his AROTC uniform. He has been trying to get into the military and has been having trouble passing his ASVAB's so he is now in ROTC in school. This is a pic of him in his uniform for the first time. He looks so grown up, mom just isn't ready for this. I'm working on used to the idea that my baby is growing up and a young man. I am very proud of him and his choices of late. Especially with the things that have been thrown his way and what he has had to overcome.







I know I'm a bit prejudiced here as mom but isn't he just so handsome ????

Well that is all about all that is going on around this house, except that I have manage to also make homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, with all these colds/flu going through here. Going to get the troops in and cleaned up for dinner and fix some Blueberry muffins for hubby as a surprise when he gets home from work, since I just found out that he's having a stressful day, so what better thing to be greeted with a cup of tea and his fav. muffin and well of course a hug from his wife to end his day.

God Bless everyone, hope everyone has enjoyed their day, even those getting SNOWSTORMS :)