Memorial Day

Well...for anyone who knows me very well, knows what my Memorial Day entails. I usually spend the Saturday before at the cemetery with my mom helping her mark Veteran graves. It is an all-day affair as there are over 1100 graves that we have to mark. I have been helping her for about 16 years so it has become sort of a Mother/Daughter Day! We know that it is our day to spend together with nobody else around. I LOVE helping her! We have started to have issues in the last few years....well actually since I have been married to Jerald.....MEN....always causing problems! LOL Jerald always makes plans for that weekend and then we argue because I can't go on Saturday. Same argument every year. Well this year, it all started the same way.....He made plans to go to Lake Altus on Friday and I told him that I couldn't go till Sunday. BLAH BLAH! Long story short....I realized that I could go help her on Thursday & Friday since I am not working. Anyways....I went to Borger Thursday afternoon and we worked a little Thursday evening and then we worked all day Friday to finish up! I got back to Canadian and we loaded up and left for the lake! Finally....everyone HAPPY!! :)

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!

We had a wonderful weekend at the lake. It is truly a beautiful lake and one of these trips, I am going to go explore some more and see what other things we can find! All the kids had a blast jumping off of a small cliff (it was HUGE to them).


We had some thunderstorms that showed up all weekend but it sure made for some pretty skies.
Overall, the weather wasn't too bad....not too hot but not too cool either!

Everyone had a great time and the kids were exhausted in the evenings...they played hard all day and slept really good at night! Here is Courtlynn & Brandon..(I think she has a little crush on him)...one of my fav pics!! She was SOOOO tired! There was lots of time to just hang out and relax around the fire and have a few beers! It sure was nice to just sit around with good friends and good drinks and interesting conversations!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend and I hope you remembered what it is all about.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS GREAT COUNTRY!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

Spring Storms!!!!

WOW....one of my favorite things about living in the Texas Panhandle is the storms. We have some beautiful skies and very pretty storms:
God gives us beautiful things to enjoy everyday and it is sights like this that truly make you realize what an awesome world we live in. I really enjoy watching storm clouds roll in...it is crazy to watch them go from just small "poofs" to these amazing clouds!!
A few more...........

I just wanted to share a few pictures from the other night. I am glad I got to enjoy it with my sister and her family. We had some good laughs that night...(her youngest son is scared to death of "storms") and my sis likes to pick on him about the storms! It is kinda funny but kinda sad too because she was the SAME way when she was younger!! Enjoy!!!

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In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." Acts 20:35

Critters!

WOW...2 posts in one day! I might have some fun with this. Anyways, so Jerald & I really enjoy going out and driving around out in the country looking for "critters". We usually go out to Lake Marvin and we usually end up seeing something. Above is a pic of a few deer that we ran across. We didn't see a whole lot except these deer (we saw them a few times) and a few turkeys. One of the things that I REALLY enjoy doing is taking pictures. I LOVE LOVE my camera and I would love to get into photography some day. I love sunset pics and beautiful scenery! Wildlife is interesting because you never know what you are gonna see!















Anyways....I think I am done for the night! I hope you enjoyed reading this post...I hope to keep up with this often!!! Good night!!!

Blogging

WOW! So I never thought I would be the type of person to blog....don't really think my life is that interesting but a GREAT friend (and fellow blogger) told me she would read it so I thought I would give it a shot! Please give me feedback (good or bad) as I am new to this.





These are the 2 newest members of our family! Sadly enough, we still haven't named them. We just can't seem to come up with the right names for them...any help would be greatly appreciated! They are still pretty wild and don't really want you messing with them but they are getting better. We are becoming a regular farm around here....3 dogs, 2 birds and a husband (HAHA) We do enjoy having animals although sometimes they drive me to drink...especially the husband..I mean dog! LOL We have 2 outside dogs...Sandy is a Black Mouth Curr and Alex is an Australian Shepherd.....our little indoor dog is Dozer who is a Teacup Chihuahua. He thinks that he rules the roost...but he is mistaken...that is MY job! Anyways, Jerald & I will have been married for 5 years this September. We have our ups & downs but in the end....we truly love each other very much. Jerald has a daughter that will be 10 in November. She is a beauty and a really great kid. We have her most weekends and really enjoy the time we have together!


This is my favorite pic of Courtlynn & I...I love that girl like she is my own!!! Sadly enough...I don't think we have any pics of all 3 of us together! Hopefully this summer we will have some family pics taken together! Well I guess I will stop here and hopefully I can keep up with this and post often! Again...PLEASE give me feedback...good or bad! Any help is appreciated!!!