Happy Sunday!!

Thanksgiving Memories

My family ~ Jason, Krystle & Joshua

My niece, Hanah & nephew, Brendan looking for a video

My nephew, Jason....if only we could bottle that energy!

My sister, Rhonda & my son, Joshua

My children, Krystle & Joshua...thank you, Lord.

My Mom ... today is her birthday ... Happy 66th Mom!

Me and my boy!

I think I have mentioned before that baby Jason idolizes Jay and Josh....need I say more? We were playing kickball. Old guys versus the young crew (we whooped 'em) but this little guy never left Uncle Jay's side!

Brendan and I ... yes, I do think he hung the moon!

My sisters, Rhonda and Candy. (by the way, I named her and she loves it..NOT)

Me & my Mom.

Believe it or not the meal went off without any major glitches. Turkey...yum! Ham...yum! Stuffing...yum! Mashed potatoes...yum! Sweet potatoes...not so yum! lol Everything else...yum!

We had family as far as Las Vegas and we were very thankful for the Lord bringing all of us together.

I hope your Thanksgiving was blessed!!

Friday Night Lights ... Playoffs

The hour is late and we are an extremely tired bunch and I could go on and on about this game.... you know, fourth quarter, one minute 25 seconds to go, we get the ball back and run it down to the 35 yard line and then .....

intercepted with 9 seconds left! Final score..... Apopka 41 ~ East Ridge 34

I'm quite sure I won't have a voice tomorrow, along with a few of my family members! What a game! Congratulations to Apopka. This guy is still my Knight and I am so proud.

Thank you all for supporting him with all of your encouragement!!


Blessings to you!!

It's Playoff Time ... Game 2

We are headed out to Game 2 of the playoffs. We are hosting again at our field ...the Dungeon ... and we will meet the Apopka Darters for the second time.

When we met them the first time they were undefeated. We won that night and it was a big upset. The 'talk' is that they will be a different team tonight and we have our work cut out for us.

I'll post when we get back.


Blessings to you!

Friday Funnies

My friend, Kim, hosts Friday Funnies. Living in Florida, this just tickled my funny bone!

Happy Friday everyone!



Blessings to you!

Happy Thanksgiving

Blessings to you!

Thanksgiving Funnies.....

It was here just a minute ago.....

The sign speaks for itself......

Can I get an Amen, sisters!

And, my personal favorite.....

May this give you a chuckle as you prepare for Thanksgiving. Blessings to you!

Bookworm Award

My friend, Kim, over at Homesteader's Heart, awarded me this Bookworm Award. I'm supposed to grab the book closest to me and turn to page 56 and go to the fifth line and type it and the following couple of lines. Sounds simple enough.

Ready: "Lord killed him. And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother." But Onan knew that the heir "

My Bible was right next to me. Now, I am supposed to tag five people.

1. Denise @ Shortybears Place

2. Mimi @ He, Me +3

3. Michele @ Michele's Morsel's Believe

4. Mikki @ Living Life Where Shoes Are an Option

5. Sheryl @ The Perch (will you please go say hi to this very sweet lady)

Blessings to you today!

Six Random Things

My sweet bloggin buddy, Karen, tagged me for six random things about myself. I'm really touched she thought of me.


Random fact 1 ~ here is a picture of me this weekend at my family reunion on my father's side. I am the oldest child of my father...the one they call...Jody blue eyes.
However, his name is Bobby and when I was younger I loved the song "I want to be Bobby's girl". It always made me think of my Dad. Up until about 5 years ago, I hardly ever saw my father. That changed the day he had to have his heart 'worked on'. The Lord spoke to my heart about being there with him and getting his heart 'right' and being bold with my Dad.

I sat in the hospital parking lot arguing with the Lord for about 15 minutes and then I mustered up all the courage I could and I walked into the cardiac unit and went into see him. When I saw him, he was getting ready to undergo a procedure to 'shock' his heart back into rhythm. The doctor explained to my Dad and my bonus Mom and myself the problems that could occur. My Dad agreed to go ahead with the procedure, kissed his wife, and then looked at me.

I asked for a moment alone with him. And then I looked into his incredible blue eyes and I teared up and said the following. "Dad, I love you. And chances are all of this is going to be okay with your heart. But if for any reason, it's not okay, are you okay for eternity? Do you know Jesus?"

He looked at me and said "yep, me and JC go way back". And that was the end of that discussion. I know that it was the lousiest witnessing moment, but I'd ask you to please walk in my shoes with this man before you judge too quickly. I had never heard a compliment my whole life. I only remember my father hugging me once and that was when I got all A's on my first grade report card. He was raking the front yard and I ran home and showed it to him and he pulled me up and hugged me and swung me around. I can still remember the smell of his neck.

When he and my mother divorced, I took the brunt of it. I was so much like my Mom in so many ways that it was tough for him to be around me, I guess. So for years, I did not have a good relationship with him at all. Most celebratory occasions I left in tears with his latest remark a new etched memory of hurt on my heart.

However, everything changed that day in the hospital. He has never spoken to me in a negative way since. He looks at me different. He tells me he loves me. He won't let me speak about the things of the Lord but he is no longer openly hostile to me. At the family reunion, he openly hugged me and told me how much he loved me and how he was proud of me.

That was incredibly long .... I don't know if I should erase it or just let the post stand.

Random fact 2 ~ I think everything looks pretty with clear lights. I'd decorate all year long if I could.

Random fact 3 ~ My roots are still showing and someone suggested in a comment a while back that my Mom should color my hair. That is too funny considering my Mom has colored her hair her whole life and I can't tell you how many times I have ran to the store for a rinse because she was orange, or yellow or purple!

Random fact 4 ~ I just met a bloggin buddy at church! We go to the same church...very cool!

Random fact 5 ~ Is it possible to fall more in love with your spouse everyday? I think I do that. Truly...how can one man grow cuter...don't the laws of entropy apply to everyone?

Random fact 6 ~ I have cute piggies. My husband swears I have cute toes. You'll just have to take his word for it.

Ok, I've so messed up this tag. I'm sure no one will ever tag me again. I must be feeling nostalgic or something after the family reunion.

I'm supposed to tag six people, but please consider yourself tagged if you stuck with me through this and would like to post six random facts about yourself. Please let me know if you do so that I can read yours.

And again, thanks Karen, for thinking of me.




Blessings to you!

Fabulous Five

One of my sweetest bloggin buddies, Esme, tagged me! This is the Fabulous Five tag. We begin with five fabulous photos!

My fabulous hubby!


My fabulous son and his fabulous, best friend Joe. (My fabulous Colts beat their not-so fabulous Chargers last night....just sayin)

My fabulous guys in ascending order ... this was at Josh's 16th birthday.

My fabulous Mother ... she is so beautiful!

My fabulous son...I loved this picture the most even though my face isn't entirely in it. We are extremely close and I think it just comes through in this picture.

Five Favorite Foods : 1. Pot Roast 2. Filet Mignon 3. Potatoes ... any way! 4. Grilled Chicken 5. Hamburgers

Five Favorite Colors: 1. Green 2. Purple 3. Yellow 4. Blue 5. Red

Five Favorite Sports Teams: 1. Knights! 2. Colts 3. Jaguars 4. Chargers

5. Titans

Five Favorite Treats: 1. Starbucks 2. Starbucks 3. Starbucks 4. Cheesecake Factory 5. Krispy Kreme

Five Favorite Desserts: 1. German Chocolate Cake 2. Banana Pudding Cheesecake 3. Pumpkin Bars 4. Chocolate Pie 5. Dove Chocolate Bars

Five Favorite Ways to Pass Time: (This is a tough one...I'm always trying to find time)....1. Blogging 2. Reading 3. Crafting things (that I usually leave undone) 4. Decorating my home 5.

Five Favorite Physical Activities: 1. Walking 2. Boating 3. Fishing 4. Wave Runners 5. Jumping up & down at football games

Five Favorite People: 1. Jason 2. Sharon 3. Kelly 4. Candy 5. Daiana

Five Favorite Fruits & Veggies: 1. Pears 2. Bananas 3. Tomatoes 4. Avocadoes

5. Oranges

Five Favorites Obsessions: 1. Jesus 2. Family 3. Blogging (sigh) 4. Clean house

5. Charities

Five Favorite Joys: 1. Walking with Jesus 2. My husband's smile 3. My son's genuine concern for others 4. My daughter's eyes 5. Sunday morning

Five fears: 1. snakes 2. spiders 3. cockroaches 4. loss 5. heights

Five surprising facts: 1. I honestly can't think of anything....I think I've told you guys everything already!

Five fabulous women I'm passing this on to: .... Whoever would like to play! I think you are all fabulous! So consider yourself tagged and let me know if you post so I can come read your Fabulous Five post!

Blessings to you! And thank you, sweet Esme for tagging me!

Pay it Forward .... The Drawing

All of my 'Pay it Forward' names were thrown in hubby's cowboy hat! Joshua drew the names. Here he is drawing name # 1...and that winner is ....

Stacey! My sweet friend over at McCrackensx4! Congrats, Stacey!

And drawing # 2.... the winner is ....

My sweet friend, Alicia! Over at Named Alicia! Congrats, Alicia!!

And drawing #3.... the winner is ...

My sweet friend, Ang! Over at Davisix! Congrats, Ang!

I have actually posted what I am sending you. It's the journal you will receive. Before we ever picked your name, I had written a prayer for you in this journal. I have kept journals for a very long time. They are precious to me. It helps me to remember the faithfulness of the Lord.

I pray your journal blesses you as mine have me over the years I have walked with my Jesus. Please remember to send me your addresses so I can send them to you and remember to then 'Pay it Forward'.

Blessings to you!

Happy Sunday

Happy Sunday!

Remember ~ I will be back this afternoon to post who will win the drawing for "Pay it Forward".

Deuteronomy 10:21 "He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen."

Blessings to you!

Friday Night Lights

We won .... East Ridge 23 ~ Winter Park 7

We advance .....Go Knights!!
Blessings to you all!!

IT'S PLAYOFF TIME ... PT 2

Ok, bear with me. Jay just came home and had to get in on some playoff pictures.
This is the one blogger wouldn't let me post earlier. When he said "Mom, we need to be serious"...this is what happened!

Mom & Dad before the playoff game....we've got the t-shirts & we've got the smiles!

Jason & Josh ... can you see the fierceness? Can you see it Winter Park? LOL

They call our field the dungeon because we live in a hilly part of Florida. The field is built down in one of the hills...so it's very dungeonish....scary, huh?

Yep, they're a pair! Jay was trying so hard not to laugh he couldn't even look at me...

Ok, so I promise no more until after the game. Thanks for endulging these proud parents!

Blessings to you!!