Ok here it is

Our old car.. layered
My grandma's front yard
The roof.. (yes I was having a ball out snapping pics)
The grill
The sidewalk leading to the grill..lol

OK here are the pic's of my answer to prayer that everyone has been asking about. With living in AZ one of the things I miss the most is WINTER.. real winter from TN and Mo.. I loveee the cold air and just love it.. ANYWAY.. so I prayed and asked Jesus to send me my snow.. now anyone can say what they like but I am not budging that this was for me..lol..

Celebration with Their Papa Simmons

Singing Happy Birthday. Not all the candles on there but didnt want to set the house on fire he said..lol
Just helped papa blow his candles out..
Shania was taking the pic's Need to find the one of her in it as well.. The girls made this cake for him all on their own. They had such a ball doing it and if I must say so myself did a good job. He sure had a blast. He loves these girls to death and loves spending time with them. He spoils them rotten I must say.


AND YES that is a leaky ceiling on the right hand side of the photo. Just happend this week with all the rain.. So add that to the list :)

Busy time

I see I am falling behind again..lol lets see. go back to yesterday... I went through old recipes with my grandma all day and got some very old recipes all the way back from my great-great grandmother as well as great grandmother on both sides. ORG ones so I can scrap book them. I am making a book for my mother and sister. There were recipes that my papa had found while he was in the army... so neat to see that kind of history both for sentimental reasons as well as I love to cook. We are making a stacked cake( one of Grandma Lee's recipes) for our family's Christmas day dinner together we are having at my sister's house. My parents, us, and my grandma & step-grandpa will be there plus John's son as well..

We got grandma's family room done . The tree up and shania painted G.G's kitchen windows for her today.. Steve is taking a few days off of work to help grandma finish up some much needed things that she wants done and also the BATHROOM biggest project of all...

We went out to my sisters tonight for Shelby's Christmas program at her school. She did really well it was cute.. Than I took my mother out to dinner with the girls and we had a good time... Had such a good time that we got out of the car acting crazy and I locked the keys in the car....rofl had to get Steve to RESCUE me and get them out..lol SO that is some of what we have been up to this week... Hope everyone is having a blast during the BEST month of the year!!!!

WOW.. Finally someone has the guts to say somthing.

*Thanks to my cousin Angela for sending this to me*

Most of you know who Ben Stein is...you know the "for dry eyes, use clear eyes". that guy...he had his own game show to "win ben stein's money". anyways, he wrote something in an email once & then he went on CBS & read it on the air. I think it's pretty profound myself & it's right on as far as being accurate. Take the time to read it...I don't think you'll regret it.My confession:I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu. If people want a crèche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Je ssica came from and where the America we knew went to.In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'ow we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.Are you laughing?Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in. My Best Regards.
Honestly and respectfuly, Ben Stein

Good Day!

I love the weather these past few days. Rainy and a tad chilly( some call it freezing) obviously they have not lived anywhere else..lol. Today it is CHILLY and rainy and as close as you will get to WINTER wonderland in PHX AZ..lol.. Went to church last night and was a really good message. One I def needed to hear. Isn't it just like the devil to try to discourage and use some of the dumbest things to side track us? We have been going through a valley no doubt but what is so amazing is how GOD has been there through it all every step of the way. I know he is wanting more of us so He can give us more of HIM and I so want that.I left church a bit frustrated last night just because it seems like my mind goes completely blank from the moment I feel God asking me to testify to the moment I stand up and the longer I stand the blanker I get..lol.. Than I sit down feeling just plain o stupid..lol.. Anyway o well I am not perfect and can not testify the way some other people can but I am not doing it for people I am doing it to publicly thank GOD for what he does for me and tell others about it.... Anyway don't know where I was going with that one..lol... So I made a HUGEEEE pot of homemade Vegetable soup and we are painting in the Front Living Room today and Dining Room. Than help grandma put her tree up. Guess that is enough ramblings for today:)

My Birthday Celebration

The perfect ending to a perfect day as always.. With a kiss from ma baby!!!
Me and My Crazy Sister! and YES I am the LITTLE sister..rofl

My Pretty Cake that my hubby got for me!
CHEESE.... It's ma birthday! And they thought it would make the smoke alarms go off.. HUMPH.. I am not THAT OLD yet!!!
Me and My Girls
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

YES.. THE SINGLE most perfect gift he could of gotten me... GOOOOOO DALLAS!!!!
I came home from church (CORRECTION)Friday night @ 1am..lol and found these on my desk.. He is so Sweet!
They are so pretty
Ma baby making me my traditional birthday breakfast.. The same one he has made for me from day one we were together on my birthday.. His special Pancakes and Scrambled eggs!!!

Very Pretty!

Well the morning started off with the usual ( good morning baby Happy Birthday) and the first kiss of the day... Than the kids come piling in on top of me.. This year was different.. I was missing one ( she had spent the night at her BFF's HOUSE) Felt so weird and I started crying..lol.. anyway I recovered fast and her dad called to tell her to COME HOME..lol.. I am so not ready for this phase in our life but at the same time excited for her that it is happening.. ya know what I mean the whole friends and places to go thang..lol.. so anyway we go in the house and I am given the gifts and sang to and my mother got me some very pretty glass coasters that pics can go in and grandma got me a HUGE lovely candle and sweet card..... Than we watched the new release of Hairspray.. I LOVEEEE that musical.. It deff is not the orig but VERY good.... Than we waited for my sister to wake up ( she had worked the night before) to go out to her house fo DA PARTAY...lol.. We went grilled out had cake watched Hair Spray again and had a blast...lol I have video I wanted to post of her and me on the floor wrestling and the dog howling at us but she wont let me.. we shall see..rofl.. so anyway I had a awesome 29th Birthday. Thank you to everyone who called, emailed, and send me cards and gifts. Sure made me feel special. Love you all very much!!!

Church Practice for the Christmas program

Awww she is a natural angel. A girl after my own heart. Angela Williams ( kelsey & kaity's BFF)
Smile Kaity
Meagan, Angela, Kaity
Kelsey being a *wiseman* as she corrected someone and said. IT's WISEWOMAN..rofl
Waiting patently to be told what to do next.

Lol.. acting silly.. To cute!
Lined up waiting their turn.
Little Mary & Joseph( Natalie & Mat)
She is just to cute
He is such a ham

The crew on stage..lol

BFF's. Missing the other BFF's that live far away!
Natural .. that is all that needs to be said..lol
Woa .. guess that is what happens when ya turn your cam over to the kids..lol.. This is kaity if ya can't tell..lol
SMILE
I just do not know..lol Kaity smiling.. not sure what kelsey is up to..

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This was the first practise and it went very well I thought. Michelle does a good job as well as everyone else. My girls really enjoyed themselves. .. and of course there was a sleep over involved.... expect anything different.. YES ASH I AM TALKING TO YOU..rofl.. I am sure the program is going to be really nice.

Painting Day!.

Kelsey with her Papa Simmons
Kaity with her Papa Simmons

ROFL.. my husband looking on at my mother trying to put this chair in the freezer..lol no she was moving it and it opened the freezer door. We thought it was funny...lol Grandma stirring away at that paint!

Got one wall drying. looks ALOT better. Hmmm not sure what happened here.lol

Ms.Kelsey posing while pouring more paint into her lil bowl. She sure did a good job on that trim
Kaity was the photographer for the day. She caught G.G off guard..lol
HMM.. Maybe when ur blond you hafta hold up one leg to pain just right.. not sure what she is doing here..rofl..
The trouble makers of the day. All play and no work..Kelsey was giving her Meme a hard time!
lol I was cutting the wire to the doorbell. Grandma said she didn't need a doorbell.... if she didn't answer they they knock than maybe she doesn't want to see them..rofl. she cracks me up sometimes.

Kelsey doing the *cut in* as grandma calls it for some of the nooks and cranny's..rofl just repeating what she said. O yes and it is called a DOB..hahaha look that one up in the dictionary.. It hails from Papa Johnson..lol
Not sure who got more paint on them.. the wall or shania..rofl
See they were caught again.. GOOOFING off..lol
Kid's will be kid's... They do have alot of fun with their Meme.
I think this was the one moment she was trying to help.. rofl RAISE the window...hehehe.

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Well as you can see we had a great time re-painting the back living room. It is drying as we speak and I will take some pic's of the finished product this week. It sure looks ALOT better just getting the walls done.