Truly blessed

Truly blessed is what we are. Here are some of our most recent blessings.

* Trey was saved at a christian wrestling match a couple of weeks ago. As a parent, it is so joyous to see your kids come to know the Lord and know who holds their future. We met with our pastor this morning before church and Trey walked down the aisle as his profession of faith and was then presented to the congregation. He will be baptized in April. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

* On Friday, we closed on our interim home loan. This means that we are good to go and can start building our house! It has been exactly two years since we moved out of our house in Combine. We were blessed to have Jared's parents share their home with us and I am blessed to have a talented husband with talented friends who built the "love shack" for us to live in on our land. Construction on the house is scheduled to begin tomorrow morning. We are very excited and hope the scattered showers are scattered around, but not in, Combine. This week we hope to get the pad built up and the plumbing rough in started. Sounds like I'll have a lot of blogging to do for house news.

* Clayson had a friend over Friday night and all day Saturday. It is really hard for me to let the kids have friends over for selfish reasons. One, I am around kids all the time and two, I tend to be gripy. Always in teacher mode. I wanted to be nice so I let Collin come over. His dad brought his dirt bike for him so that they both had one to ride. We got home after the closing and those boys stayed outside until around 10:00. Jared, Ashlyn and Trey were also out there. I had a relaxing night inside and even went to bed early. Jared had things under control. They all slept in their dirty clothes, except Ashlyn, and were worn out. Saturday morning, Clayson and Collin got up and went right back outside. They couldn't ride dirt bikes because Jared was at work so they built jump hills and trailers and rode the bad boy buggy. When Trey and Ashlyn got up, they went right back outside to join in on the fun. I cleaned the entire house. They got along, (the siblings), for the most part. There were only a few squabbles. Collin left at about 5:00 and Clayson was satisfied with the weekend. He was blessed by a friend who shares so much in common with him and I was blessed to be able to rest and have a clean house.

* We are always blessed by miss Ashlyn. She is cute, smart, funny and helpful. Yesterday she decided to spray paint some wood while the boys came in long enough to eat lunch. She ended up with black freckles but thankfully her clothes remained paint-free.

* Tomorrow afternoon we are leaving for Walt Disney World. Clayson and Jared did not want to go. My mom, Ashlyn, Trey and I are looking forward to the trip. I know that it is hard to believe that Clayson does not want to go but if you knew his daddy, you would understand why. They don't like crowds, lines or people. If Clayson had not been I would have made him go for the experience but we went four years ago and does not want to go back. He looks forward to being an only child next week and all the things he'll get to do. I still need to pack, get a pedicure and get all the cameras charged and ready. Outfits have been sorted, there are bows and flip flops to match, bathroom stuff ready and waiting ... now I just need to get the rolling suitcases from my mom and add a few things here and there. I'm not sure if Ashlyn is more excited about Disney World or the plane ride.


Blessed is what we are and we are thankful to all those who are a part of our many blessings. Happy spring break 2008!

Bummed and Bored

I really have nothing interesting to blog about. No themes or excitement. I am blogging just to be blogging. I am bummed and bored. And you know what they say, misery loves company.

Why am I bummed, you might want to know. I don't know. Nothing in particular. It's just one of those days where it takes too much effort not to be. Have you ever had one of those days? We left the house at 8:45 this morning and got home at 4:00. Trey had a basketball game at 9:00, then we went to Wal-Mart to get some birthday gifts and a baby gift. We left Wal-Mart, ran through McDonalds and then went to Mamaw's. My cousin Matthew and his girlfriend were coming over with their new baby, who will be called Junior. He is such a cute baby. But no, it does not make me want another one. We left there to go to Clayson's batting practice from 12:00 to 1:00 and went back to Mamaw's to visit before having to go to Trey's last basketball game at 2:00. Back to the gym then back to Mamaw's where I was in a rush to get Clayson and Ashlyn and get home. Papaw had his projector fixed so they wanted us to watch an old film of my mom when she was a baby. It was neat to see and I wanted so many things that they used to have in my new house. Vintage and meaningful. I'll save that conversation with them for another day. I was ready to get home.

We get home and I attempt to clean out the car which is a pile of laundry from the boys shedding their outerwear as soon as they get in the car. I put the sheets in the dryer and the car clothes in the washer. Trey wants to finish the game of pool that he and Clayson started this morning, Clayson doesn't want to because Trey never wants to play with him. Argue, fuss and fight. Ashlyn is mad because I went to Wal-Mart and did not get any string cheese. I get out the cherry cheese cake and finish it off with a Dr. Pepper. Trey says we need more Golden Crisp cereal. Yes, I took my medicine - thankfully.

I want to think about the house but Jared does not get in a hurry to make decisions on decor. We went to Home Depot last night to browse around after a disgusting dinner at Pasados. Jared has the flu. We looked at appliances and he was a little enthused about those but the bathroom sinks, doors, lighting and paint were of no interest to him. On the other hand, this is what I like to think about. He walks around silently looking and I have no idea what he is thinking. I grabbed some paint colors that I have been considering but have not been in the mood to look at them since. It's just so overwhelming. I know Jared is having to do all of the behind the scenes work and I am thankful that he has the time and skill to do this. I am just ready to make some decisions on the interior design. Now I know why Cathy Clugston wanted to do this for a living.

We leave for Disney World in nine days and I am trying to get excited about that. I look forward to going but just can't think about all I will need to do to prepare for this. So yes, I am bummed but I should not be bored. Being bummed makes me not want to do anything but sit on the couch, get on the internet and listen to the TV. And see what else I can finish off in the refrigerator.