Can I Come Up For Air Yet?

 When I say we have been busy, that is an understatement.  We celebrated Mothers Day with our dear Mothers. We always try to have a cool out with my parents the day before. So that morning I got up and cooked all of my mommas favorites. 

Earlier in the week I had the girls make all the Mothers some cards. 

After lunch we got outside and played corn hole. It was such a beautiful day. 

They made it back home safely. 

The next day, we all went to church together. Our church presented all the Mothers with a special gift too. 

My sweetheart bought me this dress. I love it.  Sorry about the lighting, it was just fixing to rain.  

We had lunch with Grandmother after church. The boys had also surprised me with some goodies. 

We got home and I took a much needed nap because I was exhausted from the past two days. You are going to hear that word alot in this post because it's pretty much how I have been most of the past few weeks. 

This Mothers Day however was different for sweet hubby. He missed his mother and so did everyone. It really was not the same. As most of you know, my sweethearts mother passed back in the winter. He was a mommas boy needless to say. She was a beloved mother and an upstanding woman in the community and a faithful servant in her church. 

We have been rocking on with school and some days you just let them pick what they want to do. And add in lots of snuggles and play time. 

Dallas and Brylee wrapped up their lessons and are done. Phew!   We got to go see her perform in their Spring Concert for school. 

They got to pick up their caps and gowns. It is getting so real. 

One $10 toy is all it takes sometimes to keep some kids happy.  

We have been maintaining yards around here and I have had to do my carpets this season. 

We were outside working one day and it was all sunshine and we were cutting us some fresh flowers. Then all the sudden it turned blue and I knew it was going to rain any minute. We were finishing up and it started sprinkling. I told the girls to go ahead and go get on the porch. They were headed that way and all of the sudden out of nowhere,  a gush of 50 mph wind came through and started blowing debris everywhere. I got hit in the head with a stick and I was afraid the girls were going to get hit and I screamed for them to get in the house.  Atleigh started screaming and crying and was trying to get the door open and the wind caught it and jerked it out of her had and hit Caroline which sent her flying into the picnic table. Then she was screaming and crying. I reached the back porch and got the door off of Caroline and grabbed them and shoved them inside. We had to calm everyone down. Atleigh does  not like storms and she thought her Gmaw was going to get "blewed" away. Brylee and Dallas came running into the utility room to see what all the commotion was about. We got everyone calm and listened for it to blow over. It all happened in a matter of about 15 minutes. Then all the sudden quietness. And sunshine. What in the world just happened? Dakota had just gotten off of work and was headed to pick up girls when he called and said he just got called back in. What ever it was knocked 100s of people out of power. It was around 8pm when I finally checked on him and he said he was only a mile from us working but it was bad and didn't know when he would be done. So I just told him to be safe and the girls would stay here. They were out all night. One of his coworkers snapped this pic as he was climbing a pole at sunrise that next morning. 

I told y'all he was our pole dancer. 😁😁 I d0 worry about him every time he has to go out into a storm. All I can tell the girls is, "Daddy has to go turn someone's lights back on!" People were reporting damage all around the next day. He worked all that next day and then was able to get Ag to her game that evening. Poor thing had gone 32 hrs straight with no sleep. 

We have watched all of Ags games. Except one so far. Dallas was not feeling good one day. 

All I know is I am ready to see my son happy and alive again. 💙  I sat down one night and wrote him a 6 page letter. Things I just couldn't say in person because I didn't want the children to hear. He is trying so hard to heal the hurt  and move on. I don't know exactly what God has planned. I don't know if this is a bump in their journey or if God has his soul mate out there. I really thought they were sole mates. I don't know anymore. I have prayed and worried and prayed more.  I'm having to tell myself the same advice that I told him and that is to wait on the Lord. That's all we can do. I have my family who is prayer warriors on it too. 🙏

The time is drawing closer for Dallas to ship out and we don't have much time left to spend with him. Unless he gets delayed on his ship date we only have a couple of weeks. 😳🥺 . He is looking forward to it but a little anxious.  

I just need to come up for air a bit. 

We have a fair in town this week and tonight is the last night. I thought their mom was going to take them, but she never did, so we are all fixing to get ready and meet for supper and take these girls to the fair. I hope everyone stays safe and happy. 

Happy Mother's Day 💓

 

I cannot tell you how much these two ladies mean to me. They have always been my inspiration and mentors all my life. I have gleaned, watched and practiced (still trying) how they live and lived. My beautiful Mother, who unselfishly sacrificed her life raising three girls and hit her knees more on my behalf than I can count through my stupid, know it all, rebellious teen age years. Lord, forgive me. No matter the time or day, I can call her and vent, rant, rave, scream, yell, cry and then ask her to hit her knees again on our behalf. All of us. And she just lovingly obliges. She helps me keep my sanity when I'm on the verge of loosing it . Bless her. ❤ 

My beautiful Grandmother.  😍

She was my inspiration too to being who I am today. I wanted a marriage and family just like her and my PaPa. I watched her love her husband and children and grandchildren so unselfishly and sacrificed her needs and comfort to make sure every one else was taken care of first. She is the picture perfect Proverbs 31 woman. She hit her knees on my behalf as well. I'm pretty sure Momma called her too and had "conversations " about me. 😆

I wish I could still talk to her today.

I learned alot from this lady as well. Sacrifice, dedication to family, gentleness with a dash of hard core, unconditional love,  and forgiveness.  She raised one "special boy 👦" to whom I am very proud to call my husband. I will finish taking care of him for you Nanny. I promise.

I am proud to be the Mother of these two rowdy,  rough, stubborn, strong willed, rebellious,  aggravating  hard heads 😆but most of all loyal, dedicated,  loving, sensitive,  strong, determined, full of grit, passionate cowboys 🤠.  They are the exact ones I want having my back anyway. You boys will never know or understand the depth of my love for you. Love Mom. 💘

 

I am proud to be the Gmaw of these two little blessings.  One will tell you straight up she is a Gmaws buddy and don't mess with me. The other will say, "Nope"  just to aggravate me but I know she is. I love playing with and teaching these two. We have so much fun together. Sometimes I have to get  a little rough and be the bad guy a minute but I'm so thankful for their little hearts is forgiveness.

As long as there is one breath left in my body, my husband, boys, and my little buddies will be loved and taken care of and covered in prayer ❤.

Just Doing Our Thing

 We have been busy around here. We have been enjoying doing school: 

The girls still love our Preschool Dvds that I bought them. Atleigh is more into them than Caroline. She picks up things really quick. One day I had a box and just let them have it to just get in and color. That was entertaining.  

We've been going to some of her ballgames. 

I don't know what this conversation is about but that is her other little Uncle Finn.

We have been cooking and cleaning 

Sometimes we can be sweet and smile 😃

And sometimes you have to sit in the Naught Spot because you want act right. This little one will test every nerve and push every button with her strong willed self. 

Dallas had a big photo shoot with our family photographer.  She is also the girls other grandmother.  She took Dallas one whole day and took all his Sr. portraits for me. This is only a few of about 250 pics that she took and has edited. 

I can't believe in a month he will be graduating.  Our last kid. It has been a wild ride. Trust Me. 

I am so in love with them. There are more pics to come trust me. 

The girls decided they wanted to help Unkie Dallas one day. 

I have been reading in what little spare time I have. I love books on marriage. This one is good and there is another in this series. 

I've got several that I have bought just waiting. But wasn't really in the mood to read. 

I am so thankful for little port a potties. One night after the games, we took the girls to get something to eat and we were in line waiting for our food and they asked us to pull over in a reserved spot and park. They would bring it out to us. And wouldn't you know, toddler has to go. 

This is one of my truck hacks for toddlers. It stays in my truck. You can put a snack or a diaper in it. And throw away. Or they can just go and you can wash it out. I keep a gallon jug of water in my truck just in case. This time I put a diaper in it. 

I don't understand why restaurants are back to full capacity in our areas and fast food places still have dining rooms closed off. Drive thru only. 

I love this picture of my absolute favorite cowboys 🤠

When you have to pee but you don't dare move.