Grateful Friday

1.) Carousels (and 'little' girls who are not too big for them yet).

2.) Friday night high-school football games with my family.

3.) Playing the Wii with my boy.

4.) Small town life.

5.) Bananas for breakfast.

6.) Cheaper electricity bills!

That last way may just be due to the fact that we were without power for a quarter of the month, but I'm going to take what I can get.
We're having great cooler weather down here. It's been really nice. Anyone wanna come down and visit?

Grateful Friday

So grateful . . .

- that it's finally Friday!

- for those green eyes above

- for warm summerish days

- to be going on a mini-vacation in two weeks

- for packages of goodies coming in next week (that I ordered this week!)

- for my Agapanthus about to bloom any day now

- that there's only 2 1/2 weeks of school, homework, etc. left for the year!

- for getting to watch Emma at archery class yesterday. Yet one more thing my kids can do that I never learned how.

- for Anna's graduation dress problem being solved.

- for everyone in my family being healthy.

Hope y'all have a great weekend. It's gonna be a wet one here.

Gratitude Friday

I read Martie's post this morning and decided it was time that I do another one of these myself.

I'm thankful for:

- my girls' happiness at school. They both basically have nice, good-natured friends who they can count on to help them out and be there when they need them. They've had very little bullying and 'mean-girl' syndrome.

- John's daycare caregivers. I've mentioned Sam and Mike before; they provide such a great place for John to be during the day. They're like an extra set of grandparents for him, and the bonus is there's always lots of other kids there for him to play with.

- the general kindness of strangers. People letting me in, when I'm in traffic, holding doors open, going out of their way to help when they don't have to. (yes, a very nice man let opened two doors for me when my hands were full, on the way in this morning).

- my husband's sense of humor. He's been making me laugh this week talking about his new experiences with his new job.

- my mom helping out with all of my kids' school projects. Thanks God for her when creating Anna's family tree!

- a job where I can take off an hour here and there when I need to, b/c Lord knows that happens a lot.

- coupons! I'm about to use one right now to save on the latest school project for Emma.

That's all for now; Anna is on her way to see Hannah Montana tonight. She's so excited!

I hope y'all have a great weekend.

**updated 1:21a.m. Saturday. I'm making an addition to this entry. I'm thankful to God for keeping my girl safe. On the way to the concert (about 75 miles away), on a very rainy drive, the car she was in hydroplaned, spun out of control on the interstate and hit the guard rail. Everyone involved was very shaken up, but thank God, no one was hurt. She called me crying saying all she wanted to do was come home. That call was followed, about 5 minutes later by a happy call saying the police were there and she felt safer. Cue Mark to go pick her up, followed by a call saying he was taking the whole crew to the concert. They had a great time and got home safely about an hour ago. Thank you, Lord for watching over my family and thank you Mark for making your girl a happy one. Oh, and for sitting through an entire Hannah Montana concert.

Grateful Friday

1.) The end of a L-O-N-GGGGGGGGGGGG work week.

2.) A fun day the Audubon Zoo/Aquarium of the Americas planned for tomorrow.

3.) My mom, who has helped me out every single day this week (okay, every day of my life actually ;~) )

4.) Basketball and soccer seasons starting up (it's a lot of work but always fun).

5.) Having about 1/3 of my Christmas shopping done!

6.) John M.'s chubby baby hands on my face.

7.) Afternoons spent in the pool cooling off, in this 100 degree heat.

Hope you all have a great weekend. Try to stay cool!

Things that make me happy

1.) Stepping on the scale to find that I've lost weight.

2.) Lazy afternoons playing with my kids in the pool.

3.) Long, quiet baths after my kids are asleep.

4.) Looking forward to summer vacation.

5.) Fridays

6.) Having the advantage of having my family right next door.

7.) Hearing from friends.

8.) Izzo's Burritos in a Bowl

9.) Blog comments

10.) My new Sugarland CD

Hope y'all have a nice weekend. I'll leave you with this face (a pic from last year full-teethed!)

Grateful Friday

I don't like the fact that I haven't been posting much, if anything, between my Friday posts, but life is crazy, so I guess this is just how it'll have to be for now.

I'm thankful today for:

1.) These pretty pictures that my mom took of the boy.

2.) The cute 'little boy' haircut that Mrs. Sam gave John M.

3.) Softball practice getting into full swing (no pun intended). I'm looking forward to both my girls playing softball this year. Emma may even play 1st base!

4.) My new dining room chairs, courtesy of Tar-jay.

5.) Mark helping around the house this week, he's been washing dishes on a regular basis. Not the norm for him.

6.) My agapanthus being a hair away from full bloom. I love those things!

7.) Mark's brothers coming to town in a couple of weeks. They're never all here at the same time.

8.) Not cooking all week! We've been fast food queens this week, but what the hell? It's easy!

Hope everyone has a nice weekend. It's rainy over here, but hopefully we'll see the sun some over the weekend.

Grateful Friday

1.) Nice, sunny weather today and predicted for the next few days.

2.) Anna's LAST volleyball game tomorrow morning. I enjoyed it but am glad it's over at the same time.

3.) A girls night out with my sister and mom tonight to go to a 'Ladies Auction'.

4.) New dining room chairs coming in, in a week or two.

5.) A great family, both little and big, surrounding me on a daily basis.

6.) Mark helping me out around the house the past couple of days.

7.) Our local waterpark opening next weekend!

8.) The snowball stand.

10.) Beignets at the coffee shop.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Grateful Friday, Part 4

1. A day at the zoo with these 3 faces last weekend.

2. Blooming flowers all around my house, especially the zinnias!

3. A roast cooking in my slow cooker as we speak.

4. Hopefully, a weekend spent with my favorite 4 people fishing on a lake.

5. Lunch at Chick-Fil-A.

6. Spending every afternoon this week playing with my sister and her gang.

7. 'The Cat In The Hat' movie, which occupies John M. in the car lately.

8. Counting down the weeks 'til our summer vacation (8 more!)

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Grateful Friday Part 3

1.) The great warm weather we've had all week. And really pretty skies (I need to take some

pictures to share with everyone).

2.) My new refrigerator we decided to get last weekend! Who would have thought an appliance could make me so happy?

3.) This little foal shown above (and a calf) that was born this week on Mark's farm. These babies make my 'babies' so happy.

4.) Cheap espadrilles from Chadwicks (go check it out).

5.) John M. being (for the most part) potty-trained, thanks in large, large, supersize, biggie part to Mrs. Sam. No more poopie diapers, hooray, hooray!

6.) A weekend of fun activities planned with the kids.

7.) The Easter holiday being just around the corner.

I hope y'all have a great weekend! Peace out.

Grateful Friday Part 2

Today, I'm thankful for

1.) These kids.

2.) Benny's $3 car wash.

3.) My babysitter, Sam, who is so good to me and my children.

4.) Louisiana weather in March. It's been so pretty here.

5.) Hand-me-downs.

6.) Tax refunds.

7.) Seeing Mark scoop Emma up and hold her like she was 2 when she ran to him in the parking lot yesterday.

8.) Old Barney tapes (at the low, low price of 50 cents) that occupy John M. so I can catch up on cleaning.

9.) Piccadilly with my mom yesterday.

10.) Getting free tickets to see my man Kenny in May!!

Grateful Friday

1.) Mr. Sandman up there finally getting a chance to enjoy his sandbox from Santa.

2.) Seeing him with his little one tooth, one gap smile since having his tooth pulled Monday. And kinda liking it better than his original 2-tooth smile. (photos to come)

3.) A fun lunch with my friends today and having my first burrito in a bowl.

4.) Seeing Anna in her new glasses. She's so cute with them. (photo to come on this too)

5.) Emma learning her '4 times' tables this week, and calling out 'Sweet 16!' every time we come to 4 times 4.

6.) The 5 of us all getting to watch TV in the living room last night piled together.

7.) A taste of summertime, weather-wise and summer camp planning-wise too.

8.) A weekend with nothing planned.