not fun not fun at all...

well I have been down for a week..had shoulder surgery and let me just say I am miserable!! I have had lots of surgeries, and none let me say that again...NONE have ever hurt like this. I can not get comfortable no matter what I try. I am waiting for this each day gets better and better thing to kick in because right now I am in misery!! So today I am thankful for strong pain medicines...because this shoulder surgery stuff is not fun not fun at all!!!!

Lots to be Thankful for...

Thankful for lots of fun family memories....

roof over our heads....

Well I missed a day yesterday so this post is gonna have two things I am thankful for in it. The first thing I am thankful for is my church family. I have been blessed to be at the same church since I was a teenager. While awhile at college I found a church home there but it was never the same. When Warren and I moved back to Columbia we knew right away where we would be going to church. It is truly a blessing to have such wonderful brothers and sisters in Christ to worship with. Today was give away day and while I type this my eyes are wanting to close, I am exhausted. We saw right around 550 people today. It is such a reminder at how blessed we truly are. So tonight I am thankful for my home. Small as it may be and not decorated with the finest things, and there are things that need to be fixed, it is a home. It is full of love, laughter, tears, joy,and fun. It keeps us cool in the hot southern summers, warm in the winter, and dry from the rain. I am thankful for the roof over our heads that we had made our home.

Pre-K is the place to be...

Today I am thankful for my job... I have the best job in all the world..I work two days a week and I am on the same school schedule as my children...we we get all breaks and holidays off together. I am extremely thankful for my job... There are days that I miss my salon and really miss all things hair but for the most part I have the best of both worlds, that makes it all worth it. I mean who else get to play, be silly with, make fun crafts, and cuddle with some of the greatest kids in the world and still get paid for it?? Let me tell you pre-K is the place to be....

Friendship...

Today I am very thankful for my friends...some of which are very much like family so I guess in away this is still a "thankful for family" post...

Through out the years I have had many friends, and over the years my definition of friends have changed quite a bit.

I have friends young and old. I have some friends that are "our" friends meaning couple friends that Warren and I both get along with, go on family dates with, family vacays with, and enjoy spending time with. I have my fun loving group of girls that I go on a summer beach trip with each year that you can read about in my old post called Friends...I think it is in the July 2008 post, then the post right after that has pics of those I talk about in that post(if you have a min take a look at it, it sums up how much I love those girls) . I have friends that I have had since childhood. I have friends that have become friends because we have kids the same age and are going through the same challenges and facing the same struggles. I am a people person, I love to talk to, hang out with, be silly with and overall just like being with people...I have a lot of friends and everyone of them are different in so many ways as is our relationships...I love my friends and are very Thankful for each and everyone of them!!!

FaMiLy....3

So I have been looking through my photos today trying to find some good ones for this post...and it is sad...I have some great pictures don't get me wrong but it is sad because they are all from last fall,winter, and spring...since our camera was stolen a few wks ago along with everything in my purse..(trust me it was quite the ordeal) we have nothing from this summer..no family vacay pics, no first vball camp pics, nothing of us being silly and having fun in the pool...nothing nada..oh well what are you going to do??? "Thankful for my family" Today I am thankful for all my sisters and brothers...mine and Warren's! We may not always see eye to eye but in the end we love and laugh .....do not know where I would be without them!!! I Love all of them... Andrea & Jamie, Krysi, Jesi, Matthew, Christopher & Marsha, Stephanie & Shawn....

FaMiLy..2

Warren and I have a huge family...I am the oldest of 5 and Warren is the baby of 3!

Today i am "thankful for my family"..this post is about my in-laws.

They too were high school sweethearts, they were great parents to Warren. They taught him how to be loving, kind, and a wonderful husband and father. They are great Grandparents to our children (aka nanny and D),they come to almost all of the kiddos games and special programs. They have a strong faith and have passed that on to their children. They have led by example when it comes to putting family first.

Today I am thankful for my in-laws....without them I wouldn't have the hubby I have today!

ps...I have no pictures of my father in law bc he is always taking them...so this is the best I got right now.....just another reason I am thankful for him...he is a great photographer and keeps us all up to date with great photo memories!!!

FaMiLy..

So I am about an hour and half away from not having a post today..not because I haven't thought about it or because I was not sure what I was Thankful for...but because I was trying to decide how I wanted to do this..lump them all together or take them one at a time, so I have decided I am going to do both....That's right it is my blog so I can do what I want right???

So the first of "thankful for my family" is going to be a post about my parents....

My parents were high school sweethearts..they also married when they were young...they have always showed love and kindness for me and for everyone they know. They have opened their hearts and their home for more then one child..three to be exact. They sacrificed a lot to send me to a private Christian high school and college. They were always and still are always there for me...they took me church taught me about God and Jesus..taught me right from wrong. I never wanted for anything...they were great parents!!! Words can not express how much I love and admire them...

Now they are wonderful grandparents (aka Granny and Pa)to my kiddos.

ps..the pic is from last winter..we never get snow but we had a great big snow last winter and we had a great weekend of fun playing and being silly in the snow...I know you can't really see them but this is one of my favorites..because it's them...playful and loving!!!

I AM THANKFUL FOR MY PARENTS.....

Sissy Sue.....

Emily Klair...EK

beautiful, sweet, 2nd grader, gymnastics gal, great reader, softball player, soccer player, sister, daughter, friend, content with any situation, living and handling a seizure disorder, toothless, swimmer, four wheel rider, loves to climb anything...a true monkey, fearless, very tough chic....and much much more...

I love my sissy sue...and I am very thankful for the wonderful gift of Emily Klair!!!!! There really is no one like you....

Little man.....

Tyler Neil....

Sports playing, kind hearted, adorable, 4th grader, smart, president of student council, brother, friend, speech maker, Bible reader, song leader, silly, video game playing, person living with spina bifda occulta, MIRACLE and much much more.....

Today I am thankful for my little man... I love you Tyler.....you will always be my little man....

"I DO....."

Today I am thankful for those two little words "I Do"... My husband and I met when we were 15 yrs old, at church camp. We became fast friends and had a blast that whole week. After we got back from camp he was baptized and I called to congratulate him, that phone call lasted for over 2 hrs.... That was the beginning of some really great memories. Warren and I have been through alot, we got married at 19 yrs old, he was a sophomore at Harding University in Arkansas, and I was in beauty school in the same college town. We were broke, at that time he went to school and worked part time at a small department store,while I also went to school but I worked full time as a waitress during the week and at a popular ice cream parlor on weekends. It was a mad house, we hardly ever saw each other but when we did it was great....I loved that first year!! I was wore out but I loved it, most people say your first year is your hardest of marriage but for us it was one of the best. We have always been the best of friends, now don't get me wrong even best friends fight, get on each others nerves and overall just don't get along sometimes, and we have had our fair share of fights and such. But you see here is where our relationship vary from some...we are in it for the long haul...we understand that there will be rough patches, highs and lows, we know that a good marriage is one that is worked on consistently, and we really do work on it...we are not perfect, we are not pretending to be something we are not. I love my husband and today that is what I am thankful for....two little words that make me his and him mine...."I DO".....

Give-away day..

well it's just around the corner..and I have to say that I love this day because it is a fun family day for us....Tyler helps, EK helps, Warren and I help, and we have a great time being with our church family. This time of year always makes me think of how blessed we truly are, how much we really have and how much we take for granted. I am thankful for many things...and many people are using their Facebook status to say something they are thankful for everyday for the whole month of November...so instead of FB I am going to do a post (ok try to do a post everyday lets be honest here....)everyday saying what I am thankful for. This weekend was my annual retreat with the teens at church to Guntersville...and our theme was "Identity" and we had some really great lessons...so here is what I am thankful for today: I am thankful for Jesus who died on the cross for me and my sins...I am thankful that I can now change my name to "forgiven".

The happenings of a very busy family....

I have not posted in a while and there really are no excuses...although we have been one busy family! I started my volleyball season the 2nd week in July, and have just finished it. We had a great season finishing as District Champs again this year and 3rd overall in Regions! I am very proud of all my girls and will miss our 7 seniors greatly next year!! Tyler took a break this fall from soccer..gasp, I know right?..to play football and he really liked it. He was the... wait for it wait for it...KICKER! and he did a wonderful job! He also got some time in as tail back, and tight end, and running back I believe..I know he kicked the ball, ran the ball and did some great blocking!!! He learned alot and had a great time with it. His team just won the Championship this Saturday 33-6!!! He is on the jump rope team again this year at school and is loving that also. He is a busy guy right now he was just voted president of the student council at his school, he is on the safety patrol, and has already started his song leading, and Bible reading lessons at church. He is a great little boy and he amazes me everyday... Emily Klair is loving gymnastics, she is learning to do cartwheels, hand stands, and has started work on front hand springs. She loves the balance beam (makes me a nervous wreck) and is making progress on the bars..she is quite the little monkey!! She did volleyball camp with me this summer and she did rather well for a 7 year old. She loves to read and has her nose in a book all the time!! She is still quite the drama queen (again still not sure where she gets that from)and is actually very funny...she is going to be doing puppets this year at lads to leaders. Her seizures are under control right now, she has been on two different medicines for the last few months and it seems to be the right meds for her. WE are very thankful everyday that goes by that she has not had a seizure!!! She is beautiful and kind and the most loving little girl I have ever met... Warren has been busy at work, but he is still the best dad in the whole world. I am thankful to have a great husband like him. I am looking forward to this time of year because for us it is the time we slow down and do not have soo much going on. I hope we can take some time for ourselves and go out on some dates...sometimes I miss having him all to myself!