My friend Kerri Thompson makes these great cards almost weekly and sends them out to her friends and posts them on a blog that is called Sword Sharpeners. They are really fun and really great for reminders of God's word. I wanted to share this with those who read my blog. If you want to know more, email me or comment on the blog. I haven't had any events this week that are blog worthy, ha ha, but once the weekend hits with the big game and family here, there will be.
My sister in law has started this game with her friends. It's just a way to visit your friends blogs after you have told strange/interesting things about yourself on your blog. I guess it's called "Tag". The rules are to state 7 "strange" things about yourself others don't know. Then you "tag" 6 people you know with blogs at the end of your "Tag". Then you leave them a comment on their blog to show you've been to their page to make sure they are playing :) So, I will play and tag!
#1. I have OCD with a few things in my life. I will share one with you that isn't too painful to share :) I clean inside and out of my car once a week. Every week. My family was big on clean cars. Before any trip and after returning, we had a clean car. I found that once I owned my own cars, I wanted to keep that up. It's a little crazy but I have really seen great results from keeping a clean car. I traded in my Camry 2 yrs. ago and got the greatest amount on a Camry you could get for a trade in. It was awesome! So....there.
#2. I have a hard time sleeping at night. My mind races once the lights go out. In order to keep myself from going crazy or without sleep, I write everything down on a planner. I look at it over and over during the day and every thought and regular activity that goes on, goes down on it. Sometime Casey gets worried because it's so full.
#3. I have an addiction with buying a large drink of some kind, daily, at Sonic or McDonald's. It's a way to get out of the house every day and take a drive. I am trying to break that habit now because McDonald's no longer has the $1 drink, lg. like it did in the summer. That Stinks!!!!
#4. I have issues with plastic cups, not like drive-thru cups but plastic. My grandpa never let my grandmother have plastic cups in the house. He believed that if you used plastic, you could never get it clean enough to get rid of germs. Due to his issue, I now have an issue. We only have solo cups to throw away after use or glass. No plastic!!
#5. Since I have had children, nothing embarrasses me. I will do anything or say what needs to be said without regret. I have always been shy especially when it came to speaking. No longer!
#6. I love candles but for some strange reason, I don't want to use them. I had a garage sale this summer and got all of my candles in the sale because they were making my hubby mad. We've moved them every time and I still hadn't used them. This move was the last, said he. I had to go out and buy two new ones last week because the kitchen sink needed a little refreshing and so did our bedroom. So, I got rid of them, being unused and then had to go buy new ones. Real Dumb!
#7. Halloween is my favorite holiday! I love all the others but pumpkins, fall colors and all the excitement children get from costumes and candy, is so awesome. Don't get me wrong, christmas is THE BEST but it is so overwhelming with all the decor., gifts, and food that I am always ready for it to be over. Halloween is short, sweet and for 2 to 2 1/2 months, you can rework the decor. to keep it festive. Now, one thing about this holiday, it can not be scary. No witches, bats or goblins. Ghosts are out too!

Well, that was fun. Took me too long to do but now, I pass this on to my friends. Thanks Kerri for the great email cards you send. They keep me lifted and make me appreciate you even more for sending and making them every week.
Tag Your It: Michelle Perry, Kerri T., DeltonForce, Jennifer E.,.......???? I'll get back to this list!

What a great two weekends of football! We have won two games and are really loving the excitement of a new football team and it's fans. The kids got new tee shirts for the game and getting ready for the game is what they look forward to all week. If you've never been into football or been around it much, you don't know what Friday means to those of us who are. The entire day is centered around our evening events. Short afternoons and late evenings but what a blast.
The first picture is of Mike, Camden and then Parker, showing their cougar spirit. Parker is a new buddy to the kids. His daddy is a Coach too! Second picture, Jadyn didn't make it for the picture as far as being "decked out" in her Cougar gear. She has on a red shirt and it has cougar paws on it but you can't see them. Also, she took her hair down out of a ponytail held by a red and white bow with "CHEER" on each ribbon. What a pill!
Anyways, this is just the beginning of our season and what a great start! Wish us luck this week because we are the underdogs vs. Abilene High. The game will be very intense. All grandparents, Chris, Michelle and Chloe aren't missing that game. I'll keep the blog posted.
GO COUGS!

This week has been hard. Casey is in deep with football and it's rained so much, we haven't done much but sit in the house. Tonight is especially hard because we saw Casey this morning for 10 min. and that was it. It's midnight and he won't be home for another hour due to a game in Odessa. Long drives for our out of town games and so that means an all day event for him. The kids are missing him and so do I. They haven't slept good this week because of late nights waiting for Casey to come in, late getting up, late lunch, late dinner, you name it......it's not our norm. So, night time is like a game of musical beds. I think that's why it's been hard too. I tend to get blue when I've had little sleep and two kids to work with all day. The picture to my left popped up on my computer due to me pushing something I wasn't needing to. It's Jadyn in her evening attire here at home. She walked out in this the other night when Casey got home. I could hardly contain myself. She wears hats all the time but insists on them being backwards. Her favorite way to run around the house is without pants (She gets that from her Daddy) and then again insists on wearing Camden's shoes. That night it was his soccer shoes. She is really pretty prissy but then you turn for a minute and she is all out TomBoy. She is a trip! Between her and Camden, there is rarely a dull moment in DacusVille. Who can be blue when your kid is the funniest thing coming? Pray for our family and Jadyns evening wear. We have got to get that under control and soon.

August 9, 2008 - Spencer and Alyssa Ellison.

My cousin Spencer, just got married to a sweet girl, Alyssa Hawkins. It was a fun weekend in San Angelo, Texas. Casey, the kids and I, Mom and Dad, then Mike, Jenny and Baby Linde all attended the event. We are so excited for them and are glad that they will be living in Abilene. Nene, Jenni, and Jessica looked great. My kids love the girls and so when they walked in, both kids were "Ohhhh, Ahhh, Mom, Mom, it's Jenni, it's Jessi.....See, look, look......" It was great. Jenni helped with the rehearsal dinner and it was really great. She did a slide show and had great table designs for the dinner. The food was amazing and so was the company. When you can spend time with Uncle Charles (Uncle Charlos as my kids call him), it's always special. By the way, he looked very studly. Congrats Ellisons!

What a fun weekend! I just had to send the most recent pictures to my blog. I wanted to get a picture of all the grandbabies! It was really great and Mom's face says it all! "It's like a piece of Heaven."

Well, Well, you will never guess who decided to be born today! That's right, Miss Chloe Grace! She is 4 weeks early and perfect! What the heck did they do that I didn't in order to have their babies early and naturally. She was born at 6:45 am and Michelle was in labor from 12am till then. She pushed and in 30 min., out came little Chloe. She is amazing and has the sweetest little tongue that won't go back in, haha! It's so cute. Chloe was welcomed by Aunt Jennifer and Daddy. Both were so shocked that Michelle needed no drugs and still hasn't had any all day. What a Women! I will tell you that I went 8 hours in labor and had the drugs. Casey made it a MUST! I did too really. It was nice to not be in pain all day but those babies came fast and made it painful on Mommy only a few hours. Chloe has had many flowers arrive and family. Daddy has already decided her little ballet toes will never have to touch the ground if he has anything to do with it. Both Baby and Mommy are great and will come home on Saturday. Chris might have to stay longer due to the fact that until 7pm last night he was in Milwaukee. He flew in and hadn't had sleep all week due to his job. Later at 12am Michelle just felt awful. 30 min. later, her water broke and there was no sleep for the poor Daddy. Boohoo. No sympathy man.

I am a proud Aunt and Cousins Camden and Jadyn think she's so cute and tiny. They both gave her the once over and off to see what they could get into in the hospital baby bed.

Here She IS!!!

Linde Reese Kern. A whopper of a baby. All of 5.8 and 19" long. She is stunning. Linde came about 2 1/2 weeks early but is perfect and very healthy. Jenny is doing great now. The birth of Linde was fast and scarey so it took some time for Jenny to be back to her ol' self. We are so proud! Mike is one good looken' Dad too! What a lucky little girl. Sweetest Dad around besides mine and Casey. In about 4 weeks I will update you again when my other baby comes. Chloe Grace should be making her way into our arms August 20th and talk about spoiled. I feel that Auntie Jennifer (Michelle's sister) and I will be fighting over her. We are all excited. How blessed my family is to have 2 little beauties join our crew.