Live Strong!

Happy Wednesday!! I just wanted to introduce ya'll to my new past-time obsession! LIVESTRONG.COM I am having so much fun entering in my food on the daily plate…It lets you put in your food and the portion- then it tells you your sodium, calories, fat, EVERYTHING. It tells you how much more you need and what you don't need! It is really letting me see what a difference my food choice makes in my calorie intake! This is amazing! Go to daily plate and try it- it is FREE too! Have fun checking it out!!! J Does anybody know of any other sites that do this?

A Beautiful Weekend!

My parents came in town this weekend- we haven't seen them since Christmas….WOW! That is way too long for a momma's and daddy's girl like me! Even though I talk to them once (four or five) times a day, it is not the same as seeing them and spending time with them. They came up to my school on Friday to see the kids and bring them a little treat. They got to sit through recess with us and watch all of the madness that occurs out there! J The weather started coming in on Friday so we just grabbed food and ate at home and went to bed early. Saturday morning Mom and I went and did a yoga class while Dad started fixing my closet rack that had fallen to the floor with all of my pretty dresses in tow… (my feelings were VERY hurt) L ha! Dad made it look like new and even better than before. Cal got home from being on call and mom and dad took us to Flemings for a nice steak dinner! It was yummy!

Easter was fabulous…and YES… Cal and I still got an Easter basket from my mom and dad! Ha! J Here are a few pictures from Sunday! I had such a great time getting to see my parents! I don't know what I would do without them!

Wednesday's Walk- Wonderful Day!

Well... it's Wednesday, and time for a walk down memory lane! Click on the button above to see where the idea originated...

I have to take a little time today to remember the best day of my life...well...so far!You guessed it! It is the day that I married the man of my dreams, and to take this walk back even farther- I will take you back to the day in 1986 when I asked God to bring me to this amazing man. I was only 7 years old...YES...7 years old. My mom told me about a friend of hers that wrote a prayer in the back of her Bible when she was young describing the man that she wanted God to bring into her life one day, and ultimately, God did that very thing. I remember sitting down with my Bible and VERY seriously thinking about the kind of life that I wanted to live and the kind of man that I wanted to raise my children one day. I prayed for a man that would put me 2nd only to God in his life and would be the spiritual leader for our family. I prayed for a husband that was a hard worker (man...I didn't know how hard of a worker I would get...Cal is the most dedicated person that I know). I prayed for someone that would love his children with all of his heart and be a loving disciplinarian (I know that he will be). I even through in a little prayer that maybe he could even be good looking haha (and YES- God granted me my wish). I prayed for a husband that had a sensitive spirit and would listen to the Lord to guide his life. Obviously, I listened to my parents alot...because at that point in my life...boys were YUCKY! haha! I just have to say THANK YOU to God for all that He did give me... He gave me everything that I prayed for and even MORE! THANK YOU- THANK YOU!Here is my prince charming!June 17, 2006What a wonderful day!

Sweet Caroline, a few projects and a few “monkeys”!

This weekend, Cal was STILL under the weather on Friday night. He has been fighting this bug for 5 days and finally had solid food this weekend! YAY! I went over to one of my student's (from last year) house on Saturday morning and did her hair for her jazz pictures. It made me want a little girl now when God has planned. I will do my little girl's hair like it is my job! J Here are a few pictures of sweet Caroline! She is just way too precious! I also did a few projects this weekend: I learned how to etch glass and I followed these directions. I made a few wedding gifts and a birthday gift. THEN…a few "monkeys" of my good friends came over to Bham to see "Wicked". I met up with them at Babies R Us to do a little shopping for her sister's baby that is on the way. I always hate love going to Babies R Us… Then we went to eat Mexican! Yum yum! Here are a few pictures of monkeys Laura, Leigh Anne and myself outside of the restaurant! As you can tell…the term "monkeys" is a endearing term we use for ourselves…and a few inside jokes hidden in there as well…. There are about 8 "monkeys" in all…ha

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! Did you do anything fun this weekend? Do you have a nickname for your group of friends? I would love to hear about it!!!

A Walk down Memory Lane...

Click on the button above to see the creator of Wednesday's Walk, Lynnette Kraft.

Wednesday's Walk is a time of reflection on the past and how it has made you stroger today.

Today I want to take a walk down memory lane with some of the very dear ladies that I call friends. I have so many friends, some from high school and some from college and some from where I am now in life. I can't say that one friendship is better than the other friendship, but all friendships do touch you in different ways. The ways that my friends from high school touched me was very different from the way that my friends from college touched me. Not one was more than the other...just different. I am going to focus on my college friends in this post. I will save a post for my sweet friends from high school for another day (they are STILL my best friends by the way... I know...that is RARE) !Today I will focus on "The Monkeys"/ "The Old Crew"!Well.... Here they are: from left (top) Leigh Anne, Laura, Me, Christina, and Mindy From left (bottom) Leah, Alicia, Laura Beth, Nicci, and Rachel Honestly, I have no idea what my life would be like without these beautiful women. They have encouraged, inspired, loved, cried, laughed, danced, and wrote a beautiful imprinting on my heart that will forever be apart of my very being. Most of us are sorority sisters. We met early on in college and have all been inseparable every since. We have always had an incredible bond that has held us together for years!I do want to share one memory that all of these girls will remember fondly. It was a weekly tradition during our tenure at Ole Miss. We would run grab our beverage of choice, grab or make dinner together, and go directly to the back porch of my house. There we would sit for hours on end; laughing, talking, telling our "remember when" stories, and loving life together. That spot would be the spot where relationships and boys would be analyzed beyond belief, a place where goals were stated, God's plans for our lives were discussed, dreams were set in motion and friends became sisters. Sometimes I wish we could go back to that porch, knowing what we know now. I wonder how different our talks would have been? Would our dreams and goals have been the same? You know...I'm sure that they would be... although our lives have thrown curve balls at us, we have all become stronger by learning to swerve!

Red Envelope

Here is my envelope:

back of envelope front of envelope

Today is the day that we are to send a red envelope to the President of the United States to show our unwillingness to allow abortion to take place without a fight. Our God tells us this in His word:

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. ~Jeremiah 1:5

He is the same God today as was was yesterday.

Speak out... to the Lord and to the Nation. We sometimes feel as though an act such as this is futile... but we are God's people and Americans.... we have a right to speak and show our thoughts and beliefs.
For more information go to The Red Envelope Project

Reflecting...

The past couple of days have been sort of weird. They have been the sort of days where you just step back and look at your life to re-evaluate everything. Don't get me wrong, nothing special or necessarily "bad" has happened these past couple of days: God is just really working in my life, and in my marriage. My love for Cal grows stronger daily and as our daily walk with God continues to grow and flourish- our love for each other only strengthens. We have been going through some tough situations lately that have really been weighing on our hearts and dragging our emotions through the muck. Through these tough situations, our love only seems to grow stronger and our friendship is much more inhanced. I know that situations such as these sometimes wear and tear on a relationship- but thank God- HE is only making it better. Please be in prayer for my family. God is going to bless us immensely- I am SURE of that. Please also be in prayer for my mother as she continues her journey with her issues with her heart. She is the strongest person that I know- I am so proud of her! ONE more request for prayer: My cousin, Jessi, is being deployed for Iraq. She is just a little girl ya'll! I remember holding her and burping her when she was a baby. How could this be? I pray for her safety as she takes this journey!

Onto ANOTHER topic:

Who watches American Idol? Who are you pulling for? I think I am all about Adam at this point! He is pretty cute too- I'm just not too sure about the hair and the black fingernails! ha! Who do you think will win???

Oh---- and for all of the "advice" I have been getting lately- this is what I think of it: (I thought this was hillarious) haha: