A Tea Party!

Shaylei & Aura were bored so they decided to have a Tea Party in the backyard. They made tea sandwhices with Nutella & cut the sandwhices into little squares. They also poured little French Toast Cereal in little bowls. They served Milk in place of tea. They used their imagination decorating the table. It was cute to watch them put things together. They enjoyed the sandwhices & the little French toast with their milk along with chit-chatting with each other. 

I love these girls. I'm Thankful for these moments especially when life gets hard at times. 

Mickey Mouse Pancakes...

According to this boy "this grandma" makes the best Mickey Mouse Pancakes in the whole wide world...lol! Of course he would say that cuz I'm "his grandma" & he doesn't know how all the other grandmas in the whole wide world make Mickey Mouse Pancakes for their grandchildren. He makes me laugh a lot with all his little sayings. It's hard sometimes to listen to him talk when those big blue eyes are looking at you when he thinks what he's got to say is important! He's a very busy boy & keeps me on my toes... He just finished preschool & is now a kindergartner....whoa! That also means I have two 8th graders & a 4th grader. The older I get the "FASTER" time flies by....yikes!

Rainbows~

Tonight coming home from TriCities I saw a full Rainbow. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen a full rainbow since I was a little girl. I could tell it had just rained & it smelled so good. I look to the East & see part of a rainbow & I tried to take a picture of it on my phone, but I couldn't get a good picture of it. Then I saw another rainbow next to it only it was faint. I kept watching these rainbows for awhile. The faint one disappeared & then it came back & then the brighter rainbow became a full rainbow & it looked like it stretched a long ways. It was gorgeous! I could see that rainbow from King City (just outside of Pasco) all the way to the Hwy 17 cut off. It made me think about how God created that & the beauty of all that's on Earth. I was also wondering if it was touching the ground on both ends. I was thinking like a little kid...lol! I love it when God opens my eyes like that...

Thanksgiving & Making Memorie's with my little people...

Holidays are hard for me, but this years Thanksgiving was different for me... We had our dinner on Sat. & it was the best one I've probably ever had in my life. My daughters had to work graveyard shifts on Thanksgiving. I felt a peace in my spirit I've known before. We had fun just hanging out. Then we went to the movies that night & saw Penguins of Madagascar it was a cute movie. 

Me & Char

I made gingerbread houses with my sweet cute little people...

Me & Jen

Way too long.....

It's been a really long time since I've blogged. I lost interest & wondered if it really even mattered if I wrote or not. So here I am again... I want to us facebook less by blogging.

Baby its been cold out there... Bam just like that we are freezing & having to start the car 10-15 mins before we leave for school or work...Lol I'm not ready for the cold weather, but its here wether I want it here or not.

My brother was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Sept. He's had his chemo treatments. He's waiting for his scan to see if he's cancer free. When you hear about someone having cancer it makes your heart heavy, but when you hear a family member has cancer it's sucks the wind out of you. I felt like someone punched me in the stomach & knocked the wind out of me when he called me with that news. His spirits are good. Praise God for that!

We've taken on the repairing of our kitchen floor & it has been a challenge. I finally picked out a tile look vinyl roll. I'm also going to have the hardwood floors that are hiding under the nasty old carpet refinished. I'm so excited for this... We also got gutters put up that I've wanted for a long time. And we also got the patio roof repaired that needed to be done when we moved in here 11 yrs. ago... It feels good getting these things done.

Thanksgiving is going to be different for us this yr. My daughters work graveyard shifts & have to work on Thanksgiving. So we are going to have our dinner on Sat. so we can just spend time with each other. In my adult life I've only had one Thanksgiving dinner with my parents. I was 18 & I expecting my baby girl Char at that time. The last Christmas spent with my family was in 1982! It's hard living 2 states away. I wish I could go home for the holidays just once. Maybe someday!

I am looking forward to Christmas this yr. not sure why, but I am. We have decided to make Christmas less stressful, by giving a family Christmas by meeting some of their needs this yr. We are to bless others with what we have been given. God gave us the gift of Salvation & Blesses us more then we even know & yet we grumble about what we don't have... I'm so grateful for his gift of life, his mercy, his grace & for his LOVE for us!

....a little update!

Well I'm down 6.4 lbs. I did very well the first two weeks. I haven't done very well this last week. I've found that night time is my hardest time. I wanna eat the things that aren't good for me. I have to remind myself to stay in the moment and this is done one step at a time! I'm determined to over come this change through my new journey. 

I made it to the gym most of the days I set to go. My trainer wasn't available last week. 

I'm finding the more I go the more I want to go... 

I sure wish spring would really get here. I'm so ready for warmth of sunny days, flowers, bbq's, and watching the kids play in the pool in the backyard.

We are celebrating Easter this weekend because family members have other family to be with on Easter. I'm going to try the coloring eggs with koolaide. I'm hoping for nice weather for Sat. I miss the Tri City kids a lot these days. They don't come up like they used to... I guess I wasn't really prepared for the day they wouldn't be at grandmas house all the time for various reasons. 

Changes, Goals, & more

I am so excited to say I'm on a new journey in my life... I joined weight watchers last Tues. and I'm liking it. I feel like my calorie count has a fence around it now and I have a direction with it! And I joined a gym on Wed. with a trainer. At first I wanted to keep all this a secret. Beacause if I tell people I will fail, But I've decided if I tell it will keep me more accountable to myself. I want this to work really bad. With God's guidence I can make it work. I also know this HAS to be a LIFESTYLE CHANGE for the rest of my life. My weight has limited me to doing things. I'm sick of feeling uncomfortabel eveywhere I go in public or within myself for that matter. I HATE that I let myself get here. I've had a weight problem since about 13 yrs old. & thats also when I got into the use of drugs and alcohol for 24 yrs. of my life. I went into treatment to get the help I needed to be free of that. I had a light bulb moment (as Oprah would say...) I've beat myself up about my weight and myself imagine for so long that I've come to believe it all. My light bulb moment was that I didn't get almost 18 yrs. of Sobriety and Clean time all at once. I did it in small steps one day at a time. I had to make changes in my life to make it through each day to stay clean & sober. At times the choice was not easy! I know sometimes those choices aren't easy because I take control. I'm Thankful God has Mercy on me and gives me Grace to walk with him.

 Till next update... Blessings to all of you!