Happy Valentine's Day and more!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Birthday Mom!

I went to tea last weekend which was a heart research fundraiser.  

Here I am in this cute shop called the Cottage Rose with 

Brenda, Linda and Jackie.

We had a wonderful tea lunch and the cute heart cookie on the heart plate was our dessert.

It was delightful.  

Looking forward to a candlelight dinner with the hubby tonight.

What have you done to celebrate lately?

Cutest Boys on the Block!

Hubby and I with Mason

Danielle and Dallas with their sons.

Hubby and I with Dylan

It was a great weekend of getting some things done with hubby, watching a great Super Bowl game(although our team lost!) and seeing our two grandson's. I just can't get enough! Did I tell you I love being a grandma!!! Here are a couple pics from this weekend of Dylan (10 mo) and Mason (almost 3 mo). I am off to work! Have a great week!

Happy Birthday Danielle!

My sweet daughter turned 27 today. How can that be??? She was such a sweet thing growing up and such a cutie. Today she is a beautiful woman, wife, mother and a great friend. She and her husband love the Lord and strive to live a godly life. Last night we had a nice dinner together with Nate's family in Rancho Santa Margarita. We ate at one of the restaurants featured on The Housewives of Orange County. We ate outside on the patio with the heaters keeping us warm. Happy Birthday Danielle! I love you so much and I'm so glad God gave me such a wonderful daughter!

A gift from my Mom!

I received a special package from my mom today!
Isn't it pretty?

This is what was in the little box. I told her that
I saw a cross in an ad but hadn't been able to find one like it.
This isn't the exact one but is similar. She wanted to buy
me something special for my 50th birthday.
Isn't it pretty?
I absolutely love it!

My mom and me on Christmas eve.
Thank you mom! You are the best and I love my new necklace.

My mom battles Parkinson's everyday now. We don't know the pain or the frustration to not be able to do what our brain tells us we can do while living in a body that doesn't function that way any more. She doesn't have the shakes like Muhammed Ali or Michael J. Fox. She has the rigidity which is more the unseen part of the disease. She has to tell her brain and wait for it to respond when she wants to walk or get up from sitting. It's only then that you realize that she has something that doesn't work right.
She has a great attitude and does very well with the limitations this disease has given her. She loves the Lord and sings praise to him. She feels God has given her a ministry to those in her church that are disabled or who suffer like she does with a crippling disease. She told me recently that without the Parkinson's that she doesn't think she would have the faith she has today.

Today, I see this verse in my mom: Philippians 1:6 says "For I am confident in this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." My mom is living this verse out. I thank God for a godly mother and a good mother. We haven't always seen eye to eye and still don't sometimes but I love her dearly and she given so much to me over the years. I'm not talking things...I'm talking wisdom, practical guidelines to live by and love.

I love you mom!
You ARE the BEST!

My friend Karen and her blog!

Finally, one of my friends has been bitten by the blogging bug too! I met Karen 19 years ago when we were sitting in the tiny kindergarten chairs for a meeting with the teacher to be mom helpers in the classroom. Her son, Brandon and my son, Dallas became fast friends and our younger boys, Justin and Dustin became good friends too. We watched each others little ones while we helped in the classroom and our friendship blossomed. We also served on PTA, played bunco and spent many a day together for years.
I learned so much from her about decorating and entertaining. She decorates for every holiday and season. I had never met anyone who did that. I always admired her being able to rearrange her furniture, decor etc. and it always looked great. She was always redecorating some part of her home. It was always fun to see what she was up to and to see the finished product. Her home was always comfortable and I loved hanging out with her.
Seven years ago, I moved 45 minutes away and we just don't seem to get together as often as we would like. We met this summer, see us here (Karen is in the pink shirt) for our annual lunch and I shared my blog with my old friends and she found the decorating blogs and got hooked. She emailed me recently and said she started her blog. I was so excited! Please welcome Karen and her blog Some Days are Diamonds. Stop by and leave her a comment. She will be so thrilled. I still remember my first comments and was so tickled. I can't wait to see what she shares. Karen, I am glad you are now my bloggy friend too!

We have a new President!

Yes...we have a new President. Even though I did not vote for him, I will pray for him and his family and the decisions he will make for our country. It says in the Bible that we are to pray for our leaders and those over us. I know God is in control and He is looking over us during this time. I am so proud of our country and the way we transfer the position of the Presidency from one party to the next. Rick Warren gave an awesome prayer at the inauguration this morning. Keep praying and believing!

Me and the boys!

On Wednesday, I was with Mason. He told me stories gave me lots of smiles. I love that!






Then tonight, Dylan came for a visit. He loves taking a bath in my garden tub because he can crawl around and stand up. He found the faucet tonight and couldn't figure out why he couldn't catch the water.


It's been a good week. We own a motorcycle parts business which I've been working at since the first of the year. I am enjoying learning about receiving, ebaying, that there are at least 50 million parts and that my son Dallas is amazing at what he does. God is good and we are leaning on him during this time more than ever. We just opened this business a year ago and it's doing well despite the economy, it's just that we are not profitable yet and pray each week for the cash flow to continue. Like I said, God is good. We prayed for this business and he is providing for it to continue. My husband still has his regular job. Thank goodness for that!