My Mom

I have no funny or interesting stories to blog about today, just something that is heavy on my heart. My Mom.
For the past couple of weeks in Sunday School we have been focusing on the roles of men and women in the home. Last week was men/husbands/dads. This week it was women/wives/moms. Cullen, our teacher, asked us to make a list of the role our moms played in our lives when we were growing up. What were some of the things they did:
nurse, driver, chef, encourager, teacher, etc.
My mom rocked, she still rocks. She is so giving or her time. When we were growing up, her life revolved around ours. I didn't see it then, and for that I am ashamed. I know there were and are still times that I take advantage of her. She lived and breathed for her kids and husband.
I think the one thing that stood out the most to me was her unconditional love. She loved us no matter what we did. No matter how much I weighed, how bad my grades were, how many times I changed clothes in a day. She loved me. She loved my dad, too. He was not the best husband, but she loved him anyway, and gave alot of herself in order to keep our family together. Sometimes, I think she lost part of herself during that time as well.
So this post is a tribute to you Mom, I love you and have the utmost respect and admiration for you. You are the best mom in the whole world. I'm so blessed to have you in my life and I thank you for loving me unconditionally!
I love you Birdie

Valentine...Schmalentine

I wish I had some gushy surprise valentine story to tell everyone. My valentine was at the fire station. This was my hot date.....

Get in line ladies, he's a real charmer. Check out the double guitar picks, he's oh so talented.

Keith and I have a date tonight, I can't wait. It's been a while since we've had one. He works so hard and it's nice to have him all to myself. I love you Sugar Booger!

Hope everyone had a wonderful valentine's day....let everyday be valentine's day...show some love!

I got a shiny new....

BLACKBERRY! Oh yes I did...and Keith did too. It's red and it does all kinds of things that I haven't figured out yet.

Those of you that know me, know how much I love gadgets. I love to play with gadgets. I'm all about gadgets and gizmos. They're just so much fun to play with.

It baffles me when someone (Stephen) gets a gadget (iPod) and lets it just sit in a drawer for a year before they dig it out and use it. That's just a waste of good gadgetness.

I got me a gadget and I'll be happy for the next few months until I can get my hands on another gadget.

I'm off to do some Blackberry stuff.

Turbulant Tuesday

That's what they tagged. They, being the local news here in Memphis. It was a wild ride for some. We are very fortunate not have any close calls. It's amazing to see the hand of God protecting his flock. The folks at Union University in Jackson are prime example of that. I've heard that the tornado was considered to be a category 4. When you see the distruction that took place, and the fact that not one person lost their life, only God gets credit for that. He is truely watching over His flock.

We have ourselves a winner....

A flu winner....yep you read it correctly. Emma has the flu. It totally caught me off guard. I just thought she had croup. But I was sadly mistaken. I know what your next question will be...didn't she get a flu shot? Well, apparently I didn't. I thought I had done this. How hard can it be to take a then 3 yr old to the doctor, hold her down, traumatizing her for life, just so she can get a stupid shot. I know, I should be locked up. First there's the "oh just let them run" incident where she face planted into Jackson's bed. And now this, the flu.
She's a real tough cookie, I'll give her that. She hasn't complained one bit.
So if any of you would like to be the next flu winner, just come on by....I'll share my mom of the year award with you.

The Best of Both Worlds

Yesterday afternoon Keith and I took Jackson and Emma to see the Hanna Montanna 3D concert movie. So much fun. You actually felt like you were there. I think I even caught a guitar pick. The kids really enjoyed wearing the glasses, I wish I had a picture to share. I need to get a small camera to stick in my purse. Any suggestions would be helpful? I have a Canon Rebel SLR digital camera and I am so spoiled. I want every camera to take pictures that fast.
Anyway, the Jonas Brothers also appeared at the concert/movie. I think I have a slight crush on the boy band. They are sooooo cute. If I was 15 or 34 I might just have to be in their fan club. But I promise I won't scream like a 15 yr old.