Don't Kick the Turkeys!

Here are a few shots of the play our church put on called "Don't Kick the Turkeys". Thanks Holly for taking some shots for me. The play was about a church getting a new pastor and some church member's giving him a hard time of it. In the end, the Lord changes hearts and all ends well. :) It was really a very funny play. I laughed out loud when I read the script for the first time. This project was quite a challenge for me, with all that memorizing. But it was a good brain work out! Too bad that doesn't burn calories! Anyways, Kathy, thanks for putting up with me and being a great director. Hope to do it again someday, but not too soon! ;)

Spring!!!!

Here is my first flower! I have several more budding. My daffodils are planted interspersed with my tulips, so I should have some lovely flowers all spring. Hopefully the deer will stay away from them. :)

Cutest baby in the world!

Here are a few pics of my sweet Lilian. She's pretty much getting wherever she wants. I'm sure walking is right around the corner. :)

Old Faithful

Is there anyone out there who is addicted to chap stick?!? I'm using the term chapstick to refer to all things lip balm. My preferred brand is Avon's Care Deeply. Good stuff!
Well, I keep several tubes in various places. I almost always have one in my pocket. I even avoid wearing pants with no pockets so I won't be without my chapstick. How sad is that!? Anyways, I usually have one in each coat and maybe 2 in my purse. The problem with these little things is that they get lost so easily!
I can't even tell you how many times I've washed chapstick. And I have learned that they will survive the wash, but they WON'T live through the dryer. And most of the time, in the dryer, they will melt and leave grease spots all over the clothes, ruining them.
One year, for Christmas, my mother-in-law got me 6 tubes, I think. It could've been more. Well, this post is really about a faithful chapstick. I have actually used this one up. I took the picture right before I threw it away. I mean, really, how often is it that you use up a chapstick!? This little guy has been around a while, washed more than once, lost, and found again. And it has been replaced. Thanks Ricky for keeping me in stock!

MacGyver

Do you remember MacGyver? I'm not even sure I've spelled it right. But you know, the guy who could save the world with some duct tape and some gum! Boy was my dad a fan. Of course, we used to tease him left and right about it all. In fact, we still do. And we certainly wish we could still tease him to his face about it all. Anyways, in the spirit of MacGyver, my sister rigged her broken windshield wiper with a glove and some electrical tape so it wouldn't scratch up the glass. We had quite a good laugh about it. I guess dad's ingenuity has been passed down. :)

On the Move, Baby!

Oh yeah, we've been waiting for this! We could see it on the horizon and it still took us by surprise. I was in the bedroom changing when Lilian trotted herself across the room to grab some papers/books. This was her first move in the forward direction! Jeff was in the garage working on the truck so I called his cell phone and told him to get back to the bedroom. He must have thought that something was wrong because he arrived in very short order! So I told him to watch and Lilian just crawled right over to him! We were very excited and shot this short video to share with the world. Lilian's been walking around quite a bit, with assistance, of course, so we figured just as she's learning to put one foot in front of the other has translated into the crawling world. Which makes her independent! 8 months and 1 week. I have no idea how that translates into normal age ranges, but we are proud as peaches of our little wonder.

7 AM

I cannot even tell you how much I loved seeing the clock turn 7:00 from the comfort of my bed! Lilian fussed a little in the night, but not enough to get up for. She ended up sleeping until 7:30! Jeff suggested that I get in the shower around 6:50. Of course, I resisted until I saw 7:00. It felt so amazing to stay in bed! For those of you who know me, sleeping is one of my favorite activities. I even wondered how I would manage having a baby, but it's been fine...duh. Well, I guess that's all I got to say about that! Have a great week everyone!

Lilian is 8 Months

Here's Lilian's latest trick...She can go from her tummy to sitting up all by herself. :) I'm beginning to wonder if she'll ever crawl, she really wants to get up and walk! Anyways, we are proud of our little wonder. And she is truly a wonder every day. I can't even imagine what we did without her. (besides sleep)

100th POST

Let's just say this one has taken me a while. I guess it's blogging "tradition" to post 100 things on your 100th post. But I've got some other posts I want to make, so I had to really think hard to get this one going. Anyways, HERE WE GO!

100 things about me:

1. I am a Christian
2. I am a mother to Lilian
3. I am a wife to Jeff
4. I am a daughter to Chuck and Tish
5. My dad died in a sky-diving accident on April 24, 1999
6. I wrote a song while driving back to college from his funeral
7. I am a sister to Stacy
8. I am a sister-in-law to Stacey
9. I am an Aunt to Nathaniel, Josie, Caleb, and Rachel
10. I am a high school Sunday School teacher
11. I play the violin
12. I play the guitar at church
13. I can also play the piano
14. I can play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on almost any instrument, because…
15. I really dislike the clarinet
16. I am a music teacher
17. I love my orchestra kids
18. I am a Free Will Baptist
19. I went to Field Grade School
20. I went to Mt. Vernon High School
21. I went to Free Will Baptist Bible College (Nashville, TN)
22. I played in the orchestra at Belmont University (Nashville, TN)
23. I love Gobstoppers
24. I helped build our house
25. I know how to wire outlets and light switches
26. I played basketball in college
27. I like technology
28. I want to learn French
29. I was a daddy’s girl
30. My favorite song right now is Mighty to Save by Laura Story
31. My favorite movie is Finding Nemo
32. I am bossy
33. I am 31 years old
34. I was 27 years old when I got married
35. I spent 5 years in college
36. I spent 1 year teaching on St. Croix, Virgin Islands
37. I have been to France
38. I have been to Mexico
39. I have been to 20 states
40. I worked at a fruit orchard picking Strawberries
41. I worked in the children’s department at a store
42. I worked at a day care
43. I worked at a bank
44. I was a lifeguard
45. I have had to rescue a child from drowning before…not fun
46. I love Camp Hope
47. I’m relatively organized
48. My brain hurts from trying to think of 100 things about myself
49. I like tulips
50. I don’t like roses
51. I like to cook
52. I started the orchestra program in Salem
53. I don’t have a favorite color
54. I like to watch movies
55. I like plants
56. Plants don’t like me
57. My favorite food is fried ham w/mashed potatoes and gravy and g’ma’s biscuits
58. My other favorite food is mesquite grilled chicken w/fresh green beans and corn on the cob
59. I can make kick butt chocolate chip cookies
60. My favorite dessert is blackberry cobbler
61. My favorite jelly is blackberry
62. My favorite fruit is raspberries
63. I like to go camping
64. I like to go canoeing
65. I like to go skiing
66. I absolutely cannot snowboard
67. I can bat right and left handed
68. I have a small collection of instruments from around the world
69. I wear 7 ½ shoes
70. I love to shop
71. I have a collection of bottles shaped like violins-35 at last count
72. My house is mostly tan
73. My favorite restaurant is the Old Spaghetti Factory
74. I hate running without a purpose (like basketball)
75. I tried hiking 20 miles in TN (didn’t quite make it)
76. I have never been water skiing
77. I can shoot a gun
78. I can hit at least 1 out of 3 clay pigeons
79. I am the firstborn child
80. I don’t know how to edit videos
81. I LOVE playing with Lilian (my daughter)
82. I like cats better than dogs
83. I lived in Chicago one summer
84. I lived in Springfield, IL another summer
85. Sleeping is my favorite hobby
86. I want a pool
87. I love swimming
88. I’ve always wanted to learn how to dive (think Olympics!)
89. I can’t draw
90. When painting a room, I’m an edger
91. I can type fast
92. I love wearing jeans and sweatshirts or t-shirts
93. I was once in a band called the Losers
94. I teach music from a cart to 1st-3rd graders
95. I love Christian rock music
96. I also love classical music
97. Vivaldi is my favorite composer
98. The Baroque era was my favorite period in music (1500-1650)
99. The lowest note I’ve ever sang was the C below middle C (we’re talking bass range on that one!)
100. I actually enjoy canning, but only with my grandma/and other family