50 Years!

Tonight Paul and I went to celebrate 50 years of marriage with a dear couple from our church. They had a very nice dinner for them and then a few pictures and speeches. It was so nice and also very encouraging. I don't think marriages last that long these days and for those that have lasted that long or on their way, WOW! I am praying that Paul and I will one day celebrate 50 years or be in heaven rejoicing because the Lord came back. When we hit 50 years of marriage:



Paul will be 77 years old

I will be 72 years old

Caden will be 48 years old

Arlee will be 45 years old

Baby will be 39 years old



Who knows where we will live. Who knows how many grandchildren I will have or great-grandchildren. Who knows what life may have brought us by this time. But I am praying that we are all serving the Lord and that my kids are close to eachother and share life with us.

Lamentations 3:22,23

Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning, GREAT is your faithfulness.

Arlee!

Last night as Arlee went to bed she asked me if she could sleep with one of the baby's new blankets and I told her yes. Well she picked the best one. It is a furry brown and pink one with satin sides. It is like heaven. So she goes to sleep and I go check on her and this is what she looked like.

She then came home from school and she wanted to watch a movie and she grabbed the blanket again. Funny! I asked her if she was going to keep it or give it back and she told me she will give it back when the baby comes but right now she is going to use it. I laughed, we will see about that.

Baby's Room

My fun toes!
The yummy cake at the shower!

My Baby's Beautiful room decorated and done my best friends!!

All the pictures on the wall were taken by my sister-in-law Becky Kyle and she printed them in Sepia with pink tones to them. They absolutley made the room.

This a the camping high chair. I think this is the coolest and will be uses a lot.

Once again my artistic Becky made this. She had it already made before I changed my mind to pink and brown, but I don't care it is GREAT!!!

The window valance! So cute and girly!!
I love the room and can't wait to bring baby home to it.

A GREAT DAY!!!

Can I just say that I have the best friends in the whole wide world? And the best family too. Today was a great day. I went to Caden's soccer game that almost put me into labor because it was so intense. Then I left and my wonderful sister-in-law picked me up and took me to get a pedicure. Something I have wanted ALL summer long but haven't had one. It was great and now I have blue toes. (I'll have to post a picture later) They are perfect for delivery and I like looking at them now. Before my toes and feet were pretty nasty.
Then we went to Applebee's and had some yummy lunch and a Blondie Brownie Sundae. YUM!!!!
I then got driven to Maurice's to only turn around and head home. A little trick to waste time. I had a "surprise" shower waiting for me. I knew this but not really, at least I didn't have a clue where. Well it was at MY HOUSE! What a fun idea. I showed up and there were a ton of cars at my house. My friends threw the best shower ever. Thank you Kris, Tisha, Melissa, Dawna, and Becky. One of the big surprises of the day was the baby's room. They took me to it and oh my gosh it was beautiful. We had already painted it Pink and Brown and it just needed everything else. Well it got it and much, much more. The bedding was in the crib and there were pictures on the walls, and even roses on the dresser. It looked like a Parade of Homes Nursery. Ya know one that you would see only in the Parade of Homes. Once again I will post pictures soon. It is beautiful.
I then had some food, and cake and of course mine and Arlee's favorite part of any party---PRESENTS!!!!! Paul and I are very blessed by so many people and honestly don't know how we could through life without some the great blessings God has given us. Today being one of them. Friend and Family from everywhere have blessed us very much. My baby won't be lacking anything, and I know she definitely won't be lacking any love. She is a blessing and I know that God has given her to us for a very special reason and time as this. I pray that she blesses so many around us too.

Okay so moving on......I have babbled and babbled not even sure if anything above makes sense, so I am off to bed, because that is really where I should be but I kept thinking about how I wanted to get up and blog. :) So off to bed and praying the baby will come soon, we are ready for her now.

How Sweet!!

Arlee and I were getting ready to go to "Back To School" night and I look in the baby's room and see Paul sitting in the rocker. I giggle, and he says "just getting ready and taking the position." I thought it was sweet that he would be thinking that way and ready for our new little one. He said "it is almost baby time." And yes it is. I think he is excited to have another little one around. Arlee has stopped giving loves to either one of us, on a rare occasion she will but when asked she gives us the blow off. I think that can break a daddy's heart a little bit. He has always been pretty tight with her, and not that he isn't anymore, but she is just getting bigger and doesn't always want a "daddy squeeze". Hopefully it comes back in the future because I know I still like to get "daddy squeezes."

Apple Picking

On Saturday we went Apple Picking. It was so much fun and a nice little family outing. We went with my good friend Kris and her kids. They all had a blast.

When I get my apples every year it means to me that Fall has arrived. We had never picked apples, I usually just buy them at the Farmer's Market or I go to Penrose and buy them from a little place off the side of the road. But I thought this would be more fun this year, and I was right. We got HUGE apples and they have made great pies. The kids had fun and wanted to pick more but I didn't want to buy all the ones they wanted to pick. Our Little Family!

Paul and Caden walking our apples to the store to pay!

"Is this a good one Mom?" That was a common question the whole time.

My cute boy!!

Look at all of them I picked!

Yummy apples!

I enjoy this time of year soooooo much and love the smell of cinnamon and apples in my house. Today I have peeled and cored 36 pounds of apples. I am drying some of them and then I made 8 apple pies to freeze for a treat throughout the year. It was a lot of work but boy will we enjoy a fresh apple pie in January or even next summer.