My Oldest Son Has A Birthday!

I guess you almost HAVE to have a son this old to be a Nonny!

This is my oldest son (and his wife)! Isn't he handsome??!

I pray for him every day...but especially on this day. The day he celebrates his 33rd!

I pray that he always loves Jesus.

I pray that he always loves his wife.

I pray that he adores his baby and is a good daddy.

And I rest on God's promises that he will!

Happy Birthday B!!!

Dad and I love you!

 

THANKFUL

So much to be thankful for this month.

We have a lot of special events coming up in our family. 


All of this is happening


..........just in the next two weeks!!!

Baby niece being baptized.

Oldest son's birthday.

Birth of LITTLE #3.

Completed renovation and move-in day for son #2 and DIL.

Thanksgiving spent at daughter's home.
With son-in-law and the littles of course!

Blessings Abound!

We are so THANKFUL!

"Give thanks to the Lord for HE is good. His love endures forever."

Psalm 107:1

I Love You TOO #1!

I Love You #2!!!!

UPDATES!!!!!!!!!

Weight Watcher Weigh-Ins are going great! I have lost 6.6 pounds towards my goal of 10-15 pounds! Someone asked me to talk about what I eat. Not Much. :) If you know anything about WW's, you know they use a POINT system. I only get 18. That's not much at all people! I usually eat my breakfast in stages....so it will last longer. I'll eat a bar of some sort that is 2 points. Later in the morning I'll eat an egg (2) or peanut butter on wheat. Lunch is a can of green beans (in vinegar). That may sound weird, but it's like a three bean salad without the other beans! I love anything with vinegar. With the beans I eat a can of tuna or a peanut butter sandwich or cottage cheese and fruit, etc. I always have an afternoon snack. Usually it's popcorn. Sometimes it's fruit or another bar. Dinner is small amounts of meat, veggies, fruit, salad or whatever we have or have left over from another night. Before bed every night, I have a Healthy Choice ice cream bar. I drink black coffee, water and diet Coke during the day. So, that's it for the food. I DO exercise every week day. LOTS of exercise for a 53 year old!!:) I work out with weights. I do lots of fast walking and I take a Tuesday *core sculpting* class that really kicks my rear end...literally!!! I have made WW's a life style for years and years but in the last year or so I slipped and my eating had gotten out of control. After losing the pounds I want to lose, I hope to make it a life style again!

Now, on to an important update!!!

The new grandbaby is growing like a weed! My DIL says she thinks she is going to give birth to a toddler! :) Her due date is Dec. 2, but baby boy/girl is breech for now, so she may go in a week early for a c-section. Keep this precious mommy and baby in your prayers. 


We. Cannot. Wait. !!!!

A Fun Weekend!

This weekend was a busy, fun one!

We had a shower for our daughter-in-law and son!

Hard to believe their baby will be here in just a few weeks!

K looks great and feels great.....

.......now if that baby would just flip around!!!!!

This is K and her mom. They look more like SISTERS!!!

This is her mom's FIRST grandchild.

She is in for a treat!!!!

Then, an hour or so later, our daughter and son-in-law went to a gala to benefit 

The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

Hubs and I kept the *littles* and took them out to dinner. 

Just a fun weekend with family and friends!!!

Met My First Blog Friend!!!!

Met my very first blog friend this morning!

Melinda, from Tales From My Empty Nest, and I live only about thirty minutes apart. We have tried for a while to get together and we finally met this morning at Cracker Barrel! It was fabulous!!! She is such a great person and so easy to talk to. It is obvious she loves her family, her job and Jesus.

Thank you Melinda, for a wonderful breakfast! 

Let's take that trip together!!! :)

ummm....Melinda, why didn't you tell me my hair was so flat??!!

It Takes TWO Pictures..............

....to get both girls looking at the camera!!!

NERDS are Good, Right?

Our church finished up a series today on FAMILY. It was a great series and really spoke to me as a mom and as a nonny. Some of the statistics about families splitting up were pretty staggering but not as much as the ONE THING our pastor said today. It made me mad. Real mad. This is what he said:

"When interviewed, teachers all across the United States said this:

REJECTED STUDENTS ARE THOSE WHO ARE AGE APPROPRIATE."

This makes me mad. Real mad. It makes me mad at the moms and dads who dressed their children up like *Lady GaGa* tonight for Halloween. It makes me mad that they let their six year olds watch *Glee*. It infuriates me that they put heels on their nine year old girls and let their twelve year old sons go with them to an R rated movie. What happened to dressing like Raggedy Ann or a Ladybug? What happened to monitoring television and playing playdough? I know it's a different time. I know. I know. 

But, CHILDREN HAVEN'T CHANGED. 

They still need us. They need us to help them stay little. They need us to support each other in helping show them things that are age appropriate and help them make wise choices. Children NEED to be age appropriate. And they DON'T NEED to be rejected because they are! 

Is that a NERD? 
If so, that's a good thing, right? 

Don't reject any of my LITTLES because they are age appropriate.

Please.

Cutest Pumpkin 2010!!!

Happy Halloween!

My daughter-in-law, K, is expecting our third grand (her first) in a few weeks! She teaches second grade and wore this to school yesterday! I thinks she looks great....and even the baby got in on the fun! This miracle baby is truly a TREAT and we cannot wait to meet him or her. My bets are on a him.....we shall see!

Weight Watchers Part II

So, last week I joined Weight Watchers.

I wanted to lose 10 pounds.

First weigh-in......

Drum roll please......

-4.2 Pounds!!!!

In ONE week!!!

YEH!

Now I  think I want to lose 15!!!

Happy Birthday To The One Who Made Me Nonny

This special girl is three today!

You know three...the thumb holds down the pinky........

WHY? is the favorite word...............

SILLY is the name of the game.....

And Precious is still what we call you

 Happy Happy #3 Sweet Girl!

  

The LITTLES Have A Party!

Our grandgirls have fall birthdays. *EC* will be three Oct 27. *A* will be one on November 25. We celebrated them this weekend with a party at a farm. They rode a pony, went on a hay ride, fed the animals and ate lots of cake and ice cream. We all had such a great time celebrating those two precious girls!

 Posing for Nonny!

*A* LOVED the pony....really, ALL the animals!

*EC* was a little unsure at first, but then she LOVED it too!

 

 Their mommy made the precious party hats and shirts 

and Robin, at ALL ABOUT THE COOKIES, 
made the adorable lady bug and bumblebee cookies. 

This was one happy baby girl!

(Whoops...Nonny mashed the corners but it was still cute!)

We had such a great time celebrating those two precious girls.

Nonny and Poppy sure do love them!

Weight Watchers

There is really no way to make the title of this post all fancy. It is what it is. I am a lifetime member of Weight Watchers.  Maybe eight or nine years ago I joined and lost to my goal weight. I have kept it off for the most part until now. After I had a little surgery a couple of years ago, I started to put it back on slowly. So, this morning I decided to bite the bullet and rejoin. So, I'm back to writing down everything I eat and drink. It's a mental thing for me. And it is also an accountability thing. So, I weigh in every Tuesday. 

Hold me accountable friends!

I've been tagged.

 3 Four and Under tagged me with eight questions.

So, here goes!

1.  What is your favorite restaurant? 


*My Hubs Home Cooking*

2.  What is your favorite book? 


Wisdom Hunter

3.  What is one THING that you can't live without? 
(I am assuming this means a material item separate from survival needs.)


Lipstick

4.  What do you love most about blogging? 


Seeing how others live. 

5. Where is the last place that you went on vacation?


Holden Beach, NC

source:holden beach real estate

6.  What are 3 of your favorite blogs?

www.71toes.blogspot.com

www.flythroughourwindow.com

www.talesofthetrees.com

I'll have to say, my favorites change weekly.....

7.  What is something about you not many people know?

I've never thrown up.

(YOU DON'T WANT A PICTURE.)

8.  What is your favorite food?


Grilled Cheese on Rye

If you are reading this,and have a blog, I tag YOU!