Tom's Party

We had Tom's 30th birthday party this weekend. It was a great time! We did an 80's theme. Only a handful of people dressed up for the party but it was still fun. Here are a few pictures...cause the birthday boy doesn't remember much :)

TT Wee and Cupcake ;)

The Band "Lestra" played mostly 80's rock for us!


Joe & Teresa (2 of the greatest neighbor's ever!!)

Zada...she should have been an 80's child! She totally pulled off the outfit!

Liz, TT Wee & Me...as you can tell it was crazy fun!! TT Wee looked like a white Tina Turner!

TT Wee & Jaye (aka: Tina Turner & Vanilla Ice)

Mackenzie dancing the night away...love this girl! Her and Zada will be BF for life!


Tom's boss and co-worker decided to mess with him...it was way too funny!!

Tom the princess with his little doggie!

Tom & Ken...notice the sign above our bed. I thought it was too funny that it made it in the picture!

and this was the end to my weekend...s'mores and southern sweet tea

Alison Frances Kline 1981-2008

Alison was one of the strongest women i ever knew. Her husband is one of the strongest men i never got to know. He is a soldier, a husband, a lover, a son, a friend...and more than anything a fighter. Alison went home to be with her maker at 7:00pm EST on August 5, 2008. She is no longer is pain. Her downward spiral went quick. It has taken me some time to process all of this...that is why there are unanswered e-mails, unreturned phone calls...i just needed time. She was so young, she never got the chance to be a mother (and she would have been THE BEST MOMMY!), she never got to enjoy the new house that her and Tom bought. She went surrounded by family and friends. There was more love in that room than many could ever imagine. I tried to go home for the service but it wasn't possible...it still hurts. I will be donating blood and making a yearly donation to the American Cancer Society in her name. Check out her site if you would like to ready about her journey...it should be and inspiration to everyone who reads it. http://www.mrsladystaroftheseabreezes.blogspot.com/

lazy sunday update...

One person I haven't talked about much would be my great friend Brandy that i love so much...This is a woman that has battled from the very low times of life to be one of the greatest people i have ever met. She picks me up when i am down...i can talk to her about anything without her judging me...she loves me unconditionally...and i love her more than she will ever know. She is one of those people that you would hand pick to be in your life because she is fun, hard working, and accepts you for who you are. The picture is about 2 months old and i wanted to do a post then but it totally skipped my mind. I LOVE YOU BRANDY!

now a little update of the family....

Zoe seems to be doing much better since surgery. For the first few days she was sleeping better but it seems like she just doesn't like to sleep. She is eating a little better and the bad behavior seems to have taken the back seat for now.

Zada is growing like a weed and learning lots of new things...and not all of them are good...but we will take the good with the bad. She is a Papaw's girl for sure! I have been trying to work with her on asking for things instead of pointing and screaming...but she is 18 months old and does what she wants!...so that is getting us no where at this point. We are going to try to start potty training and letting her discover the potty on her own so hopefully by the end of summer she will be out of diapers....then we will put Zoe in cloth diapers...i know it seems silly but i am pretty excited about it.

Tom is working tons...hoping that the company that he works for will soon be buying a heavy duty tow truck. Of course when he is off he enjoys to take over the TV for all the "manly" shows that me and the girls don't care for.

I have been working some overtime and enjoying that to some extent. Hopefully all the over time will come to an end now that we have hired a few new people at work to help cover the shifts. Besides that we have had some crazy people at the office here lately...a drunk that threw a beer bottle at the window, a young punk that spit on the window (guess he was too dumb to see there was glass there and it wasn't going to hit us), of course lots of mexican's that can't read or speak english and want to know why we don't hire a translator....ummm because prop #201 made english the language in the state of arizona...can you believe that!!! it is the US you dummies. And we finally figured it out at work...."Why does it take 6 mexicans to pick up a car from the police impound?"....one to drive there, one to speak spanish, one to translate, one to pay, one has the car titled in their name, and one has the drivers license to pick it up....sad but true.


now since i was tagged i have to list 10 things that make me happy...

1.my kids
2.my husband
3.my health
4.being able to take Zoe to the best Doctors in the state
5.driving home everyday with a mountain view
6.knowing my kids are safe everyday with my mom
7.my husband's bbq chicken (we had it last night...yummy!)
8.kisses from my babies
9.diet coke from sonic with real cherries in it
10.my great friends

these aren't in any order...except the first 3...

i love all of you...