~she did it!~

destiny rae therrien.

my niece's graduation was beautiful. the day. the friends. family. the food. the speakers. the song choice by the choir (which was so, so perfect) they sang amazing grace. at a school! in public! with

NO APOLOGIES!

i find in odd that we have freedom of speech but yet not if your speech is about prayer or God.

After all we should be able to WITHOUT APOLOGY, THANK GOD!  

it is through Him all things are possible. even in school.

so happy and proud of destiny for all she has accomplished so far.

~love this guy!!!! (and my husbands OK with it)

if ever given the chance to attend a marriage seminar by MARK GUNGOR
i'd say do it. DO IT! DO IT!
he helps marriages
(and every marriage needs help. i don't care who you are. at one point or another it will need some attention)
he helps it with humor and with truth about situations that you WILL and can relate too.
it's so funny. lol funny(my daughter says old people shouldn't use LOL). hubby's belly rolling funny. crying together funny. knee slapping funny. your face will be stiff from smiling funny.
the husband and i first saw him with the national guards marriage enrichment class we attended here

huge pat on the back for the national guards and these classes they travel to provide
it's hard to adjust to life with you husband leaving for 15 months than coming home then leaving again for awhile than coming home all over again. you have to suck it up and be strong for the whole family
and lots of days i failed to be strong. and would show my tears.

P.S. if you're not interested in going to a seminar than order the video's by clicking on his name above
we came back and ordered some videos. have watched with other married couples and had a ball.

~SUMMER....oVeR 90 DeGrEeS hErE tOdAY.

 reasons to love summer

• no school. by the pool
• bare foot. flip flops
• lemonade,in the shade
• blue skies. hot sun.
• bathing suits. shooting hoops
• sleepovers. amazing friends
• good food. BARBECUED
• family comes. lake fun.

today we are feeling the first REAL heat of summer.

she back...(a little cranky)

we picked brooke up in denver late friday night and boy did she need sleep!

CRANKY!

on the ride home she started improving her attitude and began talking more about her trip.

excuse the large amount of pictures, but here are a few of what she captured while away.

~brady's point of view...



brooke and brady couple years back sharing pillow on one of our road trips



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i asked brady this am if he was excited to go pick up his sister with me at the airport today

he said:

"yeah, i'm going to beat her up"

then said

"no, i'm going to put her back on the plane to go back to DC"

p.s. brady really does love his sister and is SO excited, but being the kid brother he can't let it be shown

my point of view on picking her up today.....

I'M ECSTATIC!!

~our first showing~

we had our first showing yesterday. i believe it went well. so keep your fingers crossed.

if it sells then we need to start SERIOUSLY looking for a new home

we've been looking but not to seriously until we started seeing action on ours.

our goal is to make the move this summer so the kids can start fresh at a new school.

(mixed feelings about the move, new schools, new church, new location)

~i noticed....

my dad 1967

monday may 30th (memorial day) was a year that my dad has been gone. it's hard to believe he's been gone a year. this weekend on the year anniversary of his death i was reminded of him over and over again.

(thank God, my mom was with family when this day came around)

anyway monday morning we woke at the hotel in denver and was headed out to the car to start our day, when i heard music playing in the hotel parking lot.

first thing you don't usually hear music being played in the parking lot of a hotel

second thing the music wasn't just any music it was my dad's favorite band

THE EAGLES!

i noticed him then with me. looking down on us. his family.

that night we decided to eat at old chicago

when we went in the restaurant i noticed music playing. music i was unfamiliar with.

but when we sat down to open our menu it changed.

ANOTHER EAGLES SONG!

i didn't say a word, but I NOTICED.

my mom never said a word either, but SHE NOTICED.

i think we both knew if we said a word about the music choices that changed at the right moments

we would of been in tears. so we noticed quietly in our hearts. we noticed him there.

my mom and i talked about it the NEXT DAY because the next day WE COULD.

the day of we would've only been able to talk through tears. so we stayed silent and noticed.