Sunday, August 29, 2010

Russell's Graduation from NADC

August 27, 2010 at 2:00 pm was Russell's graduation ceremony from NADC (Nashville Auto Diesel College). We had a small family celebration going on....


Of course George and I attended.


As did Matt...


And Bill and Louise....


And of course Granny (Rita) and Papa (Henry).....

We had lots of good quality family time....and lots of food of course :-)

Congratulations to Russell. We are so proud of you!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Looking Up Again

YIPEE! Russell got a job in the diesel mechanics field! Just got out of school...and had two interviews and two offers. We go to his graduation this week in Nashville and then real life begins. He's set up for a great start!

Still waiting on Goat babies... George is great but he sure can't predict due dates.
I'm guessing September 10th or so now...

I've been having a lot of job related changes going on... it's all good though... waiting for those things to get settled so I can tell you all about it. I'm excited though!

Also thinking about a Master's Degree... need to take that GMAT and get it over with though. YUCK!

Nicole has started her first year of college at OU. I know she's got lots of adventures ahead of her and I hope she enjoys every one of them.

Ryan and Leah are both in school at U of A..... I'm sure they are tired of school by now but they are forging ahead.

And George...we'll you all know what he's doing...hunting season is fast approaching and he's READY for it.

And...... Robert Earl Keen is coming to Little Rock next month so George got me tickets!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So...that's what's going on with us right now....ttyl.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Look up.....

If you keep your head down and your eyes in directly ahead, you could miss a lot!

I was walking up my porch steps last night after feeding the horses....keeping my head down and watching just in front of me... out of the corner of my eye I noticed a bright spot.... so...I looked up and saw this amazing glowing sunset. By the time I got in the house, got a camera, and got back outside, the sun had lowered some...but I was still able to get a photo of the sunset that had caught my attention.



So, it made me think...if I don't look up and around.... what am I really missing???????? Think maybe I'll give it a shot :-)

Monday, August 9, 2010

Busy Busy Busy

We're having a really busy month this August! Gotta get things ready for Russell to get out of school and move back from Nashville....looks like he has a part time job with Fed-Ex in Jonesboro and an interview about diesel work too. We're doing a lot of work on the trailer at Bono for him.... paint, flooring, cleaning and rearranging....all sorts of stuff. That will be done this weekend....

This week I have a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow and I will be glad when it is over :-) Have workouts every afternoon!

The next weekend is the qualifying shoot for George and the boys for the Horseshoe Bend hunt. Leah and I will have to find some way to entertain ourselves while they are doing that....maybe old Hardy town.

Russell's graduation is also coming soon. Going to Nashville August 26-28.... Then we have Labor Day Weekend....and all sorts of celebrations.

Now...you know with all of this going on, we have the normal things to take care of...so tonight I was weed eating by car headlight (lol).

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Once upon a time....

Once upon a time... 11 summers ago.... I met a guy....



And it was the beginning of an all new adventure.....

It led to:
A move to Tulsa
A first flight
A first trip to New Orleans (and a second and third)
A first trip to Las Vegas (and a second)
A first trip to Washington, D.C.
A first cruise
A first dive at Cozumel
Another trip to Cozumel
A first time to Deep Sea Fish
A Second set of Dives at Cozumel
A travel trailer and camping trips
Deer Camp (many times)
House hunting (and again)
Remodels
A first horse and a second.... and a mule
Goats
A dog that owns me
Kids that are mine at heart (the way it counts)
A move to Catoosa
A move back to Arkansas
Lake Norfork (the place we met)
The White River and Trout fishing

The list goes on and on...

Once upon a time ... 11 summers ago.... I met a guy....

and he began to make all of my dreams come true.