A celebration of sorts

For my dad's birthday I bought a balloon and cupcake. I went out on the back porch and tried to light the candle but the wind kept blowing it out. I let the balloon go.
It will find it's way to heaven

May, June and July have been kind of hard for me since he passed away. May because it marks the anniversary of his passing, June because of Father's Day and July because of his birthday. This year was no different and seemed a little harder than the other year. I know with each passing year the pain will lessen and I am grateful for the time we had with him.

New mower

Sadly, after 14 years and many mowings our old lawn mower bit the dust. So we had to buy a new one.

After months of hard work our yard is actullay looking good. Doesn't Jared jsut look thrilled to be able to take care of the grass once again. Out here you have to keep it mowed or the Home Owner Association will do it for you and charge you.

Happy 15th Anniversary

It's hard to believe that 15 years have gone by already since the day we stood in front of family and friends and said I do. We have certainly had our share of ups and downs along the road but there isn't any one I would have rather had beside me. You truly are my best friend and I love you for all that you are. You know how to make me smile when I just want to cry, you know how to listen to me when I need some one to talked to. I love you very much and look forward to the next 15 plus years with you by my side. Happy Anniversary Sweetheart!

I keep on Loving you (reba McEntire)
Love takes the patience of Job
That's what my Mama always said
Faith is the belief in something more than what you know
That's what the Good Book says
You gotta play the cards you got
Who knows what fate is holding
At times you gotta go without knowing where you're going
That's why I keep on lovin' you
I keep on lovin' you
Through the baby don't leave mes
And never will agains
And I promise tos
I keep on lovin' you
Lord knows we've had our share of fights
Our sleepless nights,
our ups and downs
We've had plenty and then some of baby I'm gones and turnarounds
Sometimes I swear it might be easier to throw in the towel
Someday we're gonna look back Say look at us now
That's why I keep on lovin' you
I keep on lovin' you
Through the baby don't leave mes
And never will agains
And I promise tos
I keep on lovin' you
Keep on lovin' you
Through the I take it backs...I didn't mean it like thats
I'd never hurt yous...Oh, I keep on lovin' you
I keep on lovin' you...I keep on lovin' you
Through the I take it backs...I didn't mean it like that
I'd never hurt yous...Oh, I keep on lovin' you
I keep on lovin' you...I keep on lovin' you

Happy Birthday Sweetie

It’s your birthday,but I’m the lucky woman who got to be with you for another year.

It’s your birthday, and the older you get,the more wonderful you become.
It’s your birthday, and I’m privileged to share the years with you.

It’s your birthday, and each year I find the depth of my love for you growing.
It’s your birthday, and I look forward with joy to each day we spend together.

It’s your birthday, and I wonder how I got along for all the birthdays I didn’t know you.
It’s your birthday, and it’s amazing how easy and enjoyable it is to be with you each day.

It’s your birthday, and no matter what fate has in store for us, I know it will be a pleasure to spend life with you.
It’s your birthday, but I got the gift--You in my life for another year.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart, I love you!

Our 4th

Jared and I had a great time celebrating the 4th of July. Because it fell on a Sunday he had a 3 day weekend so we decided to make the best of it. There was a a lot going on around the state over the entire weekend. So we made a 3 day celebration out of. Saturday night we had dinner at JCW's and then watched the fireworks at Thanksgiving Point. I didn't take my camera with me so there aren't any pictures.

Sunday we decided to make it a full day and took Trax to the Gateway to take in a movie.

We went and saw Toy Story 3 in 3d

Then, because it wasn't very crowded I wanted to take pictures around the Gateway. It's a beautiful area

There were hardly any people until we got to the fountain and it was pretty packed with people enjoying the refreshing water.

After we walked around and killed sometime, we got back on Trax and headed to the Spring Mobile Ballpark for a Bees Game

Some entertainment

A marriage Proposal during the entertainment

Hey batter batter!

Play Ball! We switched seats at the beginning after about 10 minutes.

and the race in on the ice cream is in the lead.

After the game all the people who were sitting outside the fence came onto the field for the fireworks

The sole firework picture I took. I was too busy enjoying them.

Monday we went to the Olive Garden for lunch and then just hung out.

It was good that we got this time because for 3 weeks after that Jared worked without any days off. I love it when we can spend time together doing the things that we enjoy doing. Sometimes work can get overwhelming and take away all of our free time, so any time we can get out of the routine it's good.

A first.

As I have mentioned in previous posts I have had quite a busy summer. One of the reasons was because I decided to try my hand at my 1ft ever craft sale. Early in May an email went out at work asking for some input on who would be interested in becoming involved in this. I hesitated for a while but then decided why not give it try. I began working feverishly in all my spare time to get together enough cards to make it work. I had never done this before so I wasn't sure what kind of cards people were interested in. I even had a close friend of mine come out one Friday and help me.

Here I am all set up and ready to go. I chose to put the cards in baskets this time but think if I ever do it again I will display them differently.

Some of the other sellers

Here are the cards that I created this time and a learned a lot about what people like and don't like. The Christmas cards were not a top seller.
In fact I don't think I sold any,

Even the Birthday cards didn't go over well, though I sold a few

The Ballerina card was a hit and I sold of those that I made as well as the Ipod card. I think the pinwheel card was the very top selling card that I had made.

People really liked the note cards

But not so much the sympathy cards or the wedding cards.

Kids Birthday cards were a hit. The Halloween cards not so much.

People really responded to the Baby Cards as well. Especially the one with the stork. I got to orders off those ones.

All in all I did pretty well and the extra money was nice. I think I would do it again and should really start building up my supply