All women love jewelry

What lady doesn't love jewelry from her man? This morning my littlest man brought me this beautiful bracelet that he has made at some point in time. He is wearing a bracelet that he made at church one week and showed it to me. Of course I told him how beautiful it is. Well, I had sent him upstairs to clean his room and once he was through he came down with the bracelet. He said that he had made it and it wouldn't tie on his arm so he wanted me to have it. Of course I had to put it on right then and there. Don't you love kids!!!

Fat Cat?

Our cat has always looked like this really fat cat since we got her a little over a year ago at the pound. She is such a good cat and loves to be petted. Her hair right above her tail on her back has gotten matted and she would not let me get them out, so I had to take her to get shaved down today. After she was shaved she didn't look so fat. You be the judge.

Miss Kitty before being shaved.
Miss Kitty this afternoon after being shaved.

Storm

As promised, I finally have a photo of Storm. In the past couple of weeks I have been able to talk to Storm and am starting to build a bond with him again. It was so hard to make the decision to let him live with his dad, I felt like the worst mom in the world! There are days that I still do, but in talking to him, I realize that it has been the best thing for him and the entire family. He is learning how to make his own decisions. I have spent his entire childhood teaching him my values and now I just have to trust that he remembers all that he has been taught and applies it. I know that he will make mistakes in his life and I want to be the place that he feels comfortable coming to for encouragement when he falls, just like he did when he was little and got hurt. I am learning that letting them go is one of the hardest parts of being a parent. This is quite a journey.

Storm, Devin and Braxton.

Raining Turtles

I read Heather Whittaker's blog, http://whittakerwoman.typepad.com/, so when Braxton saw this turtle in the middle of our road on the way home from school and had to "save" him. I immediately thought of her blog yesterday. Her daughter found a larger box turtle yesterday. Of course, Braxton had to bring him home, and he has named him Edward because he reminds him of "Edward Scissor Hands". I snapped some pictures of Braxton with "Edward" before he sent him home to his mommy.

Braxton and Edward
A somewhat blurry picture of Edward, who was not much bigger than an egg.

Organization

I cannot stand disorder! I think that everything should be organized neatly and labled. I have even labled my youngest son's toy drawers. This drives my husband, who is more of a let it lay where it lands kind of guy, crazy. Since Robert has been out of town for the last couple of weeks I have been busy organizing everything, last week was the boys rooms and the bathrooms, today was the kitchen. My poor husband will come home and not be able to find anything, well except if he reads the lables I put up!

Blowing Rock

Robert and I took a trip to Blowing Rock-Boone, NC yesterday. We drove up the scenic route thru highway 221 which takes you straight through the mountains. We enjoyed each others company and looking at all of the beauty in nature that God created! We had a wonderful dinner, probably the best BBQ restaurants I have ever been to. don't remeber the name and it was not on the receipt. Below are a few pictures of what we enountered on or journey! If you ever get a chance I would recommend the drive.

A barn we saw on the way to Blowing Rock!

The biggest rock I have ever seen hangning over the road.

A small water fall on the side of the mountain.

I LOVE MOM

I found this when I was cleaning this morning. This is from Storm when he was about 6. It says in his own writing "I Love My Mom. He wrote around the picture "I don't look happy but I am". At 16 it does not always seem that he even likes me! This was a great reminder that somewhere deep inside him there is that little boy that does still needs and loves his mom.

Isn't he so cute! I am still working on a good current picture to post! Everything I have found he is making really wierd faces in the camera!