Broken Toilet

Let's see...this week really started off with a bang...

I have really been missing my dear husband...in case you haven't heard already...and then we got word that he has to be gone all this week too. Problem is, his sweet sister Sarah is in town with my neice and nephew. He really felt terrible and was dreading leaving town yesterday. So, me trying this new role that God is totally having to show me how to do, was a respectful and supportive wife and did NOT have a pity party. I love Sarah dearly, but it never fails with his job for things like this to happen. Tommy's poor family hardly ever gets to see him as it is, so she drove 900 miles to see him and he has to leave. So, I put my big girl pants on and sucked it up.

The only request I had is that he fix our toilet in our master bath before he left. It has had a slow leak and got the point that it ran continuously. That's where it all went downhill. Satan knows right where to get ya. He went to Home Depot on his way home from work and picked up a 4.00 kit to replace the inside of the tank junk. So, my handy fix it hubby went to work. He took the tank off, replaced the junk inside and screwed it back together....WA~LAH!!! It was fixed! We turned the water back on and it was completely fixed!! Then, he thought he'd tighten one more screw...and it was all over...the tank busted and water shot EVERYWHERE

Alex, Faith and I are running around like we've lost our mind not sure what we should do...Alex grabbed a hand towel and handed it to Tommy. **bless her little heart** I grabbed all the towels we had upstairs to soak up the water.

Why, oh why, did that have to happen? That totally put a damper on the positive spirit I had. Tommy left ticked off and so that's been the start of our week. I meant to take a picture of the damaged toilet, but thought it might be too difficult to look at after such an awful event!!!! LOL

So, my honey bunny is in Nashville, but we had a good time here. We went to see Evan Almighty at the theater for free. It was great!! Can't believe I haven't seen it yet. Really convicted and touched my heart. Even though it was a silly story, it reminded me of how many times I make up excuses not to be obedient to God. If it is something that is in His will...He can move heaven and earth to make it happen. It also remided me of how personal God is. Morgan Freeman did a great job with that part showing how He gently but firmly at times guides my path. I try to do it on my own far more than I should.

Father's Day

Today is the day to celebrate Dads. I wanted to take the time to talk about two of them I know personally...

First is MY daddy. He is such a fantastic Papa to Faith and Alex. The LOVE to see their Papa. It is sad that he lives so far away, but he is always close in our thoughts. My Dad is someone I can call when I am upset about something. He has a gift for remaining calm and I feel better when I get off the phone with him. I know that my Dad would stand behind me and catch me if I were to ever fall. The best thing about my Dad is to watch him with our girls. Love you DAD!!




The second Dad is one I know the best. He is my soulmate and I could not have asked for a better Father to my children. It has been incredible to watch him over the years evolve into who he is today. He grew up without a father at home, so all he is today is what his Heavenly Father has taught him. I can't imagine life without him...he truly is the head of our household. I already can't wait until we are grandparents together...I know that sounds strange, but I can't picture my life without him! Our life together had been a journey that I wouldn't have changed for the world. You are a fabulous man and I want you to know how much your 3 girls think YOU rock!! Love you honey!

Dinner at ATL Airport

Wednesday, my Dad, Cathi and brother Andrew flew through Atlanta going home from Florida. They had a layover at our airport, so we got to go have dinner with them while they were waiting for their flight. It was only a 60 minute visit, but anytime we get to spend with them is great! We REALLY miss our family back home...shout out to you Okies!!! We are really going to miss Papa's country 4th of July party this year :( We love you guys!!!

Fun in Nashville

Here's some pics from our trip...the first is when I tried to get a pic of the girls at the Rainforest Cafe with one of the elephants. Alex was worried that it was going to move and get her when they sat up there. Just as I was about to snap it, it moved and she caught it out of the corner of her eye...her face is priceless!

The second one is at the museum and the third is also there when the girls got to do their first flight simulator...Tommy was jealous!

The next one is Tommy feeding the stingray...probably the one that bit him!

The last is of us at the Opryland Hotel....so pretty!!

Missin Daddy

The past two weeks have been kind of a bummer around here. When Tommy is out of town, our family is off balance. He has been in Nashville for the past two weeks. We took a quick trip up there to visit him and had a really good time! We went to the Opryland Hotel, the Science Adventure Museum and Opry Mills Mall.

The mall was so cool. We went to two unique restaraunts there. One was the Rainforest Cafe. Inside, you could not see the walls or ceiling. It was completely covered with trees to look like a real forest. There were animatronics along the walls to look like they were in the jungle. Those kinda freaked the girls out if they got too close. :) They also had a thunderstorm every 30 minutes...we had fun! We also went to the Aquarium restaraunt in the same place on a different night. That was awesome! They had a floor to ceiling aquarium and you were surrounded by tons of salt water fish while you were dining. Very relaxing!

The girls also got to go and pet and feed stingrays. All of this was at the same mall!! That was quite an experience. Only Tommy and Faith were brave enough to actually feed them. Me and Alex thought it was just as dangerous to stick our hand in the water and touch them. Of course, we can't go anywhere without some sort of catastrophe. Tommy got bit....see why I didn't think I should have been feeding them?? We really had fun.

Now we have been home all week doing VBS at our church. That has been tons of fun! Today was the evangelistic service and a lot of kids went down to receive Christ....what a blessing! I am teaching a 3rd grade class and this week has gone extremely well. God has truly been using me to speak to these kids.

Tommy comes home Saturday...just in time for Father's Day! We love you Daddy!!!

First time blogger here...

Ok, for some reason, I feel the need to try something new on here. Tommy is really gonna love this...

I've been getting kinda hooked on looking into blogs and interested in other people's thoughts...I'm sure no one will be interested in mine ;) But, I thought this could be a good place to keep family up to date on the latest happenings in our busy, crazy world that we like to call "home".