Forever Beloved

Faith, Love & Truth

lots ‘o pics

i’ve had these pics to share for the last month and just never got around to it…i know, my bad…
this is joeys band concert…he’s in the back row in the middle…i’m sure you can see his gorgeous flowing hair, lol…AND he was sporting a tie!!!
this is the childrens christmas program at church…joey and jade were both in the front row…
and here is christmas morning…as you can see literally every spot on my floor was covered with either toys or trash…and the older i get the more this bugs the heck out of me…it makes me feel like i need to clean, constantly, which i’m not a fan of on christmas day…
joey and papa…notice ming getting ready to crawl into a box in the bottom corner…
aahhhhh my baby boy…he needed some mama love on christmas morning too…
and ming, finally in the box and so proud…

out for now
~kisses

merry christmas…a little late…

as i imagine you realized by now, joeys surgery went well.  he was in surgery for a little under 2 hours.  they cut the tendon, removed the bone chip and reattached the tendon.  he was in quite a bit of pain for the first two days and still has his moments.  i rewrapped it for him last night and noticed a big blister on the bottom of his foot, probably from it being all wrapped up and sweating.  and it was fairly swollen last night (also bruised).  i take him back to the dr on wednesday for him to look at it.

we had a WONDERFUL christmas!!!  we went to aunt graces christmas eve and had a great time with family there.  and of course we had awesome food there as well.  once joeys foot got to hurting (and he knew papa was at our house) then we headed home.  the kids were SO SO SO excited to see their papa.  they went straight off to bed pretty quickly that night. 

christmas morning i had a boy up at 2 am wanting to open gifts and then a girl that got up at 5 am…once she got up we just all got up.  watching their faces when they first walk in to the living room is awesome!  they were so excited to open all their presents.  and i think they loved every.single.thing. they got.

my love got me a HUGE sign to put out front for my photography business.  it’s beautiful, amazing, exciting…and for some reason that sign makes it feel more official….he’s a good boy!

i’m back at work today and tomorrow then off for the next 5 days after that, thank gosh.  sometimes i really need a break from this place.

out for now
~kisses

**day with the fam**06/31**

we had a fab day yesterday, just the four of us hanging out…watching movies…the kids cutting up and making me laugh ALL DAY…snuggling with my pup on the couch (and occasionally a kid or hubby)…we had GREAT meals (pulled pork sandwiches with macaroni salad and a big fat lettuce salad for dinner)…i wore my sweats all day long, after church, and had my hair up in a pony…it was just a perfect day.
this is my pic of the day for yesterday…when my grandma moved in with my mom they found quilt squares that she hadn’t ever made into a quilt.  my cousin sue took them and brought this finished product back to grandma last weekend, isn’t it gorgeous???  all hand stitched…and such a wonderful part of heritage to pass down through the generations.  i am a sucker for quilts, i love them.  i have ones that my grandma strong made as well…i wish i had the patience (and ability) to quilt…
here are some other pics from the weekend…the first one is a pic i took when joey and i went on our walk saturday morning…the colors of the berries against the background i thought was gorgeous…
and this is a pic of our christmas tree this year…the sled beside it was my dads when he was a child.  i just love having things like that, things that can be passed down…hopefully my children will appreciate these “things” as much as i do…
and this last pic is of my pup…my sweet little dog…as him and i were snuggling on the couch yesterday watching tv…when either the kids or joe would try to move him so they could sit by me he would growl and basically say a big fat NO, which makes me laugh hard…he sure loves his mama…

out for now
~kisses