Nostalgia ~~ Oh how time Flies.....

Okay, so this mama and grandma is feeling a wee bit nostalgic.

One month from today, August 19th 2011, is college move in day for my sweet boy, Dak.

I am just amazed at how quickly the time has flown by.

My baby will be a College Freshman, living on his own and doing life, one month from today.

Wow it is SO hard to grasp, but I am just so proud of him.

Another thing that has me SO nostalgic, is this little guy.....

Sir Cuteness!!!

This is him and my man, on Sir Cutenesses birth into this world.

He will be three in less than two weeks.

WOW!!  I mean seriously.....the time has just flown by.

(Isn't my man the sweetest thing.....I am just sayin'  =)

 Here is Sir Cuteness enjoying a chicken nugget.....

SO SWEET!!!

 And here he is with Papa and Daddy on Father's Day 2 two years ago.

WOW!!! 

Look at those sweet curls.....

Let me grab a spoon =)  ~~

(The date is wrong in the picture by the way ~~ don't let it throw you off =)

So yep, little ole nostalgic me......

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I have so many things I want to post on, but just not much time right now.

Tomorrow I go back to the pain doc.....so I'll keep you posted.

And I'm so wanting to do another video on my garden.

We are enjoying tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, peppers, egg plant (picked my first one of the season today) and so many yummy herbs.  So I'm really wanting to get that one up and going.....

And also Spiritually, God has me in SUCH a special place with Him right now.

He is teaching me SO much and I am getting time to study with my man.

It is a very special time for us in our growth in the Lord. 

I love Him so!!!

So I'm off to make Chicken Alfredo with Sour Dough Bread and maybe a yummy salad for supper.

Hope you all have a Blessed evening ~~ 

BOOM ~~ BOOM ~~ BOOM!!! Fun on the Fourth of July!!

I hope you all had a fun, safe and Blessed 4th of July.

I really love the 4th of July.  It is my fav summer holiday.

It is always full of family, friends and food.

3 of my most favorite things!!

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This pretty girl came and shared in the rivarly and fun with us.

Here she is playing Rummy with mom.

These two crack.me.up.

 And speaking of my beautiful mother,

here she is playing Rummy with Alyssa.

These two have SO much fun together.

Mom is feeling better.  That is some much needed good news for us.

 2 of my favorite people on the planet!!

 Sir Cuteness and I hanging out.....

 As only we can.....   =)
(LOVE this pic!!!)

 Sir Cuteness, Georgia and I

Yesterday was G's birthday.

We had SO much fun!!!

I missed her b-day party with her family because my car messed up yesterday morning while I was out, so my Mr. Winslow had to fix it when he got home, but it was an easy fix....YAY!!

Sorry I missed your party G ~~ but thanks for coming over and sharing the 4th of July fun with us!!!

 Cute Alyssa..... real cute =)

 G doing her thing on the grill.....

Chase getting his fireworks on.....

And Sir Cuteness, being....well, cute!!!  =)

 So why is Alyssa so happy?!!

Yep, she's beating Grandma (mom) at Rummy!!

It doesn't happen often, so enjoy Alyssa!!!

 Some of our delicious yumminess.....

 Burgers and dogs.....

 And Vegan Burgers for me and Alyssa, because that is the way we roll =) 

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 And some chicky.....

 And then on to some firework fun.....

 This picture cracks.me.up. 

I crack.me.up.

Never take yourself too seriously.

Hahahahah.....

 Our beautiful G.....

 It makes me laugh out loud that my 71 (almost 72) year old mother still shoots off fireworks.

At least a little bit. 

Her Asthma finally got the better of her and she had to go in and take her medicine,

but she sure had fun.

And what cracks me up about this pic, is that when my mom was looking at it last night, she immediately said, "Oh my mom would be having a fit with my legs wide open.  She was always saying, 'Christine, put your legs together and sit like a lady.'"  This makes me smile. 

My Grandma Lawson passed away the year before I was born and my mom still talks about Grandma all the time.  She tells me delightful stories about Grandma and Grandpa (they died together in a car accident).  My mom REALLY misses them, even now.  I love that about my mom.  She keeps their memories and heritage alive.  She says that my Grandma would have just LOVED me so much and my creative side.  Everytime I show mom something I've made she almost always says, "You and your Grandma would have just LOVED each other."  I love it!!!

 Hahahahahaha ~~ I am SUCH a chicken =)

 Rock right on pretty mama ~~ Rock right on!!!

 G you are too funny.....

 Bac-Bac-Bac ~~ see, chicken =)  .....

 Hahaha.....  You are so silly .....

 Our neighborhood did it up right this 4th of July.

There was some people who spent LOTS O' MONEY on a bang.

Not us.  I think I spent about $8 and we had LOADS of fun.

And Chase spent about $18 and had LOADS and LOADS of fun!!

 My man and Sir Cuteness having fun!!

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 BOOM BABY!!!!! 

Brought to you by our neighbors =)

And there you have it ~~ our Fourth of July fun!!!

We had the best time.

And what is missing from this post?

Yes pics of Dak, because he worked yesterday, got off at 5:00 PM, came in for about 15 minutes and was off to a friends.  

I was just happy I got to see him for those few minutes. 

I'll take what I can get =)

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Today Sir Cuteness and I are taking it easy.  We are SO tired from all that fun  =)

Hope your Fourth was fun and FULL of memories!!!

Love you so ~~ 

Random Friday ~~

Good morning my Random Friday peeps ~~ how are y'all?!!

This is my version of Friday Fragments.

If I do Friday Fragments I put to much pressure on myself, but if I do Random Friday....no pressure.

I am a weirdo.

Anyway.....

Blooger is now cooperating (with a little help from my man =)   thank you honey ~~

And now I am once again on the Blogger bandwagon.

When it works it is so wonderful, but when it isn't..... boo-hoo-blech-really?-crazy blogger ~~

Hmmm aren't you glad that God isn't fickle like we humans?  Man I am!!!

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On to some randomness.....

I have been working on so much fun stuff in the scrapbook department.

I don't have a lot of pics taken yet of my current projects, but I will and I'll share some when I do.

But I wanted to share a few little things I haven't shared yet because of my on-again off-again now on-again relationship with blogger.  No, I'm not bitter.

anyway.....

This is part of my Week's Life List mini, which I can't remember if I have blogged about or not,

but I thought I would share this because of the angle and the look of my table. 

Yep the way I scrapbook roll sometimes. 

I just really like this shot.

Oh and see that fun little jar of buttons?

Those are delightful little vintage buttons that I have gotten from my precious mama and sweet friend.

So if you have any buttons you'd like to get rid of.......

yeah, just let me know.  I'll take 'em off your hands =)

 Okay, so this little beaut I got from my neighbor.

They travel a lot, so I watch their house and do little chores for them while they're gone,

and they always Bless me with the sweetest things.

Like this Alpaca Scarf.

Now I didn't realize that the alpaca's provided us scarfs and the like, so I consulted my knitting expert, RJ and apparently this is some cool stuff.

The only thing is, that it is a little rough, so I'm gonna try to launder it gently and see if I can soften it up, but isn't it lovely.  I love these colors.,,,,

 Back to scrapbooking.....

yep randomness  =)

This is a page from my One Little Word scrapbook.

This was my verse for the first part of June.....

 Now here are some pages of Dak's Senior Prom.....

(Sorry for the glare).....

 I'm digging these pages.....

And these kids.....

 Lots of fun elements and techniques.....

 This is one of my favorite pages of his whole book.

It is simple, but so profound.....

I took a line from the Leeann Wommack's song and made this page.....

"When you get the choice to sit it out or dance....

I HOPE YOU DANCE!!!"

 So let's chat about Sir Cuteness for a moment shall we?.....

 Have you ever?....

 He woke up this morning and crawled on top of me and said,

"I love you"!!!!!

There is nothing like the waking up to this little guy ~~ I love him so!!!!!

 And he is becoming quite the little photographer.

Sorry for the no make-up, just woke up look, but g-babe was camera ready =)

 And he is loving to paint.....

When I am painting on my pages and he is close, he will jump up and do a little painting,

oh he loves it!!!

If you have littles under your beautiful feet, grab a bottle of acrylic paint and a sponge brush, and a large piece of paper, oh yeah and some fingers and you have yourself the makings for some HUGE fun for all!!!!!

 He is a wonderful painter.....

He has such an eye for color and detail.....

I love it!!!!!

 The best part.....

MESSY FINGERS!!!!!

 Sir Cuteness's favorites.....

Cowboy boots and Chuck Trucks.....

Are these not the cutest toesie's you have ever seen? 

 And more Sir Cuteness photo's.....

Me in the kitchen getting PaPa's breakfast ready for the next day.....

 Me in my fav monkey PJ's.....

So there you have it.....

LOTS of randomness for your Friday!!!

I feel like I haven't posted about my man for awhile.........

In case your wondering, he is WONDERFUL!!!  And so supportive of me.  He loves me like no other.

Nothing like being loved like how my man loves me!!!

Have a Super Blessed Friday ~~

Sunday Letters ~~ New Job Edition

My dear Dak,

This has been a BIG week for you!!! You started a new job at Price Cutters on Thursday. You love your job so far and are really liking the independence this will give you.

Here you are on the first day of work.
















You look so cute in your "uniform", which is black pants and a white button up and then your apron and hat you have at work.




















I love you so my boy!! And I'm so proud of you.















So sweet.....















In other news, you are hanging out with your friends after work and loving being out of school.

In July we will have SOAR, which is your student orientation and then in August you move into your dorm. tear. You are SO excited!!!

You are such a sweet boy and I love you so ~~ Always, MOM

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My Dear Sir Cuteness,

You have been sick this week. We've had you to the doctor once and then Urgent Care yesterday, but you are feeling better today. I'm so glad!!! Gamma doesn't like to see you sick.

We've had some fun moments with you this week. You crack.me.up.

Here you are in my running walking shoes. So cute!!















Be still my heart.....
















Ahhhh..... I love you so my sweet boy.....
















Here are you and KoKo at McDonald's the day before he started work. So sweet!!!
















And me and you......

I love you so Sir Cuteness.....

Now let's have a week of NO sickness, shall we?......... =)

Love you to the moon, Moon, MOON ~~ Gamma

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My Mr. Winslow,

You continue to be such a great help to me. With the doctor news this week of six more months of rest and exercise and balancing stuff with this knee, you are complete strength. I know it hurts you that I hurt. I love you ~~

You are my hero.

I love you Sweetie ~~ Petrii