Fun 3 weeks ahead!

Hello again! My move has slown down, but my life has definitely not... Before I get started, if anyone wants to mute my wedding music, just go to the slide show, and in the top left corner, there is a volume logo, and just click it, and it mutes.

Well, there are 2 more days of school for my children. And of course those 2 days are going to be nothing but fun. Last week, Taylor went to the Oklahoma Science Museum, and Ryan was able to go with her. They both had a nice time. Then Blake went (without a parent) to a place called "Jump-In", which is a place that has a lot of inflatable jumping equipment, and obstacle courses, etc... Then today, Taylor got to go on another field trip to a really fun place called Incredible Pizza. It is a pizza/pasta buffet with tons of things to do inside (like bumper cars, go carts, mini-golf, and lots of arcade games. So they have had a lot of fun in the last 2 weeks. Tomorrow they have a picnic at a local park, and then Thursday is it, the last day!!! AND... my sister, Sue, and her daughters are coming to visit on Thursday! They will be here all weekend, and then sometime in the next week, we are going to go to Arkansas to see some of my Dad's family. Then, on the 29th, we will be heading to the panhandle for my nephew's rehearsal dinner, then the following day is the big day for Shane and Courtney! I'm very excited. There is also a little sadness, that Steve didn't make it to see Shane get married. 3 DAYS before Steve passed away, he was fitted for his tuxedo for Shane's wedding. So that is going to be hard for everyone, just not having him to share the joy.

We will return home after the wedding, then the next day (31st) I have something very big planned, but I can't go into details, but I PROMISE that I will post about it shortly after ;) Then on June 1st, which is Blake's birthday, my whole family are all going to Frontier City, which is an amusement park in Oklahoma City. That is going to be a BLAST! Then, June 3rd is my sister Sue, and Ryan's birthday, then the 9th is mine. My sister, Peggy will be staying around for a week to two weeks after the wedding, and she will also be going to Arkansas, and I may go with her also, so I may be making 2 trips down to see my Dad's family. I know I'm rambling on and on, but now you see what the next 3 weeks are going to be for me, busy, but FUN!!!

Our 10th anniversary

I honestly can't believe that today is our 10th anniversary. It seems like it should be like our 5th, but certainly not our 10th. Time has really flown! Last year, Mary posted a blog about her 10th anniversary and posted some pictures from her wedding day, and I loved that idea, and decided to do the same thing. I decided it would be fun to make a slideshow of our wedding day :) Ryan and I are going to go out to eat somewhere in Oklahoma City and then go see "17 Again". We would have LOVED to went back to Dallas, but don't have the money at the moment. This day in age, I feel very thankful to have made it to our 10th anniversary. Most marriages are over by then. I am looking forward to more milestones in our marriage (our 25th, etc...) I love my husband and definitely look forward to many more years with him :)

My countdown has begun!

Life is finally starting to get better for us. We are officially moved into our new place, however I still have a lot of unpacking to do. We have been without our van for about one month. Ryan's uncle has agreed to help us put a new transmission in it, so Ryan is staying with his aunt and uncle and going to work on it with him, so I'm hopeful that we will have our van back very soon. I'm very happy about that, plus I'm so glad that this move is basically over. Those were 2 things that have been driving me crazy for a while!
This coming Friday is Ryan and I's 10th anniversary! I can't believe it is already here. I'm hoping we can go out to eat, if nothing else.
I am getting very excited because in 3 weeks, my sister, Sue, and her daughter(or daughters) are coming to spend a little time with me, and a few others before her son's wedding on May 30th. Then after the wedding, Sue, my mom, and my other sister Peggy (and her kids) are going to be coming to spend time with me. So I will basically have my family on and off for about 3 weeks! I am so happy about that. I get to missing my family so bad! Everyone is wanting to go down to Arkansas (where my Dad's family is from), and I'm also looking forward to that. It is going to be so nice having company!
Then after everyone leaves, there is a BIG possibility that my whole family will be going to Colorado for a month or so. My mom and sister (Sue) both have cherry orchards and it looks like they will both have a harvest. So they will REALLY NEED our help (even Taylor and Blake's). Ryan hasn't been able to find work, so this would be good for us, we can all work, and earn money, while helping my mom and sister out.
So that is basically what is going on in my life right now. It sounds like my life isn't going to slow down much for a while, but I'll be busy in a totally different way, not moving :P

It's nice to put faces with names, so I thought I would do that... Left to right: Sue, Me, my Mom, and Peggy

Left to right: Shane (the groom to be), Sue, Steve (Sue's husband who recently passed away), Savanna, Trevor (Vanna's husband), Jeremy (Steph's husband) & Stephanie

Peggy, Danny, and Kayla

Speaking of our horrible society...

Does anyone else get disgusted when watching this commercial FOR CHILDREN!?!? I make my children fast forward or just not watch this. I honestly can't believe that Burger King and Spongebob did this:

We're almost there!

This last month has been nothing less than complete chaos in my life. This move has been by far the WORST move ever for us. We've had issue upon issue, trial upon trial during it. It started off okay, but we've had a few delays. First of all, Steve's passing (which I can't believe was almost one month ago), and we've had a lot of weather issues that slowed down our move AND the transmission went out in our van. So we have been without it for about 3 weeks now, and I'm realizing just how much I need it! The only other vehicle we have is a very small pickup that really can only hold 3 people (and our family has 4) so we HAVE to drive around with Blake laying on our laps. We don't really go anywhere as a family, except church. But it has been a pain anyway. Oh well, I'm just thankful that we do at least have the truck. I'm just hoping we can get our van fixed, I know it is going to be a VERY EXPENSIVE thing to fix though. But back to the move, we are SO close to being done, I think one more day at the old house and we will be DONE!!! And of course the unpacking at this new place, but still, we are almost done!!! WHOO HOO! I don't want to even THINK of moving for a long time! Lord willing.

And today is one of those days that I just think of my Dad all day, because it has been 4 years ago that we lost him. Last year I made a slideshow of him and I cried all day. Today, I've been okay, as far as the emotions go, but I still miss him so much.

I just can't believe how this last year has flown by, it seems like I JUST made the slideshow of my dad, and it seems like Ryan and I JUST went to Dallas for our 9th anniversary. And it is that time of the year again. Our 10th anniversary is just around the corner (in like 2-3 weeks). Ryan wants to go back to Dallas, but our money situation isn't great, so I don't know what will actually happen. And speaking of time flying, I can't BELIEVE that we have been married 10 years!!! Wow.

And last but not least, I wanted to post a picture of my sweet little niece, gosh I just adore her!!! She is the most precious baby!!!

Me and my little ♥ Madison ♥