Forever Beloved

Faith, Love & Truth

hello lovelies…

it’s a beautiful day here in pa…i can see some sunshine…it’s 81 outside…and i’m loving it!!!

we’ve been lovin’ up on big brother…as a family we LOVE that show!!! and i totally admit, i’m a freak with it. every year i have someone that i just can’t STAND! well this year it’s ronnie. cna’t stand him not a single bit. he is sooooo sneaky, just like a weasel. and of course jessie, i think he looks like robbie rotten. so far my favs are laura and jordan.

we had a full weekend this past weekend…friday we had to run to altoona to return something for joey. since we were already in altoona it was a shame to not eat at outback (wink wink)…it is TOTALLY my precious!!! we went into one or two stores and then left altoona…heading to our friends jack and mandys house for a little get together they had. we haven’t seen them for ages and we had a great time there.

saturday i cleaned mostly all day and then we went to the curwensville days parade saturday evening. it rained on us a little but then cleared up. we enjoy parades so much as a family, i love it. i bet before joe was with me he never in a million years thought he would be sitting at a parade, lol.

sunday we went to church and then just hung out at home…did some outside work, went for a bike ride, cooked a really good ham, watched a movie and spent time together. it’s sooooo nice to just stay home once in a while and relax!!!

tomorrow i start 3 solid days of running…i will be at houtzdale days thursday, friday and saturday doing peewee cheerleading signups. so if your daughter goes to moshannon valley and is in either 4th, 5th or 6th grade come join us!!!

out for now
~kisses

and…it’s begun…

the season of RUN RUN RUN…to football and cheer that is…

joey started football practice last night. every tuesday and thursday evening from 5 – 7:15…and he LOVES it! this year he gets to lift weights at practice, which he loves. i’m not sure yet if he’ll be on the 7th and 8th grade team OR move up to the JV team…depends on the amount of kids playing…
and miss jade will start cheer soon…guess who volunteered to be the pee wee cheer advisor this year? yep, ME…so once cheer starts i will be busy busy…
i think joey will have games thursday evenings and jade will have games every sunday…throw practice into that mixture and i will be crazy from all the running…but we love it!!!
out for now
~kisses

birthdays and interstates…

july 8 was miss jade’s 10th birthday…we spent the day at delgrosso park (will ALWAYS be blands park to me)…we had a great time there, it turned out to be a gorgeous day.

the kids did the water park and the slides…i did venture into the water park with them and into the water…i saw this awesome tube that was half under water…the kids were just scooting right through it on their bellies…i thought “i can totally do that”. so i get down, go headfirst through and try to “scoot” like the kids were…except my swimsuit stuck to the tube just like velcro…i couldn’t go forward or backward…my butt was hanging out one end of it and the other end joey was trying ot pull me through…i bet we were quite a sight!!!

also while we were there…elderly man in a speedo! ok, that is just WRONG and totally should be against the law…and why is it that you SO SO SO don’t want to look but it’s like a train wreck and you have to look…

the day after jade’s birthday we got up bright and early and got on the interstate…headed to NY! we had a great, fast trip…and i got to finish the last book of the series i was reading (v.c. andrews)…we arrived there right after lunch and checked into our motel. OHMYGOSH…um, hello, condom wrapper right beside the kids bed. of course that caused a big uproar…and lots of explaining. i would have said something to the owner but she was about 110 years old. we made it through our stay there and now we know to NOT stay there again!

that evening we got there we went out for dinner with papa alan to a chinese buffet…the food was so-so, nothing great. and in the middle of the night we found out it was NOT so good…jade got sick (food poisoning i think) and was sick for the next 18 hours…poor girl!!! so we took turns staying in the motel with her while the other went and visited family.

i also went and met my new niece, natalie, on friday…and we had a little photoshoot. she is sooooo precious!!! here are a few of my favs…

friday night jade was well enough to go visit with lois and the family…we had a great time there. saturday was grandmas birthday party. we got to meet family we’ve never met before, it was a GREAT time!!! the kids played with cousins all day, there was awesome food and great conversation..good times!

saturday night the kids went and stayed at papa alans house, which they were totally excited about! then sunday morning joe and i got up first thing and headed over there. we spent the day with them, visiting with grandma pat and uncle jimmy. we had a little cookout there at papas and then headed back to lois’s to take pics of all the grandchildren together.

it was sad leaving monday morning…it’s always odd to me how i feel “at home” down here because i was raised here and it is truly my home but a little piece of me also feels “at home” up there…i wish i could live closer to them…we are planning another trip up probably in october…

out for now
~kisses