Ashley Senior Pics

Well as promised hear are some of the photo's from Ashley senior pictures. Gin did an awesome job, like I knew she would!! We had a blast together and although it was very very hot that day everything went well. We even took Kerry with us and let me tell you that girl was a champ! For being 2 and dealing with the heat she did awesome! Gin talents amaze me she has so many of them!! I am truly blessed to have her and her family in our family lives. She has been truly a second mom to my kid's and I am so grateful for her!!

I love her smile in this one!

I just love this one! 

She is such a beautiful girl with lot's of talent and I just know what she puts her mind too she will accomplish. To say I am sad to see her grow up and leave home is putting it slightly. But I know that it is time to let her go. I will miss her greatly but I know that it is time for her to grow on her own and make her mark in this world. I can only pray that I have given her enough guidance for her to succeed!! Ashley I love you and you make your mother & father very proud!!

Weekend Fun

Well this weekend started out with a surprise gift from a close relative with free Trace Adkins tickets!!! It was a outside arena and seeing how it has been above 95 degrees here the last couple of days it was hot!! But it was so worth the hot weather. David and I have been married 11, years soon to be 12, and we have never been to a concert it was a great experience!! We really enjoyed the concert and the alone time that we both needed. David has been a little down these days and I think this did him good.

Then today Gin, my very good friend & neighbor, agreed to take Ashley Senior photos at Bernheim Forest. This was a very sad time for me but a very good time as well. We took Kerry, Gin's daughter, along and made it a girls day. We had a blast!! But again it was very very hot!! We are all very exhausted from going but we so enjoyed our time together. I can't think Gin enough for spending her afternoon doing this for us! Gin you did a wonderful job and I was so glad you were with us to enjoy this time with her!! I only got one photo from this on my phone but trust me Gin got well over 200 photos so I will have more to post soon!!

Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social

So David Jr, Ashley, Jacob & I went to Fransley Morman Landing this weekend for the social and while David was digging this man comes up and starts to shoot pics of him then ask me what his name, age, & neighbored was. So I asked are you from the newspaper and sure enough he was!! Here is the pic from the story line with the story under it. Oh and Ashley & Jacob are behind them!!

David Harlow, Jr., 10, of Dixie Gardens learns how to properly look for artifacts from Rebekah Temple, archeologist for the Kentucky Archeology Survey at an old-fashioned ice cream social held at Riverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing. Temple said many of the historic artifacts found in the site's welcome center were dug up on the property by students.(By David R. Lutman, special to The Courier-Journal)July 11, 2010

Weekend

So I was able to get free tickets to the Bats game from work this week, so we decided that we would take DJ & his friend Kyle down to the game. We had a good time but it was very hot and we were sitting directly in the sun so we didn't stay seated for very long. And to be honest I am not a baseball kind of girl! But the boys had a fun so that to me was all that matter to me. DJ has finally hit the stage where he is embarrassed by things I do so I take these times as a gift now as I know that he will soon be too old to be okay with just being with mom!!

Sleepless Nights

I am not sure if it is Fibroymalgia or what but last night was one of those nights were I just couldn't get comfortable to sleep. I was in so much pain that it was just hard to get comfortable. So I tossed and turned until almost 3 in the morning. It was awful!! So needless to say today I am sure I will be dragging most of the day but I just can't let this get a hold of me. It upset's me when I have to tell my kids no I just can't do that right now and that happens more and more these days. For the most part I am able to push through the fatigue & pain but some days it just isn't going to happen. I have also noticed loud nosies bother me something awful now. So going into a large crowd just isn't something I can handle anymore. The worst part of this is that I only have a few friends who truly understand me and this problem, the rest just look at me and totally don't understand. Most of my family is that way as well. I am learning not to allow this to bother me as well. I can say one thing this has made me grow in ways that I just didn't know was possible for me. I am also very grateful for those people in my life who truly understand me & don't judge me but help me. Without them this just wouldn't be something I can handle. Thanks to all of you who help me!!