The time has come for me to buy my first ever pair of heels. And by heels, I mean wedges. This girl can barely do wedges and I think heels might be the death of me. It has been 35 years though and my girlfriends all tell me that heels are way more flattering than flats (gasp..say it isn't so!). I went to my favorite local boutique this weekend and picked me up some wedges. $42 investment and I have gotten compliments on them ALL weekend everywhere we have gone. I guess maybe my girlfriends were right about heels being more flattering:)
Another big purchase we made this weekend was another helmet for Owen. He has already outgrown his helmet we bought for him just over the summer. He's got his Daddy's big head.
Let me throw it back in time for you 18 years...1997. It was Senior Trip and Steven and I had been dating for about 8 months. I can only assume that I believed the stripped yellow sweater tucked into my jeans with a BELT was going to really win over Steven. I guess I was correct:)
Fast forward 24 years (to when we all 4 met) and we are all still best friends. How strange is it to graduate with only 33 kids in a tiny school where we met in 6th grade and to still be friends 24 years later. I have known these people LONGER than I have not known them. That's crazy.
Chris came into town this weekend to watch our boys play their basketball games on Saturday. He went to church with us, watched a movie with Steven, we went out on a date for sushi...it was a great weekend.
Hope you all had a weekend filled with great memories too!
We had the opportunity this last week to attend our first ever Garth Brooks concert. Wow! He's pretty amazing and even if you're not a country fan you can't help but be in shock and awe at his ability to transform a crowd of tens of thousands. He is 52 years old and jumped and danced around like a teenager for almost 3 hours. 7 shows in a row. I don't know how he does it. He is probably the best performer that Steven and I have ever seen. Hands down.
So, quite UNSURPRISINGLY, another one of Steven's best memories from this last week was seeing Bigfoot. Or, I am to mean, a Bigfoot statue. It was just sitting proudly at some landscaping/hardware store in the city of Collinsville, OK. Steven, OF COURSE, made a stop and took time out of his busy day to take a photo of him and Bigfoot. What was the first thing he did once he took the picture? He texted it to me. Like I would get all excited about it and thrilled for him because he found a hunk of metal in a Bigfoot shape. Oh, this boy cracks me up. Okay honey, here ya go..."Oh my Gosh! You found Bigfoot! OMG, I can't contain my excitement! Holy Moly, we are gonna get rich and famous!" I think that was more the text he expected to receive back. Instead he got back something like this..."Awesome. What time are you gonna be home? We need to leave at 5:00 for Garth."
Hope everyone had a great weekend too!
Have you ever had a weekend, or a week, or a month that just seems filled with good? We all have bad. Probably more than we would like to think about. We all have good too and sometimes mixed in with all the bad and all the problems of the world we don't take time to stop and see the good. We don't take time to live in the moment and "stop and smell the roses" (which for most of us in the Northern Hemisphere those roses are now dormant and don't really have a smell) but I think you can figure out where I am going with this.
This weekend I decided to ONLY look at the good in our lives.
Praise Number One: We showed one of our flip houses not once, not twice, but THREE times in one day. I will continue to pray and believe for a buyer. I know they are there but never have we had to wait this long. I'm looking only at the good today and thanking God that THREE people looked at it!
Praise Number Two: I booked a plane ticket to see my best friend who lives in Kentucky. February 19th...Please come quickly!
Praise Number Three: We got to see our live long friend (well, since the age of 12) this weekend in OKC. We spent some time swimming, playing, and the next day having breakfast with him. Always such a blessing to have those people in your life that have been with you through dorky junior high years, dating years, married years, and now kid years.
Praise Number Four: Being present and in the moment with Owen. This is a hard one for me. He's so very busy. So very loud and crazy most of the time. Each M-F I get to spend 45 min of free time (without Will) with Owen and only Owen while we wait for Will to get out of school. He seems to really enjoy this time with me. I know I love it more, but I am still very thankful that we get to spend this time together. So, instead of complaining anymore that daily I have to "waste 45 minutes" of my day, I am going to think on those 45 minutes differently. They are Owen Minutes:)
Praise Number Five: My wonderful husband who creates beautiful masterpieces with chocolate and pretzels. My favorite indulgence when you throw in some strawberries.
Praise Number Six: My extremely hard working and diligent son Will. I see how hard this little boy works on a daily basis. It is just so encouraging and uplifting to me that other's recognize him too and acknowledge his hard work and "never give up" mentality. This is a boy that started 2nd grade below grade level and has now worked his range almost into 3rd grade (with only half of 2nd grade under his belt). No, he's still not the highest reader in his class (by a long shot), and he still might be the lowest for all I know. All I know, is that he never quits and continues to impress teachers year after year. For that I am so thankful.
What are you thankful for today? Think on those things and not on the bad. Love to you all!
