One of the Jones!

Monday, May 3, 2010

That's the girl we know and love...

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Brandy turning 20?????

Where are the years going??

It seems like just yesterday,

my beautiful daughter was as old as my little son on her lap..

and now in May, she is turning 20...

She was a handful...always eating dirt

chewing on things...

running into trouble...

(I am sure she would be thrilled to know I am sharing this...)

Once she actually chewed the entire frame of her bed,

and her windowsill...

I can't even began to tell you how many hours it took me to repair it..LOL!

She never looks before she leaps..

resulting in comments like.

"Your head is shiny.."

to the bald manager of a restaurant...

but she has always been full of love

and kindness...

the one that little kids, and older people love..

She has always believed in God..

and used to have visions at night..both good and bad

She is very artistic...

and loves to draw and paint...

At times as a toddler, we often had to wonder
if she was going to grow into an intelligent person..
She was so absent minded that everything went into one ear and out the other..
and yet, she is the one always interested in World events,
and concerned about what is happening with people who have less then her...
She is insightful...

She also has always had sleep issues..

I can't even began to tell you stories of her sleep walking adventures..

but one of them involves a pig....

Now she is adventuring into the grand world of adulthood..

learning adult lessons...

and making friends.

(The one above is her friend Tracy...)

She is beautiful inside and out..

Someone I feel proud to know...

I am looking forward to the years ahead,

as she learns to let God take control of her life,

and continues to grow into the wonderful woman she is becoming....
You are truly an amazing girl.....

Happy early 20th b-day Brandy!

Friday, April 30, 2010

His life Building Lego!

My husband LOVES playing Lego...

We have a huge lego collection mostly from Kendal's youth...

and ever since I gave birth to my son, Kendal could NOT wait

until the boy was old enough to play lego...

If Kendal could be paid to play lego?

Well...you get the picture..

About a month ago, my husband lost his job...

He was fired due to office politics..

He came home at the end of the work day

and told me he had some bad news...

Part of me was upset, because we just lost our only source of income,

But most of me was relieved..

He was never happy with the job, and it was a pretty toxic work place...

After seven years, it was just good to quit wondering when it would happen.

(and after all...now he could pursue his life long dream of building lego all day long....)

God is so good...

Within the first two hours of Kendal being fired,

He had three job offers...

A testament to the kind of man my husband is...

He ended up taking a job at a business owned by a family friend..

He was a little ambivalent about it at first,

It required a whole new set of skills he would have to learn,

and meeting a whole new group of people..

Move forward a month...

Kendal LOVES his new job..

No weird office politics...

Great people, if not a little odd at times,

Higher pay, benefits....

such an answer to prayer...
spends his days building shelves, cutting metal, driving machines around, and moving stuff...

Many days, Kendal comes home laughing about something

that happened at work, and says how glad he is to work there.....

BUT...the highest compliment my husband could ever give came yesterday...

When he came home, and told me it was like playing with Lego all day long!
He must really like his job...LOL!

Have you ever been fired from a job?

Did it work in your favor or against you?

Have you ever had to fire anyone?

Playing in the yard..

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Photo meme...

I was tagged by the wonderful Barb over at Skittles Place to do this photo meme....For some reason she thought that I liked photography... : p (How did she know....)...

Now the rules:
1) Go to your photo files, select the 8th photo folder.
2) Select the 8th photo in that folder.
3) Post that photo along with the story behind it.
4) Then challenge 8 blogging friends to do the same.

Brandy and Jeremy

Brandy and Gracie

Ok...so I know that I was just supposed to put up one picture..

but heres the thing...

I actually have two totally different file folders containing pictures..

(I am sure that is a real surprise...LOL!)

and so I picked the eighth folder and picture in each...

and ironically...they were both of Brandy with each of her younger siblings..!

So I had to put them both up..

Other then that..their really wasnt much of a story....

So now the hard part..

tagging people..

1) Jayaycee blog

2) Im a full time mommy

3) Look at is an adventure

4) The Snyder 5
5) Doing the Mom Thing
6) Mariposas Tales
7) When You Believe
8) Element 22
You really should check out Element 22 if you have the time...
She is a great photographer, and also a wonderful writer as well...
Worth the trip!

Ok..so that does it for me guys...
Your turn...