Girls Night Out

Tonight was our Sunday School fellowship. The girls got together to get Pedi's and the boys met to play pool and hang out at someones house with a big game room.

It was lots of fun with lots of yummy food and sweet fellowship...not to mention cute toes!

Getting Ready for Summer!!!

We have been busyyyyyy around here, getting ready for summer! Our pool needed some TLC!!
We wanted, wait, NEEDED to repaint and decided to put a new border of tile along the top too. Our old tile was sooooooo dated!! And of course, we were going to do all the work ourselves. (too keep costs down...)

So Dan got busy!! I was soooooo impressed when he drained the pool!!! I told Dan how awesome he was and his response was "It is easy to tear something down, the hard part is building it back up". I thought those were VERY wise words!!

At first we thought we would just drain the pool, rinse it with acid and repaint...but then Dan started getting all this advice about how he needed to SAND the pool first to remove the old paint. BUMMER! He got a few quotes on "sandblasting and refinishing the pool" and needless to say, Dan rented the sandblaster and did it HIMSELF!! I never in a million years thought I would have my husband in the backyard SANDBLASTING! It was quite the sight!!! Many times I thought we were "in over our heads" with this project....but with A LOT of hard work from Dan, the project is finished and we are enjoying the benefits~ THANK YOU hunny! ♥♥♥

We've also been working on the yard. THAT is still a work in progress!! (but nothing a little water won't help!!) ☺

Dan's sister cleaned out a storage area and let us have some wicker furniture she had stored. It needed some paint and new cushions and I was up for the task!! After countless spray paint bottles, we have some "almost" new furniture to sit on and enjoy the pool. THANK YOU TIA and EDDY!!!!!
We are officially READY FOR SUMMER!!!

This is BEFORE. See the old tile?

The Rest of the Story...

Okay, you asked for it, you got it....
The boys went to Big Bend National Park last weekend for a quick get away. I was invited, but decided to stay at home to get caught up on things (like laundry...) and to take breakfast to church Sunday, since it was our week.

I was a little bit disappointed when the boys got home because they had been to places in the park that I had never been.... :(

So here's the truth...(pictured below)...Isn't photo shop wonderful!??!?!!!! hee hee! ☺

Love ya! ♥

FuN TiMeS @ BiG BeNd NaTiOnAl PaRk

Grandad is amazed at Zach's strength!
They make that rock look light!

The boys went to Big Bend National Park this weekend and had a great time!! ☺

"Heaven is for REAL"

The other day in Sunday School, our teacher mentioned this book. A child that "went to heaven" and spoke about it....I was intrigued. My sweet mom bought the book for me, Thanks Mom!

It is a very short, easy to read book that brings HOPE of things to come!! I loved it and hope you do too!!

"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe" John 20:29

A Mother's Daily Prayer Calendar for her children

I found this prayer calendar and wanted to share it. It has daily verses to pray for your children. I love it!! Hope you do too!

http://momandlovingit.org/PDFs/PrayingDaily_new150.PDF

Prayer works! I'm excited to see answers to my prayers and yours!

Winter hits Texas!!

Finally Snow!!! We got the message bright and early that school had been cancelled!!! The boys pretty much spent their day in front of the fire, going back and forth, outside to fire...it was very chilly outside. Wind chill was -2 at times!! Brrrrrr!!! Too cold to really even play outside in!

Here are a few of my favorite winter pictures!

Our dogs loved the fact that they got to come in and sleep in the garage! Once they came in, they never made a peep and slept the night away in warmth. ♥ But of course, had to make the chilly trip outside at some point...

We are glad we had a taste of winter! Next week we welcome back our spring like weather...