Weekend without David

David decided he needed to attend the Awana Bible Quiz in Sylacauga, Alabama. Colton works most weekends so that left Carley and I to entertain ourselves. The two of us are never short on the entertaining part. I really do think one could stick the two of us in a room together and we would keep each other laughing over nothing. We would begin to make jokes of the air we breath. Are we pitiful or what?

It had rained all day and the forecast called for rain most of the day Saturday. We got this brilliant idea to rent a movie and a game for the Wii. Carley drove Blockbuster so we could rent The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 and pick up Blockparty for the Wii. I failed to say that Carley took Colton and I out to lunch to Ci-Ci's Pizza for lunch. I won't even talk about the 8 slices of veggie pizza I ate along with 3 cinnamon rolls. I pray this doesn't catch up with me.

Here are some pictures of us playing Wii.

The object of this game is to see who can throw the trash bag the farthest. Let me put it this way, Carley is a better trash thrower than I.

An up close picture of my character.

Here I am attempting to throw trash.

Carley and I stayed up way too late and it showed Saturday morning. Nothing like having a great rain storm coming through around 6am and thinking it is 3am. I slept in but not as late as Sleeping Beauty who slept in until 11am.

I have a surrogate grandchild, Rebekah. Rebekah is the Youth Pastor's daughter who I just adore playing with. I tell all my friends I am just practicing me a grandmother with Rebekah. Rebekah came over around 2:15 to play with Carley and me while her parents went to see a movie. We began our play date playing the famous game, Cooties.

This is the ending of the game.

Gideon was wondering how he was going to get to play.

Rebekah has her own unique way to roll the dice.

Rebekah had to show me how to exercise my legs in a special way.

After learning how I should exercise my legs I thought it would be best for us to head out for a walk. Picture Rebekah who is 3 yrs old., two dogs, Carley and me wondering off for a looong walk.

We had to pick a few flowers before we got too far down the road.

We were able to allow Rebekah to walk Levi for a short walk. He really doesn't care who takes him for a walk as long as he gets to go on a walk.

After a walk we came back to watch a little bit of "Strawberry Shortcake."

Carley helped Rebekah put a few Backpack girls together along with the enchanted castle from Beauty and the Beast.

We ended our time with Rebekah eating ice cream sandwiches.

We had so much fun with Rebekah and we didn't want all our fun to end before the guys came home so we went headed over some friends house to play Wii with them. Ended up my friend needed me to go with her to Atmore, Al. to deliver some refrigerant gas to her husband. Carley stayed with her friend Courtney and Courtney's two brothers while I rode to Alabama.

We ended our evening totaling tired and was happy to get home to see David and Colton. Both guys had stories to tell but I was to tired to hear them all. Maybe, hopefully, I will post my story of my first born.

Unitl then.....

Another Busy Day

Hello Blog Friends,

This is just a quick update on today's activities. I have a full day of homeschooling with Carley, run an errand this afternoon to drop of a prescription to a college student in town, practice my speech for Toast Masters, and attend Toast Masters this evening. Tomorrow I so much want to post a story about my first born, my drama king, Colton. He says there is always drama with mama, but I think he has me beat on that one. The post will include a picture with the story. Have a great day and laugh often.

Almost An Entire Month Since I Have Posted

I received an e-mail from my mom today asking if I have quit posting because I have signed on to Face Book. There could be some truth to that, but more than anything, life has become too busy for me. In the Cash home there comes a time beginning in February and ends about this time of the year we call Awana season. During this season I feel we fall of the face of the earth and land in the land of Awana. In February we host Bible Quiz at our church. If I was a clubber or a parent of a clubber I would have no idea what all takes place behind the scenes of Bible Quiz. Months and months of planning goes into making the event happen. A few weeks after Bible Quiz the Awana Games event happens. In reality, Bible Quiz takes more prep time but the least exhausting of the two events. This past weekend we hosted Awana Games here in our home town. Last night I was thinking I was going to take the day off just to recuperate from the weekend. I would go into all the details of what takes place but I am afraid I would bore you in about two sentences. Take my word for it.

Here are some pictures of Sparks Games. My Sparks took 2nd place and I am so proud of them.

Sorry for the blurriness. This was taken from a cell phone. Colton is on the far right dressed as Streamwood.

Sparky Safari Relay

Balloon Battle

Sparky Train

Award Ceremony

This is the first post of others to come. We are keeping ourselves busy concentrating on the senior in our home. We are working hard to get him through his senior year. Who knew that last year in high school was going to be the most difficult one. Until then I will leave you now.

I Love My Hair Colorist

Does life ever slow down? Don't answer the question, I already know the answer and I don't like the answer. I received an e-mail from my in-laws who are in their mid 60's telling me all that they are doing. They haven't slowed down at all. I look at mom who can run circles around me and she never slows down. I am beginning to wonder if I am living life in slow motion and I am getting exhausted watching others live life in the fast lane.

The purpose of this post isn't for me to complain about how tired I am. The purpose is to esteem the most wonderful, handsome, fun loving man on the planet. There are no words to even describe the love David has for me. David expresses his love in so many ways, but I believe the one way he shows love the most is in this servant role he created for himself almost 15 years ago. God commands men to love their wife as Christ loves the church. Jesus said he didn't come to be served but to serve others. David takes God for His word. Here are some pictures of David being a servant.

Prepping the hair for the color.

Adding the final color to the rest of the hair.

Now you know how I have strawberry blonde hair. It comes from a box and a man who loves me so much. I hope I haven't bored you with a hair story. I hope to post some more news about the buzzing business of the Cash home soon. We are ALWAYS doing something. Have a wonderful day.

For Women Only, Men May Not Understand

My mom sent this to me a few days ago. If we are honest with each other, we will all agree, at one time or another we have said, "If only I could get away with this." Enjoy, and it is ok to laugh, I did.

My First Born is EIGHTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, someone please stop the clock of time for just an hour. I can't believe he is 18. I remember bringing Colton home from the hospital with the help of my mom and my friend Angie Haube. The Navy had called David out to sea before we could all come home together, but David was there for the birth of Colton. I looked at my mom and began to bawl. I had no idea what it meant to be a mom and felt very unqualified. I looked at my own mom and asked her, "What do I do? I have no idea what to do." What a feeling of complete helplessness. Guess what ? In spite of Colton's mom and dad, he has survived 18 years of imperfection parenting. If anything good comes out of this guy, it is all GOD.

Anyone wondering how we celebrated 18 years of Colton's life? I am glad you are wondering. Due to a busy day today, Colton's actual birthday, we celebrated his birthday yesterday before he went to work. Today we went to church, came home, inhaled lunch, then David, Colton, Carley, and Vincent, Colton's friend, went to a concert this evening.

Here we are doing what we all do best....eating.

We went to Lambert's, home of the throwed rolls, located in Foley, Alabama. Let me just say, the rolls are worth placing Weight Watchers on hold.

Lambert's doesn't believe in portion control either. Check out just how much food they insist on giving their patrons.

Did I mention Lamert's is southern cooking, down to the fried okra. Is there any other way to eat okra?

Here are some random pictures of Colton opening cards and his ONE gift. Colton decided he was ready to graduate from his Ulead video program to Adobe After Effects to further his video creativity. Adobe is a rather very expensive program. Colton received birthday money to help pay for Adobe.

My two strange guys.

Here we are stuffed and happy. We added a new member to our family, Brice. He is the guy in the blue with the red cap. He works for Lambert's and I guess he wanted his picture taken with us.

Here is the birthday cake with no writing, no candles,nothing but heavy laden calories. Colton wanted the famous Outta Sight Oreo Delight dessert. All I can say about this is ....SIN.

Maybe Colton will share, maybe not.

Today has been a great day for my first born. Where as for me, it has been a day of reflecting and praying for Colton. He is on the threshold of manhood and it will be a thrill to see how Colton chooses to live life. Let me say this. Life is NEVER boring when Colton is near by. Nothing will thrill his parents more than to be a man who is serving the Lord with all he has. May we be blessed to be thrilled.

We love you Colton!

Mom and Dad

Ending the Birthday Week with a Girl's Weekend

I guessed it on the mark; my friend's gift came today. I can safely say I celebrated getting old all week long. Michelle sent me this beautiful watch that has watch bands that can be interchanged to match the clothes I wear from day to day.

Last night Carley, our friend Donna, and I went to dinner at Chili's and then to see Hotel for Dogs. The food is always good at Chili's. I ordered one of their new guiltless items, the grilled buffalo chicken sandwich. If you ever order the same sandwich, make sure you have plenty of water to drink. The movie was pretty good. I am not sure if I would have like it as much as I did if I had to pay to get into the movies. Colton working at a movie theater helps me enjoy movies much more than paying for them. I am not sure I would love or even like a movie that I had to pay $8.50. There was twist in the movie that made me choke up and shed a tear or two.


Today it was about Carley and me. The two of us went to see the movie New In Town, a total chic flick. There were a few men that endured the movie for their wife or girlfriends. What shocked me the most about the movie was the one word that was mentioned in the credits of all places. I don't understand why it was necessary to add the word at all, especially at the end.

From the movies, Carley and I decided to do some shopping at Publix's and Kohls. My dear sweet mother-in-law, Connie, introduced me to Snyder's Restaurant Style Tortilla chips while my family was visiting in North Carolina this past summer. I failed to ask my in-laws to bring me some of those chips when they came for Colton's performance, The Christmas Carol. After returning to North Carolina, Connie sent me an empty bag of chips so I could go around to the different grocery stores and beg for the grocer to order the tortilla chips. I have a hero, he is the grocer at Publix. He keeps those chips stalked for us Weight Watcher junkies. Carley and I went to Publix to get the tortilla chips, Alternative Bagels, and beef marrow bones for our dogs.

We were so close to Kohls that we had to go to see what was on sale and I had a 15% coupon off of my entire purchase. We love that store. I won't say how much I spent, but I did come out with some awesome deals! From Kohls I had a coupon for the Marble Slab. (Just call me the coupon queen). Carley got her normal chocolate with a Reeses Cup mixed in with the chocolate ice cream. I, trying to be good on Weight Watchers, got vanilla frozen yogurt with blueberries mixed into it. Later Carley and I shared our traditional subway sandwich. Now we are just relaxing and counting the hours until David comes home. It will be at least a few days before I blog again. Colton's birthday is a week from tomorrow and we have to get ready for his birthday.

Speaking of Colton, I want to share his latest creation with you. Enjoy...