How Blessed am I?

A Few of My Favorite Things

Recently I have been attempting to BLOG MORE!  As in the past I would often go for months without posting something new.  Well, as I was trying to think of things to write about I decided to talk about a few of my favorite things.  Here it goes:



Favorite all-time candy:  Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.  Yum!  Second would be strawberry Twizzlers.

What keeps me going?  I am not a coffee drinker, but unfortunately I am a big time soda drinker.  Diet Mountain Dew keeps me going.  And I drink way too much of it. 

I have been wanting to get a necklace with all of the kids names on it, and I finally found one I like at http://www.thevintagepearl.com/  She has some beautiful jewlery on this website.  It was hard to decide. 
When it came in the mail I was so excited.  This is what it looks like.

Another relatively new piece of jewlery that I love is my Pandora charm braclet.  The picture below is not my actual bracelet, but just a picture of one.  It is definately one of my favorite things, and I can't wait to get enough charms to fill up the whole bracelet. 

If you know me well, then it is no secret that I love the Dave Matthews Band!

I love Dave Matthews. 
His music is soothing to my soul.
Any album, it does not matter. 
If I could only listen to one type of music for the rest of my life...that is who it would be. 
I love listening to it in the kitchen when I am cooking, doing the dishes or ironing. 
In fact, I love listening to Dave anytime.  
And I like listening to him live even more.
Marshall and I have been to their concert every year since before we were married (and we have been married for 10 years, so it has been even more concerts than that!)
Going to their concert every summer is something I look forward to every year.  We have seen him at Lakewood, Turner Field, Phillips Arena, and even Piedmont Park.  Heck, we have even seen him in Alabama!  And we have already bought our tickets for this summer's concert.  :) 
During college I bought a gigantic poster (shown below) and had it in my room for several years.  I even hung it in our first three homes after we got married.  Finally-it was time to retire it. 

The last thing that I will mention is that I have a recent love of carrots.  I know, weird right?  I have not even really liked carrots my entire life, but recently I really like them.  To the point that I take baby carrots in my lunch everyday and look forward to eating them.  They are so crunchy and sweet - yum!  Weird.

#22

During all 3 of my pregnancies, someone in our extended family died.  So Marshall and I decided, in all 3  circumstances, to use the name of the deceased person as our child's middle name.  For example, Payton's middle name is Bernice, because my grandmother Bernice died just a few weeks before Payton was born.  Eli is Elijah Anthony, the Anthony coming from someone is Marshall's family.  A few weeks before Odell was born, my cousin Andrew died in a tragic car accident.  He was 18 and had just started college months before.  He was an only child to my cousin Tammie, who is a teacher in Henry County.  Andy played baseball in high school and college.  This is his senior picture.  I love that kind, gentle smile. 

This is Andrew with his mother on the left, and his two aunts (or other mothers) on the right.

If you have heard anything about the Braves opening day at Turner Field then you have probably heard the name Jason Heyward.  He is a 20 year old rookie from Henry County who hit a homerun his first time at bat in a major league game.  I know who our family will be watching and cheering for this baseball season.  Want to know why I am cheering for #22?  Check out the following clips.  Deuce's  ya'll!


http://www.cbsatlanta.com/video/23063054/index.html

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/video/23062768/index.html

He is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed!

Happy Easter everyone!  Today has been an amazing day of celebrating our risen Lord! 

After an awesome church service, we went to the 57th Fighter for brunch with the family.  It was delicious food and a really neat place. 

A visit to the cemetary was a must to make the day complete. 

Thank you Lord for the hope we find in you!