I have been M.I.A. sorry

its been awhile since i posted anything...so much has been going on and I promise to do better in 2012. I have missed all my blogger friends... since I last posted my son got married, I became a grandmother to a beautiful baby boy Brantley, I moved AGAIN!!!! back home to Webb city to be closer to my family and friends...I could go on and on..... I stayed with my parents for awhile and just recently found a house as soon as I get someone over to set my computer up I will be back to posting again. So what have you been up to lately I am sure I have missed alot!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and life has been treating you good 2012 is gonna be a good year!!!

28 YEARS AGO!!!

28 years a go I gave birth to my first born child Kyle at 10:10 in the morning..I have already called and sang him Happy Birthday as I always do ever since my boys got cell phones. This year is such an important year he is going to find out what its like to have a child of his own, my first Grandchild...EXCITED can't begin to touch how I feel about it or him either, he is going to be a great dad. They are getting induced on the 22nd of this month, I can't believe how close we are to holding our little Brantley I can't wait to meet him..

KYLE, I love you so much and you have and will continue to be such a joy in my life, I am so proud of the man you have become and the father you are about to become. I wish I could spend the day with you but I can't... but in a couple of weeks will celebrate not only your birthday but the birth of your son so we will make up for not seeing each other today, hearing your voice made me smile as it always does.. Have the best day ever!!! Wear your sunglasses while shooting fireworks..(I am still his mom and he will never be to old for me to remind him of that!) Have fun watching Transformers and JUST have the best day ever!!!!!! IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE ARE GONNA CELEBRATE BIG TIME!!!!! I can't wait, I know these weeks are gonna seam like forever but then you'll enter into the ranks of Fatherhood I can't believe my baby is having a baby and like I said before i can't wait to meet him, it won't be long now Kyle!!!!! I love you soooo much, soon you'll know all about a parents love!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLE!!!! I love you MOM!!!

OPINIONS PLEASE!!!!

As promised yesterday I wanted to post some pictures of the dress i have choosen for my sons wedding coming up Aug 2oth...please let me know your honest opinion of what you think, the wedding colors are black, red and Ivory..so i am thinking the red corsage will go great with my nails and toes painted red..I am really excited about the wedding and want my son to be proud of me too..here are some pics..

 The dress, I got it at the dress Barn (my favorite store!!!!)

 with the necklace!!!

 The shoes!!!

 another shot!!!

The jewlery!!!!
I am losing weight like crazy since my surgery so by the time the wedding gets here I will probably have to have it taken in but my mom is good at that..be honest what do you think I have 60 days if I change my mind.
Thanks My hubby says it looks great on me but he is a guy and I want a womens prespective!!!!

SOMETIMES LIFE GETS IN THE WAY...

Whew...... life has been throwing me some curves lately I am so sorry I have not been posting lately....I lost a great friend yesterday that I know God was there to greet her with open arms....she was a teacher and taught line dancing on the side she has fought a long illness and its been really hard on her and those that love her, I can see her now lining up all my loved ones dancing away with no pain, thats going to make it easier for me to accept her loss and to look at it that way....
My best friend Renee, her cancer came back..lung cancer.... and she is having a really tough time please say a prayer for her she needs them, I don't know what I will do if God calls her home too....
With the tornado and all thats going on in my home town in Joplin, Mo. and this surgery I had on my stomach life has not been easy on me lately but I promise to have a positive attitude through it all...I had no idea this surgery was going to be so tuff on me I lost alot of blood on the table and I have been really weak, I am just starting to eat solid foods..its been a month today, on the bright side I have lost 25lbs not the best way to lose it but the scale looks better to me...

I am going to be a grandma by the end of July I am so excited about that, isn't this the coolest picture its a 3-D one I cryed when they sent it to me.....won't be long now and I will be holding little Brantley in my arms and with my other sons wedding August 20th coming up I have alot on my plate alot bad and a whole lot good..I did manage to go shopping and find a beautiful dress I will post pictures later to get your opinions. This is the son who's fiance lost her house in the tornado, they bought another house and are moving in this weekend..my son had his house listed for over a year now but with all the people who lost homes and need one now he sold it within a week they are so happy its beautiful I will post pictures of that later too....Well thats all I have for now..please continue to pray for those in Joplin, my friend who I lost and her family and friends who will miss her dearly, my friend with cancer and for me that I get stronger everyday..Thanks so much I love you all.......

PRAYERS NEEDED!!!

My Hometown Joplin, Mo. was hard hit by the storms in Joplin, Mo. this video says alot, as I look at all the pictures where a vibrant town once stood I am in shock at all the damage that this tornado brought. So many lives lost, homes and Buisnesses...My sons are both Linesmans and have told me its like a warzone they have seen things people should not see and I hate it...The storms continue to come over and over I just want it to stop living 2 hours away has been really hard and the phone lines are not working well so to get ahold of my friends and family has been difficult. All my family has been accounted for some lost homes including my sons fiance who lost everything an aunt and uncle and a couple of my cousins....  but they are alive and thats what matters most. I know God has this is just so heartbreaking. My sons told me not to come for a couple of weeks becasuse the destruction is so bad, so for now I wait..There are 122 confirmed dead and over 1500 missing, my sons have told me there are many bodies in trucks and they won't place a number untill the bodies have been identified, I know I lost one classmate so far and I just continue to pray that they continue to find people in the rubble. I have been glued to the TV and Facebook has been a great way to keep in contact with my friends and familys since many cell towers are down and the phones are just not working...Please send prayers that way they need them so bad..Thanks!!!

Also I go into Surgery tomorrow morning again I know God has this I am just scared and don't want to be, I am having surgery on my stomach to repair things that happened in my car wreck I won't be able to eat solid food for almost a month thats going to be hard but with God's help and prayers I know it will be alright..Thanks so much for all your prayers ahead of time and if you have family living in Joplin, Mo know I have been praying daily.... I will post more pictures later its just utter destruction, they listed this tornado as an F5 I can't believe half my town is just gone!!!!