New addition to our family as of May 16th :)

Everyone meet Bentley :)

We rescued Bentley from a local animal shelter. Jeff and I had been talking about wanting another chihuahua to give Beau a little brother...one saturday Jeff just happend to stop by the animal shelter to see what they had...they took him to the back where the smaller dogs were...and there he was :)

They had just got him in a day or two before that and they told us we had to wait over the weekend to see if anyone called for him that may have lost him and if no one had called by monday morning he was ours!

He's totally different than Beau, Beau is laid back and quiet and Bentley is full of energy, loves toys and is rambunctious! He is only about a year old and Beau is 7...big difference..lol

I'm trying to add more pics of both boys but blogger isn't letting me right now :(   I will try again someday!

Just wanted ya'll to see our newest addition to our family...he is a handful but is one very loved little boy! 

Beau and Bentley got along from day one, I was worried about that because Beau had been the one and only baby in our house for so long...but they love each other so much...I am so thankful for these little boys they bring so much joy and laughter into our household <3

Happy Thanksgiving Friends...

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Hope you all are having a wonderful day filled with love and laughter !

I've been on vacation this week and yesterday I cooked a feast for mine and Jeff's Thanksgiving Dinner...

The table setting...

Our meal consisted of Smoked ham, corn casserole, potato casserole ,country baked beans, rolls, sweet tea...and dutch apple pie as well as pecan pie...it was really good if I may toot my own horn...haha

Last sunday we had Thanksgiving dinner at my inlaws and also celebrated my nieces 12th birthday...we had a great day!

My side of the family doesn't get together on Thanksgiving anymore since my Grandma and Aunt Judy passed on...which makes me really sad because I cherish those memories of everyone gathering on those special occasions...but things change and we must accept that. Everyone is starting their own traditions now that all the grandkids are grown and starting families of their own.... I do enjoy the new traditions as well...who would have thought years ago that I would start cooking our own Thanksgiving Dinner?  Not me...lol   I have found that I really enjoy it though...great quality time for Jeff and I...both of us saying what we are thankful for around the dinner table...and eating leftovers for a couple days. I cherish these memories as well!

I am thankful for God, my husband Jeff, our furbabies Beau and Bentley, our amazing families and friends, our jobs, the roof over our heads and everything we need to survive.  God is so good and we are very blessed!

God Bless you all!

Helloooooo (echo echo echo)...is there anybody out there? :)

Remember me?

Yeah it's been awhile, a long while...almost a year in fact! Hard to believe it's been that long...I really need to write more, I always got so much enjoyment out of it...not only that it was a bit of therapy as well to get things off your chest if you will. 

This last year has been a whirlwind...such an adventure, a complete blast!  I was always on the go, go go...here and there and everywhere whether it be Nashville, Louisville, Lexington...where there were great concerts to attend, there I'd be.... the girl in the pic above is one of my best friends Shadley...my road trip buddy...we both have a passion for music and love going to concerts!  I bet we went to 30+ concerts this year...really not sure, maybe more...maybe less.

Just to name a few we saw:  CMT Award Show(various artist), Journey, Foreigner, Night Ranger, Def Leppard, Heart, Jason Aldean, Chris Young, Luke Bryan, Trace Adkins, LeAnn Rimes, Sara Evans, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Montgomery Gentry, Kellie Pickler, Lo Cash Cowboys, Brantley Gilbert, Rodney Atkins, Poison, Motley Crue,Kenny Chesney...the list goes on and on...you get the picture :)

I hungout some with Kenny Chesney as you can see above...what a great guy he is!   (I wish I did)  haha!

We found our Beach while at the Kenny Chesney concert :)  His concerts are one big summer party...it was my 6th time seeing him in concert..always a blast! We got this pic taken for free..as well as we got free koozies, key chains etc...with Kenny Chesney Goin Coastal 2011 on them...love it!

That's just some of our concert stubs for 2011, addicted much?  HAHA!   So many memories made to cherish!

We had many trips this year to the legendary Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee....always a great time!  I love it there because they allow you to get so close to the stars to take pics...and have close contact with them, I got to shake Luke Bryan's hand this summer there...made my night! :) 

Having a blast at an outdoor concert at the river in the summer seeing Montgomery Gentry, Lo Cash Cowboys, Rodney Atkins, Kellie Pickler etc... I got so sunburned..because it was cloudy and suppose to rain so I didn't bring any sunscreen...lesson learned  :) 

Jeff and I had our share of fun this year too fishing, target shootin' etc...never a dull moment around this neck of the woods.  :)

Thanks for reading...I hope to write again soon!

Goodnight Moon...

Long time no see :)

I have been missing my little blog lately, just haven't had much time to write. I've been working lots of OT and most days too tired to be online for long.

Can you believe Thanksgiving is next thursday?!  I have to work 4 hours that morning and black friday as well...more than likely saturday too :(   Although the money is nice with Christmas around the bend...I like time to rest as well... oh well not much time for that with the holidays and all.  We will be going to my MIL's for Thanksgiving dinner and to celebrate my niece Samanthas birthday.

I thought about possibly putting up one of my little prelit Christmas trees tomorrow...and then maybe next week putting the big one up and adding more decor when I get a chance...so ready to decorate... Christmas is my favorite holiday! 

Lots of exciting things going on in Dec. I am going to see Carrie Underwood, Billy Currington and Sons of Sylvia!!! Also in Dec. I am going to see Garth Brooks twice in one week... I am SUPER excited about that... I have never seen him and heard that he puts on one hell of a show ~ can't wait!  The first time I am seeing him...my friend Shadley and I are taking a bus with 48 other people down to Nashville...we get a great seat at the show, free chick-fil-a and coolers are allowed on the bus... WOOOfreakinHOOO!!! We are gonna have a blast! :)  In January we are going to see Rascal Flatts, Luke Bryan and Chris Young...i've seen Luke but not the others...love Rascal Flatts!

Jeff and I went to see Styx a few weeks ago...they were awesome, sounded great!

As you can see things haven't changed much...I am still enjoying all kinds of concerts ~ my addiction that soothes my soul ...hehe

I really need to do some more Christmas shopping tomorrow, but I have a feeling I am going to take a PJ day to just lounge around and rest...just so very tired.  I worked this morning and came home and slept from 11am till 4:30 this afternoon, yeah I slept the day away...I don't care though, I needed that rest so bad. 

Don't really have much else to discuss right now, just wanted to dust off my "Memories and Sweet Serenity" and see if anyone is still reading.... I plan to write more this winter, if only just once a week.  Hope to starting reading blogs again too...have missed you all!

Until next time...

Remembering...

Remembering you today Grandma on your 80th 
                  Birthday in Heaven above!

I love you and miss you dearly, and think about you often.  This weekend we will be celebrating Grandad's 80th Birthday as well as a Welcome Home Party for Justin(navy)..... would give anything if you were here.

It is what it is and things go as the Lord has planned...someday we will ALL gather together again.

Until then,  you'll forever be in my heart.

Happy 80th Birthday Grandma!!!

Hey everyone!

I got a new computer yesterday finally!  After a month without I was having withdrawls...haha   I survived though, it didn't bother me as much as I thought it would...

Hope you all are doing great and enjoying your summer...we are, but boy has it been a HOT one! 

Have a great week everyone! 

Message to friends

It's obvious that Terri hasn't been blogging for quite some time. She wasn't sure why but she had lost interest in writing in her blog and reading the blogs of her friends. Terri asked me to write an entry for her to tell you that she misses everyone.

Terri had intended to purchase an external hard drive but kept putting it off and now it's too late. Her computer crashed and she fears she's lost thousands of her pictures and the graphics she's saved to her computer over the years. Many of the pictures were of family and hadn't been developed yet.  Hopefully she can find someone who will be able to retrieve the pictures as many of them are priceless treasures and memories that can't be replaced. She is very sad  about the loss of her computer and I know how she feels because the same thing happened to mine not long ago.

***This message has been brought to you by Terri's emergency broadcast system...she calls me Mom***