Memories..........

I am going through my boxes... finally and getting rid of a lot of stuff. i can be a bit of a pack rat at times! Last night I came across some pictures so I thought I would post it.

When I was 16 I met the most amazing 3 people ever. We all had different personalities but we always had a great time together. Some nights we just drove around, others there was always a savers or a walgreens, we wore crazy red lip stick.
We named ourselves the Odd Quad, the only number for us was 23, it was always grr baby grrr or Oh Billy. We were Bambi(The not so nice one), Barnubus(The Cool Confident One), Mildred(The Sweet Hot One) and Ginger "Snap"(The Sassy Fierery One).

I miss hanging out with theses girls! I love them all and I am thankful that they touched my lives! Now we are all grown up and Mildred has two beautiful children... Barnubus is a teacher and happily married, Bambi is a Massage Therapist.... and Ginger passed away.....always in my heart never forgotten!

Just was thinking about things this morning.........

Birthday.....

Yesterday was my birthday... it started off really nice, Nate let me sleep in just a little...Then I got up showered and put on my new shirt that he got me, it has the #82 on the back... Nathan took the day off to be with me.

After we got around we went and picked up my grandma, it is her birthday too. Her and I always got to lunch together. The funny thing is she was born on a friday the 13th and so was I. We went to Olive Garden, that has become our bi weekly restraunt to go to together. We had a lot of fun. Nathan got to her the story of how I was concieved, when she knew my mom was pregnant and my life up to this point. We then went back to her house and opened gifts. She made me a pillow for my reading chair and some dish towels... I love them so way cute! We got her some plates that are really light weight so they will be easy for her to use and we also got her a oven that fits on her countertop, because her normal oven just broke. The smaller one will be better though because it won't heat up her house like the big one and she only cooks for her and her roommate. Then we sat and talked I sprayed water all over Nathan because he kept trying to go to sleep.

After we came home abd watched a movie relaxed, Nathan asked where I wanted to go for dinner but I dodn;t want to get ready, so I ended up with peter Piper Pizza...yummy Carbs! It was a great day!

I love sharing my birthday with my Grandma, she is an amazing lady. Over the course of my 26 years I have lived with her off and on... I am thankful for her and I hope to share many more lunches with her.

I also got from my brother in law..... Nathan had made a big mess in my living room.... and Eric cleaned it up for me! Thank You Eric!

Dexter....AKA Big Sexy

so when we got our new puppy, we were trying out names... ya know just letting it come to us... so for the first couple of days we tried out CoJack(Connor Jackson on the DBacks... caus esometimes you have to get up there and just feel a little sessy)
Anyways, so AKA Big sexy was going to be his nickname no matter what.

So on the third day we were in the living room and he grabbed the book Dexter off of the TV tray... so jokingly I started calling him that and sure enough he responded immediatly and comes now whenever you call him. So he named himself. He is so fun and SO exhausting, I was done getting uo in the middle of the night ofr potty breaks..... And he loves me if I leave the room he howls.... and when he has to go out I have to go with him or trick him. When he gets tired he wants to snuggle in..... He is alot of fun.
Dexter is a Pitbull also. Him and Riggins have become fast friends... maybe now Riggins will stop dragging my lil lincoln around with the rope toy.... he can pick on someone his own size... well makybe oneday.....

New Mexico and Then Some...........

We had a blasy going to my Dads for a weekend.... My brother is so cute and for a 7 year old really kind. We took our Pit Riggins and one night I asked Joseph if he wanted to dtop for icecream and he said yes. Well as we got closer he asked where is Riggins going to be while we get the ice cream. I told him he will be in the car that he would be alright for a few minutes. Joseph then said to me just get me a chocolate icecream and I will wait here with him so he doesn't get lonely... so cute!!

We got back and have just been busy,busy. We got a puppy.... I know we need a two legged baby..... LOL! I will post some pictures of our trip.... and the puppy soon

No Sleep For The Wicked........

This past week has been crazy........ For some reason I haven't been able to sleep... and mind you when I usually sleep I wake up all night long. Welll this week has been different.... I am exhausted all day and then when 8:30-9:00pm rolls around I am wide awake until 3 or 4am and I still wake up once or twice. poor Nathan has been a good sport he stays up with me and watches movies, and he gets up at 730am most mornings(i am a good sport too, I get up when he does.) I am so tired. I have even beem taking sleeping pills at about midnight. I don't drink caffine anymore... i don't know whats going on... any suggestions?

Eric

I just realized I should post a picture of my Brother in Law Eric who is staying with us. this is a picture of him and Nathan

July

I love this time of year in Arizona... I even love the heat.

July 4th is Nathans favorite Holiday(so I try really hard not to make plans with anybody so Nathan can have his day.) We are buying a Barbeque Grill tonight. I am excited, I love to grill and try new recipes. Baseball is also on the menu for tomorrow. I am excited to spend a nice relaxing day with him. and Eric of course.

On the 5th we have our monthly family dinner with his parents (something I also enjoy alot, they are more normal than my family.) We are having it at our house this month so we can order the Ramapge Vs Forrest fight. I am making chicken enchiladas and chile verde....yummy.

In a few weeks we are going to seemy dad, i have not seen my sister and brother in over a year( I am trying to grow that relationship...my dad is diffucult at times, and me being a red head I am VERY stubborn.) I am way excited for that. My sister Ramey is 15... and my brother Joseph just turned 7 in May. They don't ssem that old to me.

I was hoping to get up to Denver to see my sister Raechel(she is 20), however it doesn't look likeI will. She is one of my best friends and since she moved back up there I miss her so much.

Other than that hopefully July will go by smoothly and then August in another adventure... My mother in laws birthday , My/My grandmas birthday and Disneyland!