TOBY MAC!!!!!

This weekend was a blast! Lauren and I went to see Toby Mac at the Toyota Center. I have to admit that this was the third time I have seen him in the last year and a half. I am addicted. When ever he is in town I am there. I think I may even have turned Lauren into a Toby fan. We both were on our feets dancing the whole time. I felt like a kid again. If you have not seen him you need to go. He really puts on an awesome show. I posted a few pics but they are not that clear. I got a new camera and I'm still learning.

It's time

Ok enough is enough. This is the week. How many times have we said that about loosing weight. I know I have way to many times. This time I am for real. I am tired of my clothes being way too tight. Some may say go buy new clothes. My answer to that is NO! I must get back in shape. For me, I'm sure like so many I worked my butt off for my wedding. Literally, my butt was half the size it had been. But after the wedding I slacked off. I thought, hey I can keep this up without trying so hard. WRONG!!! Most of you have probably seen my husband. If you haven't lets just say his weight problem is the opposite of mine. He is the only person I know that wants to gain weight. Nathan can eat as much as he wants, as many times a day as he wants and nothing. He isn't even gaining like he wants. It makes me sick. I have gained 20 lbs in the last year and a half and I am done. I love to watch The Biggest Loser, but since I have a job and can't work out 8 hours a day I guess I will take to slow. I will take tips that I learn from the show and put them to work for me. Today is day 3 without Dr Pepper. As I am blogging about it my mouth is watering thinking about one. My normal routine consisted of one first thing in the morning and one in the afternoon. So I think I am doing pretty good. I have traded the DP in for water. Yuck! I don't like water unless I am really thirsty and it is ice cold. I have been adding flavor to it to get it down. I'm not drinking my daily amount yet but I better than I was. I made it to the gym today. First time in a long time. I had a good workout. I'm going to try and get in at least 3 good work out a week. I am going to weigh myself in the morning and start keeping track of my progress. I hope this time I will keep with it and get healthy. I know there are others like me. Let's all do it together. We can form our own team. We won't have Bob or Jillian but we will have each other. Until next time, hopefully a lb or two lighter.

The Few, The Proud, The Brave

Today is veterans day. A day that we remember the ones that have fought so that we can blog with out fear. One veteran holds a special place in my heart, Henry Lee Glass. Better know as HL. There was not many days that you would find him that I wasn't tagging along. People always joked around and called me Henryetta. Not a day goes by when I don't think about him. I can still remember his smell. Though it has been 20 yrs since the last time I saw him I remember it like it was yesterday. I am proud to be a Veteran's Granddaughter. I am proud of our great country and pray everyday for our future. Please remember our past, present and future troops. God be with them!

Just some work fun!

Well today was Halloween. Our VP(flavor flav in the pic) wanted us to do a contest. We had a lot of folks join in the fun. We had a redneck bride, a french maid, bride of chucky, bubba hefner, GI Jane(that was me), a cereal killer, little redding hood. First place went to our engineering manager. He's the one in the pink dress. He walked and talked the part great. He made us girls mad because he looked a lot better in his dress than we ever would. We had a lot of fun.

Playing outside

Saturday morning we were able to spend some time out and about. The horses were happy to see us. They just love when the green scoop comes out. They know they get some good treats when they see that. The red horse is Maverick, dun horse is Sadie, Nathan's baby, and the donkey is Strips. In the last pic Strips was getting mad because he wasn't get enough food and Nate almost lost his seat.

Meet the newest addition-Layla Hoke

This is our new baby! We got her last Sat from a rescue shelter in Conroe. She is a boxer. Nathan found her on-line. For the most part she is a good dog. She is learning to listen better with the help of some treats. Last night we tried to help her out a little by putting socks on her feet. We have slippery wood floors, not so good for doggy feet. She didn't like it much. She had us rolling laughing with the way she was trying to walk around. I wish I could have gotten video of it.

Brandon sent us a few pics from the desert. We don't like seeing him with the gun but he needs it for protection. He sounds good and seems to be ok so far. He has been able to call and email pretty often. That makes it a lot easier on the family. Please continue to keep him in your prayers.

Pray for our Soldier!

Nathan's brother, Brandon is in the US Air Force as a Flight Chief. He was deployed on Monday for Afghanistan. Nathan talked to him several times on this journey. Please pray that God puts a hedge of protection around him and his comrades. He will be over there for about 4 months.

I got Tagged!

OK folks here it is, don't be scared.Write 7 strange characteristics about yourself. They interest us all!* Tag 6 other people at the end of your Post.* Visit everyone that you have tagged and leave a comment on their blog to let them know that they have been tagged.

1. I like to sleep in the buff.
2. Uni-brows freak me out.
3. I like to pop zits.
4. I can fall asleep almost anywhere.
5. I handle the electronics in our house and get very upset with I can't figure something out. I am not a nice person to be around during this time.
6. I hate to shave, poor Nathan.
7. I talk really fast.

Go Away Gustav!

Well so much for our horse breaking demo. We had to cancel it due to Gustav. Nathan got a phone call late this afternoon and he was told that the Madison County Fair grounds was going to be one of the many refueling stations. Which means we were kicked out!! The National Guard will be making post there tomorrow. They will be there ready with fuel trucks to go where ever needed. I guess they are making sure we don't have another mad house like we had 3 years ago. That was crazy! Ya'll remember that. Cars going North on I-45 in all 4 lanes. One of my co-workers, Brandy, brought a video camera to work and interviewed everyone about what they were seeing. I live in Huntsville and it was a mess. Folks fighting over gas, people parked all along 45 because they had run out of gas. I hope it doesn't come to that again.

We hope to reschedule the demo very soon. A lot of hard work was put into this for it not to happen. Hope everyone stays safe over the weekend!!

Busy Weekend

We have a very busy weekend in store for us. Sat Nathan is helping put on a horse breaking demo at the Madison County Fair grounds. The guy breaks a horse while giving a message. It is really neat. We are putting on a Youth service at 4 and another service at 7 that is open to all ages. We will have music in between the services alone with a hot dog dinner. Our whole church family has put a lot of effort into this and I think it will be a great outreach.

Monday will be moving day for us. I can't wait. I have been wanting to move out of our small duplex for a while now. We will be moving into a house on the church grounds. We are glad that we can start putting back some money!!

One Year closer to 30!

Well yesterday was my 29th B-Day. It was a good day. I actually celebrated my birthday twice over the weekend. Friday we went over to the Hoke's for dinner and a little gift giving. I got some money, house decor stuff, and candles. Sunday we went to my parents after church. There I got money, stones for my flower bed and clothes.

Alot goes through your mind one your B-day. Like did I do anything fun this last year. Did I reach any of my goals I set? What does this next year have in store for me? What do I want to do in the next year? All of this lead to a talk on the way home from church. Nathan said that we had the TALK yesterday. All I was saying is that we are getting older and that we would probably need to start a family sooner than we really want. Not that we don't want kids and wouldn't be happy with a kid now, but we haven't really done anything as a couple yet. He has been in school so we haven't done much. Not to say that we would do anything! But we could a lot easier if we wanted to. We have talked about at least 2 no more than 3 kids. Big range I know! I was just saying that more than likely we would be at least 30 before we had the 1st kid. Then if we waited 3 years in between #2 would be here at 33 and you see the pattern. I really don't know if I want to be having kids at 36. So I guess we did have the TALK. He didn't freak out like I thought he would. We will just have to wait and see what the Lord has planned for us in the upcoming year.

All in all it was a great B-day. I am very blessed with a great family, and many great friends.
Thanks for all the B-day wishes I got yesterday!

Eat'm up Kats!

Sat, Aug 9th was a very big day for our family. Nathan and Lauren graduated from Sam Houston. We are so proud of the two of them. It was really neat to have them graduate together. They have both worked very hard and deserve the honor. My parents have been waiting for this day. They are done with tuition, no more trips to the sale barn for dad. Thank the Lord for my dads hobby. It comes in handy every now and again.

Nathan will be the full time Youth Minister for Bedias Baptist church. We have been there for 2 months now and love it. Lauren has taken a job at Utility Fleet in Bryan. Her title (which she hates and has asked for a new one) is a POSA. Which stands for Point of Sale Administrator.

Long Week

This has been a very long week. Coming back from vacation is never fun. Tons of emails and paper work to go over. I need a week where all I do is sleep and watch TV. That would be my dream vacation. I love to sleep! Nathan and I were talking the other night about that events we would be good at for the Olympics. We both decided that there is no one that could out sleep me. Can you see it the next Olympics? I wouldn't doubt it. Some of the events that they have now are a little out there. I think we all need to come together and make up some new events that we average folks could compete in.

I Survived Preteen Camp!

We made it back. We have been at Highland Lakes Baptist Encampment for preteen camp. It was a long few days but it was worth it. The kids had a blast. We went with 10 kids and came back with 10. A few we wanted to tie to the roof of the car on the way home but we held back. Let me just say BOYS will be BOYS. Nathan and I have decided that we are really not ready for kids yet. We love them and all but we like to send them home. My girls were great. I told Nathan that when we do decide to have kids that we will get everyone involved in the prayer for girls. All I want is girls. I know what is going on in their heads and I can figure them out. But Boys I am at a loss.

Ok I'm Cool now!

So I finally got a blog. I can hang with the cool kids at work now. I don't have a whole lot going on in my life but I will try and keep it interesting. I going to be taking a tutoring session soon from Brandy and Denise to learn the ins and outs of blogging.

Nathan graduates this Sat. Pics will come later. We have been waiting a long time for this. I am so proud of him. After graduation he will become a full time youth minister.

Ok that's about all I have for now.