Fun Weekend

We had a house full this weekend 6 young adults, 4 dogs, and mom & dad. WOW!!! But we had a really good time playing and laughing. So I decided to bring out the Chocolate fountain Sunday and buy some fruit and other good stuff for dipping. I couldn't keep Donnovan and Shea out of it as you can tell.

DJ's First Prom

Well this past Saturday, May 15 was DJ's first prom at Bessemer City HS. He looked so handsome and all grown up. They had another couple and 2 other ladies that joined them in a limo ride to Cheese Cake Factory in Charlotte and then off to the prom in Kings Mountain. He said he had a really good time and I am so glad he did. It is amazing how time has just flew by. I was looking at pictures the other week when he was a little boy about 5 or 6 years old. I sure have enjoyed watching him grow up and become a man. Next year will be his last year of high school and then off to college. He surely has turned out to be a fine young man. He plays football and enjoys it a lot. I am so glad that Donnovan will be home next school year so we can go to some of his games.

Happy and Sad Times

Well we have had a lot going on in our family. I lost a wonderful mother-in-law and Donnovan lost a wonder mother. She passed away April 4, 2010 on Easter Sunday. The Lord called her home on a wonderful day. She had suffered so much and her body was so tired I knew she was ready to go home to our Heavenly Father. She was such a dear and special lady and you just couldn't help but to love her. We miss her daily and always thinks about her but know she is in a much better place with no pain. She has suffered with Lupus for a long time and her lungs just wasn't what they once were.
Last Friday May 7, 2010 I got a call from a friend I worked with as Waste Management asking me if I heard about Kim Blanton a long time friend I said no. Well she passed away today at 3:40 from a massive heart attack. (Kim too had Lupus) I was in shock and speechless. I had just spoke with her the day before and it just didn't seem real. So I went to her funeral Tuesday. She too was a special lady and dear friend that I worked with at WM for 10years. We have lost 2 very special people in our lives.
But on a happier note my dear sweet loving husband whom I haven't been able to spend any time with over the past almost 3 months will be home everyday starting May 24. He has taken a local job to be home with his family. I just can't tell you how happy and excited I am. This is DJ's last year of school and he plays football and last year Donnovan wasn't able to make but 1 or 2 games due to his work. So he said this year since it is his last year he wanted to be there to see him play. You just can't get those memories or moments back. Once they are gone they are gone. We have 4 wonderful and sometime smarty pant teens. Shea is 19 and attends Gardner Webb and DJ who will be 17 June 30th is a senior at Bessemer City HS next school year and Jasmine who will be a junior next year at Ashbrook High and Shun who will be a freshman at Shelby High School. Where has the time gone????????? I know we talk a lot of junk about them leaving the nest but I am telling you I know I am gonna be heart broken not having a house full every other weekend. Well I say that we thought Shea would stop coming up and she still hasn't so maybe there is hope....LOL.
So needless to say we are gonna have a really busy summer with Donnovan being home. More trips to moms house so we can hit the beach. We already have one planned for Memorial Day weekend we are leaving as soon as he gets thru with workFriday and heading that way and come back on Monday. WOOHOO!!!! Well the next big thing is my sis having her little baby girl in June. I don't know when I will see her but you never know I may hear a road trip in the future.
I know this is long but I just want to thank my Heavenly Father for such wonderful blessings he has given me each and every day. A wonderful and loving family and a place where we can call home. I don't stop and say thank him as much as I should but I am VERY thankful and grateful every day. Without him in our lives we are not complete.

10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!

Well folks we made to 10 years!!!!! May 6th 2010. So of course the hubby wasn't home to celebrate but he will be here Saturday. We are going to Outback and to the movies to see Clash of the Titans. I want to see Iron Man 2 but oh well we can see it another day. I can't wait to see him these weeks just seem to keep getting longer and longer while he is gone. He got assigned a new route running from Atlanta to Orlando all week long so he is gone Monday thru Sat. BUT starting May 31 he will be home every day with me. He starts his new job and I can't wait either. Off EVERY weekend which he hasn't done that in a long time and home every nite which he hasn't done in a long time too.
So Jasmine got her report card yesterday and of course awesome grades. 3 A's and 2 B's. Can't ask for much better than that. High B's too. She is so smart things just come so easy and natural for her it seems. I hope that is always the case. DJ has been helping me out a lot picking up Jasmine from school so I can work over. So this is what it is gonna feel like next year when I don't have to pick her up anymore. I like this:)

WOW A NEW UPDATE

Well I haven't updated in forever. So thought it was time to do so. We have had a lot going on in our household since Christmas. So here we go. Well we have had several birthdays, 6 to be exact, and aren't quiet thru celebrating them. Me and Donnovan enjoyed a nice weekend together for his birthday and trust me it was nice. No kids and no DOGS!!! We had a big nice king size bed and I got to stretch out. Oh Man!!! The only down side was me and Donnovan didn't even touch all nite long we had that much room and it was weird. So we attempted to go to the race track Saturday but that was a disappointment no one showed up for test n tune. So we went shopping and got some really good deals. Donnovan got 2 pairs of pants and 2 shirts so he was happy. After that we went to get something to eat and then back to the hotel. OMG we got to sleep in until 915. And it felt really good but I think I did get too much rest. So then after that we checked out went and bought a bday present for Louise(mother-in-law). Her bday is today March 1st. So we took her shopping to get her out of the house and to lunch. She had a lot of fun she hasn't been able to get out and do anything but back and fourth to the doctor so this was a treat for her. I told her she had x amount of dollars to spend and you would have thought I told her she had a million dollars. LOL She could buy anything she wanted clothes or stuff for her house. That made me so happy to watch her cause she has been so down and hasn't had much energy to get out and she really did enjoy that. Donnovan was sort of into it until we went to the bra section. He was so ready to go. So we did over to the grocery side so she could get some snacks. So after lunch we took her home and we went to the movies to finish our weekend off.
Jasmine's bday was Feb 21 and her party isn't until March 6th she couldn't make up her mind on a party. So this should be interesting. It's gonna be at the Ranlo Lodge. She got her braces off today and they look really good. She was so happy. Will post pics after the party.
Well a lot of stuff has been going on but too much to write about. Family is everything so don't ever take them for granted or the time you spend with them. Enjoy every moment!!!! I love my family close and extended. Everyone goes thru trials and tribulation but it is how we handle them and grow and learn from them. I love my family and I am so glad I have them.

Found My Brother

I was floored when I put in my last name Lewallen into Face Book and my step mother's name popped up. So I sent a friend request to see how she and Jeremy were doing. So we talked for a couple of days and when I woke up Saturday morning he had sent me a friend request. So we talked a little bit Saturday afternoon thru IM. It was good to talk to him and Clydette. He works for Gaston County Police Dept. It is really weird having a brother and have never once talked to him. Shame on me:(. So hopefully now we can stay in touch. He graduated from UNC Wilmington in May 2008.

Not Much Going On

Well as everyone knows we took our vacation week to redo our one and only bathroom. Needless to say it is still a work in progress. I just want to say that I know a professional didn't do the work and I am sure if they did it would be perfect. But let me tell you my husband did an awesome job on the repairs. He worked all week and it looks amazing and he got all of that rotten wood from the leak out. I just can't get over how he knows what to do on things like that. He is a jack of all trades and he is mastering them all. LOL I love that he wants to jump on projects like that well I don't do to much but sit and watch and be his goofer. That is fine. I am always asking you need something what can I do. Stop talking I know that is what is saying in his mind. I just don't want to even imagine how much money we saved by doing the work ourselves. BIG MONEY!!! I am sure if we had it to spend we would have loved to hire someone to come in to do it but we are penny pincher's when it comes to stuff like that and we love to try to do things like that ourselves. So now I am thinking of painting the walls a different color to much beige I do believe. If I could get my lazy butt up and finish it I would be much much happier. But anyway. Will post pics when I am done hopefully it will be this year. LOL

So mom has rented her house and the people are moving in Sept 1st. It is gonna be really weird riding by the house I grew up in seeing other people live there. Amy or Heather why didn't you move back here????? The people seem really nice and very friendly. I am sure they will take good care of the house they better anyway. I still remember when Jason got a saw for Christmas one year and sawed on the corner of the wall going upstairs. He was ready to do some building or destruction one. LOL I am at work now worrying about the company and where it is headed. Our service has gone down in the one area that actually makes up money and keeps us afloat Residential. NOT GOOD. But I am here for as long as I can be.

Mom has a birthday coming up soon and it is hard to believe in 30 days I will be 40!!!! Don't feel it for sure. Jasmine starts back to school Tuesday, Aug. 25. WOW she will be in the 10th grade where has time gone??? 3 more years of high school and then off to college. I am not ready for this yet can't she go back to Sherwood. She has grown into a wonderful and beautiful lady and I am very proud of her. I took her school shopping a couple of weeks ago and bought her some clothes and I need to take her back this weekend too. She never ask for anything so when she does I know she really wants it or needs it. I love that about her she is an only child(who lives with us) but you would never know it she is down to earth and not at all ungrateful. She may be a little spoiled but you would still never know that either. I sure wish Heather and Amy lived near us so she would have her aunts around she loves them and misses them. I wish I had Matthew around I am sure he would keep me active and keep me on my toes. I love watching the videos and seeing pics they post he is growing up so fast. I look at his baby pics and now don't even look like the same person. Well I am gone back to work and try to keep my eyes open.

I would like to say that I am thankful for my family and feel blessed everyday to have such a wonderful husband and children. I don't see the other 3 that much but I do love them and care about them a lot. Without Jesus Christ our house wouldn't be a home and our hearts would be empty. I may not go to church like I should but I do follow the commandments and will always put Christ first in my life. Because without him I and we are nothing. :)!!!! Love each of you.