Yet another day that my plans got forgotten and pushed to the back burner. Not intentionally but it did happen and happens quite often these days. Maybe one day my appointments, plans, and things will be pushed to the head of the line. Its not a good feeling to know the feeling of slipping someone mind. I like said its not intentional I know but still doesnt help the heart.

Well a little heartbroken just stopped at the office to ask ray if he wanted to have our employees watch the office and eagles nest while we go to buy the kids some Christmas presents since I still have not bought them one single gift as of today and its so hard to go at night while they are home. But I walked in and shortly after I realized there was no time for me and my last second idea. I thought it would be a good day cause usually Wed are very slow but after I was fixing to ask him about my idea he tolf me he had a very busy day and so I decided just to not even bother. I left and headed to the orthodontist office with cody but I have to say im a little heart broken but I understand hes busy I just wish that sometimes my last second ideas would happen!

I am sitting here at the orthodontist office waiting on cody to get out of his appointment. I was going through my daily agenda when I just realized that for the whole month of November I completely skipped any of my chores didnt even look at the book and now I know why I have felt so out of wack! I need a daily that daily organizer to manage my time and to make sure that I get the things done that keep me organized and keeps my family smooth sailing throughout the day, week, month and year. Today I am going to update this calendar and gby back on track. I realize that this is a item that I have to have on a daily basis to keep me sane. To keep my family on track and to keep organized! So on todays agenda get my daily agenda updated and to hopefully wrap a few gifts that I have purchased so far. Hopefully the eagles nest will have a lot of customers today as well yesterday was a slow day but still ok $'s

Better than i ever imagined!!

The Eagle's Nest is going better than i ever imagined booth rentals are going great only have about 15 booths available for rent. The best part of this is my stress level has went from in the high range to very low. i haven't worked late in awhile now and i am happier than i have been in a long while. i have to say that i think i have the greatest husband in the whole wide world for letting me quit him and do something that makes me happy. i still do the payroll and little things like that for our heating and air company but no where near the amount i use to do. he is doing a great job learning how to do my job there. i love him with all my heart but i do miss working with him everyday. i love the days that he works back here with me.

The eagles nest is doing awesome. I have rented a total of 7 spaces in a matter of a week. I am hoping that as many renters come tomorrow as they did today. I am excited that I have been getting such awesome reviews. The owner of the rose antique mall and flea market came in yesterday to check me out and said that I have great potential and looks the way it was designed. I am sad that I wasnt there to speak with her myself but I have been sick for the past few days and that is something that hardly ever happens to me. Went to the craft fair on saturday with a group of friends and we all came back with a sickness. I am so far behind on my general work that I am having to work late tonight and yet and get caught up. I have to say that I love when my husband is back there at the flea market with me cause I love working with him everyday. He makes all my hard work and late hours worth it. I love that man.

The first week of the eagles nest was a great success for those of you that were curious. Today I was at general and didnt get nothing done so after codys game tonight I am headed back to get something done. Tomorrow thru Sunday I will be at the eagles nest. Oh and by the way I rent 3 booth spaces

Last game before playoffs! Saturday the Vikings won 26 to 0. Im not quite sure what team they played but they did very well. Cody carried the ball for 5 yards it may not seem like much but to him he ran half that football field. It was the first play that allowed him to carry the ball. So tonight we are having the last game of the season before play offs. If they win tonight they stand at 3 and if they lose they take 4th. This ranking will determine the bracket placement. Good luck Vikings!!!!

An angel! I have always believed that angels are among us. They come in all shapes and sizes. They are the people you would not likely think could be angels. They are everyday people that when the time is right or needed they become our angel. Today I was amazed at one of my employees Shannon. This is a guy that has been in jail for domestic abuse and had been sentenced for a 11 week class in anger management. Today a lady went into a diabetic shock and lost control of her jeep and hit a telephone, electric pole and gas main, her car burst into flames instantly and in a instance a regular guy turned into a angel for that lady and pulled her from a burning car with the help of 4 other of my employees but Shannon was the one who risk it all to save that lady. So today to her Shannon was her angel. The man that saved her from death. Shannon, jesse, Everett, David, and chris) are angels to her. God bless them

Busy day ahead!
I have got a busy day ahead. I open Tuesday and I still have about a months worth of work to do before I should be ready to open but as I have proven in the past this is when I work best, when theres a deadline. So we are headed to the eagles nest to get started. Ray is gonna make some crafts and I will post pictures later as to what he made.

Another lose for the Vikings! Today we played the saints and were defeated 22 saints 6 Vikings. I'm not quit sure what the issue was today where it was playing on a new field or what but the Vikings lost. They are sitting in 3rd place in the league which is better than last but still not as good as first. The Vikings just did not come with their game face on today and so it goes another lose for the Vikings! Better luck next game.

Rainy days give me a desire to be crafty. I have wanted to scrap book for so long now that I think I may have forgotten how. I am so far behind in my entire life. All aspects of my life are behind. I am but only one person but I always try to live a life of 3 women. Woman 1 is a stay at home mom that has the time to do her laundry and cook supper every night and go to my exercise class everyday. She is able to take care of all the daily duties of her home and family. Woman 2 works in a office on a daily basis with her husband usually 14 to 15 hours a day making sure all of the accounting and billing is completed daily and accurately. Woman 3 is running a antique mall and flea market and learning as she goes but starts work at 9 and closes at 5 Tues-Sun and is still able to be a little of woman #1. Oh how I wish I could be just one of the 3 women and not all 3 of them. Oh how I hate woman 2. I pick 1 or 3!

Vikings lost to the cowboys 9 to 7. It was the first lost of the season for the boys and they played a awesome game but between the bad calls by the officials and the size of the cowboys defense and their loud mouth coach they could not make a come back from the first quarter.
Way to go Vikings you fought a good fight.

BUSY ME!!!!!
Ok so yesterday we got up at 130 am and went to the general heating and air office worked until 1030 PM that night and drug tail home with 1 eye half open while the other one was already asleep I think. 1130 PM lights out and back up at 3 this morning. Strange I know for some but it is amazing that amount of work I get done early in the morning before the chickens get there to peck me to death with stupidity. By that I mean some of my employees. Not all of them just depending on the day as to which one of them it is. Been working alot of the eagles nest now just finishing up and then pricing and the set up. Oh wait the banner guy is being a turtle and the state dept for your tax certificate even slower. Hope everything goes smoothly and oh crap I still have to make more of my crafts before the craft fair I only have 2 made so far and the others are still in pieces needing to be assembled!

MAKING CRAFTS

Since The Eagle's Nest Grand Opening is coming up quickly and so is craft fair weekend Ray and I have been making a few crafts to sell. Just thought you all may want to have a sneak peek, and also if interested in buying any item seen just comment me with your contact info. Please feel free to leave your reviews on my crafts as well.

VIKINGS DID IT AGAIN

Last night Cody's team played their make up game against the chiefs (remember the game was cancelled due to lightning). It was a game that in a way was bittersweet. He played against a team that for the past few years he had been on their team and also attended school with most of the boys. The quarterback and him were best friends while in elementary. So for Cody this game was a bittersweet victory.
The final score was 32 Vikings 8 Chiefs.
The Vikings still are undefeated as of last night.
WAY TO GO VIKINGS!!!!!!!

my first ad

this ad was run last week in our local news paper...these graphics were just some that were made up last minute for the paper

GREAT FINDS
Today we went to an estate auction in Tonitown. Woke up this morning and went to walmart cause we were suppose to make crafts today for the craft fair and my flea market grand opening but at the last minute we decided to attended the auction. It started at 1 pm and we bought so much we had to make two separate loads. First load was a 16 foot enclosed trailer and then we had to go back and get the 12 foot flat bed trailer to finish getting our finds.
Tomorrow I hope to be able to get up very early and go to the office and get some general work done before any body ever gets to work then I would love to go home and decorate for fall. I am so behind at my house that it is gonna take me a week to get it back to where I like it. I am a very organized person but I have been so busy this year with general and starting my flea market. Hopefully I can get stable soon.

VIKINGS VS EAGLES
Codys team played the eagles this afternoon at 430. This year so far they have had 3 games in which they won 2 and the last one was cancelled due to lightning. The make up game is this coming Tuesday so looked for another blog on the results of that game. will be playing the chiefs.
This is our 4th game this year and our team is doing fantastic.
In the first quarter cody got a tackle. It was great. He loves to play football and watches it all the time. In this game he played defensive end and offensive guard. He loves those positions even though he is great at kicking and being center he just like the contact part of those positions.
At half time the score was Vikings 18 and Eagles 0.
The score at the end of the 3rd qtr Vikings 26 and Eagles 0. If the coach gave player of the game this week should go to #22 Mackenzie patrick.
Final score Vikings 26 Eagles 0. Way to go Vikings.

I think that being a business owner is one of the hardest jobs you try to everything right and no matter what the circumstances somebody is always there to do just the opposite of what you pay them to do. You simply ask do your job correctly and they simply correct their friday checks and screw the rest. Employees not a good word with me today!

RAINED OUT!
Last night was the Vikings 3rd game. They were set to play the Chiefs but 2 minutes before kick off the game was cancelled due to lightning from a storm that was moving in. Not all parents were happy about this but I am happy with the decision that was made. Safety First for my son is the way I see it.

A CRAFTING WE WILL GO!
Since tomorrow is Rays birthday he wanted to get outta town for the day so we headed up toward Branson and stopped at the apple tree antique mall to scope out some more ideas for The Eagle's Nest but didn't really get any different ideas and then we was odd to Ozark missouri where there are many antique malls and flea markets. We didn't get any new ideas but did find some great treasures and I even found another display case in great condition. Since it is Sunday the stores close at five so we headed back the long way to find some others that we have not been to and we will know to come back on a different weekend. So we had a much needed day of family time. Just us and the kids these are the days that I cherish and always will. These days are few and far between lately but I still cherish them no matter how long or how short.

Progress for the week on The Eagle Nest has been great! We started the remodeling of that section of our warehouse, got the windows taken out and a hole cut for one of the windows to be placed looking into my office. I got the vanity in the break area crackled and repainted. We got half the floor painted and the stencils I'm gonna use to stamp the walkway. We also got the side walls painted a red barn color and it looks great as well. I got my EIN# and sent off for my sales tax exempt permit! I have chris working on the graphics and I finally found the perfect nest! I know what I want the graphics to look like I just need for chris to finish putting it together. I ran our ads for the booth spaces available for rent and we have even hung a few things up in the main entrance. I am so excited about my new venture and can not wait to get it up and running for business. Tomorrow gonna work on the crafts.

Soup!
Have you noticed that the first little cold snap or fall like weather people start craving soup? I love fall it is one of my favorite seasons! The colors of fall are awesome and it tends to give the heart a sense of warmth.
I have been wanting some of my vegetable soup that my grandma taught me to cook many years ago when I was a teenager. When the weather is like today cloudy, windy, slight bits of drizzling rain I just want to go home out on some soup curl up in a blanket and watch a movie with my loving husband and beautiful children. So tonight we are having vegetable soup for supper, and I am going to decorate for fall and take a picture of the kids and pets for my fall cards that I always send out to welcome the season.
Progress of my antique\flea market yesterday was boy all that I had wanted but did get the floor painted. Yesterday is a day I wish that I could rewind and completely redo!

2nd FOOTBALL VICTORY!
Hooray for the 6th\7th grade Vikings, they had their 2nd game last night against the Raiders and stormed them 25-6. Codys tackle caused a fumble and our Vikings #22 picked up the ball and ran in for the 1st touchdown of the night, and I need to also add the Cody had a jammed thumb that we had just come from the doctors office after getting it x rayed but he is a tuff guy so he played last night with his injury!
2 games down 2 victorys!
Way to go Vikings!
Next game Monday night!

IT'S OFFICIAL
Today I made it offical. I had my attorney work up the papers for a tax number and I am now the owner\manager of The Eagle's Nest Antique Mall & Flea Market. I am so excited to see the progress of the building that the guys and Ray accomplished today! It is coming together quite nicely. Ray and I also went by the city to find out what permits where needed to have craft booths for vendors during the craft fall weekend in mid October. I do need to get busy making some more crafts for that weekend cause if all goes well that is going to be my grand opening. Tomorrow I have got to get up early and do some general work and then I am going to crackle paint some shelves that I bought this weekend at the estate auction we attended. I hope to get the paperwork on a sales tax number and I contacted my rep with the local paper to run a ad for the opening soon announcement & booths available to rent.

Estate Auctions
I have to say that besides mine and rays love of classic cars we also have a love of auctions! I guess that is why I have the longing to start a flea market/antique mall. You never know what your gonna find at these sales and under what circumstances the sales are being held. It may be due to a death in the family, foreclosure, divorce, or bankruptcy, etc. What ever the reason so the saying goes "one mans junk is another mans treasure"!
Today we went to an estate sale that was great! The lady could have been my best friend I think she had a scrapbooking room and was selling everything. Let's just say I was in heaven even though I didn't need anything, we bought the entire room almost. I also bought this amazing crock and I few cabinets and so other odds and ends for the eagles nest. To be opening soon I might add. Best of all Ray is happy as am I.

VIKING VICTORY
Tonight was codys first game and and first victory!
Vikings played the Steelers and defeated them with a final score of 28 to 6!!!!! Woot woot way to go boys!
I have feeling that this year we have finally got our selves a team. A winning team. All the boys are very hard player and dedicated to the team and have a true love of the sport!
Cody is center and defensive endl and I might add is very good at both!!!! Next game is Tuesday night at 6.
I have to also add that tomorrow will be a quite day for me from Ray cause he will probably not have a voice cause he was the loudest dad in the bleachers! Even with his back hurting him in the worst way! Sorry no pictures but I am blogging from my blackberry and can't attach a picture!
Congratulations Vikings great job defeating those steelers!

1st Day of School August 19th, 2009

I have been meaning to post these pictures of the kids for awhile now, but i have finally found the time. So Sorry for the delay.......Cody's first day as a 6th grader and his first year in middle school. Ashley's Senior Year. This is her last first day of high school ever, as she likes to say all the while making me cry in the process.

Welcome to the Family Gunner!

He was given to us my Rays step mom who has had him since he was 5 weeks old. He is now almost 2 years old in October. He is a very happy and playful Schnauzer that i have had now for about 2 weeks and have become every attached to him. He is a ladies man. he sleeps with me and Ray, loves everyone and go to the office everyday with us. He favorite thing in the world is Sonic Ice, and going to the banks 9cause they give him bones)

Ray

Everyone please pray for my husband. He has injured his back worst than ever before. He still believes (as most men do) that he is super man but i feel i speak for most wives in saying that our husbands are not superman. They are human like us and do from time to time get down in some shape or fashion. My husband feels that he can still lift mountains and needs no rest to relax his pain. Last week he purchased a rear end for his 1967 Camaro RS SS that he is restoring and we went to pick it up and he carried it all the way around the building to load it in the back of the truck. Even though it was in a smaller box the weight of this box was massive. I later ask him why he didn't ask for a dolly to put it on and pull around to the truck and his reply was as expected (I didn't know i was going to hurt my back or i would have.) Classic Answer! So now he is in bed and can't move even after going to the doctor a few days ago.
So everyone please keep him in your prayers.......

I am wondering what people think about about my employees sometimes! It amazes me how certain employees that have been with me for years and some for months can act like they just started or how they on certain days just completely lose all memory of their daily job duties! Granted we are all entitled to a bad day but come on several days in a week! This statement also sometimes goes for the kids but I expect pre-teens and teens to forget but not on a daily level like my employees! I have to Say that most days my kids are better about doing their chores than my employees are about doing their job! I give applause to my husband though because he is a true leader, he can deal with situations in a very professional way sometimes not a quite way but still professional not to where I stay quite and stew about stuff he says what's on his mind and doesn't give it anymore thought! I could imagine life without him

Opening Soon!!!

I am happy to say that i will be opening a store soon in my area for vintage, uniques, antiques, crafts & collectibles. i have decided to name it
The Eagle's Nest
i am set to open at the 1st of 2010 and maybe sooner than that it all depends if i can get everything up and going.
i will have enough booths of all shapes and sizes to fill a 2400 square foot area with enough room to add more as needed.
i will try and blog about my process as i go. at this moment i am working on a logo so i can start advertising.

Slamily Reunion

On August 1st & 2nd, 2009 we traveled to what was advertised to be the
GODFATHER of all CAR SHOWS!
The Slamily Reunion 2009!
It was held in Fort Smith, Arkansas. This will be the first car show I give a not so good review this year. the first issue that i have with the show is that i feel that the location of the show was great. It was held at the Knights of Columbus Park on Columbus Acres Road. My problem with this is that you didn't know what time the event registration started or ended, what time the judging started, or the time that the awards were going to be presented. My next issue is the cost of the entry and the cost for spectators to come enjoy the beauty & the craftsmanship of these rides. Show entry was $30 if you preregistered and $35 the day of the show. Spectator entry was $10 per day or $20 weekend pass (where's the break there) no matter the age of the spectator. Needless to say their were not alot of spectators. The show was centered around the younger crowd (low riders) not really a show for the classic car folks. There were over 300 + entries and 95 % of them were lowriders. Granted those are always some awesome rides just some (not all of the entries) where loud and drunken smarties.

They didn't care who was near when they dropped their rear ends and dragged across they gravel parking lot throwing gravel everywhere and hitting several cars and scratching the paint jobs. i was not a fan of any of that. It was suppose to have numerous hot rod magazines there, but in the end was announced that only one was there before the show only for one ride and it was pre-arranged. It was supposed to be a family event and to me it was just a druck fest with nothing for a kid to do, and really nothing for a adult to do either.
There was however one contest that ray did enter. It was the jalapeno eating contest.....The prize was for a dvd in car system. He almost won by a half of second but the guy beside him finished before he did.
he suffered for a while afterwards but i'm proud to say that he did great concerning up until about a year and a half ago he wouldn't even eat them.
The folks that attended the show with us was my buddy Ray P. & Rick P. with there black 29 sedan truck.
and he won 1st for his class and also won best interior. which i might add had a misspelling on it award(although it was cool)

reunion is not spelled correctly.

The special awards were much to be desired by us classic hot rod folks. even the sponsor of the event wouldn't even by a event t-shirt. They even started making up classes just to get rid of the awards.

Bob & Wanda Crass also joined us there and they won 2nd in there class.

i won 1st with my 1950 Chevy and 1st in the special interest class with my 32 roadster golf cart.

not a show that we will ever attended again.....

Everybody has their own reasons for blogging. I blog because it is my way of voicing my opinion about something with out having to be confrontational about it with someone. I avoid a confrontation at all cost unless I have just completely had my fill and that's takes a lot! Even after I am in a confrontation I feel bad about it after because I do not like the feeling of being hurter to someone. I blog because without having family living close they can check out my blog to watch the happenings of our life and to views my bragging post. I also blog because I can get something off my chest and notice its out there I feel like saying ok that's how I feel and I won't keep thinking about it cause it is bottled up inside getting worst and worst the longer I think about it. That's why I blog and I hope you understand!!!!!

I have been working on my blog all afternoon. Since the accountants were there today to go over the books I finally had a chance to work on it a little more. I still have several more things to do to it but slowly but surely it is coming along.
Well the first weeks of school have been a success so far. Ashley and Cody love being back at school and are likeing mostly all their new teachers. Cody is the one I was mainly worried about cause he is not a social butterfly like me and Ashley. He is more like Ray, he has to be spoken to before he will just walk up and start conversation with random individuals that he has never seen before. But to my surprise he is doing great and there were a few kids he already knew. Best of all is he loves his reach teacher (gifted & talented) which I am very pleased about. Also I am pretty pleased w/the fact that I have been doing great with my new hours I set at the office

Just a quick note to let everyone who reads my blog that I am sorry if I have confused anyone if the title change and new graphic on my blog! I am changing it up and hopefully will have it done this week...
Want2inspire was a good title for a while but since I have started my blog so many changes have been made that it really just doesn't fit anymore! Not saying that I don't want to inspire anymore I do but I have such a great and meaningful life that I want to share that with you and I think that blogging about our hobbies, the kids, daily happenings, our life at the company and life at home will also inspire! Have a great day and more changes to come soon!!!!

my wonders

she never seizes to amaze me.
she is always making me laugh (whether i want to or not).
she can awaken a room with the tone of her voicing yelling through the hallway as soon as she gets home
"MOM I"M HOME!!!! MOM YOU PRETTY MOM YOU PRETTY".
she is a little bossy at times but knows when she should and when she shouldn't.
she is a great big sister.
she is the reason i did not have to come to work either dirty, smelly or naked cause she has done my laundry all summer (not going to mention the part about losing some of my items to others drawers or closets but she can't be perfect.)
she is going to be a senior and i am having a very hard time with this.
i remember her first day of kindergarten, hair in a bow with backpack in hand and i cried all the way there and all the way home
and this year as she leaves to head to school on her very own driving her hummer down the driveway
i will cry just knowing that
this is
the last first day of school for my little girl
who still colors me pictures and bring them to work for me to hang up at my desk...

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Yesterday was a great day for us. It was a day that we all needed, a day that was spontaneously made the afternnon before as you can see from my previous post. We went to the tulsa zoo and then the oklahoma aquarium it was a great mini vacation.
Today we are gonna go long at new rides for me and Ashley so I will update you on that later and also post pictures later......

Me: Ray I am taking the kids to the zoo tomorrow and I won't be at the office!!!
Ray: oh really
Me: yes and you can either chose yo go with us or I will use my handy dandy navigational system to get is there!!!!!!
Ray:sounds good to me
Let's just say we have both been working so much he knew what the right choice was!!!!

I have to figure out how to not let our cells ring!!!!!

Work, work, work, that's all I seem to ever do especially this lately!!!! Well actually for the past year and a half I have worked harder and longer hours than when we first started the business!!!! I am wearing down mentally I think physically I am fine could work all day and all night but mentally my body is giving up I think! I am emotionally drained for all that I do and tolerate on a daily basis things bother me more I cry at the drop of a hat and my fuse is shorter than it has ever been........I am emotionally trying to separate from the business that mr and Ray have built and spent so much of these past 5 years burning the midnight oil to make successful and we have but the economy is not a friend to us I guess!!! Granted we are busy and have a lot of jobs but I don't see that we are getting back on top but Ray says we are and I have faith that we will buy its gonna take time and time is all I give

Yes! 2 days in a row we have walked now and today we did 2 miles and I could have probably done 2 more but I will not jump ahead of my plan and burn my husband out eight off the bat! Qe do another update later

EXERCISE

this morning ashley, ray, and i all went for our morning daily walk. i say that like it happens everyday but thats is not so. before this economy hit bottom and we had to lay off alot of people i exercised everyday and walked 3 miles, but to go from 29 employees to 8 that put a harder & heavier work load on me so my stuff had to stop.
i haven't lost any weight from that time on so now i'm on a miision to get my family fit again.
ashley and i have been walking a mile each day but today i made ray go with us and we walked 1.5 miles and this afternoon we will do another 1.5.
i will keep you updated on the progress.

blog

please forgive the short blog but i have been so busy getting things prepared for our annual 4th of july bash that i haven't had the time to post. not only the bash but it is so busy at the office we can hardly see straight. i will post pictures of the 4th of july party probably sunday.
also please excuse my blog page appearance i am trying some out and have not quit found what i want it to look like. please be patience

Weekend Project

Sunday afternoon our friends bob & wanda came over to bring some of the chairs that she had painted saturday. As you can see beside here.

then i painted my first chair that sunday afternoon(with the guidance of my friend wanda)

we are selling these chairs at a booth we are setting up this summer. let me know if your interested in some of our art. also we will be glad to take any ideas for scenes on the back of these chairs as well.

Today we woke up early as usual but today was different because today was the day we went and picked up cody from camp war eagle after a week of being there.
He looked so tired but at the same time he was very excited to see us. His favorite part of the day was getting in the air conditioning. He has been without it for a week. Cody is a very hot natured child and will start sweating at the drop of a hat. I was glad to see that he wasn't sun burnt although he did get a great tan!
Glad he is home and also glad that he decided not to attend the wrestling camp next week.
Tonight cody is gonna have some dad time and I'm gonna decorate for our upcoming 4th of July party and Ashley is working........

LETTER FROM CAMP

this morning i opened the mailbox to find this in there. (i'm typing this the exact way it was written on the postcard)

Hey family,

Im having a great time at camp. I
was put on osage. I had to buy
A fan because it
felt like 100~F
cant wait to come
home
sincerly,
cody


needless to say that tears came instantly just because this is his first year to camp and away from us that long. i miss him so much and i'm hoping he doesn't want to go to the wrestling camp in kansas on sunday.

today i am a little sad feeling like i am missing something. yes i know i am missing cody. we dropped him off sunday for 7 days to summer camp. this is the first time he has been away from us in his 11 years for more than just a over night stay except the time when we were in vegas for a week when he was a baby. even then i got to talk to him to tell him goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite, love you and sweet dreams our usual night time routine. but you can't have phone calls there i can send him a email but he can only send me letters via snail mail (no offense postal service but when you are a mother awaiting a letter from your kid you guys are snail mail).
i know he is having a good time cause i can look at him on the camp internet site at his daily pictures which is good and trust me i am kinda jealous cause the camp has activity that even us a adults would love to do.
ray got to see him yesterday when he was called out to do a service call on the air unit in the front office which by the way i think he intentionally damaged so he could be the one they would call (just saying that's awfully weird how when cody wasn't there the service guys went but now that cody's there ray goes) and also the man that is over the camp told ray that was the quickest response time yet from us and then just laughed........it is kinda funny!!!!!
well i am hoping saturday comes soon cause we get to pick him up that morning but then sunday morning head to kansas and drop him off for a week of wrestling camp. man once i get him home we need to take a vacation.

ARVEST BANK CAR SHOW

June 6th, 2009 we attended the 1st Annual Arvest Charity Car Show to benefit the Rogers Noon Kiwani's Youth Program.

there was 79 cars that entered in the show. it was held in the parking lot behind the Frisco Station Mall. Luckily bob bought camp crass and had it set up ready to avoid the sun shining down on us as we set in our chairs on the asphalt.

total monies raised was $1415.00 for the Kiwani's

we weren't sure what kind or how many trophies would be given out since it was the 1st annual.

registration began at 9 am and the show was over by 2 pm.

we had a great time just sitting around talking and watching ray show off his new 2010 camaro "wet dream"ray entered his 2010 camaro (this was the first show it has appeared in since he just picked it up 2 days prior) "wet dreams"i entered my 1950 chevy 3100 truck "the peppermint express" and my 2009 saturn sky convertible "fat bottom girl"

bob entered his 2007 mustang "misty"
unfortunately i was the only one to bring home a award (note: rate the award a 2 out of 10) for Top 18 with my 1950 chevy truck. the judges were not professional MAC judges so it was just what ever they liked best (not a fan of shows like that)

i also won a $100 visa gift card, ray and bob won car tools as the door prizes. so in reality we all came out with something.

but i will say that ray's camaro stole the show and drew the most crowd cause they are still so rare that for some it was their first time ever seeing the 2010's.

photo's of the princess of the eagle's at the lake....

man that girl has skills on the water and could be our next america's next top model.

oh no apparently there is a jealous cousin trying to take her place...

madison is so thoughtful she even teaches her jealous cousin how to make a star with your hand.there's are next top model showing us her skills.

man she's got guts and glory!!!!!!!!

and dont forget her big sis makayla who was injuried in a freak accident......scraping up her leg so she did not want to have her picture taken......

pictures of my weekend project

before we started it looked like this....plain concrete.....below are some different areas that i took before me and wanda started......

and after all day of painting with spray paint we finished........and mad does it look great.....special thanks the wanda as well....

it is amazing what a can of spray paint or two will/can do!!!!!!!!!!