Keeping up with Us

Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful weekend. Be watching for an update post soon. It's been a while, but it's been a crazy year. Things will be settling down a bit later this month and I'll try to sit down and write about it! Happy 4th of July!!

To our Dad and to my hubby... Happy Father's Day!! Hope everyone has a great weekend with their dads!

Today is Dad's birthday!! We hope he has a wonderful day and great year ahead!! We love you, Dad!!

Last night AJ was watching the national news with me when a story came on showing images of the birds and other wildlife covered in oil from the BP spill in the gulf. He seemed very concerned as he watched and listened very intently to the news segment, but he never said anything. This morning, right after he woke up, I heard him say this:

"Wonder Pets? This is AJ Jones. There are some animals in the ocean that are in big trouble, can you help them? Thanks Wonder Pets!"

Now, if you've never seen The Wonder Pets on Nick Jr., this probably won't mean much to you. But if you have, then you know how incredibly innocent this statement is. The Wonder Pets save animals you see, and to a child it only makes since to save these animals in the ocean that are in big trouble. If only more people...adults...had the heart of a sweet, innocent child...things would be so different!

Remember those who served our country and fought for our freedoms today and always. Many Veterans are still fighting battles daily and need our prayers and support.

Rant Warning

I am so sick of seeing cigarette butts everywhere! They're on the sidewalk in front of our apartment, they're in the parking lot at our complex, the grocery store, and restaurants. They're in front of Target, Michael's, and JCPenney. They cover the sides of the road at just about every intersection in the area! They litter the sides of the area walking trail, the tennis courts, even the complex swimming pool! When did ashtrays become extinct? I can remember as a little girl...probably 4 or 5 years old, spending the summer with my grandparents in Denver, CO. They both smoked, and still do. Grandma had an ashtray on each end table, the coffee table, the patio table, even on the kitchen table sometimes! She had extra ashtrays in her car, too! Never, I mean never did I ever see either of my grandparents drop a cigarette butt on the ground...at their home or anywhere in public! Fast forward 15 years...I had friends that smoked. They always disposed of their cigarette butts in trash cans if ashtrays weren't available! They would never dream of just dropping it on the ground in a parking lot or along a walkway. It has become such an annoyance to me that I've started calling people on it. The other day while stopped at a redlight, the guy beside me took one last puff on his lung destroyer and tossed it out the window. I rolled my window down and hollered over, "Did your car not come with an ashtray?" He flipped me off and drove away as the light turned green. A few weeks ago, I followed a lady in to Kohl's. As she approached the door, (which by the way, had a 'smoke station' cigarette trash can sitting beside it) she just dropped her cancer causing butt on the ground. I cleared my throat, "There is an ashtray about two feet from you", "So?" was her response. "So, are you just that lazy or do you not care that you're littering?" She also flipped me off and stormed into the store. And just today, while riding in the car with Mom on our way to the craft store, a lady standing outside of Bed, Bath, & Beyond puffing away as she silently kills herself and just before going back inside to work, she flicks her cigarette butt out into the parking lot right in front of us. I reached over and honked the horn (which by the way, it's actually against the law in the state of Missouri to honk the car horn if you're not the driver) the lady turned, shrugged her shoulders and walked away. What's wrong with people? Is this just something that's happening where we live, or are smokers everywhere this inconsiderate? It's bad enough that they're killing themselves, polluting the air around them, putting their family and friends in great risk of health problems, but to just toss their trash on the ground and walk (or drive) away without giving it a second thought? It's just beyond me!

We hope our Mom and all moms have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! Mom, we love you!!

Today our little boy turns 5! It's so hard to believe!! Happy Birthday, AJ!! We love you!!

Wow! This year started off busy and has stayed that way since! April has been our busiest month so far and we're really hoping that May will slow down! Mom & I just got back from our show in Wichita. We did good, but were very glad to get home! Saturday we're doing the Spring Festival at the Lodge and Sunday is AJ's birthday party!! I simply can't believe that he's going to be five tomorrow!! He's growing up so fast! May 3rd he'll be starting school. He will be doing a year-round schedule...school three months and off one. He's very excited about starting school! We've signed him for a summer bowling league that starts June 1st and he's really excited about that, too! We've got a few trips planned for the summer and fall and we're all looking forward to getting away for a few days of relaxing!!

Sorry the posts here have been few and far between! We keep our updates on Facebook and Twitter more current!! :-)

My MS Walk is coming up this Saturday! If you are interested in donating, please follow this link to my donation page! Thanks for helping support this great cause!

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/KSGWalkEvents?px=7780426&pg=personal&fr_id=13521