Happy Birthday to My Sweet Husband

My wonderful husband turned 33 Yesterday. It is just a little bitter sweet this year. I can't stop thinking about the rare cancer that took Rodney's Dad away so young. As a matter of fact Robert Earl did not make it to his 33rd birthday. He died when he was 32. Actually, he had just turned 32 July1st and died August 2nd after over 3 years of battling the cancer.

Rodney was only 5 years old and yet he remembers the day his Daddy died so vividly.

I can't help but wonder what his life would have been like had his father lived. Would Rodney have felt the call to preach so young? Would he have grown into the man he is today if his life had not held such heartache?


This is a cherished picture. The last professional one made while Robert Earl was still living. It was an orangy sort of dingy looking color so I scanned it in and black and whited it and put it in a new frame for a surprise for Rodney.


Lest this all be sad I want to show you some pics from our celebration. My Sweet man wanted to take the whole family to ride a train for his birthday.


This is Sunday Morning when he got home from Brotherhood. The boys helped him open presents.

I cooked him some favorite foods. Parmesan Chicken, Garlic new Potatoes, and old fashioned green beans.

Here he is with the requested cherry cheese cake.




What can I say. He is a precious gift from God.

Put that 2 year old to Work!!!

Gabe just loves to fold washcloths for me. See for yourself!

This was Yesterday.

What a Day!

Today began in grand style. While getting some Apple juice for the boys, before school, I bumped the new little water container in the frig. Before I knew what was happening something flew through the air and exploded on the floor. Thankfully it was just a half gallon of purified water....in a pretty little container that was a whole week old. :(

Next, Rodney was getting something from the pantry and bumped the cookie container. *CRASH* I came running from the other room. Cookies everywhere. Bye bye cookie container that we've absolutely loved for many years.

Did I mention that last week we found out that my new Awesome Electrolux cordless sweeper was recalled??? Oh, yes, it EXPLODES!!!! Check out which models here. A Lady was badly burned and is suing them! Watch a clip on it here.

We have requested a return label to mail it to them and are waiting for that. I guess they will replace the battery and mail it back. What a mess!! I'm glad for the folks who noticed the recall and mentioned it to us. It's really dangerous.

So my cookie explosion was cleaned up with the old "shark" cordless that I've had a while and is on it's last leg. But I'm still counting my blessings that I do not have a burned hand from an exploding vacuum!

Please check and make sure yours is not in the recall!