SOGGY SUNDAY????

Good Mornin' Yall,

I hope that everyone has had a great weekend and ready to start a new day. It is currently 53 degrees with a windchill of 50 degrees. The winds are out of the North Northeast at 8mph. We are suppose to get some more rain again today. We got some showers on Friday morning and Friday afternoon, and then on Friday night, the bottom fell out. I heard there was even some hail here in town too. Yesterday was a really nice and Sunny day, but a bit on the cool side. I think it made it up in the 60's yesterday. I've been giving my Air-conditioner and heater a workout here lately. During the day I have to turn the A/C on and at night turn the heat back on. LOL. Hopefully since May is right around the corner, the weather and the temperatures will get on their normal track. I sure hope so anyway.

My DH and his Uncle finally made it home on Thursday morning around 4:40a.m. "PRAISE GOD" they were able to make it home safely. I know my DH was really glad to get home and back into the States. He did take my camera with him and took some pictures of Canada and other parts of the Northwestern States. I will try to put them into a slide show and show them one day this week. We have had a busy time since he was at home. Thursday was our oldest daughter's 12th Birthday. I was suppose to take a cake out there at the School around 10:00a.m. on Thursday morning, but since my DH had just got in that morning and needed some sleep, I called the School and told them I would bring it out there in the afternoon. I had just went to the grocery store and bought a cake that was already made and then bought some decorations and put on it myself.

The cake I bought already had the large yellow roses on it that is in the top right hand corner. I bought the candied flowers and the Happy Birthday on the cake. I also bought some black icing in the tube and put the black on there. Black is our oldest daughter's favorite color. I also bought the 12 candles and added them as well.

This is our oldest daughter standing by the cake. It's hard to believe she is 12 years old now. Seems just like yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital. My oh my, how time does fly. They also grow up way too fast as well.

This is her blowing out the candles on the cake. There was only a small piece of the cake left and I brought it home for our youngest daughter to have some. Both of the girls had softball games Thursday night in Monette. Our youngest daughter played first and they won their first game, 15 to 9. They played really good again and everyone was really proud of them. Our oldest daughter's game started while our youngest daughter was still playing, but luckily they were playing in the same town and the fields were right beside each other, so me and my DH could actually stand up between the bleachers and watch both games. Our oldest daughter's team won their game, 21 to 3. My Sister had bought a Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake to the ballgame and after the game, all the girls sang "Happy Birthday" to her and they had a slice of the cake. After the games were over with, we all came home. On Friday morning, me and my DH had went to our old house, the one that we had lost, and got some more things out of there that we wanted to keep. Around 10:30a.m., it started clouding up and we decided to quit for the day. It's a good thing because when we brought the boxes over here to store them in the shed out back, it started raining. Our next door neighbors saw us and helped us put the boxes in the shed. We still have a few more things to get out from there, and me and the girls and my Parents and my MIL are going over there this afternoon and get those things. They are suppose to auction the house off sometime tomorrow. Before the girls got in from School, it started raining again. Our youngest daughter was suppose to have a game on Friday night here in town, but the field was still in good shape, but the coach called and said there was still some lightening around and since they use metal bats to bat with, she didn't want to take any chances in playing while it was lightening. So, both of the girls went and stayed all night with one of their friends. Around 7:30p.m., me and my DH decided to go to Jonesboro and take our oldest daughter's bike back that we had bought for her a couple of weeks ago. You may remember me telling about it and when we got home and she rode it, it tore up. So, we took it back and exchanged it. We also did some shopping. I bought me a new coffee maker because my old one has just about had it. I also bought a new telephone set for the house. I bought me a couple of outfits and bought my DH a new outfit so we could wear them on Saturday. When we were getting ready to leave Wal-Marts, it was raining outside. We waited a few minutes inside to let it slack up. It did slack up a bit and we got everything loaded into the truck. On the way home, the bottom fell out. I do mean it fell out. LOL. It was raining so hard that I could only drive 40-45mph. You couldn't hardly see the road or anything in front of you. It was also doing some serious lightening as well. It was the cloud to ground lightening and it was really bad. A few times it was so bad and so bright that it would nearly blind you. When we made it home, it was still raining some here, so we just left everything in the truck. Me and my DH sat up for a while and went to bed around 1:00a.m. I got up around 7:30a.m. Saturday morning and started some coffee. I got my DH up around 10:00a.m. We were having our oldest daughter's Birthday Party at the Skating Rink in Jonesboro. I had to run by Wal-Mart and pick up her cake that I had ordered for her on Thursday afternoon. It was a Hannah Montana Cake and it was really pretty.

This is a picture of it. We had bought the candles that say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to put on it seperatly. The little guitar on the left hand bottom corner has lip gloss in it. The guitar on the top right is just a piece of plastic that she could keep as well. We had about 1/2 of the cake left, so we brought the rest of it home. She had a really good party and there were like 28 kids there, plus some adults. I'm guessing there were probably around 40 people there all together. We let them skate for a while and then we ordered some Pizza's for them to eat. After they ate Pizza, they skated a bit more and then they came back and had some cake and Ice Cream. She then opened up her presents. Everyone had a great time.

This is both of our daughter's at the Skating Rink.

That is my DH out there on skates with the hat on. LOL. It had been a few years since he's been on skates and it was hilarious. I had to take several pictures of him on the skates. He did fall down once. I was going to get some skates and skate with him, but since I can't really skate, he didn't want me to and take a chance at me falling down and getting hurt. So, I didn't skate.
This a picture of my DH and our youngest daughter skating together. I never did see our oldest daughter skating with him. I guess she was too busy skating with her friends.
This is a picture of all the kids that were there. They were waiting to eat their Pizza. The big table doesn't have everyone on there, so I guess my DH couldn't get them all on there.

Here's the Birthday Girl blowing out the candles on her cake.

Here she is opening up her gifts. She had several gifts, plus she racked up on the money as well. LOL. I may have to take out a loan from her. LOL. No, we are going to take them shopping again this coming Saturday. That is me in the blue tank top there. We were going to book our youngest daughter's Birthday Party there for August, but she didn't want to have a Skating Party. She said she wanted to have her Birthday Party at Chuck E Cheeses. On the way home, we stopped by there and I was going to book her party, but they only book 3 months in advance, so I will have to wait and call next month to book her party. I did order a couple of Pizza's from there and brought home. Both of the girls were having a friend over to spend the night with them, so since I had some laundry to do, we had Pizza for supper. They stayed outside across the street at the neighbor's house till around 9:30p.m. They have a trampoline and they all sat out there and jumped on it with the neighbor's son. We had our front door open and I could see them and besides, the young boy is in the 7th grade and a really good kid. He had rode to the party with me and my DH yesterday. Me and my DH went to bed a little after 10:00p.m. because he had to get up and leave this morning. They are going back to their regular run to Salt Lake City. I told the girls before I went to bed to stay in their rooms and not to be loud. They did what I said. I don't know how late they stayed awake, but they were all asleep this morning when I got up around 3:45a.m. They are still sleeping now. My DH and his Uncle finally pulled out around 5:20a.m. this morning. It was so good to have him home for a few days and for him to be home for our oldest daughter's birthday and birthday party. That has been my weekend, how has your weekend been?

We have around 5 games scheduled this week for the girls to play softball. Our oldest daughter is suppose to play in Keiser on Monday night, but we will have to wait and see and see how much rain we get today. Then on Thursday night they both have a game in Lake City and on Friday night here in town. Then of course, we are taking them shopping on Saturday. So, we have another busy week and weekend in store for us. In May, we will really be busy because they both have several games during the week. Both of their ball season's end at the end of May. I just wish that the gasoline prices would go down. Friday evening before me and my DH went to Jonesboro, we put some gas in the truck and it was $3.55 a gallon for regular unleaded.

Well, guess I better go and make another pot of coffee. The first pot I fixed me and my DH both drank out of so I didn't have a full pot myself. LOL. I didn't get around to visit after I posted on Wednesday, so I am going to do my best to get around and visit this morning. I'm probably not going to be posting everyday like I used to because since it has warmed up and I can get outside some, I don't want to be on the computer all the time. If it ever quits all this raining, I'm going to buy me some flowers and plant in front of my house. My Mom has a rose bush she is going to give me as well to plant. I still don't have everything unpacked here at this house, so it will be a while before I will show pictures of it. LOL. I know, I'm slow, but we aren't going anywhere soon, so I have plenty of time to get it done. It being softball season keeps me busy as well. I am still not able to add any graphics to my page for some reason. Are any of you having trouble with it as well? Take care my friends and have a great day. May God Bless You and Yours.

LOVE & HUGS,