Y.M.B.F.I.T.W.W.W.

I have a group of friends that I would like to introduce to you! I hope that everyone has friends like this because they are they best kind of friends to have.

Meet Nikki, (me), Lenora, and Tara... and this is our 8th grade graduation!! Our friendships began in the 6th grade and even though we have all gone our separate ways, we still get together atleast once a year! When we see each other, it is like we have seen each other every single day!! We got together on Monday for lunch at Bread & Company on West End and it was so much fun!! The last time we were all together was at our wedding...but Josh and I were so busy talking and taking pictures and all that I was not able to spend much time with them. The time before that we all got together was Thanksgiving of 2007!!! So this get together was MUCH needed.

Nikki couldn't make it because she was having car problems :( Nikki & I have actually been friends since kindergarten. We were best friends growing up and always had our classes together in school. When we started 6th grade we found Tara & Lenora and since then it has been our little group! Even though we do not talk all the time now, I still consider them some of the best friends that I have. I know they would be there for me in a heart beat and the same for me with them.

They have been at all of my special events! Here is Homecoming!! Crazy, I know, but I can't remember the year... I think that is how you know you are getting old! Ha!

Here we are at the wedding! I am telling you- I love these girls SO very much!

What is SO funny & crazy is that Tara, Lenora, and myself are all hairstylists now! Ha! Here is what we are all up to:

me- you all know that I am now married, hairstylist in Pleasant View, went to high school at Sycamore...blah blah blah..
Tara- moved to Spring Hill after 8th grade but we all still remained friends, still lives in Spring Hill, went to high school at Page High School, hairstylist in Franklin, has a boyfriend!..
Lenora- went to high school at Cheatham, now lives in California-been there for the past 2 years, hairstylist in Cali!! single & having fun!..
Nikki- went to high school at Cheatham, has a little girl- Willow- CUTEST thing ever, nurse at Baptist hospital, lives in Ashland City, I think she has a boyfriend?? I have not talked to her in a while so not sure!..

So, see how we all have such different lives!! I think it is so cool though that even though we are all in different places in our lives we still make time for eachother! Like I said, I hope you all have friends like these :)

Btw, my title stands for-

Your my best friend in the whole wide world!!

Every time Nikki and I would write eachother letters in school, we would always put Y.M.B.F.I.T.W.W.W. at the bottom :)

What has that boy done to me??

I'm sure you have heard the statement that opposites attract, right? Well, I guess you could say that is true with me and Josh!! We have all the major & important things in common... we both love the Lord and have the same values. We both love each other and want a big family one day. We both have the same goals & want the same things for our future.

BUT Josh is ALLLLL boy. He loves to fish, hunt, play sports, get dirty, wear the same clothes for years... you know, all the stuff boys love to do! Me, on the other hand, I am ALLLL girl. I love to shop, decorate, get all dressed up, and I love anything to do with fashion. I like the fact that we are different. It definitely keeps things interesting & we both learn something new every day.... and we are wearing on each other a little bit now. Josh could tell you all about Jon & Kate Plus 8 and The Duggar's. He could tell you what kind of hair products I like to use and my favorite stores to shop at. I could tell you all about The O'Reilly Factor & Hannity and Colmes. I could even tell you what a spinner bait is and I could explain to you how football works.

But I would never buy a fishing license and a pair of waders for myself...even if we would have went to Center Hill this past weekend. Nope. What a waste of money when I could buy a cute pair of shoes or a cute purse. Even if we did go to Center Hill, that would have been the perfect time to lay out a get a tan and I would never spend my time at the lake standing in water that comes up to my waist just to catch a fish. Nope. Even if we did fish, I would never pinch a worm in half and actually put it on the hook myself. And if I did catch a fish, I would never touch it to take the hook out of it's mouth. Gross. But I can tell you that even if we DID go to Center Hill this past weekend, we would have had a GREAT time!!

To find out what other people would never do, check out mycharmingkids.net & have a good day :-)

I'm just sitting here thinking...

it doesn't get ANY better than THIS! I am so happy & thankful right now I can't even describe it. I know people say that the 1st year is supposed to be your hardest..really?? We have been married now almost 9 months and it has been the happiest and most fun times ever! I really could go on and on and on about how thankful I am for my handsome hubby but I won't because I know you guys don't want to hear it! ha!

So on to more interesting things. Josh is trying to sell his truck and we think we may have a buyer! He posted it on Craigslist a couple of days ago and some guy who says he is very interested is coming to look at it tonight. He is also going to sell his "super cute" white car and we are putting all that money plus other money we have been saving towards a new truck for him! Well, not new, but new. So we are very excited!

Btw, the spaghetti turned out good. He didn't even notice anything different! Ha!

Don't you just LOVE it when-

you are in the middle of making a meal and realize you do not have something that you need?? I was just telling Missy & April how I am a little OCD about this. Ok, a lot OCD about this. If I see that I am running low on something (even if it is just half full) I will buy another one because I hate needing something and then realizing I am out of it. And what exactly did I do about an hour and a half after I was telling them? I begin to make my spaghetti and realize I am out of spaghetti sauce. That's a pretty main ingredient, right??? Oh, I was not happy. How could I forget to buy spaghetti sauce? So I decided I was not going to the store. I was going to make my own spaghetti sauce since I have all the ingredients to do that. It looks pretty good (it is still cooking) but I hope it tastes good! I am not going to tell Josh that it is homemade sauce. I am just going to wait and see if he notices anything!

Young Con Anthem

Ok guys! I have come across this awesome video on you tube! The two college students who made this video is in a group called Young Conservatives. They say their mission is to "spread the love and logic surrounding true conservatism". Check out their website for more details & you gotta watch this video!!

http://www.theyoungcons.com/



I think it is so cool that these guys would stand up and do this!! The sad (but expected) thing is that they are getting a lot of negative feedback. But what's new?? Isn't is always like that?? If a conservative stands up for what they believe in, they are smashed down in the ground and they are wrong, blah, blah, blah. But a liberal can say anything, right? and God forbid we try to stop them or say they are wrong.......

ANYWAY, don't get me started!!

Prayer Request

Our long time family friend and former youth pastor passed away yesterday. His name was Andy Fleming. He was killed in a tractor accident. I grew up with his kids Amber, Megan, Kyle and Grace. This is just a very sad situation. Please keep them all in your prayers.

What a weekend!

The fun began Friday night when Josh and I went over to my parent's house for dinner. The food was so good and it was so good to hang out with them and Bentley. I miss that dog more than anything!! He is still my baby :) Here are a few older pics of him that I love!






I took off work on Saturday but was still up bright & early because me and my mom had a yard sale at my house! It was a lot of work but turned out to be a great day and we made some good money! The weather was perfect. We sold just about everything but what we didn't sell we took to the Bethesda Center.



We did have a little visitor at our yard sale.



When my mom got to my house that morning, she said she found him outside our place under a car. Someone must have dropped him off the night before because our neighbors said he meowed by their door allll night long :( I hate it when people just drop animals off like that. He was soooo cute and sooo little. I put a "free kitten" sign up at my yard sale but no one took him. I had already decided that he was just going to be a new addition to our family... but when we were moving stuff inside after the yard sale he must have ran off & now I can't find him anywhere. I hope he comes back but if not, I hope he has found a good home!

After the yard sale me and my mom drove out to Fairview for Mandy (Baker) Doyle's baby shower. She is having a baby girl in July and her name will be Daphne Kate! She got some of the cutest little clothes ever and her nursery is just precious!! Such an exciting time for Mandy & Rodney!!


....and no. Missy & I did not plan our outfits! Ha! Great minds just think alike :)

That night Josh and I went over to his parent's house for dinner & it was really good also! His parents have a big garden and the gave me some rosemary and cilantro that they grew. I made some homemade salsa last night with the cilantro and it was very good!

Yesterday after church & lunch, we took the boat out and April & Ricky came out with us! We had so much fun. We fished most of the time. Josh & Ricky caught some fish but all we caught were trees LOL! It was still so much fun. It was a perfect day..actually this whole weekend was just perfect & beautiful!!