Hilary's New Car

Not being able to justify any more money going into Hilary's Cavalier we set out today to find her a "new" car. Of course on a limited budget it is hard to find one that is going to be reliable. We started at 10 this morning and decided we needed about $1000 more dollars before we could get something that would work well for her. We came home, settled in and got a phone call from one of the salesmen we spoke with earlier. He said they just got this trade in and it fit into our budget. Better yet, he said it was well taken care of, in great shape and would be great fit for Hilary. New brakes, new manifold (muffler), and new tires. The previous owner had great records of all maintenance. We battled around if we should go or not, we went. We got there and found the car to be in fantastic shape for being 11 years old. It's a 1997 Buick LeSabre. It is super clean in and out. It seems to run well, it's quiet and it has heat! I pray that this car turns out to be as good as it seems. With used cars you never know but I do have a really good feeling about it.

We Finally Met :)

This is my future grand daughter, Therisa. She is turning 3 on March 3rd. We finally had the privilege of meeting her this past Wednesday. She was a little shy for the first 5 minutes. Thank goodness for play dough, crayons and color books. That's all it took to get her to open up. We had so much fun playing and getting to know each other. I can't wait to do it again.

We also made chocolate chip cookies together. She loved measuring and mixing. She caught on very quickly on how to work my Kitchen Aid. Our cookies tasted good but they didn't look very good. I am not sure what went wrong with them but I will say this, it was the most fun I have had making cookies in a long time.

So Proud

Hilary competed in a Skills USA competition yesterday. It was on the local level and there were 18 Cosmetology students who competed. They all had to go in and see a picture of the hair style they were to create. They had to cut an style the mannequin head just as the picture showed. They had 1 1/2 hours to do this, they only took about 1 hour. Then they each had to do one up-do, of their creation. They had 1 hour to complete it. They all did a great job. Eight of the girls were chosen to move on to the regional competition. Hilary was one of those chosen. She not only made it to regional competition but she place 1st in the local portion. She is truly loving what she has chosen to do. Not only that, she is really doing a great job! I am so proud of her!

Bombshell: Part 2

Now that is official I can share what the bombshell is! Evan proposed to his girlfriend, Amanda, yesterday! This is the young man who said, "I am not getting married until I am at least 23". This is also the young man who said, "I am never having kids". I have always told him, you will change your mind. Well, he did. Amanda has a soon to be 3 year old daughter, Tarissa. So not only will he be taking a wife, he will be taking a daughter. They aren't really planning on getting married for at least a year so they do have some time to continue to let their relationship develop.

I guess that this will also make Bob and I grandparents! What?!!! I will be a VERY young and hopefully most awesome grandma! Okay, that just sounds weird!

Bombshell

Today it feels like I had a bombshell dropped on me. It is one of those moments in life that you know is coming but you think, not yet. It's funny, right before it happened the Holy Spirit prepared me for it. I knew it exactly what the next text would be and that's exactly what it was. For a moment I truly thought I might be sick but it passed quickly. Then there was a moment of excitement, fear and anything else you can think of. I can't share the bombshell just yet but soon (as far as I know anyway).

Snowball: Zach and Monica

Aren't they cute!

Baby it's Cold Outside

The pictures say it all...she was so cold she let me put her sweater on her with no fight...she really doesn't like it but it matches her eyes so well!