~A First~ & ~ A Baby Shower~

Today was a beautiful spring day all across the country, it sounded like! We had in the low 60's with a nice breeze....a perfect day for drying wash. I had done all but the towels yesterday, so this morning I got them out on the line nice and early!

Finally around 3 I decided to bring the towels in so I could make supper and still have plenty of time to get ready to go to a baby shower tonight. As I was walking away from the clothesline, I noticed smoke coming out of a pipe at the shop next door. I thought it strange, and looked again. That's when I realized the smoke was not coming out the pipe, but out along the edge of the roof!!! :O And about the time I realized that, I heard a loud POP! I knew nobody was over there, because the gate was shut. So I quickly ran my wash inside, grabbed the phone and ran back outside to be sure I wasn't seeing things.
By the time I got back outside I was *smelling* the smoke! So I quickly called 911.....(that's were "a first" comes in.....I've never had to do that before and I was shaking!!) :O Then I called the neighbor who owns the shop and told his wife that the shop was on fire!!

This is what it looked like after I got off the phone.....the smoke was pouring out the opposite side of the shop because of the direction of the wind!

It seemed to take F.O.R.E.V.E.R. for the firetrucks to get there......it really didn't take very long!!

BUT, the gate was locked!! :O Thankfully they have tools for occasions like that!

Finally in....

The fire was small, mostly contained to a garbage can! Don't know for sure what started it?? Just so glad it wasn't worse...I sure didn't know what they were going to find!

I got a kick out of this old truck....it was the first one on the scene, though!! :)


**BABY SHOWER**

Tonight I was invited to a baby shower for my friend Beth's daughter Bekah. A couple of us ladies from church rode together. They are expecting a baby boy soon! :)

Visiting and snacking.....

Cute onesies made by Bekah's sis-in-law, Amy!! :) The cutest one was the one Beth is holding with a yellow tie on the front!! :)

Well, Dan is finished with school till the summer semester, so I am looking forward to some great evening's together!! If I can stay home once! LOL!!
Ya'll have a good night~

About a year ago or more, we discussed how nice it would be to put a storm door in the front of our house. I enjoy having doors open in the spring and fall and we also needed more air flow since our living room windows are missing screens. So we decided to use our tax refund last year and purchase one. Didn't happen! LOL! We talked about it again this year and my hubby so kindly took me shopping to Lowes :)

This week, Rocky Weaver came and installed it for us! I am loving it already!! And so is the dog. He can lay outside the door and see what's going on inside. Before, he was only hearing noises! :)

This isn't a real good picture, but you get an idea what it looks like....

We've been having some gorgeous spring days. Dan came home early yesterday since he worked a 12 hour day on Monday. We enjoyed some time outside playing with the dog and grilling burgers for supper!

~Mocha~ just waiting for someone to play ball with him. Whenever you step outside, he goes and finds his ball and brings it to you! We got him to obey "Drop it" and he'll drop it at your feet and then we throw it for him. He runs SO fast. One day I need to get a video of him playing fetch!

Dan reading his school textbook while grilling burgers :) He's on the final countdown of the semester. He will be taking the lat part of the semester off and his deadline for this class is tomorrow night. He is hoping to take his test and be done tonight yet!
I can hardly wait!! :)

The children had their bikes out and were "racing" invisible people. :)

At bedtime last night, the kids were supposed to be getting pajama's on and here this old man walks out of Danny's room. :) I'd say he goes to the opposite extreme of those guys who wear their britches near the ground!! ;)

I finally got a call from my doctor today! The results of the tests are great. Everything they checked looks to be in fine shape! :) I am still going to keep my cardiologist appointment for March 29. They will be doing a stress test and I will have to wear an event monitor for a week, whenever one comes available.
She said my gall bladder looks fine and that's what I was concerned was the problem. So now I'm not sure what to think. But I am going to let it in God's hands unless I have more or worse symptoms, then we might consider checking into other possibilities.

Tomorrow morning we are going to do some shoe shopping in Tall. then planning to meet Dan's mom for lunch. She is coming down to south GA to pick up Dan's uncle and take him up to live with them for a week. From there we are going to spend the rest of the day and part of Saturday with my sister and her family!! :) Always fun times!!

I know I haven't posted on here lately and may try to do some updates sometime soon. But don't hold your breath! Life is busy.... :) Goodnight~

Just a quick photo update before I head to bed...should be there already! :) Can't believe it's been almost 20 days since my last update!?? :O Time is flying!

Friday, Feb. 19, we had our secret sister's supper at church. It's the end of the year, when we find out who's who! :) Carol Yoder and I were in charge this year and we had a spring theme. We needed that after a cold winter! :)
Took this photo before we were completely done setting up, then forgot to take one later! :P Blah!

Tamara was getting the cupcakes ready for icing....

Carol added a dollop and spread it around.....

Then Allison added cute daisies! :) She made it look so easy!

The ladies who attended...


Saturday was the kids final Upward Games. Tamara cheered from 10-11, then we had an hour break till Danny's game started, so we bought lunch at Burger King and enjoyed the 60 degree day at the Depot Park! :)

Dan fitting in studies wherever he could! :)

Saturday evening we had a Bridal Shower for Ruth Ann Yoder, soon to be Powell! :) Her family had it decorated so nice!

The sweet Bride-To-Be....looking forward to March 20! :)

Barrett Cloud had a ball playing with all that wrapping paper! :)

Sunday night was the Upward Award night. Danny (center) sitting with his teammates, to the right and our neighbor, Camden (yawning) :) to his left.
Tamara with her friend Kaylee.

Afterwords, we went to the Smith's for a late supper.
Danny, Hannah Grace and Tamara....the three Upward participants from our families.

Siblings~ :)
Please keep praying for me and my heart issue. It is scary at times and the next time I can rest in knowing that God is in control. Looking forward to getting tests done next week, that will hopefully give some answers!
Good night all~

Nature Walk/Exercise

Yesterday I had to meet my new Tupperware lady (since I am not selling anymore!) in town at 11:30 to give her a few broken items.
I decided that since rain was coming today and we were already in town, and I was lagging behind with my walking goal, we would go walk on the Greenway trail.

Taking the first rest break....

Looks like Danny is on a time-out! :) They said this was the "think chair" :)

The children thought the water in the creek looked like Sweet Tea!! :) It was very orange in a few spots!
One mile down.....

I wanted to walk for an hour, but about 20 minutes into it, Danny said he was feeling bad. He looked kind of pale and said he felt really hot, so we sat and rested a few minutes then decided to go back.
After a short rest, he seemed to feel better and wanted to keep going. We had taken a side branch of the trail that just leads to a trail head and decided to turn around and head into town toward the train. So we walked on....
Taking a break at the new park by the train...

Resting on the swing~

~Balance Beam~
And we are on the way back.....at the split. At the beginning of the walk, we took the trail to the right of the picture.

Danny shows where we are headed! :)

The peaceful trail! We saw woodpeckers, cardinals, squirrels, dead deer *eww* :P and lots more birds! Only passed a few other people...oh, and the police were actually patrolling the path!! :O That's the first I saw them out!

Almost back....
Tamara Quinn <3
Danny showing a long pine cone he found. There were some HUGE ones on the trail!! Next time we want to get some that are open a little more and fill them with peanut butter and bird seed and hang them out here for the birds. :)

So, I am guessing that we walked about 80 minutes, although we were on the trail more like 105 minutes. I think we will make this a weekly adventure till it starts getting too warm!

Today we are back to the books! After lunch we are going to clean! This is the first day this week that we are staying home, the first evening we have no plans! Yippee!!
Tomorrow is the 3rd to last Upward game. The children are both really enjoying it!
I've seen a big improvement in Danny's playing and this week, since there weren't as many kids at practice, the coach had more time to spend with them one on one!
Tamara is learning some new cheers again this week.
I'm glad they are having fun, but I will be so ready for it to be over! :)

Hope you all have a blessed weekend!! :)

Black Light Mini Golf

Last night Dan & I did something we have never done before....we played black light mini golf! :) The children played here with Sam and Katrina when they were down over Thanksgiving and they really wanted Dan & I to go sometime! (and of course take them along!!) :)

Well, Monday's you can play most anything at Kindell Lanes for $1 per person! Bowling, Maze, Rock Wall, Mini Golf, etc. So we promised the children we would take them some Monday night. This wasn't the best week, but we already had to put it off once and Dan works 2 Monday nights out of the month, so we knew it would be awhile till we could go again.

So we get there and I went to pay for us, and she said my total was $24! :O So I asked her about the Monday deal and *ding, ding, ding* someone doesn't pay too close attention to detail....that deal was only till 5 PM and it was almost 6:30! :P I didn't have that much $$ on me, so I said I'll have to go out and get the extra $4~ Well, the lady was so kind and said she is going to let us in for $1 each since we thought that's how much it was. :) What a kind lady!! :)

We had so much fun!! We were the only one's out there, so we took our time! :)


Since I needed the flash, you can't really tell how cool it looked in there....but I took one of Tamara without a flash to give you an idea what it looked like in there....
The children knew from last time that the lighter clothes you wear, the more you "glow". :)



Looks like Dan is trying to capture the dolphin....

My favorite peeps!!

Ughhh!! ;) Leave it to a boy!! :)


Watch out for the Eel!!

Tamara got 2 Hole-in-Ones....and right in a row!!

I think we need some help here!!

I wonder how many other people kissed this dolphin....ewwww!!

I am so blessed with these two!! :) :) :)


We will definitely go back sometime...but earlier in the day! LOL!! :P That was a lot of fun!

Okay, Dana!! I am joining you!! I am committed to walking 1,000 minutes in the next month. And that won't include normal walking around the house! :) Here's too exercise!! WOOHOO!!!

My plan is to walk 30 minutes a day and once a week go to the park and take a 1 hour walk! Now I just need to figure out how to keep my dog at home....he slows me down! I guess a chain would do! :)

Does jogging add any time to your "walking minutes"? :D

Go us!!