80's Flashback

Those that know me well, know I'm officially stuck in a time warp of music. I 'love' (apparently) every 80's song that I hear on the radio...but my love didn't grow overnight :) I guess having older sisters that were really in to the radio helped a bit, and I was a radio junkie growing up!

One group that I discovered in the 90's, I think due to being a BMG member and they just sent it too me...I'm really not quite sure...was this one; and here's the album cover that I have:

Yup, Air Supply, whose been around for 35 years. Crazy! I had the pleasure of introducing Tyler to them in one of my favorite movies, The Wedding Date, followed by our random CD playing time whenever we're on road trips. SO...when we saw that they were coming kind of near by (past Fresno, we're a little nuts), Tyler got us tickets! It was the week after my last day of work, so I called it a celebration concert...'i-don't-have-to-go-to-work-tomorrow-so-why-not-drive-2-hours-for-a-concert?! :) ANYWAY, here are some shots of these guys...and why do I feel like they look the same!

The crowd was extremely eclectic - I tried to nonchalantly get a shot to show.

In case you are not quite sure you remember who they are, or maybe you do and it's been forever since you've heard one of their songs, I will leave you with a clip - please no commenting on the quality of the video :) My little camera is not new and fancy :) The clip is for the song - not the shot :) ENJOY!

Graduation!

Paige graduated from 8th grade at the beginning of June. That was the invite that we made for her :)

She was acting a little camera shy -not wanting to look up at us. She had a pretty good rooting section, so we were thinking she was a little embarrassed by the noise that came from our section for her.

...and all the individual shots with everyone :)

I'm not sure what Tyler caught here, but looks like it was funny :)

The graduation party followed, the weekend after.

Jeff & Janaya...who is just getting so big! and go herself a big girl hair cut :)

my sister pam...who I hadn't seen in so long that I had to double take to recognize with bangs :)

he was so beat and ready for a nap, that he was falling asleep while his dad was holding him up!

...and our effort at our matching belly shot. Her due date's been moved up, so she's now due 10 days after us!

Family gatherings are always a good time! Especially with Joe's bbq...and if this place looks familiar, it's where Tyler and I had our reception :) I cannot believe this is the youngest niece - with only 4 years left until adulthood...pray with us for her! :)

Things I'm loving this week...

Last week was one of those - seems like it went by really quickly, filled with tons of stuff, yet I found some time for napping. It was also the first week I felt like I had routine - and well, you know me, I heart routines. This week did go by too quickly, had too much going on and naps became regular - and I figured out the best times to take them (between 12-1 so I can be back up between 1-2). Last week I started a list of a few things that I really enjoyed, and here I am to wrap it up.

1. Walks around the neighborhood. I loved having this extra time of prayer - and just the different things that I would be prompted to pray about as I was walking by the park, the school, different neighborhoods, etc. I also caught myself - get a hold of this - actually looking at the birds I heard chirping, slowly walking by the duck that was quacking; watching how it's body moved during each quack and really noticing the different colors in it's coat, looking at the different cloud formations in the sky; a masterpiece only God can create each day on his canvas and they were each beautiful, seeing different people walking their many different kinds of dogs (and if you don't know, I know nothing about dogs, so it was fun to just see all the different breeds). The walks were so nice. One morning I went at 6:30 and it was nice and crisp, once at 7, 8 then 8:30. Boy was it nice and warm when I was out at 8:30 :) I haven't really been one to 'stop and smell the roses' and I think this is the closest I've gotten; I highly recommend it!
2. Confirmations from God. During this past week, through chatting with my wonderful mentor, Ms Tammy Tate and (last) Friday night with Ms Savannah, I found myself putting things together that I have been reading, praying about, dealing with (trying to anyway), etc. It has been so peaceful to quit the yo-yo 'giving it to God' game I've been playing with some forgiveness issues, realizing that the many things
3. My husband and how helpful, gracious and amazingly talented he is :) Last weekend he did all the cooking (YAY!) including when we had friends over on Friday night. He put up with a couple of tantrums I threw, and he is just such a talented man, and I am glad to see him be able to put his creative noodles to work on some fun side jobs...also glad to see him be able to be creative around the house by building new HD antennas, getting our new TV all hooked up (so I can catch up on soaps online on the TV instead of the laptop!)...I could go on and on, of course :)
4. The ability to reflect on the changes God has made in my life over the past few years, through one of the books/studies I'm going through. Tyler thinks I should write a book about it, and I think that some day I will :)
5. Watching God answer prayers...and there's so many of them:)
6. FINALLY taking steps to get ready for the baby. Last week I started to somewhat register (thanks to all the help of the ladies that replied!). I bought my first decoration for the baby's room...although it's for a boy, so if it's a girl guess I will have to figure out something to do with it! I guess now that we've clued in that this puppy will be here in no time, we've really started to think about it as being here...so while the room set up will wait till mid August, there's tons of garage and closet space we can start filling up :)
7. Being in the 'now'...something I have never really done in my life. This is one of my new leaves I've apparently turned over, but I'm so enjoying it! I guess this goes along with #1 above, and also a little of the fact that I've just been enjoying the different pregnancy stages, not really focusing too much on the material items needed for the baby, etc. Shoot my grandma made it in mexico giving birth while basically hanging from a tree branch, and her 'necessities' were nothing like what we have now-a-days. So we'll be just fine (that and the fact that Crystal, my new mom niece, has plenty she can pass down to us as she's not needing things).
8. I'm also loving that my hubby gets a 3-day weekend! WAHOO! So now I must go so that I can put all my distractions aside and focus on my long weekend with him. I have recently realized that we don't have many pics of him and I since I've been pregnant :( so hopefully we'll get some this weekend!

Have a great 4th of July weekend!