Trulybess: March 2015

Thursday, March 19, 2015

A quick post

I literally have seven posts in draft form I've been working on, but because I'm leaving in the morning to go to Dallas for the weekend, nothing will happen til next week!

In other news, and the reason I'm leaving town, basketball begins in a few short hours for the basketball people. They will be eating and watching their way through the weekend of March madness. I don't think they get this excited about Christmas. Three short weeks from now they'll be in withdrawal mode since the college bball will be over.

Last thing, I've hit a new low for TV watching as I got sucked into.....I almost can't say it....a Kardashian episode. I'm so ashamed.

I'll end this with pictures from last year. Spring is finally springing and it's very exciting. It's been a long cold winter.

I hope to see this in the coming days.

See ya next week...

Monday, March 16, 2015

What I'm talking about today

I have been transcribing Corsicana trips for the last four days and I'm over it. I'm not the best typer in the world, nor do I have the best memory so the two make for quite the frustrating combination. I found that I'd not transcribed any trips since last July and OMG many people have taken many trips in that time. I'm happy to report I'm now up to date, but now I have to check for spelling errors and add pictures and another OMG it's gonna take a long time. Now that I've brought up spelling errors, I continue to be plagued with a few. As a matter of fact I'm also over spell check because it will change a word it doesn't like such as doesn't....misspelled comes out as docent. What the heck is docent? And I just went back and checked for errors and found it changed long time to ling time. What is a ling?! Don't do it spell check! Don't do it! Just went and looked up docent - a person who acts as a guide, typically on a volunteer basis, in a museum, art gallery or zoo. So there you go. It can't recognize that I was just misspelling doesn't and thought I meant the other. It. Makes. Me. Nuts.

In the meantime, disease and vomit continues to make news here in the twin cities. Really it's only this city since I don't know of anyone west of the river throwing up, but it sounded better and more legit to say it like that. BUT, people. Vomit changes people's lives. It makes all people suspicious of all people and an 'every man for himself situation' begins to crop up. DOn't get me wrong, I'm one of the suspicious ones so I'm not throwing shade at other people. The struggle is real. But it's obvious after seeing how our family has reacted to a vomiting virus, I'm certain we wouldn't do well with something such as ebola.

Today is a glorious day just because the sun's out. We haven't seen much of it in the last two months and just seeing a sunny day can change people's lives. I'm so happy to see it. Yesterday it peeked out for a bit and I decided to use Olivia's lenses for iPhones to take some pics of the tiny lovely flowers in my back yard. I struggled a bit because the yard is so wet I couldn't lay down in the grass and standing and bending and breezes blowing all made for a much more difficult time than I expected. But was I happy with the result.

They are quite tiny with a regular camera.

Addy with her steak bone. She was so excited.

The rest of the pictures were taken with a close up attachment lens to my iPhone.

I had a difficult time culling them because I loved them all.

Practicing on Olivia with the fish eye. She didn't know so don't tell her.

Not so impressive as the close up.

Found these in town yesterday.

Which means spring really is coming...

And they all said hallelujah!!

Off to work and then back to home!

It all happens very quickly for me...

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Sometimes blessings come in twos

Two healthy little boys.

Two first birthdays in five days.

There were many firsts in the last year.

But very different beginnings...

Not long after James was born he was whisked off to the intensive care unit, doctors seemed unsure whether or not there was something wrong. News flash. There wasn't. But it made for some tense hours and days before it was decided. Many prayers went up in his name and all were answered. He's little brother to William and the two of them will be making history together for years to come.

Five short days after James was born, some of us made the trip to Lafayette to be present for the birth of Lucas. After hurrying up to get there he made us wait a bit longer than we expected, but before we knew it, he was here safe and sound. It was our first ever family birth in Lafayette.

Our family's been blessed with two new perfect boys, and in this last year they've stolen the hearts of many. They're now woven into the fabric of our family and we don't know how we ever got on without them. In this last year we've anxiously awaited news of first roll overs and first teeth and first words and first steps. Photo stream is a Godsend for milestones. Every week there's something new to see through pictures and videos. It's the next best thing to being there. So as the years roll on we have a front row seat as we watch these little ones become who they are meant to be, cheering them on the whole way.

I don't know how God chooses who he sends to families, but he gets an A+ for us.

I like it when happiness comes in two's.

Scroll down for two more posts, one James, one Lucas.

I'm calling it a year in pictures.

Thank heaven for little boys...