TREAT NIGHT

Boy did Spider Man and Itsy Bitsy spider have fun at Treat Night! After we made our way through it all we sat and visited and Olivia sat and ate candy for an hour! That girl can put it away! Ty was trying to climb walls and spit webs at everyone. We had a great time getting to enjoy the season with Marli and Carson, two of our favorite people, and well of course their parents! TOO FUN!

FALL IS HERE!

Add some wings and a harp and he looks like a little angelic cupid! I love this precious boy! The big one too!

This is how I can tell...........my fall decorations outside my front door are BLOWN to smitthereeeeeens, its only reaching 58 degrees today, there are mini white pumpkins gracing my mantel and three varying sized orange ones at the hearth, and I dusted off my crockpot early this morning for tonight's dinner! This beautiful bouquet from my beautiful friend Reese, oh I mean Shauna, puts a real sense of the season on my table as well! Thanks sweet girl! Just thought I would share some pics of this past week. My kids are in the tent that Pop and Cita brought them on their last visit to see us. Boy do they love to hide out in there and eat snacks, look at books, and be silly together! Here they are enjoying their afternoon snack of popcorn! The other is of Trent and Ty asleep watching the cowboys on a Sunday afternoon! Only a few more weeks of golf and before we know it we will be celebrating Olivia's second birthday and then Thanksgiving! Where has the time gone??!!!

The kids are really enjoying their classes at school. Mine is better. Learning to manage so many shorties really has helped. I have gotten to know the people there a little better too which is also a lot more comfortable. I am looking to returning to my field though and would appreciate prayers for opportunity and confidence involving this desire. I would still like for my children to benefit from pre-school in a Bible setting and hope to contribute more financially to my family at the same time. I pray that God will make a way for that to happen. My mother is coming to visit this next Saturday and I am looking forward to enjoying that time with her. We are discussing lots of fun fall activities for during that time! Until next time.........

Crock pot recipe I found while blog-hopping:

four frozen chk breasts

2 c mexican corn

1 c kidney beans

1 c rotel (spicey)

1 c green chiles

I added a few cans for ck broth

Empty all cans over chicken

cooked for 8-10 hours, shredded ck after it cooked.

serve over rice or tortilla chips with shredded cheese on top and a dolop of sour cream... YUM!

Before and After Locks of Love

I have been letting my hair grow over the past year and finally reached the Ten inch mark! I have been looking forward to my October 15th appt. for quite some time! I actually contracted some type of virus either yesterday or the day before which put me in a very nausious state. I was in desperate need of hair maitenance (color) as well so after coming home to get sick and carried on to my appt.! Complete craziness! It was there that the chills and achiness hit. The girl doing my hair was too nice warming me up and getting me bottled water. I was so afraid I was going to get her sick as well but she said, "Hey I am wearing gloves and if your okay I am okay!" I am so glad I did because I LOVE my new do! I was able to come home and take a muscle-ache (best purchase ever from the spa on our cruise back in December) hot bath and when Trent got home I went to bed. It was a 24 hour flu bug and I am praying I did not pass it along to any of my kids yesterday or the teachers for that matter! I thought it was just because I over-ate the night before until it was more intense by the end of the day. Trent took the kids for me today and I stayed home in order not to infect others although I am feeling MUCH better. Now I just have to send the hair off! If you are interested in doing so you can get all the info you need at www.locksoflove.org

Thank you Trent!

The View.

Bum and Em (the expectant parents of twins!)

Hunter (Tina's oldest) and Olivia

Mommy and Ty, his freckles are catching up to ours!

I came home Thursday in tears for many reasons. Trent and I had some GREAT discussion which helped me to have a different perspective on many things. I really believe God uses him to do so. Sometimes I wonder how we make it being so incredibly opposite from one another, but then again.......I think its because we are so incredibly opposite from one another! I have had a rough go for the past few weeks and have really missed time with him. He has been gone four days out of every week since school started. This past weekend they were home and had an entire week in town! Trent has been very sensitive to the fact that it is hard to do a lot of things without him. With my new job situation its hard to spend time with friends with him being gone the time that I am not working. He made me feel VERY appreciated this past weekend.

My friend Shauna and I had a girlie date Friday night and went to a movie and then out for coffee. Thank you Trent and Cole for keeping your kids so we could enjoy each other! We enjoyed a movie with the Tech football team! We saw Valley of Elah, great movie but kind of a downer. We then went to Starbucks and had a great time visiting outside. The weather was so nice that night! The next day we were able to sleep in!!!!! I saw the clouds part as a chorus of HALLELUJAH rang in the background! We have finally trained Ty to get his own milk in the morning and I just went in and turned on the t.v. then returned to my husband until 10 A.M.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We then WOKE OLIVIA UP! Yes, our kids are complete opposites as well- in almost every way possible! We had coffee and watched t.v for a couple of hours. Then I got in the shower where he told me to hurry up b/c I needed to make my appt. for an HOUR AND A HALF MASSAGE!!!!! It was incredible!

He then surprised me with a double date with Tim and Em to the Tech homecoming football game. The really cool part about that is that we enjoyed the game in the Sprint/Alamosa (the company Trent used to work for) box at Jones Stadium! We had never been in a suite there before which was incredible. A wonderful meal and non stop snacks to boot!

The next day was church was so nice to attend with Trent! I love being able to worship together not to mention having an extra set of hands to carry backpacks in and get at least one kid to class! After brunch, we headed out to LCU to watch Shanon and Tina's softball girls play the Tech girls. Great beautiful day. Then evening service and dinner with the Meme and G. Just a wonderful weekend.

I can't tell you how much I appreciated not only a break but being pampered as well! As I walked upstairs to get my massage there was a sign that read, "The Quiet Zone." I couldn't stop smiling! I have an incredible husband for more reasons than I could list. Boy does he know me and meet my needs. Talk about filling up the love bank this weekend!

Jerrod Shelton

There is a precious family within our church family at Greenlawn that is in dire need of prayers. Some of you are in the area where they are undergoing medical counsel and treatment at the moment. It would be great if you were able to encourage them in person, all of their friends and familly are here. Jerry, the father works for United Foods here in Lubbock and his company flew this family on their company plane because of the emergency to get his child (a son in highschool at Lubbock Christian Schools) to Dallas on Friday. PLEASE read the specifics in the following and take just a second to pray for his son and this family.
Thursday morning a tumor was found in Jerrod Shelton’s brain; deep, near the brain stem. He was flown to Dallas and then transferred to Plano . Fluid has been removed from the spine and has been sent off for testing. They anticipate the results Monday. He is presently in ICU and will stay there a week. They are looking at Chemo and Radiation to reduce the size of the tumor and probable surgery about the middle of next week. If you want to email Jerrod, go to http://www.medicalcenterofplano.com/. Click on Patient. Go to Email Patient and follow the instructions. They will personally bring his emails to him.

Thank you,

Dad had a little bit of complication in his surgery and ended up having to spend the night in the hospital. Hopefully he will be home soon. Please continue to pray for him, he had a hard night and is still in quite a bit of pain. They are hoping for 80% pain free eventually! He was in a severe auto accident when in college and actually lost his best friend. This is an injury remaining in addition to a fall he had last month. Pray for a smooth road to recovery please. Thanks.

Prayer Request

Please pray for my Dad, Maurice Young, throughout the week and specifically Thursday. He will be having surgery on his shoulder. He should be home that evening. Pray that He be with the doctors performing the proceedure and that he recovers smoothly and quickly. Thank you~