MARY MARY - The Sound

My current fav CD has got to be the newest Mary Mary project. This CD is so different from other gospel works I've heard recently. I enjoy all genres of gospel. This project delivers ALL sorts of "flavors" of gospel music. It's got the traditional stuff and some contemporary stuff. It's got some old school flavor as well. The most important thing, the message of the CD, is loud and clear. The good news. Since the message must be spread far and wide it may as well have a beat you can move to.... right!?!?! It hits home for lots of folks I'm sure. My favorite song on the CD right now is "The God in Me" I love the message in that song. It says to me that God' s people do not have to look solemn and homeless. God would that His people prosper and be in good health. As a representative of the kingdom one should look the part. You should look like royalty AND must understand from where those blessings flow.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to one and all! May we never forget the true meaning of this season.
This day is a bittersweet one for my family. My little sister, Shaundrea, was born on Christmas day. She would be 28 this year. She passed away in 2004 September. Each year life gets easier, but things will never be the same. We have new traditions for this day since she left. In stead of sitting and waiting FOREVER for her to open her birthday gifts, we go to the cemetery to visit her grave site. We listen to a poem that Sharla writes each year to celebrate our sister. We each take a moment to talk about what we are thankful for. My mother won't ever forget the daughter she lost and on her birthday it's just a bit more difficult. The day is happier since Taylour joined our lives and each year it's easier and easier to deal with the reality we've been dealt. I miss my sister very much. I am thankful that she was in our family for the brief time she was with us.

It's Our Anniversary

Well, not today. On Dec 21 we celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary. We went to Austin for the weekend to celebrate. It was wonderful. We had such a good time together. We didn't do anything specific. We shopped, loafed, ate, and above all relaxed. It's so nice to be able to spend time with one another. He continually shows me just how much he loves me. I know it's cliche, but I truly do love him more today than the day we married. Our relationship has grown (so have we unfortunately) and we endured so much together. I am so glad he made that detour spring break of 1999.
I Love you and Happy Anniversary

Christmas Banquet 2008

Anthony and I attended our church's Christmas Banquet on Friday Night. It was so beautiful! The food was delicious, the fellowship was wonderful, and we walked away with some sweet gifts.

The menu and selection were great.

I had the fish. I believe it was red snapper. Anthony had the chicken. He said it was delish!

We had the chocolate cake for dessert. It was so rich and yummy.

My family....whom I'll introduce you to soon!

Everyone was beautiful.

Sharla and Cherrell

The "Older" girls

Shay and Mike

Mom and Dad

It was a wonderful time!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Everywhere you go! Lights, garland, trees, snowmen, the manger scene.. It's all beautiful. I love this season.

It truly is the most beautiful time of year and I am thankful that I understand that JESUS is the real reason for the season. I've put up a few decorations in the house. My sister helped decorate our tree..well, no she did it all herself. She is the BEST at tree decorating. Thanks Shy!!! All of this just seems to make the season more "real". I've added a few pics of the house decorations.

Foyer Table Top

Our sweet deer guarding the front door!

Don't know what's up with some of these pics, but this is the mantel top.

Our current table top decor.

I love this season!

I'm BACK!

.....And ready to blog! It's been a while since I've been on, but life has just been so very busy lately. I have actually been trying to wait and add pictures for a specific post that I want to do. I promise (right hand up in the air) that I will be a better blogger. This past weekend I went up with my family to visit my grandmother. She was very ill and things did not look very good. All of my father's family came together. We prayed and believed and as of this morning things seem to be turning around! (Praise God) I am thankful to still have both maternal and paternal grandmothers around and I pray that they both stay here on this earth for even longer.


Don't think I told this story yet. So Taylour, my sweet niece, was looking at photo's of my sisters and I. We had a singing engagement a while back and there were candid photo's taken. So my sister and I were looking at the photo's and commenting on how good they looked. Taylour crawled up in my sister's lap and began to look at the photo's with us. She was looking and SHE started commenting as well. This was her personal evaluation, "Auntie Shy, you little. Auntie Peach, you little, Auntie Vee (that's me) you big with Mommy!!!!! OMGoodness!!!! No she didn't! What could I say though. Children are just honest. She wasn't being mean or ugly, she was just commenting on what she saw. THAT was just the motivation I needed. I'm not planning to diet, but I do plan to drop a substantial amount of weight in the coming weeks/months. I just want to be healthy and stay around for a long while.