Busy Life = Lack of Blogging!

Life has been super busy around here. And my camera was in the hands of one of our friends until a few days ago and so I have no pictures... sorry! But I will give you an update anyways!

2 weeks ago Brad and I headed up a VBS at Ana's Apartments. It was a lot of work... I had just finished volunteering at our church's VBS and I had no idea how much planning and hard work really goes into these things. I definitely had my hands full. But with help from some of our awesome youth and Bilingual parents we were able to pull it off. Sandra, was a huge help/life saver. She told the Bible story every day, in spanish, while here 3 yr old and 1 yr old ran around and acted like the big kids. She was such a blessing. We also had crafts and Rec which I let the youth head up and they did a great job. The kids loved it... and then I got to play a special part as well. I got to lead the music, consisting of Father Abraham (Padre Abraham), I have the Joy (Yo Tengo Gozo), Lord's Army ( O' Si ), and Waves of Mercy (Olas de Gracias y Micericordia). I have been blessed with the ability to remember these songs in Spanish from my seven mission trips to Mexico in High School and College. I love how God uses things! Anyways as the week came to a close, we presented the plan of salvation to the Kids and were shocked with the outcome! Some of the Mom's of the kids stayed around and would listen to the story and help with the craft, on this particular day there were 7 of them there. As the Kids repeated the prayer and accepted Christ into their hearts, The Mom's all did too! We were so excited! We knew God had us there for the Kids but to know that he had a bigger plan for some of there Mom's brought us all so much Joy. In the Hispanic Culture if you can get the Mom you can get the family. Our Prayer is now that those Moms will tell their families and their families will also become believers! It was the Perfect ending to VBS! Praise the Lord!!!

That weekend my Brothers and Sister in law came in town. Chris (the youngest) came up on Friday and had all of us cracking up as he is known to do! We tried out Amazing Jakes which we thought would be a fun place for adults as well... not so much, but o well we laughed alot. Just to give you a visual... Brad and his childhood friend Chase road together in a two seater Go-Kart, not only were we laughing histaricly but the kids watching them were pointing and laughing too, o and I forgot to mention the size of the Go-Kart Track, picture a small cul-de-sac, put a median in the middle with Bumpers for sides and you have the size of the track... Enough said. Vince and Autumn came over later that evening to play video games (at least thats what the boys did). Autumn and I love to do random house projects and this time it included acidently breaking two plates off of my plate wall and then decided to make a mosaic plate out of it! Which is beautiful! And then after that we decorated above my cabinets in my kitchen... Thanks Autumn for all your help! I love how it turned out! On Saturday we took the boat out and Vince and Autumn came along again.... We are really going to miss them when they move, but congrats on finding a house... hope yall get it!!!!.... anyways, after some extreme tubing and maybe a little rough tubing we decided to head home and shower... V and A brought over pizza and it was another fun filled night of Wii, this time A and I participated! Alex (older brother) and Lane (sister-in-law) arrived around 10pm. They were at a wedding and were exhausted from lots of driving and wedding activities! but we chatted with them for a while before heading to bed. We all went to church the next morning and then went to Babe's after for lunch... So delicious! Everyone had to head back after lunch but it was really great to see my brothers and sister in law.

Last week was just as busy... Margaret (Brad's mom) turned 50 on Saturday and we had a huge surprise party planned out for her. Emily was in charge of most of the planning and I was in charge of getting decorations, birthday cake, and distractions. Since the surprise party was going to be at the newly just about completed Ranch, we had a lot of things to work through. All of us were to meet Brian and Margaret at the Ranch on Friday night for the weekend. "unfortunately" none of us would be able to stay past Saturday "morning". We all "left" after breakfast to "head home", and Brian was taking Margaret out to a late birthday lunch. We obvioulsy never left town and went back to the Ranch to set up for the party while Margaret was gone. So here is how it all panned out.... a couple of weeks ago I had to call the mattress place where we got the beds and mattresses and push up the delivery date. After talking the sales rep into scheming with me in order to make Margaret believe that I had no involvement... we accomplished our goal. Margaret called after getting off the phone with the mattress guy to tell me the date had been pushed up, and I acted completely shocked... We also managed to get all the curtains ordered and ready for pick up. I endured two long shopping days with Margaret at Sam's and then Bed Bath and Beyond... I say endured because I was so excited about the surprise party that it was really hard to be around the person we were surprising. In fact on day two of shopping I had to call Emily for a pep talk. I had just told Margaret what time we were going to be "leaving" on Saturday and her face hosted the most disappointed look.... SO HARD, not to crack! Emily helped me through...I am such a softy.... Anyways, Brian and Margaret went to the Ranch on Thursday and we were finally in the clear for the most part. I made the birthday cake on friday which crumbled to pieces by the time it came to reveal it on Saturday... another funny story.... and we loaded up Brad's truck with tables and chairs and other items we needed for the party from Margaret's house. We "picked up" Emily from work and headed down to the ranch, really her and Kolby were following us. Once we got to the ranch we unloaded everything into the barn which conviently sits out of sight of the house. We parked Emily and Kolby's car inside and they "rode" with Brad and I to the house. Margaret still had no idea... We made it all the way through Friday night, frantically getting things set up, making Margaret believe we were just so excited to be there (which we were) that we wanted to get as much done as possible.... After all of that Saturday went perfectly... and when Brian and Margaret returned to the ranch, she had a huge surprise waiting for her. Bonus part of the party for me was that my Mom came and actually helped set up for the party. She made an appetizer, that was a huge hit, and helped us finish up the flower decorations. Thanks mom, we couldn't have done it with out you! It was really great to see you!!!!! The party was great and so much fun!!!

Sunday night Brad and I joined up with Emily's friends to take her out to a surprise Birthday dinner, since her birthday was consumed with her Mom's 50th (yes they have the same birthday). It was a great time of fun and fellowship and after all of Emily's hard work she deserved to be celebrated.

So that has been a recap, sorry so long, of life here at the Webb's. More entries to come more often now I hope!

The Dog Days of Summer…Literally Speaking

This morning Brad went and helped his parents move some things into a storage shed while I spent some time with our pups.  Nala (rhodesian) loves to run and fast I might add.  My mom calls her our horse, which in a way she does have similar mannerism.  For instance, she runs like a horse, all four legs come off the ground together, its really neat to watch.  Bentley (Mutt) is our little explorer and our “alcoholic” as Brittney’s dad would say, because he can’t hold his “licker”… haha!  He will lick you spotless.  Anyways, I started off the morning by taking the dogs across the street to the park.  They love getting to run and explore, Nala is pretty good about staying in our eyesight, where as Bentley likes to wander behind fences and trees to where we can’t see him… crazy guy.  But when it is time to go they are both pretty good about coming and getting back on their leashes.  This morning our time at the park got cut a little short because of a decapitated animal whose guts were spilling out everywhere.  Obviously, both dogs were overly intrigued by the smell of fresh blood and… need i say more?  Nala is really strong and at one point she got over to the deceased before I could get her to stop, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to pull her off, I ran at her full speed hoping that she would move out of the way… instead she laid down on her back and surrendered, waiving her white flag.  I laughed and home we went.  I decided that it was so hot outside that the dogs needed to be cooled off in the sprinklers and below is how it all went down…

Too much Rock for one hand baby…

 

In order to sum up the past couple of weeks I needed to reach back in my movie collection and pull out “Stick It”! One of my favorites, and thanks to Caylin I own it!

**disclaimer don’t google “Stick it” for images… especially if you have young children in the room… my bad**

So Life…

Brad and I have been able to enjoy the company of our families and friends for the past several weeks and it has been so much fun!

Over the 4th, My mom and Dad (Gary) came in town to help us celebrate America… not so much Obama, but definitely America! The boys golfed early on Friday and mom and I had a late breakfast at Cafe Brazil and followed it up with massages!  We did a little shopping at Old Navy and Eye masters (mom wanted some new shades) and then met back up with the boys.  We made a delicious sopapilla cheesecake and then headed over to the Webb’s for more family fun.  Margaret’s (Brad’s Mom) side of the family was in town and it was the forth annual “Gordon family reunion” (always over the 4th of July)  Let the games begin should really be the theme, because that's what we do!  We started off with “things” a fun family game, that you can get at target ( shout out #2 for Cay).  Then we split into smaller groups and played different card games (spades, golf, fruit salad, and more) and shuffle board.  Dad and Russell (Brad’s lil Bro) wrecked shop the first night and were crowned champs! Way to go Dad, you won your way in!  We had so much fun hanging out all together and I was so glad that my mom and dad got to be there!  They fit right in… which might have something to do with the fact that my mom and Brad’s mom accidently lit our unity candle together before Brad and I even said I do!  They are two of a kind for sure!  Thanks for the fun weekend Mom and Dad!

Brad and I have also been blessed with several friends in the area!  We celebrated Matt’s birthday a few weeks ago and had so much fun! We went on a double date with Caylin and Stephen (Blind date on their end).  We finally hung out with the Walsh’s again.  Chase came over for Dinner last week and so many other things that I can’t remember!

Then this past weekend Dad (Scott) came in town for some Birthday celebrating and more fun!  Friday we ate an early dinner and then I had to work open gym for a few hours, so the boys went and shot some pool and played some shuffle board.  The next day was “my day” (Brad’s words… he’s so sweet) and we went to Bread Winners for breakfast and then willow bend for shopping!  I got these for my birthday! Mine are White and Brown, instead of red. and a few fun shirts from Anthro!

 

That night we headed to a rough riders game to meet some of my co- workers and Caylin and Stephen got to come along (date 2, if anyone is counting)  I don’t think I had laughed so hard in my life! My dad was cracking me up! After the game we went to Dave and Busters for continued celebration of my birthday!  Seriously this was some of the most fun I have had in a long time!  We all raced each other and played against each other in Basketball, which I was the surprise winner of the bball games! Thank you very much! Maybe Brad did marry me for my basketball skills? “Make it Rain!”  We also played this trivia game in which Dad won every time! It was ok with me though, because he was contributing to my ticket collection.  By the end of the night Brad and I decided that we would have “hammerheads” instead of kids and Caylin and Stephen were the proud owners of a Jay- Z chain, later to be bedazzled! 

Sunday, Caylin and I didn’t want the fun to end and went shopping together! She got a super cute dress (that she wore for date #3) and I got some cute shorts!

To top it all off, this Thursday is my 24th birthday, and that my friends is “Too much ROCK for one hand!”

I brokeded it… :(

remember when you were a kid and would over pronounce the word broke to “brokeded.”  Well for what ever reason it always made it seem a little better.  When my little brother would tell me he “brokeded it” I was always more forgiving, poor guy didn’t know what he was doing.  Well I hope it still works because now I have to tell Brad that I “brokeded it”.  It being the computer that we just got fixed.  Today as I was walking it over to plug it back in, it brokeded, on the ground.  While the actual computer is still completely functional, the screen is busted.  Its got these lines across it that look like broken glass.  I guess its a good thing that I bought the connection wire to plug it into the TV, because it shows up on the TV screen just fine.  Sorry Brad.  I didn’t mean too.

Level 3

I have successfully completed all of the skills to once again become a level 3 gymnast.  This is the level right before you really start to compete.  So junior/mini olympics here I come.  To some this might not seem like a big deal… but after 1o years of not being in gymnastics… Victory is mine.  Here are the skills I still have…

Floor:

Round-Off back handspring                    Check

Beam:

Cartwheel                                                       Check

Handstand                                                      Check

Dismount                                                        Check

Bars:

chin-up pull over                                        Check

Cast, Back Hip circle                                  Check

Vault:

Hand stand to flat back on mat             Check

Miscellaneous Skills:

The ability to sport a leotard                 Not even close

I am a Gymnastics Coach!!!!

I am so stinking excited about my new job.  After a while of not finding anything, the perfect opportunity finally came to!  Thanks God, I am not sure of your timing all the time but this was a slam dunk!  (As it always in when you rely on Him)

Growing up as a gymnast I dreamed of being in the Olympics one day.  I would practice all over the house, in the backyard, my bed wherever I could, I just loved gymnastics.   I competed for several years and can still remember some of my best routines and performances that I gave.  There was this one time on beam where I had completely destroyed my routine… i just couldn’t keep my balance.  During my dismount which was a kartwheel to hand stand , and twist over the beam thing,  I bent my arms to where my head was touching the beam, but since I only weighed like 50 pounds and was stronger than I will ever be, I pushed myself all the way back up to a perfect handstand and finished the dismount.  It was then that my coach (Van was his name) told me that I was superwoman!  I also remember getting first place on vault and floor.

Well as I got older and wiser I realized that flipping all over the place was a little scary and that I could really hurt myself… stupid fear, it always gets in the way of things… anyways in the 7th grade I decided to give up on gymnastics and move on to cheerleading.  Now cheerleading does have a lot of flipping but it was all on the ground… not on a beam.  So until I was senior in high school I cheered my heart out it was my favorite thing to do.  I even tried out in college (twice, but only cuz my roommates made me.)  And again the whole fear or flipping thing got in the way, so I didn’t make it… I have missed everything about gymnastics and cheerleading ever since.  And now I get to relive my dream through the lives of little fearless girls!  I have even brought back some of my own skills.  I am still working on the whole flexibility thing, but tonight I did some tumbling and it was so much fun!  As Brad would say… now I get to work and work out all at the same time! Its wonderful!!!!   I love my job!

Sorry about the delay in blogging, but my computer was down for the count and I just got it back tonight!!!!

I have a secret that I can’t wait to share so take your best guess from the pics below…if you already know, don’t guess!!!!!

 

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