It's thankful Thursday

Oops! Not finished don't know what happened there

Anyway so many things to be thankful for...

• For good health and that my cousin is alive. J. who is about 32 years old had a heart attack a couple of days ago. The doctor said his arteries were pretty bad and that he is lucky to be alive.

• For good friends. God has sent me some very good friends that I have depended upon a lot this year and with my mom's passing...Linn, Carie, Karen, Christina, Shawna...may God richly bless them. Thank you God for blessing me with such wonderful friends.

• For fresh sweet corn...yum, yum, yum

• For fruit that is in season {peaches, cantalope, honeydew, ect... :)}

• For flip-flops...I don't like wearing shoes

Cody

• I'm thankful for my mom...she takes very good care of me!

Brett

• I'm thankful for my new bedroom set. Now I will sleep pretty good.

WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR THIS THURSDAY?

It's Thankful

Jes
Thankful school is not starting yet and I still have alittle bit of summer...I'm also thankful that we get summer breaks:)

Our new Toy

We went to Farmington yesterday...just to get out of the house...it quite wasn't the same without my mom...but it is all part of picking up the pieces and starting over.

Anyway the kids and I went to American Home Furnishings to look for some bar stools and an umbrella for the table outside. Didn't find any so then we went to the Mall just to window shop. We enter in at Dillard's and I remembered that a friend of mine has her bridal registry at Dillard's. (She is getting married in September). So as I was waiting for some help Jessica noticed "THE JUICER" the exact one I had been looking for on-line but seemed to be "out of stock". Boy did this make my day...Cody said "mom we should get that" so that is what I did.




So guess what we have done today...play with our new toy. We made juice from strawberries, grapes, honeydew, apples, oranges, carrots, broccoli, and lettuce.

ALL NATURAL - NO SUGAR ADDED....MMMMMMM,MMMMMMMMMM, GOOD

We want to try adding some cucumbers, spinach, zucchini, and other veggies along with watermelon, pears, peaches, and other fruits. Cody will definitely have his daily servings of veggies this way...so he said.





The best part is drinking our creations...and clean up is not too bad...fairly easy and I like that!!

Moms Memorial

Today we buried my mom. Her memorial service and gravesite service were beautiful. I miss her so much. I keep thinking I need to call her to see how she is doing only to remember she is no longer here. I feel so lost without her. I now have to pick up the pieces and start all over again. Where do I begin to start?

PS - a celebration of life

Funeral services for my mom will be on Friday, July 24, 2009 at 10:00am at the River Church, 860 Plymouth Drive, Durango

A celebration of life

Today my mom went home to be with her Lord and Savior. How my heart is broken yet I am happy because she is no longer here suffering. She is in a much better place. I will miss her so much because she has been my best friend. She has taught me so much and I am glad that I had her in my life. It will be hard to adjust yet again to a "new normal", (it has been hard to adjust to our "new normal" from Bryan's passing) but with God's help we will make it. I told her to give Bryan a big hug and kiss from us and to tell him we are doing okay. She said she would. I just know they are having a good time up there and I can't wait to join them.

The kids and I are doing okay we will miss her but we will not forget her because she is still with us in our hearts. We love you mom and nan!

My Thankful Thursday on Wednesday - My sweet handsome boy CODY!

My sweet Code-man is a very precious gift to me. He was born on January 13, almost two weeks late. It just seems like yesterday when he was little..now he has grown up (almost 5 feet 11 inches to be exact) to be a wonderful young man who is thoughtful, kind, caring, and helpful. He is often the peace-maker when his brother and sister start fighting...(not Brett and Jes...oy!) He has been such a blessing.

Anyway...as we were preparing for our trip tomorrow he said that he wanted to cut his hair. I asked him if he was sure and he said yes. Now for some background about his hair. Since he was 6 yrs. old he didn't want his hair to be cut. I remember asking him why and he said so people will know that I am a Native American. So we started growing his hair. Growing our hair is not about being vain but it is about tradition and strength. It helps to identify who you are in our culture. Some natives believe it involves the spiritual part of you as well. It all differs in how you were brought up. When someone passes on we show respect by cutting our hair if you want to. Now why would he want to cut his hair? I believe it had to do with people mistaking him for a girl. Now come on people does this picture look like a girl...I think NOT!!! You know he actually had a comment written about his hair in the editorial section of the newspaper, which was written by a student at his school and they used his name...I was not to happy about that so I better not get started talking about it because it just ignorance on their part and for anybody else who thinks that any male who grows their hair long is a girl...

So back to the part where he said he wanted his hair cut before we leave, I said okay are you sure? Yes mom, I'm ready for a change is what he said. Then just to tell you all how caring and thoughtful he is he said I want to donate my hair to LOCKS of LOVE which, I'm sure you all know about, is hair donations of lengths of at least 10 inches that goes towards making wigs for under privileged children who have lost their hair due to sickness. His hair was about 12 or so inches long...That's my Cody!

HERE IS HIS HAIR HE DONATED - TOOK A WHILE TO CUT THROUGH HIS THICK, LONG, WAVY HAIR

AFTER THE CUTOFF OF HIS BRAIDE

HAVING HIS HAIR SHAPED

THE FINAL RESULTS - LOOKS LIKE HIS DAD WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER

Here he is getting ready to donate - he looks good and it is taking me a while getting used to seeing his new look - he still is a handsome young man and still Native American