A Flower Among Weeds

I have to tell you about the picture for my new header that I took today. First off let me start by saying that our lawnmower has been broken and in the fix it shop for almost 2 weeks. (I called on it today and they said there were still 8 people in front of ours and will maybe be done Tuesday.) Yesterday morning or maybe it was Wednesday I looked out my kitchen window that is over my sink and out of the tall, tall grass was standing this lone flower. I've never seen any of these flowers in my yard before. I guess we've kept it cut often enough that it never showed up. But I thought it very profound to see this beautiful flower in the midst of all the weeds and couldn't resist the photo. I likened it to us and how we must be the flowers in the weeds sometimes. If our house is dirty and cluttered, kids with there grimmy hands and runny noses we need to take time to be the flower among the weeds. If we are out in the world with it's corruptions and vices we need to be the flower among the weeds. People will be drawn to us just as my eye was drawn to the flower instead of my knee high grass. The girls discovered it today and came running into the house. "mommy, mommy, come see the flower" Of coarse I knew it was there already but I let them ejoy the discovery and sharing it with me. I got some really pretty pictures of them too.

What we"ve Been Up to Lately

Yes, It is me. I know you all must be shocked that I'm actually updating my blog. Actually, no one will probably see this since it's been so long and you have all given up on checking here for any new info. I'm sorry for the delay. Time just seems to slip through my fingers and when I have a few minutes to my self to sit at the computer it is bed time and I'm to tired to mess with it. But today I had a Diet Coke and so am caffinated and still able to keep going. Noah had his Birthday on Sept. 12. He is 9 already. Where did my baby go. He is now on his way to becoming a young man now. We spent the night at Grandma Argo's (all except Chris)
We I made the cake and brought Ice cream for after dinner. The Aunties all got him a few goodies and the cake was yummy. Chocolate chocolate. Who wouldn't love that right.
On Saturday we hung out at the house and Mom and I hit some yard sales and did some running around in town. That evening I took the kids with all the Aunties (my sisters) and went to the Franklin County Fair. My kids had a blast on the rides and us big girls sang in a Franklin County's got Talent Contest. Heidi and I sang in the over 17 category and Emily and Ashley sang in the Jr's. Ashely took 3rd place and Heidi and I took 3rd place.
We each won $50 bucks. Of coarse Heidi and split it and $25 was exactly how much I had paid for the ride tickets for the kids. So I ended up breaking even. Not a bad Free night out with the kids. It was after 10 though by the time I got back to the Argo's to get Ethan and load up our remaining things.
Then on Sunday I turned my head and I felt like I was falling and never coming to a stop. The whole world was spinning and I was sick to my stomach from motion sickness. I was bothered by it all night. Chris took me to the Doctor on Monday (this past) and diagnosed me with VERTIGO brought on by a virus. By Thursday though my sinuses were so impacted and was having pressure behind my eyes and on my ears that I called back to the Doctors and they got me an antibiotic. I'm doing much better. I just cant bend over or sit or stand up to quickly or my head gets all swishy. Well, that pretty much brings you up to day from here. Enjoy the photos.