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20 Years of Happy…

Happy Birthday to my first born, Kayleigh Hannah Bledsoe! :-)

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So, my Kayleigh turned 20 on Friday.  She has always been…who she is:  strong, determined, loving & articulate (among other things!).

We’ve had fun celebrating since Thursday:

Lisa, Kayleigh, Ashley & Monica...out for breakfast!

Lisa, Kayleigh, Ashley & Monica...out for breakfast!

My girls & me!

My girls & me!

I’m so blessed that God chose to let me be the Mom of little girls, especially my two.  And I’m so blessed that I get to call Kayleigh mine.

Kayleigh’s 20th Birthday from C3 Church on Vimeo.

I love you, Kaygee.  Happy 20 years!

Love, Mom.

Happy “B’Day”…

….and by “B’Day”, I mean the day when we celebrate Byron!!

Happy Birthday, Babe.  Today is your day….you call the shots -

So, so far we have:

  • gone to a birthday dinner at a lovely seafood restaurant picture-1401
  • - although staring at the multi-million-dollar yacht was probably not a good idea for Byron - about 15 minutes after arriving, he was suddenly taking an interest in the prospects of owning a boat………Since he’s the “birthday boy”, I didn’t want to remind him that ours wouldn’t look quite like that! (I’m thinkin’ more like “Gilligan’s Island”…after the crash…….just sayin’….)
  • awakened before the sun in order to see it rise!  (If I didn’t have the pictures, I probably wouldn’t remember it, as I am not much of a morning person…..) picture-1442
  • gotten breakfast at the local French “Patisserie” - We decided that since it’s his birthday, WE BOTH get to eat whatever we want all day……….and we have!
  • spent the morning by the ocean - getting way too much sun, forgetting that we’re getting far too old for all that!
  • picked up lunch at, none other than, MCDONALD’S!!!  Why, you ask…..refer back to my third point…..Byron wanted an arctic orange shake…..so he got one!!
  • took a two hour nap….(Yay!)

…..and now here I am blogging about it and the day’s not even over yet!

I hope he gets his every wish today…..(especially if those wishes include more pastries and lovely sweetened caffeinated beverages from you know where……)…but I digress….

Anyway…back to the “Birthday Boy” -

I love you, Byron and I hope you have more blessings this year than you can handle.  You are an awesome husband, leader…person, and I admire you greatly for your strength and passion.  I pity anyone who tries to stop what you believe you are to do…I’m just sayin’… ;-)

Have a wonderful rest of the day…and an even more wonderful year!

Love,

Angie

The Remains…

…i shouldn’t be writing - i should be cleaning, or resting or anything but writing…

It’s just been one of those mornings…difficult, and I don’t even really know why.  I found it hard to sing this morning…hard to give…hard to love…harder to forgive.

There’s just a lot of junk in my mind…..usually Sunday mornings overshadow all the distractions - I guess I’m just in a funk…a selfish kind of funk. I feel a little more like just sitting around and licking my wounds than what I really should be doing…

And lunch has been a domestic disaster…sorry Barry.  I fixed lunch to celebrate Barry O’s 23rd (Happy, Happy!), and proceeded to drop a glass pan of enchiladas all over the floor…burning myself and Ashley in the process (sorry Ashley!)…

Then, when it was time for cake, discovered that the ICE CREAM cake had been inadvertently placed in the fridge rather than the freezer……..

….you do the math!

So, I’m sitting here waiting for the cake to refreeze…I guess I’ve got a good hour or so at least.

Oh well, Happy Birthday Barry - my heart was in the right place even if I’m no Martha Stewart…

The house will be full of people in just a few hours…hence the necessity to clean (especially after dropping dinner and melting dessert!)…but, I just feel a little weary….

I don’t really know why this morning was hard…I do know that I need to get over myself - and I know that witnessing people getting baptized is a great way for me to do that.  I can sulk later….

…tomorrow’s Monday, after all - the perfect day for sulking.

But, I won’t today - not on Sunday.  Not with my C3 family.  Not on Barry’s birthday…

Not when I’m celebrating what God has done in lives…..

There’s plenty of time for the junk on another day.

So..not today.

Peace.

Small Packages…

…so today is Sandi’s birthday!!!!! :-) dsc_6313.jpg

Sandi is one of the pastor’s wives of C3 (Travis - Student Pastor, etc., etc.,…) - and Sandi is on the very short list of my confidants and friends. If you don’t know her well, you might mistake her quietness for passivity…you might think she’d be easy to manipulate…

…think again! My friend Sandi is tough and strong - she’s a great encouragement to me with her quiet resolve. She isn’t the one to do all the talking (she leaves that to me), but she listens…and she supports…and she stands!

God has blessed me with a few “aloe friends”, and I’m so glad He included Sandi among them.

Love you, girl! I’m so glad you were born!

Peace.