Happy Mothers day...(full of humor)

Happy      Mother's Day!! Dear Friends, Wishing all of you Mom's and Grandma's the day you deserve!  Here's a few laughs for you to enjoy !   What My Mother Taught Me My mother taught me RELIGION. "You'd better pray that will come out of the carpet." My mother taught me TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident." My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about." My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!" My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it." My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do." My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home." My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!" My mother taught me HUMOUR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me." My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand." My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you".    10 Amusing One-Liners and Interesting Facts About Mothers I'd like to be the ideal mother, but I'm too busy raising my kids. 80.5 million are the number of mothers of all ages in the USA. 81% of women between 40 and 44 are mothers. Women expect to have 2 children in their lifetime. Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to show that sleep is not necessary to human life. Parents often talk about the younger generations as if they didn't have anything to do with it. A mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. - Peter De Vries God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. - A Jewish Proverb There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. - Chinese Proverb A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. - Irish Proverb    Mother of a Small Boy Knows... A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house, 4 inches deep. A 3-year old boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant. When you hear the toilet flush and the words 'uh oh' , it's already too late. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it. A six-year old boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old Man says they can only do it in the movies. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year old Boy. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence. Super glue is forever. » No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water. Pool filters do not like Jell-O. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving. You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is. The fire department in Austin, Texas has a 5-minute response time. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy. It will, however, make cats dizzy. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy. 80% of men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.

Wishing you the best day, Shannon Donald

A season of up's and downs...(but we are so grateful for every minute)

Here is a little video I made of pictures from some of Eve's meets this year. Nothing great, but I wanted a little something to remember this year. It was a year of ups and downs but I am more proud of her than ever! I think sports are a good way to get a preview of how your child handles life and will handle life. Perseverance, determination, self control, work ethic, inner strength, etc all show up in those fun activities that are children like to do. If we focus long enough we will be able to see things we would never be able to see otherwise. By the end of last season, Eve was struggling so much with mental blocks that she didn't even go to state even though she qualified her very first meet last year. I thought that we were reaching the point where she would throw in the towel and say  "I quit" but instead she has done the opposite. When things get tough you can either stop or let it make you stronger and teach you something. I am proud to say that she preserverd through it and it has taught her so much. She is still battling it daily but the she is still pushing forward. Some days are better than others but lately she is having more good than bad! She has really opened up to me a lot lately and if anything good came out of this that would be around the top of my list. :)

So this is to the 2011-2012 gymnastics season! The good thing about gymnastics is you can always say "That was last season it's all over and done with, We start new this season!" Go get em girl! Faith will never steer you wrong!

My Bucket list...

1.  Ban alcohol
2. Sleep under the stars (no tent or camper)
3. Learn how to play the piano
4. Visit Hawaii
5. Watch a meteor shower
6. Visit a hot springs and get in
7. Run a marathon
8. Walk on a glacier in Alaska
9. Ski (Water)
10. Learn to speak another language
11. Bungee jump
12. Sky dive
13. Win $million bucks or a lot of $ (from a giveaway of some sort)
14. Learn how to draw
15. Give up sweets
16. Eat something off the wall
17. See Mount Rushmore in person
18. Grow my own vegetables
19. Visit France
20. Sleep on an overnight train
21. Get the world to ban abortion
22. Go back to Mexico
23. Take a sick day when I am not ill (again)
24. Build a snow fort
25. Watch an animal being born
26. Learn to surf
27. Quit being scared of frogs
28. Go somewhere formal with Jason (so we can dress the part of course)
29. See a total eclipse
30. Learn how to sew
31. Travel around the world
32. Go on a cruise
33. See Niagara Falls in person
34. Visit Africa
35. See an Amish community
36. Pay off my house
37. Roll around in perfect grass
38. Take my girls to Washington DC
39. Go rock climbing (and repel over the cliff)
40. Go on the Amazing Race
41. Learn how to hola hoop
42. See Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Be serenaded
44. Live on the beach
45. Walk on a beach by moonlight
46. Have grand kids
47. Start my own business
48. Tell someone that they are being mean bc they are being mean ( only applies to adults of course)
49. Run a 5k in under 20
50. Go to the Eiffel Tower
51. Go scuba diving
52. Kiss in the rain passionately
53. Have a party for no reason
54. Go to a drive-in movie
55. Be in a movie (I suppose home movies don't count...)
56. Visit the Great Wall of China
57. Join a prayer group
58. Take a martial arts class
59. Visit Australia
60. Learn how to cook better
61. Go a week without eating chocolate
62. Go whale watching
63. Receive flowers for no reason
64. Donate blood
65. Donate my organs
66. Learn how to salsa dance
67. Buy Jason a jeep wrangler
68. Get a maid
69. Not to cry when I get mad
70. Visit my old best friend from school Layla
71. Meet Dolly Parton
72. Piece a quilt
73. Stand in Time Square
74. Tour the Everglades
75. Get a full massage again
76. Learn how to do a backtuck and do it
77. Ride in a limo one more time
78. Figure out a way so lice is killed from the earth
79. See the Grand Canyon in person
80. Publish a childrens  book (want to...better get busy though, eh?)
81. Go back to Disney World with my girls while their young enough to enjoy it
82. Invent something
83. Get my dad to quit smoking
84. Watch my grandkids being born
85. Become a great grandparent
86. Visit the White House again ( I haven't been there since I was in 6th grade)
87. Sit in Jesus lap
88. Help find a cure for Cancer
89. Save someone’s life
90. Sit on a jury
91. Meet someone famous
92. Get an inground pool and hot tub
93. Talk to my family in Heaven
94. Quit worrying about things so much
95. Go to another country or place and tell them about Jesus
96. Get Eve to eat a hamburger
97. Converse with someone when neither of you spoke each others language
98. Understand people more
99. Grow old with Jason
100. Watch my girls grow into happy, healthy, christian adults

I don't know about you, but it looks like I've got a lot to do! I may have to live a really long time...