M is ALSO for MAIL RUN...

i went out to the mailbox...in a tank top, shorts and my bare feet.

on the way back in, these caught my eye...thought i'd share them with you :)

M is for MERRY CHRISTMAS!

here is our 2007 christmas card. i love how it turned out and wish i could send one to everyone in my address book, but i had to cut WAAAAAY back on my christmas card list...those postal workers must be getting paid quite well...i can't keep up with the rising stamp prices!

it looks fuzzy but if you click on the picture, you can see it crystal clear :)

merry christmas y'all!

L is for the LEE family

i didn't want to tell anyone about our LEE family photo shoot until christmas cards were sent out.

i am 'almost' done with my list, so i will start sharing some photos from the day.

my friend stacey offered to take pictures for us. stacey is incredibly creative and talented and we are so very grateful for her offer.

we went to old town spring, a section of town filled with lots of antique and gift shops. we all wore our jeans and cowboy boots...did i mention we did this late JUNE/early JULY? it was HOT, HOT, HOT.


but totally worth it. i'm pretty sure this was the last shot of the day. it totally cracks me up.



















there are plenty more, but i still have to get to 'Z' so i'm going to share them a bit at a time :)

K is for KUDOS to KSBJ's KANKELFRITZ & the KOLACHE man

so, i'm laying in bed last night and the thought goes through my mind,

"tomorrow is the letter K on my blog. hmmm...what am i going to blog about?... "
'k' is a tough one...actually my friend angela (who i got this whole alphabet idea from in the first place) admitted to me that she hadn't updated HER blog for awhile because SHE was STUCK on K."

this morning i started my day the way i always do...turned on the radio & checked in on the website that i belong to...

my friend becky's husband is the morning DJ for KSBJ...michael kankelfritz is a funny dude. and his morning show was just named TOP MORNING SHOW in houston!

that's quite a feat, considering houston is the third largest city in the country.

you can listen online @ www.ksbj.org

so KUDOS to KSBJ's KANKELFRITZ.









and i thought "PERFECT...this is PERFECT for my K blog!"
but there's MORE. lol.
we didn't have any cereal in the house for breakfast...so i ran to a little store right up the road...not much from the outside...a combo liquor/convenience/donut/kolache store with bars across the windows...

i've never been there before...but our very first morning in texas, mr. chuck got breakfast there.





the older gentleman behind the counter boxed up my donuts & then put a couple kolaches in a bag for me. he gave me my total and i handed him my debit card.

"OOOOOOH, WE NO TAKE CREDIT CARDS...you have CASH? you have CHECK?"i said no and asked if he had an ATM.

"NO."
i said i was sorry, and turned to head to the door.

"OOOOOOOH, NO. NO. YOU TAKE DONUTS & KOLACHE. YOU COME BACK LATER, OKAY?"i couldn't believe it. in this day and age? are you KIDDING? but he was serious, with a giant smile on his face.

i thanked him over and over and came home with my OWN giant smile.

wow. KINDNESS lives.

and soooooo, KUDOS to the KOLACHE man too!

what a GREAT start to my morning.

J is for JESUS' BIRTHDAY (lol...a hudson funny)

hudson is our musical child. so it was no surprise when he asked me this morning to turn the radio on so we could listen to christmas songs.

our favorite christian radio station, KSBJ, is playing ALL christmas music through the holidays.

so the song that comes on is singing about JESUS in a manger...

and hudson says, 'MOM, THIS ISN'T A CHRISTMAS SONG, IT'S A JESUS SONG.'

i take this opportunity to (again) explain that the reason we celebrate christmas is because it's JESUS' birthday.

he says, 'WELL, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE CAKE?'

i say, 'SURE, WE CAN MAKE A CAKE.' (thinking this will be fun).

he says (with some fear and trepidation in his voice), 'BUT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO GO UP TO HEAVEN TO GIVE IT TO HIM?'

i told him that since Jesus is in our hearts, when we eat the cake, he gets it too.

JESUS, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED ALL THE M&M's I ATE YESTERDAY. lol.

interrupting my alphabetical blogging for a moment :)

i shared with you about HYDRATE HOPE and the event that bobby and i were involved with last week.

here are some INCREDIBLE photos from the event:

http://www.studio563.com/houston/chip/

i wish i could have taken all of you with me...this is the best i can do.

xoxo,

me

p.s. good thing i did my hair...you can catch a glimpse of bobby's and my backside in one of the photos...ooooooh, i know you're going to hurry there now :)

I is for I AM...

i am wendy.

i am wife to bobby. i am mom to four crazy kids. i am in love with bobby. i am in love with my four crazy kids. i am in love with GOD...i am amazed at his mercies in my life.

i am thankful. i am grateful for all he has brought me through. i am in awe at all he has brought our family through.

i am hopeful. i am believing that the promise he made to finish the good work he started in me is TRUE and will happen.

i am human. i blow it daily. but i am forgiven.

i am joyful. i am happy to be alive and well. to have weathered this journey called life.

i am hungry. i am craving something chocolate and there is NONE in my house.

oh wait! i am wrong! i forgot about carson's birthday cake. woohooooooo!

i am turning grey. you would NOT believe the amount of grey that has decided to reside on my head.

i am back to the size i was when i got married 16 years ago. i am thrilled but i am acknowledging that somehow it all LOOKS different after four children have wreaked havoc on my abs LOL

i am silly. i am one who loves to laugh. i am one who loves to make others laugh.

i am also intense. i am hard to figure out.

i am santa. (shhhhh...good thing the little guys don't know how to read yet...please keep my secret, okay?)

i am friend. i am scatterbrained. i am a scatterbrained friend. i am loved despite this.

i am loving life.

i am loving watching my husband's dreams come true.

i am loving watching my children grow & learn to love Jesus (yeah, yeah...i know....one swore in church...but isn't it a testament to his place of safety in a home where he had NO CLUE that it was a bad word? i am choosing to look at it this way LOLOL).

i am acclimated to the crazy texas weather. i am cold now when it hits 60. i am SERIOUS. i am now a big fat freeze baby. i am embarassed to admit this.

i am off to have some birthday cake and then i am off to bed.