Happy Mother's Day

My mother is love. "Love is patient; love is kind. Love is not jealous; is not proud; is not conceited; does not act foolishly; is not selfish; is not easily provoked to anger; keeps no record of wrongs; takes no pleasure in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth; love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things." ~ I Corinthians 13:4-7.

I think those scriptures some up what my mother is. If I need encouragement you are there to give it to me. When I need a shoulder to cry on, I can lean on you.  With dad, I can call him to make him view things my way but with you I don't get you to see things my way. You always seem to find ways that are better than my way. When I am wrong you let me know. When I need honesty you provide me with lots of it. You are my worrier so I don't have to worry. I love the way you treat kids. You are a wonderful Grandmother to 2 precious boys. I can't wait to have grandchildren for you to spoil. They will love the fishing trips you will take them on. I love the way David & Kelly Adkin's babies love on you and sit in your lap at church. Actions speak louder than words. Everyone can say you would be the one to give a shirt off your back, and give to the less fortunate or even more fortunate than you. You hate to buy yourself something unless it is from a thrift store and sometimes you find things for me instead of you. I love the way you think about me. I love the way that Cloey calls dad Brother Mark, church terms, and you Aunt Deb, even though we are not kin to her. Thank you for all you do for your family. I could not imagine having another mother besides you.Thank you for getting onto me when I use to write on my pants, I got that from you. I now know that I must take care of my things if I want it to last a life time. I know your love will last FOREVER! I love you mom!

This is it...

I guess most of you have heard the news. Yes my mother and father have sold the restaurant. I am so glad for them because this job was literally a 7 days a week 24 hours a day type of job. They could not get away. When they did get the chance things would happen and customers would get mad. We have had customers that would get so mad they would not come back. Mom and Dad would not know why until weeks later when they were confronted by those individuals. They were under alot of stress and I have known this from day one. Mom could not be happy when things like this happened. I have felt so sorry for her when I would go see her and she would be in tears. This job has taken a toll on my father as well. Most of you know he has artheritis and it is spreading all over his body. He can not get insurance because it is preexisting nor disability because they own a business. Some people have asked me what I think and my comments are "I don't live restaurant life everyday so I am happy for them." Then they say well you will not get to see them because they will be working on the road again. My comment is "When my parents want me to visit, they know what to do." But yet I feel so bad. I feel like we have let the community down. We have nothing against this town. As a matter of fact we love it here. We love the people and all the support. I know that the new owners will run this business like we have. They will treat you all the same as we have. They will be working hard to make sure it works out. I am so excited to help this family on this journey and so is my parents. I hope that this does not upset anyone and please support this family as you have supported us. They will need it! There is a positive thing about this family buying us out. They have alot of family to help out everyday of the week. Whereas my parents only had each other. Dusty and I have jobs and they could not depend on us if someone called in sick. I hated that for my parents but God is an on time God and it will all work out for the good. Thanks again!

My father

Mark Mason

My father has demonstrated to me that if I want anything in life I must work hard for it. He is a true inspiration to me and many people he comes in contact with. I am glad that God made me his daughter. He has never told me "no" when I ask for something, even when he knew it would be in my best interest not to get it. Those times that he wanted to say no are the times that I learned from my mistakes. He never told me when someone wasn't right for me, it was then that I found out for myself who WAS right for me. After is when he told me his true feelings. He always went out of his way to make our family and me happy. He kelp secrets from me to keep me safe and not make the mistakes he made. When I found out those secrets I was then old enough to know right from wrong. He has pushed me to do my best and succeed in everything I do.  We may not say I Love You everytime we hang up the phone but we know that we love each other no matter what. He works so far away but everytime he comes home we greet each other with a hug. He has more friends than any man I can think of and I call his friends my own. I look up to him and cherish every minute I have with him. He is the master of all cooks and the dad of all dads. I would not be the woman I am today if he wasn't the man I called Dad. Thanks Dad for the support you give to me and the love that will last a life time!

New Beginnings

Well I finally got a scanner so I can begin blogging about my life.

This is where is all begins...after we got married!
On October 11, 2008, Jeremy and I became one.

On our big day I was honored to be able to use my brothers house, less than a mile from the wedding site, to get ready.

The day was such a nice and beautiful day.

Our minister for the wedding was my cousin Brother Ed Avans.

I am not sure what Jeremy was thinking...

as I walked down the isle.

I guess it wasn't to run because we exchanged vows anyway.

I am so glad that I got to share this day with my parents and....

Jeremy's parents.

Our grandparents were there to support us on this special day. If you will notice we are very fortunate to have parents and grandparents who are with their original spouses, we have no step parents or grandparents. What role models we have to live within us. It is so rare to find that now. My grandpa Smith is not present in this picture.

They say that opposites attract.

Jeremy had such a hard time opening his mouth for the cake, but on the other hand

I didn't have a problem. Yes my mouth is bigger than his. Another thing that Jeremy don't like to do is dance, but I do so we danced.

Everyone has to have the "Chicken Dance" played at their wedding.

I had a father daughter dance picture but I will save that for my daddy's Father's Day message. Speaking of my father, he was the one to cook the wonderful meal at our wedding. He and my mother flew in on Friday to a work in progress. The people that helped prepare this wonderful food was my father, Mickey Guinn, Greg Paradise, my brother and his wife Beth Ann, Jannis Woodall, my Grandmothers Edna and Billie Jean, and my mother. The cakes were made by Mrs. Hill. I had many people to help serve it that included Phil Davis, Deb Davis, Tina Edmonds, Jannis Woodall, Elaine Potter, Hailey Prince, and Bethany Smith. If I am leaving anyone out I am sorry but it was such a hectic day.

Jeremy always gives me this look...

and I often get this one too followed by a "well".

Thanks for viewing our wedding day. I will have more blogs to come.