NEW CRAFT ...

I did this yesterday...and thought it turned out pretty cute. Just wanted to show...feel free to try yourself :) I just painted it with hodge podge and then a pearlized white and then used brown paint pen to write whatever you want...and hot glued raffia on the stem. HAPPY FALL YA'LL!

WHAT A GAME! COLTS WIN AGAIN!

What a GAME! The Colts pulled off another "upset" last night and won with :00 seconds left on the clock. We beat another Top 10 team in the state rankings. We are working our way up there too! :) Talk about a nail biter. You can read about it HERE! We scored the first 19 points of the game and then in the 4th quarter we were down by a touchdown 26-19 with 6 minutes to play....uhhh. We were on our 2 yard line and drove the entire field to tie the game...stopped them on a 3 and out defensive drive (Praise the Lord) and then got the ball back...got in field goal range...WAIT...here is the best part!! Listen up!! We kicked a field goal with :02 seconds left (missed it and the game is still tied... Right? The ref calls "roughing the kicker", moves the ball closer to the uprights and we get ANOTHER CHANCE...RU KIDDING ME? With :00 seconds on the clock...here I am with the principal's wife and the asst. principal (holding hands) and saying lots of prayers....the ball goes up and in!! COLTS WIN...COLTS WIN!!! Man it was sweet...and I was so proud of Forrest and his team. I just kept praying during the 4th quarter for Forrest to be focused and call the right plays ...later he told me that his mind was in a "fog" all of 3rd quarter...and he couldn't think of things that would work...hmmmm. God definately showed us favor again tonight. One of the best parts is that my parents drove in from Memphis to see the game...it was a memorable night! One I'm sure we'll remember for a long time.

THE DOG & COLTS!

Just wanted to show you all a few pictures from the weekend. Bella got a new "pink" collar so everyone will KNOW she is a GIRL...she also got a harness for our walks/ runs...so she will be a little more easier to control when we see squirrels and neighbors. :) It works great! I highly recommend it. The cheer pics are of the "Clements Colts Midget Cheerleaders" that I volunteer coach...on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Arent' they cute? A big jump from college kids to 1st graders huh? They had their first REAL game on Saturday...but it ended at 1/2 time b/c a 2nd grade boy was taken away in an ambulance. Praise our Good Lord...he was ok and in church with us on Sunday! Happy Tuesday!

 

COLTS WIN!! COLTS WIN!!

Colts WIN...Colts WIN! Well...elated is an understatement of how we felt last night and waking up this morning. Starting off the season 0-2...we had some "doubters" early on...but I knew Forrest could pull the team through and we he got his 1st win as a head coach last night...followed by a bucket of ice water all over him! Click here for "the story" and HERE for more scoop. I have prayed for that moment for a long time...and God showed His favor last night on us. We can all breathe a sigh of relief now. I'm just so happy for Forrest and for his players and their families...as he said in the newspaper article...they all deserve a win like this!" Thank you for your prayers and support. I thought I would have cried last night at the buzzer but I think "relief" just took over my body. Congrats Colts! We look forward to relaxing a little today...but Forrest didn't get in until 12:30am and was out the door to trade films with next week's opponent at 6:45am....I'm sure a well-deserved nap is in the plans for this afternoon. Happy Weekend all! Go Bears...I'm rooting for you (of course) ...wish I could be there...but always there in heart. :)

What a great find. I found these really cool canvas paintings today while I was setting up a "selling" area for mine on Ebay. Aren't they so great? I emailed the guy and sent him a picture of Bella and he said he'd do one of her for $175. If you want one too of your dog or want to see more of his at the ebay store...click HERE! Do you think this is close enough to Bella or no? Let me know!! This one is around $90. Not sure where the heck it would go in our house...but I just think it's so unique!! And because I love our dog sooooo ...well it's just a given. PS- The size of the canvas is 18x18 so that's pretty big...and the artist lives in New York...I've never been cool enough to own an original piece of artwork...I'm still up in the air...let me know your vote! :)

Off to MSU...

Happy Sunday to you all! Just wanted to fill you in on our weekend. Friday night was a big bummer...the Colts lost at the buzzer on the 1 yard line...when time ran out and no timeouts to take. Final score: 27-21. Pray for the Colts to get their 1st win of the season on Friday on their away game...they are almost there but can't seem to pull out the "W." One thing is for sure...I believe in the coach "no matter what!!"

Then Saturday morning we headed off early (6:45AM) to trade game film with our next opponent on our way to see the Bulldogs play. It was our FIRST game back in Starkville in about 4 years!! Since living in TX was SO far away and with my job and traveling with Baylor's football team...we seemed to never get back here. Just one of the great perks of moving closer to home...go to MSU athletic events now that we are only 3 hours away...and his parents live in West Point--so we have a free place to stay! My thoughts on the game (unedited version): It was very fun to be there again...many things have changed on campus...a lot more tailgating and the great new bookstore next to the stadium....we received free tickets to the game with Forrest's coach's card, and then for a $30 "M" annual club fee we were able to sit in the air conditioned box overlooking the field. We checked it out during pregame and 1/2 time...but the rest of the time we sat with 2 couple friends (see below). Good to see them again. As far as the game goes...it's really sad when you are now hoping your team will just make it on the scoreboard for the first time this season. In the years we were there on the team and dancing...we went to 3 bowl games...my how times have changed. Oh well...we are still Bulldog faithful through thick and thin...and the atmosphere is worth coming for! I saw my old Spirit Coordinator and 2 girls I danced with...I also saw my sorority house roommate, Meredith, who is from Athens, AL (ironically enough)... fun to see them again...now with their children. My favorite was to see Bully "pictured above" run out the team...this little, fat bulldog was running as hard as he could...needless to say they didn't do that when we were there. And can I put a little comment in about the new dorms on campus?????? UHHH helllloooo!!! They look like hotels!!! Don't get me wrong I'm proud to see the campus look great...but my goodness...coed freshman doors with wooden staircases....wow!! PS- It eases the pain of a shutout loss when you realize that Auburn is ranked #4 in the country...at least it does for me. Oh....and the last picture is today on our drive home when Miss Bella decides she wants to see where we were going and decides my shoulder would be a good chin rest...isn't she the cutest? Thank you 'Williams' for letting her come with us! :)

LABOR DAY...

Well...I thought I'd share what's really on my heart today...on the national holiday we call "Labor Day." It's ironic enough that a year ago to this very day...I suffered a miscarriage. Some of you may know this and to some it may be "new" news. It's hard to believe that a year has passed, but at the same time I remember the day all too well. All I knew was something was wrong and I was in ALOT of pain....so much that my doctor later told me it was "labor/ contraction pains." I had no idea at that early in a pregnancy that could happen but it did. As I told Forrest later about the pain, no wonder "I just wanted Jesus to take me now!" Anyway...of course...that experience was painful physically and emotionally...but I know it drew me closer to the Lord and still does to this day. So thanks to all of you who ask about us and what's the latest with this part of our lives. We are still tryin'! :) I believe the next step is to...hopefully get a new doctor here soon...and he'll get me on some drugs to help us out. This experience is part of my testimony of course and part of the revelation behind the move that came to me in June. Some of you've heard the story and some have not. God's word came alive to me through a Bible study by Priscilla Shirer, He Speaks to Me, and from the gospels...the story of the feeding of the 5,000...when many of us have read the story over and over...there is a line that had never really gotten my attention until this summer, "And Jesus told the crowd to SIT DOWN and then he would feed their hunger"...but not until they sat down would he bless them. It hit me that wait a minute...maybe that's what God wants to do with me...bless me...but I've been too busy to sit down and receive the things He wants to give to me.

I found that really speaking to me that all of our time in Waco I was so busy running around and being "busy" and doing everything for others that I didn't get the chance very often just to "sit down." And I think that is one of the reasons God moved us here to Alabama is just for me to "sit down" and be still and listen to Him and be blessed. This month and then some I have had no "real job" and it has been really great just to "sit down" and do things I've put off for so long and just to do things I've wanted and at the pace I want to. You know it's quite peaceful and refreshing to "take your time." You should try it some time. I don't mean to be late to an appt. but just to get up early and have ample time to get here or there and not be rushed. Let me know how your "trial" run of this goes. :) Anyway...enough rambling...just my thoughts and my heart on today. My prayer is that God would bless Forrest & I with a "labor of love" that we can call our own ...in His time. Thanks for letting me share.

Tough Loss....Great Weekend

I'm back!!!!!!! Just wanted to update you all on our weekend. Well....... we lost the game on Thursday (unfortunately) but that's ok...our opponent was a ranked team and we had some costly mistakes (fumbled twice in the red zone). We are a great team..just need to fix a few things. Final score: 28-6. It was such a beautiful, perfect night. Great weather for HS football! I even have a "sports injury" from scraping my calves on the concrete bleachers so hard when I wanted us to get in the endzone! (no picture necessary) Forrest had 8 family members come from 3 states to watch his "head coach debut." A fun time was had by all ...and we're gearing up for this week's home game. I was a proud coach's wife that night...and continue to be. I'm amazed at the pressure my husband is under yet you'd never know it by his disposition and talk. I definitely had chill bumps and tears in my eyes when the team ran through the goalpost sign and scored their first touchdown...all that we have done to "get over here" had come to fruition and we are beginning to see the "why" in it all.

Here are a few picture to commerate the weekend. After Thursday..we started the weekend early be celebrating 4 birthdays!! (Patrick, our nephew; Joel, Forrest's dad; Louise, Forrest's Gma; and Eric, Forrest's uncle). Then Forrest and our roomie, Michael...headed to Fayetteville for the USC vs. Ark game....and I went to West Point, MS with his fam to go to my 1st "Prairie Arts Festival" You know me...I like a challenge...so the night before the Festival...I decided I wanted to enter the 5k run....so I borrowed my sister-n-law's shoes that were 1/2 size too small. Mike, Forrest's brother-n-law also ran. I finished 2nd in my age division (25-29) and received this fun prize (a ceramic trivet) --see below. Much better than a silly, gold trophy huh? The festival was a lot of fun, and I bought a cool "country chic" black chair with a rooster and "southern sayings" ...for only $20!! (picture coming soon). Who knows--maybe next year I can be a vendor with my paintings! :) Hears hoping! More blogging to come soon...get excited!