I am who I am, love it or shove it!

I have come to find out in life YOU are in charge of your happiness. This life is way to short for all the petty drama or little things that we let bother us day to day. I am always trying to make others happy and end up not enjoying life like I should. I am sooo learning to let it go!!!!!! My kids will only be little once and I don't want to look back and regret things I did just to make others happy!!!!!! So I found this on facebook the other night and I love it..............my new motto............I am who I am, love it or shove it! :) You have to admit it has a WONDERFUL ring to it! As the Diebolds tell me " You do you and I''ll do me!" Love it!

Just like everyone these days my life is soo busy! This weekend I am in charge of a Free Food Distribution at Central Gardens for area families! I am sooooooooooooooo nervous and want it to go soo good! I have volunteered a couple of times at Poplar Bluff at the Bread Shed, I can tell you it is a very humbling experience. You really don't realize how good you have it until you see others that don't have the basic things such as food! I take for granted every day when I get hungry I just go get something to eat when others around us are eating one meal a day because that is all they can afford or not at all! Every time I have left the Bread Shed I have felt like I am the one that has been blessed not the recipents of the food! So if anyone wants to volunteer or know of anyone that would benefit please send them our way on Saturday. The distribution will start at noon and it usually takes a couple of hours to go thur all the food!

I am in shock that the end of the year is near! This year I became the mother of a TEENAGER..........holy smokes that is just crazy! Shy is loving 8th grade but dreading high school, I just laugh because I know how quick that is going to change! Luke is loving his teacher Mrs Mick this year. Luke is just like his Dad he makes me laugh EVERY day! Lawson well what can I say he is truly the baby! :) He is sooooo excited about Christmas. I love to see his face light up, his eyes just sparkle! I am a very blessed woman.

As typical Blocker fashion Cory and I still need to finish our Christmas shopping.............nothing like waiting until the last weekend to do it! Oh well we work good under pressure! I am just thankful that he will go with me! He must truly love me!

Well going to try and sleep tonight........no much of that lately! Oh well it is life! Leave some comments peeps!

Justin Bieber

On November 8, 2010 we headed to the Justin Bieber Concert in St. Louis at the Keihle Center. It was absolutely awesome getting to do this with my daughter! I will admit I will really not that excited to go until the day of the concert! I can not believe this concert was making my daughter so happy! On the way to the concert she compared Justin to Micheal Jackson............seriously is this really how my daugher feels! Yup she does feel that way.

We were the first ones into the concert! We went with some of our best friends Jo and Hannah Noe! Did I mention that we had VIP tickets and that we got to listen to Justin Bieber's sound check! I dont think I have ever heard Shyann scream like she did at this concert! Hannah and Shy were sooooo HAPPY! It was a once in a lifetime event and I am soooooooooooooooooooo glad that I got to share this with Shy! I hope she never forgets how much fun we had that day together because I know I never will! Believe it or not I am a Justin Bieber fan now! :)

Shy and Hannah made shirts Sat night before the concert and of course Jo added some bling to them!

Halloween 2010

We had a WONDERFUL Halloween this year! We had a fallfest at Central Gardens on Sat October 30th and it was a hit! I love to see all my residents enjoying the kids and having fun! I think they enjoy the candy as much as the kiddos! ;) I love pic I got of Cory and his Great Grandma Bambi! She loved seeing all the kiddos, not too many kids get to see their Great Great Grandma on Halloween!

This year Shyann was a Ladybug with Hannah to help me at the fallfest! Luke wanted to be something scary so he was a vampire......did I mention I am a team Edward fan so I was kinda of excited about his choice! Ha! Lawdog was Woody!~ He made the perfect Woody with his little freckles and hair color!

It was great getting to see all my neices and nephews too! We had 2 Buzz Light years (Conner and Kanon), Ava was Jesse, Ady was a cute witch, Kylah was a southern bell and Kelby Lou was a clown! I am a very blessed Aunt! Presley was iron man which he referred to as a robot and Finley was none other than Finley..........he thought dressing up was overrated! ;)

Going to end with some pics! I feel very blessed! Leave some comments I love them! :)

SOOOO very blessed!!!!

Yesterday was a wonderful eye opening experience for me. I have not been feeling well for the last week or so but worse since Monday. So I headed to see Dr. Jalal mainly with complaints of joint pain mainly in my hands and feet. Not intolerable pain but more like a throbbing that made me feel like my joints were swelling and just uncomfortable. Dr. Jalal hits me with "Let's check for rheumatoid arthritis", okay silently this had been a concern of mine! The nurse in me FREAKED out because this would be a life-changing diagnosis. I immediately thought of everything I wanted to do in my life and had never thought I wouldn't be able to do it on my terms!

I got WONDERFUL news today when my RA factor was NEGATIVE!!!!!!!! I was soo happy to see that on paper but it has changed my outlook. I know people recently that have not been that lucky and are facing a terrible painful road to recovery and my heart breaks for them. I know how I felt all day yesterday so I can't imagine how they must feel! So with that being said I am ready to let go of all the petty crap that happens in life!

I find myself getting so worked up over stuff that will not matter in a year from now! Love the ones that love you and I am going to learn to let it go! I have soo many things in life that make me happy and I am a VERY blessed woman!!!!! I just need to remember EVERY day how blessed I am. I have 3 wonderful heathly kiddos and an awesome husband, great family and wonderful friends! I am blessed with a wonderful church, great job, air condition, clothes, food, clean water and the list goes on! There is always soo much to remember to be thankful for so I am hoping to keep that perspective.

So from here on out I am going to try to remember your life can CHANGE in the blink of an eye! I am very thankful that mine didn't have that big change. Life is short peeps so let's live it the way we want to and like every day could be your last!

Much love!!!!!!

Stacy

A rundown of Summer 2010

I can't believe July is coming to an end rather quickly! We have had a WONDERFUL summer. In June we went to Panama City Beach and it was great as always! We were kinda of scared to head that way due to all the oil in the gulf but it turned out to be as beautiful as always! I am soo glad that we went there again this year because next year it may not be as pretty as it has always been!

Luke turned 8 on July 4th! That is just crazy! He is such a sweet and funny boy! I am very blessed to be his mother! There is not a day goes by that Luke does not make me belly laugh over something he says or if it is his love of music! I love to watch him in my rearview mirror singing and dancing to the music! Absolutely PRICELESS!!!!!!!!

Shyann was in a wreck with 5 of her friends at the end of June! She gave me quite a scare and is VERY lucky to be alive. The Gator flipped and landed on top of her right leg. She has been pretty bruised and swollen for quite some time but we are blessed that is all that happened! I am hoping she learned how fast accidents happen! WOW!!!!!

Shyann has been keeping us busy with volleyball! She loves it soo much and I LOVE to watch her play! She is soo happy when she is on the volleyball court! It makes me happy to be a part of something that her and I both enjoy. I get sooo excited watching her learn new stuff on the volleyball court!

Lawson has LOVED summertime! He loves the water! We have spent many days in the pool. He has not fear once he gets his floaties on! The only bad thing for Lawson is keeping him from getting burned in the sun! Poor white boy! :)

Well better get back to uploading pics! Leave some comments peeps!

Volleyball time!

We are in full time volleyball time at the Blocker house! Shyann is playing volleyball for Dexter 7th grade volleyball team! SHE LOVES IT!!!!!!!!! She made captain this year! I am soo proud of her! Of course she got it honestly I have always loved volleyball and still play every fall with some of my best friends! She has been coming to my games since she was about 2 weeks old! I don't think there was a doubt that she would enjoy it too if I had anything to do with it!

I can tell you that I enjoy watching her play more than I even enjoy playing myself and that is saying alot because I love it. It is wonderful to watch your daughter play something she LOVES! I am proud and we are gearing up for a all day tournament in Poplar Bluff tomorrow! Go Ladycats! Keep up the great work Shy baby!!!! :)

I am hoping this fall Kelby falls in love with it too! It will be her first season to play for Dexter Parks and Recreation! I will love being able to teach her something that all the chics in my family love! What a wonderful tradition!

Go Ladycats I am hoping for 1st!!! :)

Stacy

How blessed am I ? Very!

Sunday was such a beautiful day! We went to church as a family and then spent the rest of the day outside! Cory took Luke fishing for a few hours with not much luck! I think the horses ran them off at my Dad's but they still enjoyed it! Shy and I headed to the park with Lawson after getting some yummy ice cream! It was nice to be outside and enjoy the wonderful weather with our kids!

I have SPRING FEVER so bad this year!!!!! WOW! Bring on the spring and looking so forward to summer! I plan to spend the majority of it OUTSIDE around the pool! :)

The pics above are from Sunday! I really think the one of Lawson is going to be one of my favorites! I love my new camara lens that my awesome husband got me for Christmas! WOW!!!! I can't wait to get some more good ones! As always leave some comments! Love them! :)

Stacy