Boo's Basket

The Happiest Place in the World...

Disney World Bound and I. CAN. NOT. WAIT. ! I get to spend 7 days and night with the most important people in my live. Wheatie, Corey, Robbie, Jaxson, Annabelle, Chad, Jaycee, Cody and my newest grandangel - Mark (Corey and Robyn's Russian child visiting for 6 weeks)

Can life get any better......

Stay tuned for AMAZING pics and lots of bragging about the awesome time I am having.......

You know you are TEXAN if....

The Four Seasons

A prayer for you

"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did." When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on this sentence.

"The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you."

Something good will happen to you today, something that you have been waiting to hear.

Just 27 Words,

'God our Father, walk through my house and take away all my worries and illnesses and please watch over and heal my family in your name,

Amen.'

This prayer is so powerful. A blessing is coming to you in form of a new job, a house, marriage or financially.

This is a test. Does God come first in your life?

3 day weekend

Haven't had a 3 day weekend, with just Wheatie in a while. This was AAAAAAAAAAAAMAZING!
Friday we worked out little bones off, mowing, flagpole repair, weed eating, laundry..blah blah blah.
Wheatie won VIP tickets to the Fort Worth Fourth and so we ventured down to check it out. OMGOSH..the people...over 75,000 - not our kind of "fun". The VIP tent was ok and worth the "free" ticket....

Bright and early Saturday morning we went to the monthly SOCIAL 5K RUN sponsored by Rahr Brewery. The run is working up to a the big Oktoberfest Run in October...after the run you get 3 beer tasting, food and a brewery tour. Didn't finish first (LOL) but didn't finish last either.....damn near passed out from the heat ........I would do it again

Sunday, we mended a 100 feet of fence

(Thanks Hagen for finding that one HOLE you could squeeze thru)

and tried to recover from the previous 2 days !!

SUUUCKKKKKKKKKKERRRRRRRRRRR !!

I know, I have the softest heart when it comes to furbabies. If I could afford it - I would as many as humanly possible. I got sucked in AGAIN....

One of our local radio stations does a "pet of the week". My little Cappy girl came from the same place several years ago. Welllllllllll, 2 weeks ago, the radio station (95.9 The Ranch) had the pet of the week "Hagen". A 2 1/2 year Chihuahua mix male dog.

His story went as followed:

He belonged to an elderly lady. When she died, her son took the dog. However he kept him chained up, outside. At some point, he kicked the dog (Hagen weighs a big 14lbs) and broke his back leg. He, of course, did not take him to the vet for medical attention. He doesn't have use of that back leg now. On top of that, being outside all the time and being that he has a sleek coat, he apparently was covered in fleas, bugs, sunburns and only God knows what else and has scars to prove it.
The girlfriend of the abuser turned him in to authorities. It is my understanding he is now serving jail time (YEAH). Hagen was placed in a local shelter last March. He remained there during his recovery time. He now has a FUREVER home....MINE! He never ever has to worry about being abused or neglected EVERRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Needless to say, I would like just 5 minutes with that young man that mistreated Hagen. No animal deserves to be mistreated, as does not a human being.

Hagen is the sweetest, loving little dog. He just wants to sit with you and have you love him. His disability does not slow him down one beat. He runs and plays in the yard with Sam and Cappy, Jumps on the furniture, goes right thru the doggie door and never wimpers.
Wheatie was not thrilled at all when I broke the news of the latest addition to the family. Now, Wheatie can't imagine a day without him.

I told myself when I heard his story on the radio station, that I would give it a week and if no one else adopted him - he was mine!!

I made sure he would be a welcome addition in our house!

Happy and safe

Cappy is one of his big sisters

comfy at home....

Loves to be near Sam

just chillin !!

who wouldn't love that face

Happy life Hagen !

Wailing Wall

Couple weeks ago - a co worker of mine was headed to Jerusalem for vacation. She ask several of us if we would like for her to put a prayer on the Wailing Wall.

When I sat down to write my prayer out (on a very tiny piece of paper) I thought long and hard about what I wanted to put down in writing. Not sure if it is like telling what you wished for - so I won't go into detail.

First and foremost on the list were my kiddos and grandangels. I always want the very best for them and I know God can provide that. I listed my husband, my siblings, my in-laws, outlaws. friends and enemies. I included world peace and an end to all the fighting. There were so many things and such an opportunity I did not want to pass up. I was amazed how much I got on that post-it-note !!

She sent me this picture after she placed the prayers on the wall....must say it took my breath away !!

(not the best picture)

Mini All Ball's

Each year - at about this time - we would normally be having our family reunion, affectionately known as ALL BALLS....

But with other things going on in life, All Balls was put on the back burner for this year. However, we made a trip to Austin to meet Chad and kiddos for Cody-man's birthday and (thanks Robyn) it turned into a mini ALL BALLS...

First stop - The Oasis on Lake Travis - stunning place and GREAT food......

Birthday sopapilla's for the birthday boy !

A balloon crown

After a swim, some R&R, birthday gift opening for Cody at the hotel, we headed over the Double Dave's Pizza for some more family time and CWS watching party...