It's Been Awhile...

Wow, it's been about 2 1/2 months since my last post! We are still here! :-) Staying extremely busy! Everything is great though!

Happy Anniversary!!

Happy Anniversary Rick and Sheri!!! Today is their 23rd Anniversary!!! Congratulations you guys! You two really show what a true marriage should look like, and how it should be, we a long with so many others look up to you and the way you love each other and treat eachother. You are truly an amazing couple and we are so very honored to be able to call you our spiritual parents. I hope you are honored today the way you deserve to be honored. We love you and thank you so much for being the Godly example of what a marriage means.
Sorry there are no pictures, I actually don't have any recent ones of the two of you.
Love you guys!

P.S. Are you feeling "lucky" tonight? Ooops! LOL. If there were any religious people in church today, I'm sure they won't be back after that comment! HaHa! Hillarious.

Anyway, Happy Anniversary and congratulations again! That's a heck of a long time to be putting up with him Sheri. Kudos to you. ;-)

1st Grade!

So, yesterday, we went to "Meet the Teacher Night" we got to meet Alex's 1st grade teacher Mrs. Burgett. I really really like her!!! When anybody leaves out of her classroom, she says "God Bless!" Hmmm, could she be a believer? :-) I prayed for a good teacher for Alex this year, I believe with all my heart he's in her class for a reason! We'll just have to see what that reason is! :-)

So, here we are yesterday, I can't believe he actually has a desk this year!! Last year, he sat at a table with students, this year, a desk? Oh my! Isn't it so cute???

Mrs B. told us last night that they have a little friend right outside their classroom, and that little friend just had babies. It's a Groundhog! I've never actually seen one of these! This was taken from his classroom window.
We were rushing out of the house, so I had to take just a quick shot of Alex before we left!
On our way to school, and yes, you guessed it, he had to have a Transformers backpack!
Ok, so, we get to school, we are walking to class and of course, I'm snapping pictures, well, this little man has the nerve to tell me "Will you quit taking pictures mom?" Through his teeth! Like he was embarrassed or something!! Wait, excuse me? Did I just experience my first "My mom is so embarrassing" moment???
I did manage to get just a couple more pictures.

My little baby! In 1st grade already! I'm so proud he is my son! Dad wanted to be here so bad, but he was unable to because he is working out of town. But he really wanted to be with Alex on his first day of school too! Hope you enjoyed sharing our first day of 1st grade with us!

Love ya'll!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Today is a very special day! It's Father's Day!!
So, first off, let me just say Happy Father's Day to our Heavenly Father, without you, we wouldn't have these wonderful men in our lives!

Happy Father's Day Jeff! I love you so so so much! And I miss you like CRAZY!! I hope your Father's Day is wonderful, I'm so sorry that we are not together to celebrate this special day with you! But just know that we are thinking about you and love you so much! Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Michael! You are the best Father to our son, and I'm so thankful that God gave me you to have kids with, I wouldn't want anyone else raising my children but YOU! I love to hear you guys laugh and play. You always take time out of your day to make sure you play with him, and I think that is so important. He KNOWS without a shadow of a doubt that you love him, and I think you and I both know how important that is! I love you! Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Rick! You have been like a father to Michael all of his life and helped him grow into the awesome man that he is today, Thank You!! You are also our Spiritual Father, and there is nobody else that we would rather have leading us, and guiding us than you! You are an awesome man and we love and appreciate you so much! Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Uncle Dave! You are the one and only man that has ALWAYS been there with Zack and I. When there was no father figure around, there you were! You've always called us your kids and you've always been so protective over us. I speak for Zack too when I say we love you so much and we thank you so much that you have been there all of our lives. I know we both miss you very very much! So, Happy Father's Day, you deserve it just as much as all the other dads do!
T-I had to steal this from your blog because I don't have a picture of him!
Anyway, Happy Father's Day Hugo! Thank you so much for giving us the BEST nieces and nephew in the WORLD!!!! Without you, there would be no them! And thank you for being so good to Kristi. She deserves a good man, and we are so glad that God gave you to her! We love you and miss you so much! Happy Father's Day!

And to all the other Father's out there, Happy Father's Day! Hope your day is great!

It's Someone's Birthday!!!!

LOOKIE LOOKIE MICHAEL'S 30!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUSBAND!!!

Wow, no longer in his 20's! I cannot believe that I've known this man for 20 years now! Yeah, you read right, 20 years!! Wow babe, we're getting OLD!! :-)

Happy Birthday Mike...You are a strong, mighty man of God, and I am proud to call myself your wife! You are a wonderful husband, a fantastic, loving, nurturing dad. And you need to be darn proud of yourself for who you are!

I love you and I hope you have a great day!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

This is how WE do it!

So last night, Mike and I celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary! Tuesday (the 19th) was our actual day, but we decided to celebrate it last night. So, while Re-Re and Uncle Rick watched Alex, Mike and I headed out!

1st stop......Joe's Crab Shack....YUM! This is a really good place, and really fun! It's not all crab, it's all kinds of different seafood...It's really good.

I got the Coconut Shrimp with some type of plum/pineapple dipping sauce. It was pretty tasty!And Mike got this......It's a big pot of boiled crap (or at least that's what it looks like lol) Actually, it's Alaskan Snow Crab, Boiled Clams, Corn on the cob, Potatoes and a Sausage. He enjoys this kind of stuff.

Here's his after dinner plate....He had to work hard for his food!
Looks pretty nasty huh?

So after dinner, we were planning on taking a walk downtown, because on Friday nights, it's always hoppin'....Our first stop was our tattoo shop that we love to go to. I wanted to look at the tattoo that I was wanting to get, kinda get an idea of what exactly I wanted, had no intentions at all of getting one....Well, that kinda changed.....Mike pressured me....

Ok, he didn't have to twist my arm that much. lol. I just couldn't believe I actually did it! And I LOVE the result! It's so cute!

After this, we decided to just head home. We had fun just Mike and I. We did miss our Alex being with us, especially since we hadn't seen him since the night before...He was having fun at Re-Re and Uncle Ricks...Posts to come of his visit there will probably be up very soon on Sheri's blog. (hint hint). But, it's always good to have some "us" time. Wasn't expecting to get a tattoo, that was his anniversary gift to me! I think I want more now! ;-) We'll see!

Love ya'll!!

Happy Anniversary!!

A little late, but I just wanted to say Happy Anniversary to my husband!! We are celebrating our 8 year wedding anniversary today, and our 11 year anniversary of being together!!!! I love you babe, I know that sometimes I'm a nag and a little spoiled at times, but I so appreciate you and everything you do for us. People always say that it takes a special woman to put up with someone like you (lol) but I'm glad that God chose me to be that "special" kind of woman :-) .
You treat me like a queen, and always have, even when I don't deserve it. You are a Godly man and a great role model for our son. You lead our house well and I truly love you for that.
People may not know this, but we met in the 4th grade, he had a "crush" on me and did everything for me, of course I took advantage of that one! I had a crush on him too, and you know little girls, you can always tell if they like you if they are mean to you...So yes, I was mean to him, but only because I liked him, haha. ;-) He went to a different class for the 5th grade, and I ended up moving out of town. So, that was the last time I saw him. When I was a senior in highschool, I was in the office for something and I heard a familiar voice...I knew it was him! After 8 years and after he had already gone through puberty and all, I still recognized his voice! So, I followed him and asked him if his name was Michael Anderson, of course he said yes, then I told him that I was Angela Carlson, from the 4th grade....He didn't believe me...We ended up going to the prom together, but he had a date and I had a date, we just all went together...3 days later, May 19th 1998, we started dating....3 years later May 19, 2001, we got married!! So, there is our story. Aaawwww, how cute!!! :-D

Anyways, I love you Michael Paul. Happy Anniversary!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHINE!!

Happy Birthday to our Shine Shine! Girl, we love and miss you so much! I wish you could have been here so we could have celebrated your birthday with Alex's at Chuck E Cheese! :-)
Anyway, we are so proud of the (young) woman you are growing up to be! I can't believe you are 14!!!!!! You are growing up way too fast! We love you so much and hope today was a very special day because you totally deserve it! Love you girl!

Ya Alex!

Ok, I just have to take a quick minute and brag on Alex. He got a letter sent home with him yesterday letting us know that he had earned the right to participate in the AR (Accelerated Readers) party! Only a few from his class were able to attend! I am so proud of him! He is a great reader and I am so glad that he got to participate in that. He received a booklet from the Nashville Sounds (the city's baseball team) with a free kids meal from Wendy's, Fazoli's and Rainforest Cafe! Good job Alex!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

I want to wish all you mom's out there Happy Mother's Day!!!

To my personal ones:

Happy Mother's Day Mom! I Love you so much and really wish we could be together today. It's just not the same being apart on this day. Tell Jeff I said he needs to pamper you and rub your feet today. :-) And then tell him to go buy some airline tickets to get your butts back here! Love you and hope you are having a GREAT DAY!!!!!

Evelyn, thanks for being the best mother in law! I really am blessed to have a mother in law that I love! I've heard other people's in law horror stories and I feel very fortunate that I have YOU! I love you and Happy Mother's Day!

Sheri, my Queen Bee, you are the Queen in my eyes! Happy Mother's Day. I love you so much and only pray that I become HALF the mother you are! :-)

Kristi, you my dear are Super Mom! You juggle so much and make sure that you have time for your family, you ROCK! I love you and wish we could be together today. Happy Mother's Day!

Love you ALL!!! And Happy Mother's Day!!!

Happy Birthday Alex!!!

Oh my gosh!!! When did this stinken happen?????? I cannot believe our son is 6 years old today!
Happy Birthday booger! We love you so so so so much! And we are so thankful that God blessed us with such an awesome kid!!! You are the best! Words really can't express what an AMAZING kid you are! Happy Birthday son, we love you!




Now, I gotta get back to spending time with you and finishing up your birthday cake that Grandma made me make for you! Yes mom, I made him a cake ON his birthday! :-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY!!!

So, I haven't posted in a couple months because I've been WAY WAY busy! But I think I need to take some time out and say Happy Birthday to Ashley! So Happy Birthday! We love you so much and we are so sO SO proud of you and the woman you have become! We hope your day was perfect!

When did this happen?

How did Alex get so big so fast? I'm not ready for him to grow up! But this made it official I guess. He lost his first tooth!
Here's us trying to get the sucker out...We tried using a pair of tweezers because his teeth are so small I couldn't get my finger behind it! Once we loosened it a little more, I was able to reach my fingers to pull on it a little.


Ok, so I didn't pull on it a little, I pulled the thing out! :-)

Here he is! My official "Big Boy"!!

And here he is the next morning! The tooth fairy came to visit! Why she left M&M's is beyond me, I mean, isn't she supposed to be promoting good oral health? :-)

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Here's a big ol' smooch goin' out to all our friends and family! We love you!

Another "Year Ago Today" Post.

So, a year ago today we arrived in Nashville, TN. That's all I'm gonna say about that. LOL.

A Year Ago Today...

Was the last day we were on California soil! I can't believe it's been a year since we left...In fact, almost a year to the hour! It seems like just yesterday, we were packing up the U-Haul's and saying the last of our goodbye's. Now, I blinked, and a year has flown by. What a year it has been too! I cannot believe the changes that have happened in a year's time! Never ever ever in a million years would I ever have thought that I would EVER leave California! Did you catch the "EVER" part?? But here we are in Nashville, TN, and to be perfectly honest, I know this is exactly where we are supposed to be. And we absolutely love it! We are so thankful and so excited that we were called here!
So, here are pictures from exactly a year ago! ("borrowed" from Sheri) :-)

It was an awesome adventure getting here! And we've had an even more awesome adventure since we've been here! Hmm, that line doesn't really sound like me...How bout this...Nashville ROCKS!!! :-) And so does Gateway Life for that matter!

Love Ya'll!!

CUTE Video!

So I was going through my pictures and found this cute video of Alex...He looks about 2 or 3 here.




I had to watch it like 5 times because it was just so cute! Man, kids grow way too fast!

Quick Update.

Well, we are still here!!
Just a quick note to say to all of you that have been praying for us and what we are doing here, well, your prayers are really working! Keep it up! God is doing some AMAZING things here in Nashville, and especially within Gateway Life Church! We are seeing new faces, new salvations and re-dedications, we have hit another level in worship, the people are catching hold of the vision and truly running with it, the growth in personal lives here has been amazing! God is such a good God no matter what part of the world you are in! There is SO much more to share but the cat hasn't been let out of the bag yet to everyone, but trust me, when it is, I'll definitely post! It's so exciting, and just reaffirms that we are doing what God has called us here to do!!!!

On another note, we had visitors this past weekend, my (Ang's) dad, stepmom, youngest brother Justin, and my little niece Trinity all came down for a visit from Oklahoma. They were planning on staying till Monday, but my stepmom had to work Monday, so they had to leave on Sunday morning. I was bummed that they didn't get to experience one of our services, but I think a man named God had something to do with it...Had they have left on Monday, they would have run through some really really bad weather, hwy 40 going into Oklahoma had ice all over it, so who knows...They are an extension of us, therefore, they are protected right? :-) Here's a picture of us, it was freezing this day, so we just decided to step foot on the grounds of the Grand Ole Opry, just so they could say they've been there. ;0)


On another side note, schools are closed today due to "inclement weather" It's supposed to snow today! Heavy at times, with about 1-2 inches of accumulation! WhooHoo! Finally! So, be watching for a post on that...IF they are right about it, seems like sometimes, they are completely off!

Love ya'll!

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday to one of the most special women in our lives! Happy Birthday Mom! Happy Birthday Evelyn! Happy Birthday Me-Ma!! We love you so much and really hope today has been special for you. Just know that us Tennesseans are thinking of you and wish we could be there to celebrate your birthday with you. We honor you today, you are such an amazing mom, mother in law, and grandma! Happy Birthday!

I'm a Slacker once again!

Ok, so I'm just as guilty as everyone else...There's been lots of people MIA in blogland, and I, yes am one of them! :-) I have taken lots of pictures with my NEW camera, however, I don't think it came with a USB cord because I can't seem to find it. So, as soon as I'm able to find it, or get a new one, I'll be able to post my pictures. I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I'll be back soon!

Love ya'll!