MY CAN OF BICUITS!

Hello, this is Mark,
A few weeks ago, I made some homemade chicken and dumplings. I cheated and used canned biscuits for sake of time, or lack thereof! Anyway, I've opened countless cans throughout my life but I still jump every time it POPS. I know it's gonna happen, yet it surprises me every time. I never know where the "sweet spot" is on that particular can that causes it to burst. I always find myself laughing out loud(I know, doesn't take much to amuse me!)like a child(some say I still am).
With all of the music that we've been playin' since I was roped in by my lovely wife, she has mentioned on more than one occasion that she wanted to play an instrument. A few days after her b-day party, we got together and played and sang(she has the voice of 7 Angels singin' on Sunday!). I took my youngest sons' bass guitar to my mom and Rons'(we call him Cap'n Ron)house to put a new string on it. We were talking about Amy playing it and Cap'n suggested we come on out and he would teach her. There were two things that became apparent to me that day. One was an awesome teacher(Yoda)and that Amy was not only a very quick learner but a natural musician as well. She has music in her soul and I love her.
What 'n the heck, you may ask, does all of this have to do with danged ol' can o' biscuits??? Well, my friends, that's what she is to me...my very own can o' biscuits! It doesn't matter how long I've known her, loved her, been around her or seen the MANY awesome things that girl can accomplish, I'm always surprised by her POP!! Can't wait for the next one. I've posted a video somewhere on this page( I'm not as familiar with all of this like Amy and Andrea are)of Amy playing the bass that day. Keep in mind this was only after about 30-40 minutes of instruction from Cap'n Ron and I'm not even kiddin'!! The quality is not CMT worthy but I think you'll get the idea.

Love and Happiness,
Mark

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More fun at Pete's piano Bar...

Cousin Blake sent me these pics he took with his phone on my birthday, at Pete's. The blurry one is the girl singer/piano player- she took Mark's hat off of his head, pulled out an electric fiddle, and played a couple of songs- she is AMAZING!!! We videod a little of it for Mad; she said, "I wanna play like THAT!"; she's getting a fiddle and going to take lessons this summer...

Turning 37 is THE BEST!!!!!

Remember when you were a little kid, when you woke up on your birthday, you felt like you were just going to explode from excitement, and somewhere along the way, each birthday passed, and that feeling was lost? My whole adult life, I never experienced that feeling I felt as a child, until this birthday... it makes me sad at the same time... to finally be realizing I was living without excitement, without passion for so long... just going through the motions... being numb to it...then... along came Mark... I cannot even begin to explain the joy that he brings me and my precious little girls. I am sitting at my desk typing this; just got back home from our night out, and there was a BRAND NEW BEACH CRUISER BICYCLE waiting for me in the garage!!! I have wanted one FOREVER!!!; Mark's in the music room playing his new acoustic/electric guitar and singing his sweet heart out; I am teary-eyed; he has shown me a love that I had only read about, or seen in the movies... first he planned my surprise party last weekend, on Thursday (my actual birthday) we took the day off and went to a spa and I got a facial treatment called OBAGI, it peels your face off- it's so cool- then to Denton for shopping and lunch; then last night he took me out to my favorite restaurant, P.F. Changs. Mamu and her date, Paul, met us there. Blake and DeeDee met us at the hotel prior, and we took the shuttle to the restaurant. After that we went to Pete's Duelling Piano Bar and my brother Matt met us there too. We had reserved tables right up front; we sang out loud, we danced, we got a little tipsy (just a little ~wink~), and I just had the most relaxed, fun time with my husband, and family. Lately I've just felt so overwhelmed by love and affection, and attention, that I was so very starved for... 'Enamored' is a good word for how I feel, a word that Mark uses often about how he feels... Just wanted to get that out- wanted everyone to know that it is possible to be loved the way God intended for a husband and wife to love each other- to feel needed, and appreciated, and be treated in a way that makes you feel like the person you're with really likes you, and wants to spend time with you... it also helps when the person your with loves Jesus as much as you do, and when that person lets you love them, and when you know they are praying for you and with you- it just makes life so damn good... We both feel so afraid sometimes, because we know what we have is so very special- it makes us leery... scared that something is going to take it all away- neither of us has experienced this feeling of doom before... but it just makes us stronger, we pray harder, and we enjoy the NOW... I guess getting older is making me look back on where I've been, and where I'm going... and I just wanted to write this, to let Mark know what he has done for me... ILTSOY baby!!! Thank you to all of my family and friends that helped make my birthday so amazing... Praise God ... I can breathe...
XOXOXOX
Bug

Surprise!!!!

I am in awe, in shock, still from the party Saturday night!!!!! Mark planned this party for my b-day for the last few weeks- and kept it a SECRET!!!! I felt so overwhelmed with LOVE when I walked into the house & saw my Dad and step-mom, my brother and neice and nephew, my best friend and her kids, my Grandma, even friends we met on our honeymoon cruise came all the way from Austin!!!! There were over 50 people there!!! We played music, I sang, my dad serinaded me, it was all so sweet! There was FOOD EVERYWHERE!!!! Keith and Gail made 100 stuffed jalepenos (you know those are my favorite), Brenda and Ron hosted the party at their house and had lots of food prepared too!!! I just want to thank everyone that was involved... I haven't had a party for ME since I was 13- I am loved.... I will post pictures of the night very soon!! My friend Debbie from Phlugerville was the photographer, and she's going to send me the pics this week!!!! I LOVE YOU, EVERYONE!!!!

My SURPRISE Birthday Party!!!

This video is completely dark, but the sound is okay, and I wanted to post this song... This is my dad singing in this video and the next one below...

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Happy Birthday To Me!!!!

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I don't know what you came to do...

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