Ten on Tuesday...

1. Holy Country Concert Weekend happened last weekend. It was awesome. A while ago Lex, Andy, Mike and I got tickets for Kenny Chesney, SUGARLAND, The Zac Brown Band, Montgomery Gentry, and Miranda Lambert for Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium. And then last week....I won tickets to Rascal Flatts and Darius Rucker in Fort Wayne. Lex came up here Friday and we went down there Saturday and together the shows made up Holy Country Concert Weekend.

The Zac Brown Band

Sugarland...loved it!

Rascal Flatts

Darius Rucker

2. SO this should probably be included in number 1 but because of the magnitude of this story it gets its own! After the concert on Friday night Lex and I were leaving the parking lot when we saw a huge group of people standing around by a Rascal Flatts bus. We were paying very close attention to the crowd when we discovered Darius Rucker walking from the building!!!!!!!!! I whipped the car into the parking lot and we grabbed our CDs and ran to meet him. We got our CDs signed and many thanks to Energizer (which actually did not keep going) for my camera being dead...but who cares it was awesome!

3. I rearranged my room last night. I got an old desk from my Grandma Wilson and it's the newest addition. After setting it all up and plugging the computer in I discovered that I can get wireless internet in there...when the computer is shoved close to the open window....but hey, it's internet! :)

4. Someone had a birthday last week. Well, actually, I am sure lots of people had a birthday last week but one stands out for me...our little Ava turned 1!

Ava with her Grandparents when she was just a little peanut!

Ava, how old are you? 1, that's right...so smart!

And she is already reading too! :)

This is what she got from her Wilson Aunts and Uncle. A beanbag with her name on it!

5. Mike and I went to the Michigan International Speedway for my first Nascar Race. Neither of our drivers won but Johnson ran out of gas after leading almost the entire race. I still don't always remember who we do and don't like...but I am learning.

It was hot!

6. Mike and I took three of my favorite little girls to the zoo. It was for Addie's birthday and man did we have fun. On the way there they were cracking us up...talking like teenagers. At one point they were discussing all of their different kind of underwear...some things never change for girls! SO FUN!

Here is my favorite picture of the day! The three amigas!

Mike and the girls checking something out...How precious!

The girls and I!

7. Last Christmas the Wilson Kids gave our parents a gift certificate to have some family pictures done. We wanted to wait till it was nice outside and Ava was a little bigger...here are a few for you to check out! If you want your family photos done for a great price check out http://www.darcyholsopple.blogspot.com/

The kids in their college gear. BOILER UP!

My man and me!

The crew!

8. The summer of course brings lots of time at the lake. We spent time playing cards, playing in the water and sandbox and of course eating.

Grandma and Grandpa Wilson with all the Great-Grandkids!

9. If you are a woman and haven't checked out the GLOW ministry blog lately....you should do it now. Forget #10 on my silly blog and go there. The ladies that are writing this blog with me are incredible and it's a great place to seek God and see His works.

10. Lastly, a mushy one! Today Mike and I have been together for 15 months...he is out of town (which I hate) but it's nice to celebrate our friendship and relationship. God has blessed us with an awesome first year+...can't wait to see what he has in store for us in the future. :)

Life Happened!

So I was doing really well at blogging all the time and then Life Happened. I got distracted and stopped blogging....BUT I am back! Have no fear this week should bring a SUPER exciting 10 on Tuesday, some Wacky Wednesday Trivia, and a little Thankful Thursday action! Until tomorrow, here is a family picture taken a few weeks ago!

What a good lookin' crew!

Thankful Thursday

1. For Mike! This month we celebrated our one year! This weekend he and the girls will be hanging out with the whole Wilson family. This will be the first time we have taken the girls with us. I can't wait for them all to meet! I thank God for him everyday but today I am making that a little more public.

2. For Trinia at work! She is great! We have such a good time talking, laughing oh yeah and working!

3. For Holidays weekends! Today is pretty much Friday in my world :) YIPPEE!

ANSWER...

You are such a great student Angie...yes, you are right the answer is Eye.

Wacky Wednesday Trivia

If you suffer from amblyopia, what part of your body is lazy?

Ten on Tuesday...

1. Sorry I have been MIA on here in the last week or so. I was busy at work, busy at home, just generally busy...I am trying to remember what exactly I was doing so I can tell you all about it in this post...hmmm

2. A week or so ago, I spent a few evenings driving the boat for Camp at Epworth Forest. It was all foster kids that had been abused or neglected and were now a part of the system. It's sad to see those kids and know that in most cases they have had such a difficult life. I didn't get to spend much time with them, but I did try to ask every group how many of them had been on a boat before. It amazed me that only a few had. I was so fortunate as a kid to not only have great loving parents, but ones that allowed me to experience so many different positive things. I was blessed to be able to help out and share that time with those precious kids.

3. I am doing a summer bible study right now with my mom and some friends. It is all about identifying the idols that we have in our lives. We allow ourselves to think of idols as little statues or figures....but really, an idol is anything that takes your attention from Christ. Geez, as I have gone through this I have realized that at any given moment I am usually focusing on an idol. I am trying to train my spirit to focus solely on Christ...always!

4. Fourth of July weekend is almost here! For the first time maybe ever I have some time off surrounding this Holiday! I can't wait for: Friday night - Fireworks and Wilson Family Karaoke Night! Saturday - Das Essenhaus with the entire Wilson crew and I would guess some more karaoke! Sunday - special Birthday plans for my Grandpa Wilson, who turns 80! I love him!

5. I signed up last weekend to sell Mary Kay. Lex started a few weeks ago, and has talked me into it. I am excited to see what I can do with this business. I am hoping to generate some additional income to start really attacking the debt that I have. If you are interested in looking at a book or throwing a fun make-over party, let me know!

6. So a month or so ago, Yarger and I went out to eat after Book Club. She ordered some dessert and it had a cherry on top. Now if you know me, you understand that I do not like chocolate...she offered me some and I was not interested, except the dessert happened to have a cherry on top (I go love cherries!)! AND SHE LET ME HAVE IT! And the best part? The story doesn't end there, a week or so later I went out to my car after work and there was a whole jar of cherries on the Jeep!!!!! It was awesome!

7. So I have read two books this week that you must read! The first is called Still Alice. It is the story of a Harvard Professor diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. It takes you through her struggles with her own mind and with the relationships that she has with her family and co-workers. A sad book, but a must read!
The other was recommended to me by my cousin, Jen and it's titled Covenant Child. It's a book that portrays the love and grace that Christ has for each one of us. It's the story of twin girls who are born to a wealthy family, but raised by there maternal not-so-wealthy grandparents. It has many twists but in the end shows that Christ has made us a promise and He will never forsake that promise. Another tear-jerker but soooo good!

8. Speaking of books that I love the movie of My Sister's Keeper came out this past weekend. I went with mom and Lex on Sunday and have plans to go with some girlfriends tonight. If you are female, you should go check it out....and you should probably stop at Wally World on the way and pick up an entire box of kleenex.

9.

My baby Ava! Haven't you missed seeing her?

10. Quote of the Week:

When things go wrong as they sometimes will.

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill.

When you're feeling low and the stress is high.

And you want to smile but you have to sigh.

When worries are getting you down a bit.

Be all means pray - and don't you quit.

Success is failure turned inside out.

God's hidden gift in the clouds of doubt.

You never can tell how close you are -

It may be near when it seems so far.

So Trust in Lord when you're hardest hit...

It's when things go wrong that you must not quit!

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