~Vanessa's BEAUTIFUL table~
Michelle~Vanessa~Lori~Andrea
Me & Vanessa
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Harvest Ladies Christmas Party
On December 16th I felt honored to be apart of a special event hosted at Harvest Church. It was a memorable night for me and I know the other ladies attending felt the same way. I wish there were more time spent among girlfriends like this. It was a moving night and I enjoyed the stories. The hostesses did such a wonderful job on each of their tables and the meal was over the top YUMMY. A big thank you for the invite and to the church for putting on the event. I took picutes of some tables to share with everyone.
Life sometimes
It is not easy to live life sometimes, and face the world with a smile when you're crying inside. It takes a lot of courage to reach deep down inside yourself, hold on to that strength that's still there and know that tomorrow is a new day with new possibilities.
If you can hold on long enough to this, you'll come out a new stronger person with a new understanding and a new pride in yourself knowing that YOU MADE IT!
December Update
It's been awhile since I have updated. I promise to be better ending this month and in the upcoming new year. MAN~ have The Ash's been busy and on the go. Starting with removing the hay & pumpkins from the front yard to quickly rushing into the new holiday season. My 36th birthday was on the 29th of November. I was blessed to have family and friends meet me for dinner at Alfredo's. We LOVE that place. It was a great night! I thank my family and friends for making it that way!
It's overwhelming when the bins come down from the attic with ALL MY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. You folks have no idea. I wanted to do several trees. But I settled with 2 this year. Not as much put into the front yard this year as I have in past years. Again it's overwhelming but WELL WORTH the payoff when people come over to sit and enjoy it with you. Just the thought of having my feet up, fireplace going and relaxing as I'm looking at all the bright white lights and snowmen around my house.
(As I sit I am pretending all my gifts are bought and wrapped under the tree too!!!)
Here is how the snowman tree ended up looking. It's full of scarves, mittens, Santa hats, stockings, snowflakes and sweaters. Anything that makes you think of the warmth of winter!
With the decorations all up it was time for some entertaining. We had a few friends over for the not so great OU / OSU game. My Sooners fell short. Well, honestly they didn't actually show up to play that game. Regardless I am and will ALWAYS be an OKLAHOMA SOONERS fan. We had only one chick in the house that wore her orange with pride.
In closing we have so much to be thankful for. Don't say I did not warn you when I said we were busy. I meant it. Thank you to everyone involved in our active lives. Thank you to our friends with both football & baseball. I hope this year brought you much happiness and leaves you wanting nothing but the best in 2012.
It's overwhelming when the bins come down from the attic with ALL MY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. You folks have no idea. I wanted to do several trees. But I settled with 2 this year. Not as much put into the front yard this year as I have in past years. Again it's overwhelming but WELL WORTH the payoff when people come over to sit and enjoy it with you. Just the thought of having my feet up, fireplace going and relaxing as I'm looking at all the bright white lights and snowmen around my house.
(As I sit I am pretending all my gifts are bought and wrapped under the tree too!!!)
Here is how the snowman tree ended up looking. It's full of scarves, mittens, Santa hats, stockings, snowflakes and sweaters. Anything that makes you think of the warmth of winter!
Might be my favorite area of decorations. I just LOVE me some snowmen. Can you tell?
The mini hallway tree
~All in gold, glass & black~
With the decorations all up it was time for some entertaining. We had a few friends over for the not so great OU / OSU game. My Sooners fell short. Well, honestly they didn't actually show up to play that game. Regardless I am and will ALWAYS be an OKLAHOMA SOONERS fan. We had only one chick in the house that wore her orange with pride.
Lori has bragging rights at least until next year.
Same night of the game we also had a bunch of kids stay the night with Cameron and right at midnight they wanted to surprise Mike with a poster and cupcake singing Happy Birthday to him. I teared up becuase those boys wanted to make him feel special and be first to wish him a happy birthday. How sweet is that?!?!?
~ Cameron, Cayden, Jaylen & Tristian w/Coach Mike ~
We took both our boys downtown to the tubing event hosted by Chesapeake Energy. A friend got me 4 tickets for my birthday for a private session. In years past it would take 20-30 minutes between turns and that was not the case this year. Cameron had fun, lost count of how many times he went down the ice. Mike, Kyle and I actually did it too. I must admit it was fun!
This month was also the end of the seasson COUGARS team football party. The boys enjoyed a game at The Lloyd Noble Center watching OU / Oral Roberts. We were able to have almost the entire team make it. Only missing 2 kiddos. One was at camp and one had a program he was in and had to attend. WE LOVE OUR COUGARS. They loved getting to sit courtside, just behind the OU players. You got to see a row of Cougar Blue on TV and the news. It was their last year together as a team and we wanted something special for them. Next year they move on to Jr. High football. We wish each of them the VERY best!
The next event was the 2nd annual COUGARS BASEBALL CHRISTMAS PARTY. Mike & I wanted the 2012 team to get together, enjoy each other's company and share in some Christmas memories as a team family. We honestly has an awesome set of boys with more talent than you know. Parents are fun to be around and we all take pride in being COUGARS! Here's to a great upcoming season to each of you!!!
Corey, Cayden, Raequan & Jared
Darrien
Brock, Elijiah & Jordan
Jaylen, John Michael & Cameron
* THE 2012 OKLAHOMA COUGARS *
Jared & Cameron ~ original COUGARS. Played together since tball
In closing we have so much to be thankful for. Don't say I did not warn you when I said we were busy. I meant it. Thank you to everyone involved in our active lives. Thank you to our friends with both football & baseball. I hope this year brought you much happiness and leaves you wanting nothing but the best in 2012.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Turkey Day
May you have a BLESSED & HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!! Please take a moment to give thanks for what you have and the people who are in your lives. Share stories or reminisce, make new memories and take lots of pics. BE THANKFUL FOR HOW TRUELY BLESSED YOU ARE!!!!
In my family we celebrate Thanksgiving on the eve of. My Mother Regina, Step-dad Mike and Grandmother Ruth usually do all the hard work and preparation of the meal. I am very thankful & appreciate ALL the effort. As expected, it always turns out so beautiful and delicious! YUMMY FOR THE TUMMY!!!
Mom's Table Decor
This year was a little different. I was able to share Thanksgiving with both my boys. It's been three years since thats happened. I was one happy MOMMA! But, on a very sad note, Grandpa Pat is not doing so great and is in a specialty care facility still. It was not the same not having him at the table along with my sister Juli. She lives in Florida and due to work could not make it. BOO!!
After dinner my boys and husband headed to the deer woods to meet my Dad J.C. & Grandpa King. It's time for a little deer hunting. The men of my family have always went hunting on this extended weekend. Maybe they will come back with a deer or two so I can have some deer jerkey. *hint, hint* What they are sure to come back with is stories.....this I know. I hope everyone has a great time. I usually hang out by myself with plans to watch The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade while going thru black friday ads. Not sure if I am having any part of the shopping on Friday though. I have no big ticket items to go after. So I am not thinking it would be any fun or worth it. Best of luck to those that do. Hope you gets some great deals folks!
Here are some of our family pics:
Monday, November 14, 2011
MAN-O-MAN
I just heard on the radio that Tim McGraw & Kenny Chesney are going on tour together in 2012.
The Brothers of the Sun Tour. You can bet your ash I will be there!!! They are going to all the larger stadiums. The one closest to me is Dallas Stadium June 9, 2012. Can you tell it's 7 months out and I'M THAT EXCITED!!!!! Now do I plan a girls trip or couples weekend??? I've got plenty of time to figure that out until tickets go on sale. LOL
I knew after waking up to a beautiful perfect rainbow that today was going to be a GREAT day!
The Brothers of the Sun Tour. You can bet your ash I will be there!!! They are going to all the larger stadiums. The one closest to me is Dallas Stadium June 9, 2012. Can you tell it's 7 months out and I'M THAT EXCITED!!!!! Now do I plan a girls trip or couples weekend??? I've got plenty of time to figure that out until tickets go on sale. LOL
I knew after waking up to a beautiful perfect rainbow that today was going to be a GREAT day!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Better than sex cake
| BETTER THAN SEX CAKE | |
1 pkg. German chocolate cake mix
1 jar of caramel ice cream topping 1 can sweetened condensed milk 12 oz. Cool Whip 3 or 5 Heath Bar candy bars (you can buy packages if this instead of individual bars)
Prepare German chocolate cake mix according to package directions.
As soon as you take the cake out of the oven - poke holes in the cake (lots of holes, I used wooden spoon handle) and pour the can of sweetened condensed milk over the entire cake. As even as possible. Then pour the caramel ice cream topping over the entire cake. Refrigerate immediately. When cake is completely cool; top with Cool Whip and crushed Heath Bar candy. If you love caramel add more all over the top of the cool whip before adding the crushed Heath bars. KEEP REFRIGERATED! | |
Just thought it would be fun to share this with everyone because I think IT'S SOOOO GOOD!!!!
Friday, November 4, 2011
Polyvore Fun
I am a newly addicted FAN of POLYVORE!!!!
Just created my first setting of things I'd to wear together. Right up my alley, totally my taste & style. It's a lot of fun to play with!!! Tons of items to choose from while creating. Did I mention you can shop directly from this site??? It's so much FUN!
Here's my first go at it~
Just created my first setting of things I'd to wear together. Right up my alley, totally my taste & style. It's a lot of fun to play with!!! Tons of items to choose from while creating. Did I mention you can shop directly from this site??? It's so much FUN!
Here's my first go at it~
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
30 Days of Thankfulness
IT'S NOVEMBER!!!! Just might be my favorite month. Maybe because I LOVE FALL, Thanksgiving is this month & It's my birthday month.
I have so much to be thankful for. I thought it would be fun to journal and reflect upon what I am thankful for during the month of November.
01. Thankful that I have the freedom to believe & worship my GOD and to know I am FORGIVEN!
02. I have honestly been blessed with two handsome, healthy boys. I know why God gave me life ~ to be a mother and love these two with all my heart. For this I am beyond thankful.
03. Thankful to have a devoted, loving, supportive, committed and giving husband that is a provider to his family. This man has a passion for seeing youth succeed. He has devoted years in our community as a coach. Not everyone can do this and I respect the fact he has made such an impact in so many young lives.
04. Thankful to have a home with heat!!! It's getting COLD out there!!!
05. Thankful to have found a church that I can call my own. HARVEST CHURCH, Norman OK
06. Thankful I have people in my life that love & accept me for who I am.
07. Thankful for second chances!!!
08. Thankful for MANY answered prayers the last couple of years and even for the prayers not answered that changed my life in the positive FOREVER!
09. I am thankful to the rude guy that I extended an olive branch to and was turned away.
YOU OPENED MY EYES AND MADE ME REMEMBER WHY YOU ARE NOT IN MY LIFE!
10. Thankful that I can be creative and crafty.
11. Thankful to see happiness in the eyes of my boys! Those moments are beyond words!
12. Thankful for little things like family game nights.
13. Thankful my home survived the hail, wind & lightening storms, ice storms, tornadoes & EARTHQUAKES of 2011.
14. Thankful I am able to wake up and enjoy God saying GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!
15. Thankful my parents are still alive and in my life.
16. Thankful Casey Canant is good at her job and makes me feel pretty at least once every 4-5 weeks. Love you girl!
17. Thankful for some simple things like candles & Scenty. Such tiny items to bring simple pleasure and soothing peacefulness.
18. Thankful for SEAT WARMERS in my car. I am not alone on this one (Diana & Edith).
19. Thankful for sports free weekends! Oh, how I've missed thee........
20. Thankful to share lunch dates with friends that are considerate, caring, reassuring & motivating!
21. Thankful for something as simple as DVR. It makes cathing up so easy!
22. Thankful to have a huge washer & dryer to get the job done and done quicker.
23. Thankful I was blessed to share Thanksgiving dinner with both my boys this year.
24. Thankful to share childhood memories at a dinner table with people I love! LAUGHTER feels so good!
25. Thankful I am NOT going Black Friday Shopping this year! There are a ton of crazies out there.
26. Thankful we have AWESOME seats to the OU vs Iowa State game.
27. Thankful for lazy Sundays spent with the fireplace going and my family together.
28. Thankful GOD has blessed me with my health. Got great news this month!
29. Thankful to have my birthday today and shareing it with some cool folks. Woke up to a lot of phone calls, text messages and a lot of Facebook love. It felt really good. THANKFUL!!
30. ABUNDENTLY BLESSED & THANKFUL to have made it this far in 2011. To know God is working in me and my family. I have been surrounded by good people who love me and respect me. You can't ask for much more than that. What a peaceful feeling to know I AM LOVED!
I have so much to be thankful for. I thought it would be fun to journal and reflect upon what I am thankful for during the month of November.
01. Thankful that I have the freedom to believe & worship my GOD and to know I am FORGIVEN!
02. I have honestly been blessed with two handsome, healthy boys. I know why God gave me life ~ to be a mother and love these two with all my heart. For this I am beyond thankful.
03. Thankful to have a devoted, loving, supportive, committed and giving husband that is a provider to his family. This man has a passion for seeing youth succeed. He has devoted years in our community as a coach. Not everyone can do this and I respect the fact he has made such an impact in so many young lives.
04. Thankful to have a home with heat!!! It's getting COLD out there!!!
05. Thankful to have found a church that I can call my own. HARVEST CHURCH, Norman OK
06. Thankful I have people in my life that love & accept me for who I am.
07. Thankful for second chances!!!
08. Thankful for MANY answered prayers the last couple of years and even for the prayers not answered that changed my life in the positive FOREVER!
09. I am thankful to the rude guy that I extended an olive branch to and was turned away.
YOU OPENED MY EYES AND MADE ME REMEMBER WHY YOU ARE NOT IN MY LIFE!
10. Thankful that I can be creative and crafty.
11. Thankful to see happiness in the eyes of my boys! Those moments are beyond words!
12. Thankful for little things like family game nights.
13. Thankful my home survived the hail, wind & lightening storms, ice storms, tornadoes & EARTHQUAKES of 2011.
14. Thankful I am able to wake up and enjoy God saying GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!
15. Thankful my parents are still alive and in my life.
16. Thankful Casey Canant is good at her job and makes me feel pretty at least once every 4-5 weeks. Love you girl!
17. Thankful for some simple things like candles & Scenty. Such tiny items to bring simple pleasure and soothing peacefulness.
18. Thankful for SEAT WARMERS in my car. I am not alone on this one (Diana & Edith).
19. Thankful for sports free weekends! Oh, how I've missed thee........
20. Thankful to share lunch dates with friends that are considerate, caring, reassuring & motivating!
21. Thankful for something as simple as DVR. It makes cathing up so easy!
22. Thankful to have a huge washer & dryer to get the job done and done quicker.
23. Thankful I was blessed to share Thanksgiving dinner with both my boys this year.
24. Thankful to share childhood memories at a dinner table with people I love! LAUGHTER feels so good!
25. Thankful I am NOT going Black Friday Shopping this year! There are a ton of crazies out there.
26. Thankful we have AWESOME seats to the OU vs Iowa State game.
27. Thankful for lazy Sundays spent with the fireplace going and my family together.
28. Thankful GOD has blessed me with my health. Got great news this month!
29. Thankful to have my birthday today and shareing it with some cool folks. Woke up to a lot of phone calls, text messages and a lot of Facebook love. It felt really good. THANKFUL!!
30. ABUNDENTLY BLESSED & THANKFUL to have made it this far in 2011. To know God is working in me and my family. I have been surrounded by good people who love me and respect me. You can't ask for much more than that. What a peaceful feeling to know I AM LOVED!
Courage
Courage is admitting that you're afraid and facing that fear directly. It's being strong enough to ask for help and humble enough to accept it.
Courage is standing up for what you believe in without worrying about the opinions of others. It's following your own heart, living your own life, and settling for nothing less than the best for yourself.
Courage is daring to take a first step, a big leap, or a different path. It's attempting to do something that no one has done before and all others thought impossible.
Courage is keeping heart in the face of disappointment and looking at defeat not as an end but as a new beginning. It's believing that things will ultimately get better even as they get worse.
Courage is being responsible for your own actions and admitting your own mistakes without placing blame on others. It's relying not on others for your success, but on your own skills and efforts.
Courage is refusing to quit even when you're intimidated by impossibility. It's choosing a goal, sticking with it, and finding solutions to the problems.
Courage is thinking big, aiming high, and shooting far. It's taking a dream and doing anything, risking everything, and stopping at nothing to it make it a reality.
Courage is standing up for what you believe in without worrying about the opinions of others. It's following your own heart, living your own life, and settling for nothing less than the best for yourself.
Courage is daring to take a first step, a big leap, or a different path. It's attempting to do something that no one has done before and all others thought impossible.
Courage is keeping heart in the face of disappointment and looking at defeat not as an end but as a new beginning. It's believing that things will ultimately get better even as they get worse.
Courage is being responsible for your own actions and admitting your own mistakes without placing blame on others. It's relying not on others for your success, but on your own skills and efforts.
Courage is refusing to quit even when you're intimidated by impossibility. It's choosing a goal, sticking with it, and finding solutions to the problems.
Courage is thinking big, aiming high, and shooting far. It's taking a dream and doing anything, risking everything, and stopping at nothing to it make it a reality.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Happy Birthday Juli
Today is HALLOWEEN! Hope all the super sweet trick-or-treaters have a SPOOKTACULAR time tonight. Get lots of treats but please stay safe. I certainly look forward to seeing family & friends all dressed up. Hopefully they stop by The Ash House!
H A P P Y ~ B I R T H D A Y ~ J U L I
This weekend we had a surprise 30th birthday party for my youngest sister Juli. She lives in Florida now so planning a party with our large family, her friends from Arkansas and here was pretty easy. A special thanks to Brookelyn Yi (her childhood best friend) who really pulled it off!!! It meant a lot to me that her friends drove such a long distance to be apart of it. Loved all the family that made it out too. It was great seeing everyone!! Very sweet and I know she enjoyed it!
The picture below has now become a personal favorite. We have not taken a pic together in a long time. At least not one that we were all being serious, looking forward and not joking or messing with one another. Oh and not in our PJ's.....a normal for us King girls.
Keisha ~ Juli ~ J.C. ~ Andrea
It would not be right if I did not add this picture with our soon to be sister.
J.C. & Tissa will be married next May. She's already like a sister to me and such an awesome addition to our family!!!! Love you TISSA!
Enjoy some pictures from the party:
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