Jamie and Katie's Wedding Day=0)

These pictures are out of order, sorry. I always forget the order until I'm done. So, here they are, just backwards=o)
Pop, Jamie, and Ma

My Pani and I=o)
Ethan trying to lift Jenn's heavy purse;o)
He did it!
The groom's side of the family
Seth, Pani and Ethan
Ethan just loved Pani! He kept going up to him, smiling, wanting to hold his hand. It was so cute!!!
The handsome Ring Bearer=0)
Ethan enjoying a snack
The beautiful couple!
The maid of honor and best man(Lisa and my Pop)
Signing
Signing their life away;oP

The new Mr. and Mrs. DeWaal=0)

Exchanging of rings

The vows=o)
The bridal party!
The handsome Best Man and Ring Bearer
Waiting patiently for the bride to come
Walking in
Jamie walking my Ma in=o)
Mother of the Bride
The look of love as he waits for his bride=o)
Can you tell they are mother and daughter?

The long awaited new 'house' pictures=0)

I know it's taken me a long time to post these pictures, but oh well. The real reason it took me so long to take and post pictures was because I wanted to have my room a bit tidier, but since that doesn't seem to happen, I figured you would just have to excuse the mess while viewing these=o) I have been living in my new place since June 1st. I am loving the extra space I have. The only downfall is I have absolutely no closets!
Here is the door I have in my bedroom leading onto the porch. I don't think I can actually walk onto it from my room, but it does have a screen and allows a nice breeze in=o)
Does anyone want to guess what this door leads to???
Why, it's my bathroom of course=oP My tiny, itty, bitty bathroom that was made out of half the original walk-in closet from my bedroom.
It is oh so small. You'll see just how small in the next pic.
This is it! A toilet and a sink. But I am proud to say that Seth, Ethan and I could all fit in that tiny space with the door closed. Not for more than a minute, but Seth wanted to see if we all fit.
Door #2..... Any guesses??? This is technically the original doorway to my walk-in closet. But now it's...................
My shower=oP Interesting, eh? The shower, sink and toilet are all in the walk-in closet, but because it was more narrow than anything, my landlord couldn't put all 3 together as 1 room. So now, I have to take a shower in my room.
It's just a stand up shower, no tub, which works out well for me since I'm not a fan of taking baths.
Here is my bed. I have yet to paint that one wall. It will happen one of these days!
This is what you see when you first walk in my bedroom. Don't mind the boxes, but with no closet or storage space, there's nowhere else to put it. It was great when Seth and Ethan slept over the other week. They both were able to fit comfortably in my room. Seth slept on the couch cushions in front of the door leading to the porch and Ethan slept in the playpen in front of my closet door/shower;o) There is a fireplace in this room as well, but it's covered by my storage tubs. Neither fireplace works, so I don't mind having this one covered.
This is where I hang my clothes to dry. It's much better than over my kitchen chairs like I used to do in my old place. Here I usually have things hanging on it til I do laundry again and have to hang new stuff.
My 'closet'. Unfortunately I don't have anything to close off my clothes and sometimes I worry that the steam from the shower will leave a smell and linger on my clothes. There is no fan in the bathroom or shower, so I usually have the fan in my room on and leave the closet/shower door open til it airs out a bit.
All my clothes fit well on this hanger thingy, so I'm definitely no complaining! Here you can see that from my bedroom, there is the front entrance which goes on to the kitchen/living room.
From the front entrance this is what you see when you first walk in.
This is the door to my bathroom. They didn't want to ruin the character of the house and that's why the bathroom was done the way it was. Altho they did have to cut this door area.
My beautiful front door! I absolutely love these doors!
I can have just one open or both.
Walking in from the entrance. Straight ahead is the kitchen/dining area. To the right is the living room. It's all one big room.
My little kitchen area, with my OVEN, which I absolutely love!!!=0)
My eating area. It works well sitting where it is. I wasn't sure if I would like it there at first, but I do now. I had hoped to kind of tuck it away in the corner, but couldn't because of the heater thing and the fridge.
My little corner table.
My dining/computer area.
My gorgeous fireplace! It is probably my favorite part of the place, along with the super tall ceilings=o)
My living room.
And my nice front window=o) I am very happy living here and very grateful that this was available when I was looking for a place! God is so good!!!

Vacation and time with my nephews

Here is Seth pretending to be a dog and sit on my lap like Squeakers does;o) He was having a good nap!
Ethan enjoyed my gliding chair and was rocking back and forth for a long time!
Seth was throwing the dog's leash over the gate and pretending the leash was his fishing pole. And then he would sit there nicely and wait til he 'caught' something. He would then yank it over and tell me what kind of fish he caught=0)
Here was Seth sound asleep in my room already and as I was getting ready for bed, Squeakers decided he wanted to sleep with Seth. That only lasted til I found him, then he was sent out of the room to his own bed. Seth didn't even stir when Squeakers walked on him.
This is proof that my Pop's shirt had holes in it. My Pop one nite decided that since my one shirt had 2 SMALL holes in it, he should rip my shirt. This brought back many memories as a kid when my Pop would do that whenever someone had a hole in their sock or their pantyhose. So my dear father ripped a good size hole in my shirt. Susie, in turn, found a VERY OLD shirt that he likes to wear inside out since it's so faded. I held the shirt til my Pop came back from his shower and then nicely ripped it rite in front of him so he could see=oP We had a good time after that!!!
Pop and I sporting our 'newly' designed shirts;o)
I had to rip his shirt even more because I was afraid that he would still wear it. So this was the outcome=0)
He even had enough left over for a headband=0)
Having a blast sporting his new look;o)
On the way home, Susie and I stopped at the Candy Shoppe. She got this gigantic jawbreaker, sucker thingy. She tried to fit the whole thing in her mouth, but this is as far as it would go=oP
We had rain for a few days, but it wasn't too bad. It was a good excuse to be lazy and do little else but relax and enjoy some time off.


The water near the rapids while on a boat ride.
My dear Ma acting silly, passing the time=o)
And again, being silly;o)
Susie sitting all nice and beautiful!
My Pop(aka the Captain)
My little boy Squeakers. He absolutely loves the boat!
Ethan sporting my new 3D glasses from going to see the movie 'UP'.
My beautiful toe nail. The whole toe nail came off the week after I moved due to banging it while I was moving things. It has already grown to just under halfway and it hasn't even been 2 months yet. So I decided it deserved to be painted as well;o)
Paul being a kid again=o)
Seth pretending to be scared=o)

The last few months=o)

This picture is out of order, but oh well. The boys were trying to look and 'feel' what was in the cannon thing.
Seth and Ethan came over the other day. We had a blast! I love my new place and I love the gate that was made by a friend's husband. THANK YOU John=0)
Ethan finding things on my porch
Seth, Ethan, Squeakers and I went for a walk. We walked to Metcalfe Gardens and then Seth decided he needed to take a break.
Seth was very excited to also go to the court house and sit on the cannon thingy. I think he felt pretty special=0)
Being silly=0P
Seth pretending to be a soldier
Trying to put on his 'soldier' face ;o)

Seth hiding in the cooler trying to sneak home with us when we left the trailer.
Peek a Boo, I see you=0)
Ethan singing to some Michael W. Smith tunes
One day I had to babysit my cousin, Ryan. Susie was babysitting Seth and Ethan, so Ryan and I went there to visit. The kids made some crafts=o)
My little boy, Squeakers laying on me while I was on the couch. So nice and comfy=o)

LEGO'S

These picture's were taken quite awhile ago. I was visiting my nephews and Seth asked me to play lego's with him. I'm not very creative, but I agreed because I can't refuse my nephew=o) Anywho, Seth is quite creative in building things and I think he does a fabulous job! Me, on the other hand, as long as I have a picture in front of me, I can do that exact picture. So he it is.
Seth asked me to put the 'car' he made in front for this picture. This totally reminded me of my childhood days!


This is Seth's creation=0) He has a flower on the left hand side, a house in the middle, and a tower on the rite. He didn't have enough pieces to make a second worm.

What a mess!

Here is my messy kitchen. I lived like this for a week and a half. It just about drove me crazy! That is why I had wanted to pack the day of.
Even my kitchen table was used to store junk.
I found places to stack boxes wherever I could. I didn't have a lot of room to store stuff, but I made do=o)
My bathroom. This is how it looked for 2 weeks. I could hardly stand it.
More of my bathroom. Man, I sure had a lot of junk! I had stuff that I hadn't touched since I moved into this place. Thankfully my sister Jennifer and my ma came to my new place and I ended up getting rid of a whole bunch of things! Probably about 6 of those boxes full of stuff for Bibles for Missions and then about 8-10 garbage bags full of garbage to get rid of. I know, I'm such a pack rat, eh?
I will post pictures of my new place really soon. I finally finished all my unpacking tonite, so once I have a bit of time, I will take pictures and then post them.
The move went well. It was a bit stressful, considering I had worked both jobs on the Sunday, came home 7am Monday morning and started to move everything. I think I would take some time off work next time.
Thanks again to all who helped out with the move and packing/unpacking of things! It was greatly appreciated!!!

An amazing, much needed weekend with my Pani Banani=0)

Here is a cool chocolate cowboy hat. I bought a few of them for my family, but I resisted the urge to buy one for myself. I gave one to Jenn, Paul, Jamie and Katie. When I gave the one to Jamie, he first asked what it was. Then he put it on his head and said, "Thank you, I tip my hat to you." I had to laugh. He is such a goof!
A small box of little jellybeans for my Ma=o)
A bag of sour balls for my Pop
A bag of gum for Susie. We used to love this gum and Susie still does=0)
A Stegosaurus for Ethan=o)
A T-Rex for Seth=0)
Both the boys are in to dinosaurs rite now. They had a lot of fun tonite making dinosaur roars;o)
Pani and I having fun trying to get a good picture of the two of us=o)
Pani kept goofing off, but it was so fun!


Pani acting very silly and me giving him a look, trying to be serious, but as you can tell, I wasn't able to hide the smirk on my face=oP
I wanted a picture of our hands together and our feet too, but Pani didn't want to do the feet one.
I am so amazed that God can bring two different cultures together and form such a wonderful love! I am so blessed to have Pani in my life and I am thankful each day for him=o) I fall more in love with him all the time, even tho at the time, it doesn't seem possible since I already love him so much. He is such a patient, caring, kind, loving, understanding, supportive, amazing boyfriend and I will forever be thankful for each and every moment we spend together!