Tornado!!

We've had some severe weather the last two days with tons of rain due to Hurricane Hermine.  Today we had tornado warnings and sirens going off.  Here is a video of a tornado just about 1/4 mile away from Alan's work. He didn't get it all but you can see that it is on the ground and then pulls back up.  Dylan and I were watching the weather news at home and I knew that this system was going right over Alan and I was scared to death!  Dylan kept calling him and he told Dylan that he had heard there was one close and then he went outside and caught this one.  I was freaking out thinking he should be taking cover not taking a video!!  Of course you can hear him making his comments and those of his co-workers!  That's what the people do down here...the sirens are going off, then a guy from a loud tower speaker is saying to take cover and everyone goes outside and looks up!!  CRAZY TEXANS!! 

My Babies You'll Be

If only we could just turn back time....

...but we can't so we enjoy and treasure the moments that have made our heart swell with laughter and joy.

For Michelle...because you are my friend!

I just had to make a quick post to talk about a woman who is such a great friend and inspiration to me!  

My friend, Michelle Nelson is an amazing person!  Throughout her life she has had trial after trial after trial and yet holds her head high and smiles through those troublesome times.  I wonder sometimes why she has to go through soooo much and was thinking about this today after we had talked on the phone for about an hour.  I just asked Heavenly Father, "Why does she have to have so many trials?".  Then the thought came, "Because she is strong and endures with faith and all of  this just makes her a blessing and inspiration to others".  I just said to myself "I couldn't do it...I'm not that strong!" 

I met Michelle about 20 years ago in Silver Lake, Washington.  We became instant friends.  We were both having babies and had even more babies at the same time!  When Alan and I moved 40 miles away, Michelle and I were on the phone almost daily.  One day she called and said, "Jana...I can't breathe.  It started last night while playing volleyball and I just can't catch a full breath."  I immediately told her to get to the doctor...I thought she might be having a heart attack and I was 40 miles away!  She did go to the doctor but what they found was not good.  Her blood showed signs of cancer.  A few weeks later, and many tests later, I was on the phone with her when another call came in.  She had been waiting for some tests results so we said a quick good-bye and hung up.  My phone rang less than a minute later and it was Michelle...she said "I have Lymphoma".  My heart stopped.  I was the first person she told and then she said "I'd better go and call Dave".  She was only 27 and had 4 very young children.  She fought it and fought it hard and won!!!  She is tough!  She is also cancer free.  

We haven't seen each other in over 10 years, yet when asked who my best friend is, my first reaction is "Michelle".  There have been years go by where we haven't been able to talk because her and her family were living in Singapore, so we lost a little touch except through cards.  She is back in the states, Utah, and even though she has just gone through a divorce...she's happier than she's been in years...although she never complained about her trials.  Today the phone call was to tell me that they've now found some complications with her health again...this time her heart.  Again, my own heart stopped.  She'll be having tests on Friday and meeting with the doctor and called to ask me to pray for her.  I told her not only will I pray for her but if she has to have surgery, I'll be there!!  


So who should ever read this post I would ask that you too pray for my best friend.  She is just a lovely, giving, generous, wonderful Mom, great cook and talented person and deserves to not have to worry about huge things that she can't control.  But knowing Michelle, she'll just smile!  


I love ya Michelle!  You are amazing!!

New Playlist

I know that sometimes playlists can be annoying but I enjoy them especially when I'm on someone else's blog.  I like seeing what kind of music they are listening to.  This playlist of mine is very different!  There are some songs from favorite movies I like, like Audrey Hepburn's rendition of "Moon River" from "Breakfast at Tiffany's".  There are also some songs that I used to sing to my boys when they were babies.  Eddy's was "Que Sera, Sera"...Derek's was "You are my Sunshine".  I couldn't find Chandler's which was "The Gift of Love" or Dylan's  "A- You're Adorable".  Anyway...hope you enjoy some of them even if it's not your taste...I like it!

Explanation of the slideshow

If you double click on the pictures as they scroll by you can read the caption that goes with each one that explains the photo and then you can just click on the arrows above that photo and go through each picture seperately.  Just a little FYI...

Still no answers!

I'm still confused on what happened to my blog.  I mean, how do the songs change on my playlist... not only change but songs on there I've never heard and how does my background disappear without me doing it?  I'll never know but I did some reconstruction, added a slideshow, new background and new playlist.  Can you tell I'm a Ryan Cabrera fan?  I just like his sound.

I'm going to try and do better at keeping the blog updated.  It seems like facebook took over but I miss blogging.

Yesterday I was cleaning out some old binders and found some emails that my sisters and I had written.  I was reading them and came across this story from 2004 that I'd forgotten about.

So it seems that when Dylan was a Freshman at Williams High School, Derek was a Junior at Plano East Senior High (PESH).  Derek had been at Williams the previous year and had been in Choir and Total Harmony which is a show choir.  Well Dylan had those same classes and some of the kids that were in that class had been with Derek the previous year.  So, the girls started asking Dylan to get pictures of Derek for them and they'd pay him $5.00.  Not only did they want a picture but asked if he'd bring them something Derek had chewed on...they'd pay more!!!

Girls are so weird!  I remember being that way to a certain degree (Jim Ferris) but was I really that bad?!  I think I might have been!  I guess when girls are about 12-15 they become obsessed with certain boys and do stupid things like writing the boys' name on everything, texting them non-stop and making posters saying they love them and then holding those posters up while the boys are performing!  Girls daydream about guys and have all of these romantic notions while guys could give a rip until their hormones kick in.

Anyway, I read that email and it made me laugh all over again.  I'll have to remind Derek of that little incident when I write him next week.  I just remember him being disgusted by it all and saying "Why?" and "Weird!"!  Dylan made a quick buck at Derek's expense though but I don't think he ever took them anything that Derek had chewed on!!

So glad I have boys!!!!!!!

WEIRD!!

Okay...here's a weird one for you!  The song that is playing right now is not on my playlist!  I don't even know the song so how did that happen?!  It's a good song though...at least the part I've listened to so far.  Must be a single user problem.  Some one explain this to me...