Fall, fall, fall, how I love thee!

Gasp! Something new?! Wow!

2009-10-12T21:28:00.003-05:00

So I finally decided to update you all! Whew, it's been crazy around the Litke household this last little while! I think I've made 4 (or is it 5?) trips to OK to see my family in the last month or so!

Working for Pastor on the side still, and the church. Love it, love it, love it!
I'm halfway through taking a Computer Applications class at a community college close by, already know most everything we're talking about, so that makes it a breeze! It's a good thing, because I am finding very little time to read the book, much less study for anything! :)

My regular job is still going strong. We have had to lay off a few people, but my job looks pretty steady, thank God for that! I trust Him to supply all of my needs and He does, and then a whole lot more on top of that!

Mom is doing radiation for a spot they found on her brain....extremely long story involved there, won't go into it! If your close to me at all anyways, you would know the whole story...

Let's see, what else can I throw into this terribly random post????? OH! I'm FINALLY going to get my car fixed! Yay! Hopefully the front AND back bumper at the same time, we'll just have to see how it goes.....super excited about that!

Aaaaaaaaand, I joined the choir again as of last week! So excited about what Brother Stephen Rivers is doing with the choir - can't wait to get back into the groove of being a choir member again! God's going to do great things through the choir as we lead the church in worship into the Holy of Holies! Speaking of which, church at CACFW has been fantastic! For the months of October and November, Pastor is teaching a Family Life Class on Tuesday nights. We've only actually had one class so far, but it's going to be great! Can't wait to learn more from God's Word about the family!

I know I've mentioned this already, but my mom is going through radiation right now because of a spot they have found on her brain. Please pray for her strength, the doctors say that radiation will make you extremely fatigued. I know the Lord can and will keep her through....if we just trust and believe! Thanks to everyone who is praying for her and for us! Love y'all bunches!

H Brooke

Hi there! ;)

2009-08-25T20:11:00.003-05:00

Hey all you bloggers (and lurkers!)!!! Haven't seen y'all in a while! Let me see if I can catch y'all up a little bit on what my karazy life has been like the past little bit....

Back in July I went to PEAK in Tulsa (as you know from my previous posts) as a chaperone with our young people and had an absolute blast! If I think about it too much I start laughing all over again....Brittany and "her" Minnie, Chas embarassing the life outta Nantan at Red Robin, Kim's humble bun, Tasiah's bug that went splat into my windshield (I'm laughing already!), the boys getting into trouble for wrestling, Chas' "friend", the list just goes on and on and on and on...well, you get the point! :)

I decided just a few weeks ago to finally drag myself back to school, so I am taking one (yes, just one!) class this semester at a college close to my home. Microcomputer Applications is the class I'm taking, and class began last night. It's only once a week, which is great, but it lasts from 6PM until almost 9PM. My instructor is already showing signs of being super awesome, and the class is going to be super easy, so that's an answer to prayer right there! Now if it will only cool off outside so we're not soaked with sweat by the time we get to class....fall come quickly!

What else? Oh yeah! The Saturday before PEAK I rear-ended a guy on the freeway.,.did I tell y'all about that yet? Yeah, it stinks. I had no choice but to hit him, there was a bunch of traffic, and I had no room to swerve when he slammed on his brakes. Thankfully he didn't claim it on my insurance (he had an old beat up FORD truck! Thank you JESUS!!!) so my insurance shouldn't go up, but my car is so sad looking! I'm going to have to get a WHOLE NEW FRONT BUMPER. Yes, the one that I just got fixed a couple months ago. Ugh. Oh well, such is life, huh?!

Well, I'd better run! Hope this posts finds y'all doing fabulous! Take care now, ya hear?!

H Brooke

PEAK-A-BOO #1

2009-07-31T22:43:00.014-05:00

Ok, here are my pics from PEAK!!!! I did them in two posts, so look at this one first, then the one below, even though I posted that one first! This took FOREVER, so I bettter get some appreciation! LOL! I think this is my 3rd evening to try uploading all of these pics! Anyways, we had a blast, but I'll let the pics tells the rest of the story!

Load 'em up!

Jesse

Taisah

Triple trouble!

Caughtcha!!!

Myself, Sister Rivers, and Britt!

the celebs

myself and Chas!

Chas and Nicole

Awww, so sweeeeet!!! Chas, his face was SO red!!! LOLOL!!!

Moi and Britt

The twosome. :)

GASP!!!! In public?!?! I cannot believe you two! lol!

Chas drinking on the sly...

Feeling a little (hic) tipsy!!!

Chas lookin' schnazzy

and they all came a tumblin' down!

circle of friends :)

duck!

Yours truly, for the billionth time!

Chas!

Jesse's battle scars. How old are you again?

Sweet Abby

Britt, Tasiah, and me!

Britt, Kim, and myself at "that cheesecake place"!

The giants and the midget.

Nicole and a very tired looking me.

Chas and me.

Britt and Brooke

Abby and Beth!!!

Awww!!!

Adorable smile!

Daniella getting her blessing right now right now!!!

I took alot of pics this service! Me and the skinny Miss Whit!!!

Flat footed next to the giant! Miss y'all!!!

PEAK-A-BOO!!! #2

2009-07-31T21:49:00.014-05:00

Myself, Charity, and Britt at Incredible Pizza

Tasiah and Chas

Myself and Chas - our traditional pic in the lobby before church!

Britt - on the phone with....guess who?! Eating some yummy Chipotle!

Tasiah - you are hilarious girl! I...wasn't....made...for....this!!!!!! LOLOL!!!

Nicole grubbin'... :) These girls are so gonna love me for these pics.

Britt and Minnie Mouse...awww!!!

Mmmm...Starbucks!

Chas and Marissa - glad you're better Rissa!

Moi and Rissa

The lovey Sister King, lively Daniella, and myself. So good to see y'all!!!

It's fake!

Nice pocket square Tan. :)

The guys.

The gals.

Me with Tryston, Nina, and Ari. Devin in the background with loooooooong-ago friend, Travis. THAT was crazy!

Sleepy eyed Chas and lazy eyed Brooke

Tasiah and Britt

Amanda and moi.

Beth, me, and Abby's head!

Uncle Moo(Brother Ballard) and my brother Devin.

Myself and Kara - you crack me up girl!

Me 'n' Kim

Love it - totally my new motto!!!

Shy Nantan? :)

Nooooooooooo!!!!

Sweet Daniella and my with my lazy eye! LOL!!! I was SO tired!

Trav

Typical Gabe on this trip...I think he forgot his teddy bear or something. Kidding Gabe!!! LOL!!!!

Taisah and Britt

Tanner goofing off.

group pic

Kim in the shade with her shades....lol! Ok it's getting late, my captions are getting corny.

OKC Memorial

World-Renowned Photographer - Timotheous Lee Rivers

Cheese!!!

2009-07-20T11:16:00.003-05:00

As I sit at my desk and think over this weekend and ponder what my week will bring, I find myself literally grinning. God is so good!!! He opened my eyes to new understandings this weekend. Things I have struggled with, not fully realizing WHAT I was struggling with, have been resolved. I have asked the Lord for things in faith believing that He will hear and answer my prayers. I BELIEVE IN YOU JESUS!!!

We are in revival!!! Extra services this week - tonight, tomorrow night, and as usual Wednesday - Brother Don Stewart(Stuart?) will be with us again...I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for Cornerstone!

Have a wonderful Monday!

H Brooke

Ew.

2009-07-08T11:13:00.001-05:00

I strongly dislike(translation: hate) sitting so close to the bathrooom here at work. Can someone say TMI?!?! I'll say no more....

Ola!!!

2009-06-29T09:31:00.002-05:00

It's Monday - I want to be home in bed ASLEEP!!! Oh well, such is life! How is everyone? Here's some randomness that I've been up to the last little bit.

I'm in the process of painting my room - yay! Only one wall, and it's GREEN! It is so awesome, I'll have to post pics when I'm done. I'm also thinking about buying a vinyl tree to stick on the wall when I'm done...something like this. Or maybe this, or this. :) What do y'all think?

In other news, a friend and I went to Corpus Christi this past weekend for a friend of mine's wedding - it was beautiful! Congrats Kim and Austin!!! We stopped at San Marcos Tanger outlet mall on the way down there and on the way back (so we could cover it all and not wear ourselves out!). Sadly enough, we didn't find all that much. :( What I found was great, just not very much. Oh well, more money for shopping at home I guess - lol!

Anyone have big plans for the 4th? I think alot of our people are celebrating on the 3rd, and we're taking advantage of the city wasting their money instead of us doing all of the work! Yay for our pocketbooks!

That's all I can think to write for now, so I better get back to work....be careful, it's hot out there!

H Brooke

How's the weather?

2009-06-24T07:51:00.002-05:00

You know it's going to be hot when it's not even 8 o'clock in the morning and already 80 degrees. Winter, where are you?! Come back soon!!!

I've been thinking....

2009-06-02T22:15:00.003-05:00

I cannot get this song out of my mind! I have done nothing to deserve His love, and yet His mercies are new every morning, just for me! How great is my God?!?!

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours

I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours

Psalm 8:4(ESV) What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

I have a blog?!

2009-05-28T21:13:00.009-05:00

I just remembered, I have a blog! Lol! Not really, but it's almost that bad! So much has
happened since I last wrote...camping one weekend, a two day youth rally(got to meet Delayna and see Cory again - had a blast!), going out of town, running hither and yon getting ready for my mom's 50th bday party this past Sunday night as well as trying to catch up with my brothers(and their families!) who were here from out of town...you get the idea(I hope). I have LOTS of reasons for abandoning my blog for weeks on end. So, how is everyone? Is anyone even out there anymore, or are you all busy as well? I feel like my world is upside down right now, trying to catch up from the weekend...here're some pics to bring you halfway up to date. ;)
Ariana Kay!

wassup Aunt Broke?!

What're they doing out there?

Sweet Abby in the sun.

Nana and Abby

Gavin and Devin playing hacky sack with the croquet ball and mallets(sp?) - if you look close enough you can see the black ball in between them...

Beth and Abby (and Ari's head!)

Nina Kay!

Tryston filling up the bird bath!

Yours truly, waiting my turn...

Tryston "playing" with us - it was so funny, he would run up to where we were and hit our croquet ball! It took some convincing to get him to understand that you can only hit your own! LOL!

The long lost brother.

Mom with her bag-o-beans!

Abby chillin' in the car, waiting on Mommy to finish shopping.

snoozing....

Aunt Broke and Abby

This is yummy cantaloupe Daddy!

Once again, my laptop is pitching a fit over posting so many pics at one time! I'll post the rest later this week hopefully! Leave me a comment, so I know y'all are still alive out there!

I went camping

2009-05-09T22:17:00.004-05:00

I'm sunburned. I'm sore. I'm weary. I'm going to bed. ASAP.

H Brooke

Happy Birthday Tim!

2009-05-04T00:23:00.005-05:00

Tim - I hope your birthday is all that you wanted it to be and more! I'm so excited to see what the Lord is doing in your life and where He is leading you!

Brooke the Crook

P.S. Didja like your birthday present?!

Rain rain...

2009-04-27T14:17:00.002-05:00

...go away, come again another day! And take everyone's bad moods with you! If I get griped at one more time, I'm going home! Boy, people are grouchy today. Hmph. :-) Hang on a sec...............................................ok I'm back! I just killed a spider the size of a quarter that was running across my desk. Now, Little Miss Muffet I am not, so I up and squished him with me shoe! Whew! That got my adrenaline pumping! lol!

How's everyone out there today? Are you tired, run down, listless? Do you poop out at parties? Are you unpopular? Try VitaMeataVegamin today! Achem. Sorry that just kind of snuck out from my childhood before I could stop it - I Love Lucy!!! lol

Man oh man, did we ever have church yesterday! I am so excited about the revival and renewing of the Spirit that's going on in our church! Watch out devil, we are breaking your back!!! In Jesus' Name! Lord, help us to be sensitive to those around us who are crying out to you in the night. Let us be a light to them so that Your Kingdom might come to fruition in and through us!

Hope y'all have a fabulous Monday!

HBL

More pics...

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from this weekend...enjoy!

I can't wear pink everyday!

Devin & Abby

Aunt Broke & Tryston's guacamole!

Sopapilla's!!!

Beth & Devin - staying up way to late working on Abby's slideshow...

Ariana Kay

Mommy, baby, & Aunt Broke

Again...

Daddy, mommy, and baby!

Abby Elizabeth Litke

2009-04-20T22:37:00.007-05:00

So my parents and I went to Tulsa this weekend for my niece's dedication. We actually got to stay more than 24 hours this time - we had a blast! Next time you see me, ask me about my nephew's chronic cough - too funny!!! Hope y'all enjoy the pics as much as I did!

Proud mommy and daddy with baby - Devin, Beth, and Abby

My parents, two of my brothers with their wives, two nieces, and one nephew. Only missing one brother and sister-in-law. :-(

Abby

Abby ready to grub!

daddy and poppa(y'all just don't know this side of my dad....)

My computer/internet are not agreeing, so I will have to hold off on more pics until next time!

Destinee Sharel Chachere

2009-04-20T22:16:00.005-05:00

My thanks to you for filling in for me Sunday!
I wuv you Tuti!!! (don't kill me for the last one! teeheehee!!!)

My fav!!!

P.S You be black, and I'll be white, ok? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

To be Hungry...

2009-04-14T15:32:00.005-05:00

or not to be Hungry? I have the solution! This furry little monster is perfect for reminding you NOT to eat when you're not hungry! His name really IS Hungry, and he is designed to hang around your desk (or fridge - he has a magnetic personality!) and whisper in your ear when you are tempted to go for that ice cream in the freezer left over from a coworkers bday celebration and talk you out of it...we'll see if he's worth the 4 bucks...I'll keep you posted!

Have y'all ever used anything like him to remind you not to eat? An old picture or something to that effect?

Whoa.

2009-04-08T15:44:00.001-05:00

I just read back over my previous post. If I was writing for an English test, I would have gotten a big fat F. Wow.

Just some

2009-04-08T15:17:00.003-05:00

random stuff I've been up to...

Last Thursday my parents and I went to Mississippi to see my brother and sister-in-law!!! Gavin was in an Easter musical through their church - he was Jesus! He did sooooooo good! I love their little town, other than the fact that they have hardly any place to eat or shop! The closest Starbucks is at least 30 minutes away! We had so much fun, can't wait to go back! I'll post some pics soon(I know, I know, I always say that!)...

In other news...I'm getting my car back tomorrow!!! Woohoo!!! I don't want to drive the whole way up there and back in the same day though, so I'm going halfway tonight after church and spending the night with my grandparents! Mountain Dew Amp, here I come!

Speaking of my car...I FINALLY got a call this morning from the body shop that's repairing my car, letting me know it was ready. YAY! I decided to call Enterprise Rent-A-Car to see if one of their reps could meet me at the body shop so I wouldn't have to get someone to take off work to go with me etc. etc...so I deftly called the company, went through their little phone tree, pressed #1 for English, #5 for a warm human body, and a nice lady took my call. I jump right into my spiel I had all planned out about how I was planning to pick my car up tomorrow and asking someone to meet - I stop mid-sentence. I had called the INSURANCE company - NOT Enterprise!!!! Sooooooooo embarrassed, I apologized profusely and got off the phone as fast as I could! GAAAAAAAAH!!!!!

Yay!!!

2009-04-06T16:07:00.002-05:00

I should get my car back by the end of the week! HOOOOORAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!

Beware of Curb!

2009-03-26T11:27:00.005-05:00

As I'm driving home from church last night, I realized I never ate dinner! So I whipped into QT to pick up something quick. I always park right in front of the door, and "my" space was open, so I pulled right in. No problem. Got out, walked up to the curb, and THE CURB TRIPPED ME!!! I am going to sue that curb!!! Thankfully I didn't fall all the way down, I just did kind of a push-up. My knees never hit the ground, nor did my face(thank the Lord!). I got up quickly, and realized abouth 10 people just watched me get my exercise in. Great. One guy(who stood about 6 feet from me and did NOT act or look concerned at all) said, "You ok?" His expression never changed, nor did he offer to help me up or anything. Such a gentleman. I get up, glance to my left and see 3 or 4 people walking towards the door. They had seen it too. Nice. Rushing towards the door(they have big glass doors and you can see the counter right inside) I realize that about 5 more people waiting to pay had been watching too. Even nicer. Ducking my head, I grab a drink and while trying to decide what to get to eat, a lady next to me goes "Are you ok? I saw you fall out there." Blushing, I said "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for asking." I got out of there as quick as I could. Why does this always happen to me?!?!

Karunch!!!

2009-03-24T15:58:00.005-05:00

So last Monday I decided to go visit two of my brothers and their families in Tulsa. Mom was already up there and Dad was overseas on business, so it didn't take much to persuade me to go. I left Monday night and took Tuesday & Wednesday off work, planning to be back Wednesday in time to get dressed for church. I had a great time right up to a couple hours before I was scheduled to leave...

Lorinda(my sis-in-law) was heading out for a 10 o'clock doctor's appt Wednesday morning. I was getting my things together to leave around noonish. I was parked behind Lorinda, so I called out that maybe I should move my car. Lorinda assured me that she had plenty of room, since I was parked at the end of the driveway with about two car lengths inbetween us. 5 minutes later she came back in crying, tears dripping off her face.

"Your car!" she said.

I chuckled. "Whadja do, swipe my bumper curving around me?"

"It's not just your bumper!" she bawled.

We went outside and looked. It wasn't just my bumper. Mom & I shooed her on to her appointment, assuring her we would get it worked out when she got back. She felt SOOOO bad.When she left, we went back out to look again. It was definitely not just my bumper. Long(er) story short, I claimed it on their insurance. I got a rental that afternoon and didn't end up leaving until about 3:30. Y'all. My rental is a Cobalt. Granted, it's an '08, but there's no cd player or cruise control. It smells like smoke and it rides only a little better than my mom's xB!!! Gah!!! Definitely not my Lexus!!!

My car is finally in the shop as of yesterday. They are supposed to start working on it either this afternoon or tomorrow morning. One of the guys from the shop called while I was on lunch today and let me know the estimate is around $5,800, but it may be more when they get under the hood and look around some more. Thank the Lord for insurance!!!

So if you see a little blue Cobalt jetting around with Kansas plates on it(and the windows rolled down so I can breathe), that's me! I'll try to post some pics in a couple of days, but I'm making NO promises!!!

Finally!!!

2009-03-24T15:56:00.002-05:00

Sorry they are so late, but here's some of my pics from Brittany and Stephen's wedding. Enjoy!!!

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Busy busy busy!!!

2009-03-11T15:42:00.002-05:00

WOW!!! How's everyone out in blogland?! I have been so busy here lately it seems like I have not hardly had time to think! I don't really have anything to post, just wanted to let y'all know I'm still alive!

I do have a quote for ya tho...

“Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.”
H. Jackson Brown, JR.

Chow!

Ah.

2009-02-26T15:51:00.006-06:00

I just ate 3 entire Oatmeal Raisin Otis Spunkmeyer cookies. Life is good. I am bad. Oh well!

KARAZY WEEKEND!!!!

2009-02-25T09:59:00.004-06:00

I know y'all are waiting on pics from Stephen & Britt's wedding this past weekend, but they'll have to wait! I haven't figured out how to transfer pics to my comp from my new camera! I'll just give you a rundown of how the weekend went in the meantime...

Thursday night started off with a bang(quite literally almost!) when Whit headed down. My bro Devin & sis-in-law Beth with baby Abby got in around 6:30 - 7:00ish. They came down to tow my dad's truck back to Tulsa to borrow for a while. Around 7:15 I got a call from Whit saying she was going 40 mph on the highway! Her tire was about to blow because it had a HUGE knot on it! We called WalMart in Gainesville for her - the tire shop had closed 15 minutes before! Skipping over alot of frustrating moments with the WalMart manager, we(my dad, my bro Devin, and myself) hopped in my bros truck(thank the Lord he had a trailer with him!) and headed up to Gainesville to get her and her car. We finally got home around 11:00. Never a dull moment with Whit! lol!!!

Friday we first headed to Discount Tire(veeeery slowly) to get a used tire. No luck. We then headed over to a used tire place and hit the jackpot! Got her fixed up, did a little shopping, and then headed up to the reception hall to help get everything set up. Back to the house to change, then BACK up to TCU for the rehearsal at the chapel. That over-with, we went to our church to grub. Once done there, we headed to T.J. Maxx, then WalMart. Home again home again to goof off and eventually sleep.

Saturday we loaded up to head out to meet up with the girls to get ready. Whit & I swung thru Mansfield to pick up Brit & Tasiah. My car was cram-packed full!!! Got ready, took some pics, and to the chapel we went. With all the pre-wedding frazzled nerves, running around, digging for things, running back and forth, I finally escaped to the front about 10 min till 2 and left the bridal party to themselves! The wedding was beautiful! Someone(coughAncoughdycough) managed to sneak a couple horns in the church and they were sounded just as Stephen & Brittany kissed. HAHAHAHA!!!!!! I think that wedding coordinator was ready to throw us all out! lol! Quite funny!!! Pictures, pictures, pictures!!!! Michelle M & I ended up having to clean out the classroom of 7 bridesmaids' & 1 bride's "stuff" in 5 minutes. The coordinator INSISTED that we be out ASAP. In all the confusion, my car keys were lost - AGAIN!!! I spent just about the entire reception dumping out bags on the floor at the chapel looking for them. I have an extra key at home, but my window was rolled halfway down. Praying someone wouldn't steal my car, I went to the reception. Skip over a couple hours later - I found my keys in Whit's skirt pocket! HALAYLEWYA!!! We cleaned up the reception, ran to the house to change, went to the rodeo then to Ol' South to grub. I think we were all glad that LOOOONG day was over!

Sunday we went to Piranha's after church and had a grand ole time with Big T, a guy that works at Starbucks that Sharel & James invited to church. Fun times!!! lol!!! Between Sharel's new beau and Tim's cold tea we all had a good laugh! After that we skipped thru Cato's right quick, then headed home to change clothes once again! Church was awesome Sunday night! After church a small group of us went to McAlister's, then Starbucks! We got FREE drinks @ Starbucks from Big T!!! Sharel - score on inviting him to church!!! lol jk! We hung out there WAY to late, then went home and goofed off till about 2:15ish.

Monday Whit slept in and came to lunch with me at OTB. Yum! She headed home after that - it took her 6 hours to get home!!! I is so sorry Whitley!!!

That's not even all that went on this weekend, you really don't want me to type it all out. I'll post pics later on this week, and you'll get more of the story....until then - buenos tardes!!!!

Miscellaneous!

2009-02-15T21:43:00.004-06:00

Love that word! lol Here are some pics from the last couple of weeks - enjoy! Sharel & I looking very sleepy - it was about 8:30 on a Saturday morning! Whew!

I seriously put two watches on one night last week! I didn't realize it until I was halfway to church! lol!!!

The cute little balloon doggies Ginger and I made!

Me 'n' my pup!

Sweet Alexis - pray for her - she's very sick right now!

Chas & myself after playing an exciting(insert sarcasm here) game of.....broomball!!!!

Izzy

Tammy & her sidekick - Kels!

One of the cutest little boys in our church - Christian.

Uncle Bobo(my bro Devin) & me @ my grandparents. He loves pics - lol!

My Grandma holding the newest Litke - Abby Elizabeth!

Abby & I

Daniella Grace

Myself & Britt

Another piece?! Hahahahaha!!!

The blushing bride!

Some of the decor from Britt's shower - of which the floral arrangement is now residing on my bathroom sink! Yay!

Gasp!

2009-02-12T10:52:00.004-06:00

I just got roses & a card for Valentine's Day!!! From my special Valentine! Sooo sweet!

So I'm sitting at work and my mom calls and wants to know if I want her to bring me something from Chick-Fil-A for breakfast. What girl would turn down free breakfast, right? 30 minutes later Mom walks in not just with my breakfast, but with a dozen roses and a card!!! I love my parents!

Now I don't have to go buy my own like I had said I was going to!!!

I hope y'all have a wonderfully fabulous marvelous glorious lovely day!!!

Someone's watching!

2009-02-12T09:32:00.002-06:00

I just watched some random woman out the front window of my office run the stairs across the way 3 times! It was pretty funny, because she went up, turned right around and came back down. No big deal, I thought, she just forgot something in her car. She turns around AGAIN and runs back up, then down again! Watching her once again trot back up the stairs, I'm convinced she is either exercising or is extremely OCD. Made me laugh.

The rest of the story...

2009-02-10T09:15:00.005-06:00

One of the many people I had called asking if they knew where my keys were called me back and offered to come get me. I stated that wouldn't do any good, because my car would still be at the church. She offered to stop by my house and get my extra key for me, but that wouldn't work because our keypad for the garage is broken. So she and her daughter came to the church and picked me up, took me back to my house to get my extra key(thank the Lord I keep my house key on a separate key ring!), then we went BACK to the church where she helped me look some more. No luck. I finally left using my spare key, down-hearted. I have NEVER lost my keys. In my depressed state, I decided I wanted a sweet tea from Chicken Express. Once there, I come to the speaker and the guy asks me to wait. Ok, fine. The people in front of me scooted up, and because they usually come outside the building and take your order, so did I. We sit there for almost 5 minutes, and the guy comes over the speaker and takes the order of the lady BEHIND me!!! I left, thinking On The Border was a good remedy for all this calamity. The wait was 20-30 minutes for a table. I took ToGo and was outta there in 10 minutes. While eating my food in the car, I got a call from the girl who had borrowed my car. I called her back - they had found my keys!!! YAY!!!!!!

P.S. I left alot of emotion out of this escapade. At any given moment I was ready to cry my eyes out, I was that frustrated!

P.P.S I also forgot to add at the beginning of this story the fact that my parents were out of town, making the situation even worse, given that someone besides family had to come get me.

Stuck

2009-02-07T18:18:00.004-06:00

So I'm stuck at church. Yup. Stuck like chuck. We had Bro Tommy Wainright come in this weekend and did a seminar for us today from 9-5(excellent excellent excellent!!!), and tomorrow he will be doing children's church in the place of SS for us. As in all functions, some things were forgotten/not purchased. One of the girls helping out in the back offered to get the things we needed, and since she didn't have her car, I let her borrow mine. No biggie. Now let's skip to the end of the seminar. We all helped clean up (except the girls who had helped with the food had been gone awhile to my understanding) since the Faithful Men weren't able to clean because of the seminar. I can't find my keys. I assured the ones who were left I would find them. They left. I'm alone at the church, and I can't get ahold of anyone that would be with the girl who borrowed my car. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

It's cooler down here.

2009-02-03T13:53:00.013-06:00

I'm stuck at work with nothing to do, so I googled "quotes on being short". Here's some of the pros and cons of being short that I found and a few based on my personal experiences. Enjoy!

~Pros~

1 ~ You feel the rain after everyone else.
2 ~ People will get things for you so you don't have to get a chair.
3 ~ Better view of ants.
4 ~ Don't run into doorframes.
5 ~ Less chance of getting hit by a UFO. (?!?!)
6 ~ Able to duck down faster. (not seeing the logic in this one!)
7 ~ Move around in crowds faster.
8 ~ Can wear HIGH heels and not seem like a giant.
9 ~ Hiding from the boogey-man is much easier.
10 ~ The weather is cooler down here.
11 ~ You(girls) can wear skirts taller girls can't cuz their just right for you but too short for them!
12 ~ Rarely ever have to worry about hitting your head.

~Cons~

1 ~ Always have to stand in front for group pics.
2 ~ Must get a chair for anything above the first shelf in the kitchen cabinets(or use a spatula - that's what I do!!!).
3 ~ Have to use a step-stool just to reach the top of your car when washing it(I'm going to get me a scrubbie-on-a-stick one of these days!!!).
4 ~ More often than not get stuck behind tall people (or tall hair) at conferences and spend the entire service acting like a bobblehead trying to see around them/it.
5 ~ Get backaches trying to rest your arms on your desk that's 6 inches to tall(Yes, this one's personal! I'm going to have to start sitting on a pillow.).
6 ~ 5 extra pounds looks like 10
7 ~ In most chairs your feet don't touch the floor unless you slouch.

Most of us short people have experienced almost all of these. Tell me if there's something I'm missing that needs to be added!

Over the river...

2009-01-31T07:50:00.002-06:00

and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go! I'm at my grandparent's house right now! Yay! I came up last night, but will be leaving this morning around 9-ish. My Grandma's bday was Wednesday, so my parents and I were going to come up today to see them for a bit(it's only a little over 2 hrs away), then scoot back home later on this afternoon. Then we remembered Britt & Stephen's shower, AND the work day/dedication/picnic thingy at the church. What to do? Devin, Beth & Abby came to my grandparents' from Tulsa yesterday afternoon, so I decided to come yesterday and see the baby! (She is SOOOO tiny!!!) So yesterday after I got off work, I scooted over to Arlington to contribute to their fair city because Arlington's not NEAR as good as Fort Worth, and I decided to help them out a bit, went back home, threw some clothes in a bag, and I was off! I caught a little bit of traffic, but I still made pretty good time for a Friday afternoon in DFW!

I love my grandparents!!! They are awesome! I love their house, it's so comfy. Not to mention my Papa makes the BEST homemade bread in the WORLD! Homemade strawberry jelly, homemade beef jerky.....whooeeee!!! I'll see y'all later!!!

Remind me to tell y'all about my contribution to the City of Arlington later on...

Y'all have a FABULOUS weekend!

Drawing a ______.

2009-01-29T09:37:00.002-06:00

I have no inspiration for a post today. So there. Not to mention NO ONE has commented on my last 4 posts!It's a sad, sad world....sniff.

Thanks, but no thanks!

2009-01-26T15:25:00.017-06:00

My civil duty - that's what I was going to do. Yup, give blood. I'm O+, and they say that's the rare kind, so I try to give every time we have a drive here at work. But this time they wouldn't let me! They said my iron was too low - phooey on them! Now I'm sad. Guess I'll go eat some liver and apricots...yummy(insert sarcasm here)...

How did everyone's weekend go? Anyone have as crazy of a weekend as me? My head is still spinning....between 3 WalMart trips(one at 10:30 Sat night), helping coordinate Britt's bridal shower, cleaning cabinets until my hand was cramping, awesome church services Sunday, and lots of excitement and laughter in between I am TIRED!!! It was fun though!

Y'all beware of all the crazy TX drivers that have a cow every time it rains, much less ices over - we're supposed to have some "winter weather" over the next 48 hours! Bring it on! I love winter!

BTW, for all of you who are cruising through and not leaving comments - stop it! lol It won't hurt you to comment every once in a while!

Maci turns 10!

2009-01-23T21:28:00.003-06:00

Here's some pics from a couple weekends ago. I can't believe Maci is 10 already! She's so grown up looking. A very beautiful young girl, very sensitive to the Lord and tenderhearted! Watch out boys, she'll be giving you the run-around before long!

Tammy and myself waiting to go ice skate!

Miss Natalie and moi

Madeline - I had to coax this grin out of her! She was grumpy that day!

Group pic! I think we were only missing Alex.

Alexis and Maci

Love you Maci! May this year be all you dreamed of - and more!

I'm free!!!

2009-01-22T14:58:00.001-06:00

I suddenly have a FREE evening! Yay!!! I had scheduled puppet practice, but Tammy can't make it, so I cancelled....which means I have nothing planned!!! Hmm...now what will I do? Any suggestions? This is kind of fun!

I would wash my car, but I did that yesterday. Could read a book, but I don't have any new ones! La la la....

I feel...

2009-01-21T12:29:00.002-06:00

...puny...I don't know what's wrong with me!!! I had a sore throat Monday, so I took some Nyquil(disgusting stuff!!!) before I went to bed. Still felt bad yesterday, but I didn't want to take any medicine because just about everything makes me SLEEPY. Finally gave in and took some Dayquil about 1:00. It made me so sleepy I was waking myself up when my head bobbed while sitting at my desk. I finally went home around 3:00, slept till Mom woke me up at 6:00, went to Madeline's bday party @ Happy Hopperz, came home, piddled on the comp for a bit, took some more Dayquil(I'm out of Nyquil and it has the same effect so why not?!) and hit the hay around 9:15!!! I slept the entire night through and am still sleepy! Ok, I'm whining, I know! Sniff.

Hope you're not as sleepy/grumpy as me!

For those of you who are having service tonight - hope it's a good one!

Later,
Sleepy

Last post for today ~ I promise!

2009-01-19T19:46:00.006-06:00

Ok, last post! After Daniella's party, a bunch of us youth/singles went to Ice @ The Parks! We had a blast - except for when ice was being thrown at me from all sides, and Jesse kept trying to trip me! I don't know why they were being so mean, I did NOTHING to spark that!!! Teeheehee!!! I don't have any pics from that yet, but Chas is supposed to be sending me some...

Sunday we had the most amazing move of God in our SS youth class!!! I was helping Tasha in the 8 & 9's class, and all of a sudden we heard the youth class praying. Now, we've heard them pray before, at the end of the class, but it wasn't even close to time to dismiss. The Lord moved in such an awesome way, and EVERY young person was praying!!! Thank you Jesus!!! The SS teachers took the kids out the back way to the sanctuary, then came back and most of us began praying with the young people. WE HAD TOUNGES AND INTERPRETAION IN YOUTH CLASS!!! God help our young people to not look to the right or to the left, but look ahead!!! I believe there are great things going to happen as a result of that class! Lord bless and keep our young people!!! In Jesus' Name!!! Service had already started when we got out to the sanctuary, and the Presence of the Lord overflowed into our worship service!!! People were praying everywhere, being strengthened and renewed in the Lord - so awesome!!!

Sunday night we had an awesome move of the Lord as well. Bro Stringfellow preached "Send It Back". Once again, people all over the church were praying and being renewed in the Lord! We had two baptized and one get the Holy Ghost!!!

After service, a group of us went to Ol' South Pancake House. We had a good time, but as we were about to leave....a cross-dresser came in!!! BLECH!!! I won't even go into what he looked like, but he was definitely not feminine!!! Most everyone in our group had gone outside, and it was just Sharel and I waiting on a few others that were still in line to pay. Sharel couldn't stop laughing, so I tried to make her go outside. No luck. She couldn't stand up she was laughing so hard. Our people finally got done and we made it outside. Phew!!! I could've slapped Sharel for making a scene! So embarassing!!! I know he knew she was laughing at him - practically everyone in the restaurant was looking at them. Puke. It was funny at the time, but I feel sorry for him now. That's got to be a miserable life!

Wow! 5 posts in 1 day! If y'all really read all of this, you must have absolutely nothing else to do! lol

I hope all of you had a wonderful Monday - and will have a great rest of the week!!!

Take luck! Take luck and care! Take care of the luck! Good luck taking care of the luck you might have! If you have luck, take it, care for it! Take luck care of it! When you take luck, care of it!

~ H Brooke ~

Daniella Grace

2009-01-19T19:34:00.003-06:00

These pics are from Daniella's bday party @ Bouncin' Bonanza - she was SO excited about all of her presents! She got alot of gifts!!! She got pretty frustrated when Mommy kept taking her gifts away - but she finally got the hang of it! I think her favorite was the cell phone and laptop!

Gettin' ready for cake! Daniella & I - she is SO outgoing and funny! Love this pic of her!!!

Little Miss Alexis - one of the cutest 3 yr olds in our church!!!

Spunky little Madeline Brooke! She was named after me, but she sure doesn't act like me! She's a doll, though!!!

Yes, I'm doing multiple posts in one evening. I didn't feel like messing with trying to get the pics all sorted out, so I'm doing it one at a time. Call me lazy, I don't care.

Friday

2009-01-19T19:17:00.002-06:00

About my Friday...I got off work at 1:00 - as usual for a Friday. I went home, finished up the registration stuff(FINALLY!!!), went to Wal-Mart with Mom, came home, worked out, then cleaned up, thinking I had plenty of time before heading over to the Napper's for a youth thingy at 7:30. Little did I know what chaos my father was about to cause. While trying to decide which sweatshirt to wear with which jean skirt, Dad tells me Bro Pulley needs me to help with registration for ATF, and did I get Bro Pulley's email? I had not. This was at like, 6:05. I needed to be AT THE HOTEL at 6:30. I literally THREW some clothes on, and flew up there, praying all the while there would be no cops. Thankfully the hotel is only 6 or 7 minutes from my house, so I whipped into the parking lot right at 6:30! I stayed at the hotel until I finished entering all the registrations in Excel(BTW, most of those preachers have AWFUL handwriting!! lol!), and left the hotel around 7:45ish. Flew back home, changed clothes, and rushed over to the Napper's. I won't bore you with the details, but we played Spoons, Hide & Go Seek(I didn't play - they have horses and such - no telling WHAT those kids stepped in while sneaking around!), then the boys started horsing around(no pun intended) and trying to create a human tower. We finally got too cold, so we trooped back inside and the Wii playing began. Finally got home a little before midnight - whew!!!

Youth Night

2009-01-19T18:13:00.005-06:00

These pics are from Friday night - a youth thingy that they invited me to - yay!
This here would be Chas, myself, and Taisah!

Tyler & I - isn't he adorable?!?!

Tyler

Leaning Tower of Boys!

Tanner playing Hide&GoSeek. Note - it was MUCH to cold to be outside doing this, so I just stood at base and tried to hide from the wind!

Tip me over...

2009-01-19T09:07:00.003-06:00

and pour me out! Ok, so I just spilled an entire glass of water ALL over my desk, phone, headset and stand, me, my keyboard, the floor, the wall, AND the trash can! I've GOT to quit leaving my cup in front of me on my desk. I was working on my comp (the screen and mouse are a little to my right) and I reached with my right hand to answer the phone(to my left) or something, and whoosh! There it went! Thankfully I have my jacket on and a blanket on my lap, so I didn't actually get my person wet. Wait, I need to add an item. I just found water on my shoes. Argh. It's definitely Monday.

P.S. Hopefully later today I'll have time to post about my weekend - fun times! Good times, but I'm paying for it today!

BRRRRRRRRRRR Rabbit!!!

2009-01-15T09:47:00.004-06:00

Y'all, it's like, 30 degrees outside! Now all we need is some snow and the weather would be perfect!!! And a little heater right beside my desk because it's FREEZING in our office! I love snow and cold weather, but in it's place - OUTSIDE!!! I currently have a fleece blanket on my lap that I frequently cover completely up with to warm back up. My fingers are NUMB. Wah wah wah!

Last night was our last service with Bro Ballestero. :-( We were all sad to see him and "Sis Honey" go, but are cheered by the fact we will have him here again next year! He always speaks to us exactly what we need when we need it.

"The Man in the Middle" was his message last night...AMAZING!!! I have never looked at the story of the man asking his friend for bread in the middle of the night that way - he definitely brought it home to us! May we realize who our Friend is that we can go to when we don't have bread ourselves to give!!! Let us have the importunity the middle man had that we may get all the we "need", not just what we ask for! Aha! I feel the anointing on me now! lol jk jk!!! Seriously though, you should listen to it online at http://www.acfw.org/ under Sermons. The sermons usually take about 24 hours to post so it may not be up yet, but I definitely recommend all to listen!

Albert & Michelle Menzies came last night to hear Bro Ballestero, so a small group of us went to Chili's after church. Wouldn't you know it, the Pixlers, Ballesteros, AND the Stringfellows were there as well!!! Don't worry, we made Albert behave, so we didn't get any you-better-settle-down looks from the preachers' tables! lol!

Well, I better get back to work, what little I have to do - we have been SO slow here lately! I don't like sitting around trying to look productive - I can only clean and organize so much!

Busy evening ahead! Registration for the Apostolic Theological Forum Bro Ensey(sp?) is hosting here in Fort Worth, dinner with an old friend, and I'm still working on getting Heritage registrations straightened out, PLUS getting some puppet routines together! Fun fun fun!!!

Have a blessed afternoon!!!

Humpty Dumpty...

2009-01-13T20:52:00.011-06:00

…went my potatoes! Will this week just be chock full of “embarrassing moments”?!?! This morning one of my co-workers and I decided to run over to the cafeteria in the “big house” (hospital) and get some breakfast. I had actually already had breakfast, but knew the cafeteria would be serving “potatoes”. Not just any ol’ potatoes, but diced up potatoes slightly grilled with seasoning on them…YUMMY!!! “Just a few won’t hurt”, I told myself, so away we went. Another co-worker wanted me to get her some too (she’s the one who got me hooked), so here I am in line with two bowls of potatoes. Yes, I could’ve gotten a tray. Yes, I could’ve asked my co-worker to carry one. Yes, I thought my hands were big enough to hold them. APPARENTLY NOT!!! I paid for them easily enough, rounded the corner to slap some saran wrap on them (so they wouldn’t get germs when we’re walking back through the hospital), and before I could get halfway to the little stand….crack!!! The cheap little Styrofoam bowls BOTH cracked where my thumbs were curled around the tops and potatoes went FLYING all over the floor!!! There were probably 5 or 10 people eating right n this area, and ALL of the just stared at me! So here I am, down on my hands and knees, IN DRESS CLOTHES, scraping potatoes in a pile, my face burning the entire time. I scooped them up, tossed them into the trash, grabbed what was left in the bowls and the new bowl of potatoes the sweet little cashier had gotten for me somewhere in the mix, wrapped them, grabbed forks, and booked it out of there!!! How embarrassing!!! I think I’m going to just stay in bed tomorrow!!!

In other news...Bro Ballestero preached "Worship For Dummies" Sunday night - awesome awesome awesome!

Britt, myself, and Sharel @ Shake & Bake Sunday night...

Again, with me trying not to blink. lol

Guess who wore these socks Sunday night?

None other than Tim Rivers - I looked down and this was sticking out on my side of the table at Steak-N-Shake - cracked me up!!! Even funnier was that you couldn't see the purple unless his shoes were off...I think he was ashamed. Teehee!!! Guys and their socks!!! Lol!

Well, I think that's all of the randomness I can stand for one evening! This is Humpty Dumpty, signing off!!!

Let everything that hath breath -

2009-01-12T10:23:00.004-06:00

Praise the LORD!!!
After church last night around 9:15 we walked outside and lo and behold there was a COW running down the street! One of the guys tried to stop it but it just ran faster - yikes! I called 911 and reported it - gave her the church address, what direction on which street the cow was trotting, yes it had a rope around it's neck, what color, my name and phone number, blah blah blah. I told her I wasn't staying, but that there were others still there. The lady was laughing by the time I was done, but said she would send someone out. Britt and Taisah were riding with me to Shake & Bake(Steak & Shake), so we went on to the restaurant. End of story, right? Not! Apparently 5 other cars (my mother included) with people from our church in them followed the poor, tired, distressed cow down the street and trapped the poor thing. Alan succesfully ran over the end of the rope that was around it's neck. They somehow tied the rope to someone's car or something and took it about a mile back down the street, past the church and down another street to a pasture they thought it came out of. Somewhere in the midst of all this, the cops showed up and just watched - they offered NO assistance whatsoever!!! They were probably laughing at a bunch of Apostolics in suits chasing a little cow around! lolol!!! I hope someone got pics of this! We now have had chickens, roosters, dogs, pigs(one that actually got INTO the church foyer!), lizards, and who knows what else at the church! Let ALL creation praise Him!!! We won't be forgetting this one anytime soon!

And about my marriage situation - for those of you that were at Stephen's last weekend for all of our "Ted stories" - he's baaaack! GAAAAAAH!!! Here's what happened...I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get everything set up for Sunday morning fellowship - my mom had come with me(she normally doesn't), and two of the girls that help were also there, but they were in the kitchen. I knew Ted was there, but he's never bothered me so I just kind of tried to ignore him. My mom & I were dragging some extra chairs out of the way when Ted hollers out "And who are YOU married to?" I snapped my head around and with a flushed face I said "I'm not married"...he replied "Well you oughta be!" EWWWWWWW!!!! I snapped my head back around and dashed for the table closet. I snatched a table and, using it like a shield where he (hopefully!) couldn't see me anymore, darted toward the back. Ted was still walking the opposite way, just watching me and grinning. He then said "I was just messing with ya, sister!" I murmured something like "It's ok" or something to that effect - completely mortified!!! I quickly set up the tables and ran (not literally, but almost!) to the kitchen. I refused to go back out until there were more people there. I felt so dirty, like he was checking me out! BLECH BLECH BLECH!!! Somewhere in all of this my dad and Bro Najera charged out of the SS room where they were having their Elder's meeting, thinking I was out there by myself with him - you never know what Ted is going to do next! They talked to him for a little bit (Dad made sure Ted knew he was my dad), and he finally wandered off after Bro Pulley (Bro Najera told Ted that Bro Pulley wanted to talk to him - tee hee!!!). I was SO embarassed!!!

I haven't forgotten about Tim's socks, I still need to upload the pics from this weekend onto my computer at home. Veeeeeeery interesting!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Monday!

peace, love, cows, and crazy people

Assistance!!!

2009-01-11T23:35:00.008-06:00

Y'all be patient with me - I'm working on finding a good background...any suggestions on where I can find one? I've already had complaints about the colors (coughTimcough) - I'm no graphics designer, that's obvious!!!

Hopefully I'll post tomorrow about my marriage situation, the cow, and Tim's socks! Until then...enjoy this pic of me, Tryston and the chunkster - Ariana - at their house in Tulsa! BTW - Tryston's shirt says "MY AUNT ROCKS" bought by yours truly! So cute!

2009-01-10T20:19:00.003-06:00

Ok, so you should be able to go to this link to view my pics from Winter Heritage '08! Yay! I didn't feel like uploading them all onto here, so I did it this way instead...enjoy!

share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AZtmrlq4ZNmLjI

H Brooke

SCORE!!!

2009-01-09T19:00:00.004-06:00

Two pairs of shoes, two purses, a pair of gloves, and an awesome hat! I racked up this afternoon! Everyone is having incredible sales! Yay for me - boo for my checking account! :-( Water and kids meals for me for a week! Oh well, it was fun while it lasted!

This pic is from a trip earlier this year when a group of us girls went to San Marcos/ San Antonio for a weekend. We had a gazillion bags!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

2009-01-09T11:56:00.006-06:00

So I'm sitting here at work, waiting for it to be time to go. 1 hour. Come quickly, 1:00! I'm planning to go shopping this afternoon - can anyone say "EXCITED"? Every shopping trip is so much fun these days! All the good sales going on - and the weather has been pretty fair these last couple of afternoons! 57 minutes now!

H Brooke

note: I know my actual post time and the times in my post don't match - my work clock is faster. Yay for me!

Hi there!

2009-01-07T09:16:00.002-06:00

Y'all bear with me as I get this thing started! I originally set it up so I can view some friends' blogs - but I may put up a post or two!

For now enjoy a pic of my nephew Tryston (turned 3 Dec 8th) and my niece Ariana (born Oct 29th). Aren't they adorable?!?!