Flowers

Finally got some pics of the beautiful flowers. The hanging basket has Gerber daises that we got for $ 4.00 at Wal-Mart Friday night. The rest are a potpourri of things Mark planted (annual and perennials). The weekend was a little rough because it was the first Father's Day without my dad but we managed to find some joy along the way. I am planning on attending a retreat with a Beth Moore study this weekend and am looking forward to doing that with ladies from a church other than the one we attend and the chance to meet new people. Weather seems to be improving. Have a great week.

Summer weather

The weather has been wild. Please pray for those affected by flooding. I thought tonight was to be calm and quiet (as opposed to last night) but then I learn that we are under a tornado watch until 10 p.m. Just as Mark was leaving for work this morning, we lost lights and there was a fairly strong storm. The lights were restored in about an hour so it was no biggie. The search team at central has chosen a pastor for us to hear and vote on and so he is to preach this Sunday, have a meet and greet Sunday night and we vote the 22nd. I am anxious to hear him. I am still container gardening but nothing really has much blooming going on. I still need to take some pictures. We have a car in the shop and so I have not been out during the day much which is saving on gas. Hoping for a restful night.

It has been awhile!

Not much to blog about except to say that we are keeping busy. I have kind of developed an interest in flowers (which Mark already had) so I an trying some container gardening. I bought some generic bleeding hearts and Mark put then in a hanging basket and I bought some Cale Lillis and he potted them. The Lilly's are not doing so well. I am learning that you have to place certain plants certain places, depending on their need for sunlight. This can be tricky!! We purchased a dwarf Lilac bush and Mark got it planted. Pictures of some of the plants Mark planted in prior years are above and I will try to get some of this years on soon. Memorial weekend, we went to the Flower's farm on Sunday. We got to see several friends from the Flowers, Farmer and Blessing families that we had not seen for awhile and it was so fun! It was close by and so we came to town and picked up the poodles so they could go and hang out on the farm with us. We all came home rather tired. On Monday, we had a 16th birthday party for our great niece Chelsea. It was fun too.

Our 18th anniversary

We celebrated 18 years of marriage last Monday. Mark took the day off and we had our pictures taken at JC Penny's, had lunch at the Red Lobster and saw the movie "Expelled, No Intelligence Allowed". The photographer was very nice and we were happy with them. This coming weekend is booked with the Mother-Daughter banquet Friday night and then I am supposed to help with a friend's daughter's graduation reception at church from 5-7 Saturday and so we went ahead and did Mother's Day a week early. Mom came here and we went to church and then we took her to lunch to a family style restaurant in Savannah, Mo.. We had a good time. Mark's mom is supposed to be out of town Sunday and so we took her out Sunday night. (needless to say, I did not eat much). Otherwise, I still have to keep a watchful eye on Dusty. Yesterday, he tore up a phone book. Being one now has not meant he is out of puppy stage yet. That onry little!

We did the last lesson in our Home builders. Tuesday morning class and it was a review yesterday. We had Carol Davidson as the instructor and I learned so much about the Word of God! That is a brief rundown of Hubbard Happenings. God Bless!!

Hail storm

I arrived home about 3:15 yesterday and Paul (who is replacing fence in the back yard) had decided to quit for the day, as it was starting to rain. Shortly after that, it rained much harder and the wind picked up and began to blow. Then the hail was next and the pictures tell that story. Not everywhere in town got hail but just a few blocks. Otherwise, our 18th anniversary is next Monday. Not sure if we are going anywhere with gas prices the way they are but Weston, MO. does have a flea market this weekend and so we might spend part of a day there. I do want to see the movie "Expelled: No intelligence Allowed".

a very special day!!

Delaney Ann was officially adopted around 9:30 a.m. this morning. Her older brother Colton was there as well as my mom and aunt and other family. Her birth certificate was even changed to list my sister and brother -in-law as the birth parents (Mark and I have some qualms about that) but it is such a wonderful thing to have had things go so smoothly. We went to mom's this weekend and celebrated the adoption and Colton's 10th birthday (both a little early) Saturday night. Mom cooked an awesome meal! Above are pictures from the weekend. One is of Colton and Delaney and the other is Colton with his birthday gifts from uncle Mark and I.

Concert fun

We attended a concert tonight with Avalon, Micahel English and a couple of other groups. It was awesome! We are not basketball fans so the Final Four was not going to keep us home. Other than that the last two Saturdays, we have gone to garage sales. Lexie got a haircut (actually the Sheltie got shaved) and today Dusty got a hair cut. Thanks to all who prayed for my half siblings mom, Pam, as her EKG showed a healthy heart which was not at all what the previous one had said. Praise the Lord! Mark is waiting for the grass he planted to grow. I am tired from a big day. Hope to sleep really good!