Day 11 of Thanks

What holiday am I thankful for?
Veteran's Day, Memorial Day as our Veteran's deserve recognition every day not
just 2 days out of the year.

I am also thankful for CHIRSTmas and Easter as this is the birth of our
Savior and resurection  Jesus truly paid the ultimate price


Colossians 1:13-1413 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness
 and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 
14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 

Day 10 of Thanks

Today I am very thankful for all the Veterans past, present and our future veterans
it really saddens me that we only recognize them on 2 different days

Myself, I always thank a veteran no matter where I am at just to let him/her know
they are appreciated all of the time not just 2 days of the year

this is my dad in 1952 in the US ARMY
Korea not even 20 yrs of age
fighting for our freedom
scared of everything that moved













This is my dads service flag
RIP and thank you for your
service

Gator is a proud Veteran
US NAVY SEABEES
they build they fight

Gator is a veteran from
the Desert Storm era

Day 9

On my day 8 post the video was too large to upload, however, it would not
let me delete :( sigh.

Gators music can be found reverbnation.com/garyalexander
There are no youtube videos still trying to figure the @ stuff as his songs are all original

Day 9 just a little snippet of a play along

I am thankful that Gator didn't give up on doing
what he loves to do *besides grilling* this is
his 2nd passion, I am his first :)

The smiles says it all, this was last friday
out with Karaoke friends



















Day 9 I am thankful that we got to see this yesterday

A giant 13 barge and ship approaching
Lock n Dam 18  Inola OK
there is 18 locks between Rosedale, MS
and Inola OK

This is the most inland lock, as Port of
Catoosa, is the most inland PORT

Waiting patiently for her arrival in the lock

and were in, this process took about an hour
as it had to break some of the barges
away in order to fit.












Wow this ship was way bigger than
we first thought
Yes, it is considered a ship as it has
its own boat  They are actually
called tugboats.
This one has 3 large engines









Hope everybody has a great rest of your week

Day 8 of Thanks

My thankful Days 4 through 7

Day 4

 Jan 23, 2017 the day the journey began with
cancer, the hospital stay, to going home


















Day 5

This is the week after we found out
Gator is in remission
August 6, 2017 in Memphis TN
yes this is the famous SUN STUDIO

 Day 6    Thankful this happened

Day 7

 Thankful for this smile, his attitude,
and for making me happy

This pic says a thousand words to me
happiness, love, satisfaction just to name a few

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Tuesday, November 071 Peter 5:6-86 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, 
that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety 
on him because he cares for you. 8 Be alert and of sober mind. 
Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking
for someone to devour. 

Thankful Thursday

What a wonderful day today is

I am doing a 30 days thankful as November is the Thankful month
since I loafed around and forgot to post on my blog :(

Day 1 I am thankful for Gator being cancer free and our friends who are
like family to us

 Gator is now cancer free the fight was real
Gator gave it heck, for the last 10 months
suffering from anxiety, depression, anger
you name it it happened.  But, thanks for
healing hands of our Heavenly Father, prayers,
dr's he is now in pain no more.

our friends FROG AND JELLO JOE
They are the ones who had the bike
wreck little over a month ago
Frog is the one who had the massive seizure
three weeks ago this coming Tuesday
these 2 are more like family than any friend
could ever be


















Day 2  I am thankful for finding true love and ultimate happiness  Thank you
Gator for making this possible

Day 3

 One of our first pics being back together
after 35 yrs (this was before Gator
was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer

We are so blessed each and every day

Love being silly, we love
have fun, this was on way to
a dr appt. 

 My mom, has put a huge fight herself since
dad died on 2015-8-21 her and dad were married
60 yrs 8 months and 3 days

Gators mom so thankful she loves me as her own



















John 14:2727 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give
 to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled 
and do not be afraid. 

praying for everybody to have a safe and blessed week

many blessings

Friday Foto Friends week 102 week 6 for me

Linking up with Deb atBreathing in Grace for this great FOTO hop




Happy Friday everybody  Somebody please close the NORTH GATE its
way too cold already wind chill was 30 this am :(

 This peacock was sure
strutting his stuff for me
perfect photo opp

This is the baby that was born
this spring at the Tulsa Zoo

Cant forget our beautiful car
it looks purple from one way
brown from the other

Can't forget our pic the gators

we got our rings yesterday
aren't they beautiful?




















REMEMBER:   IS THE LORD PLEASED WITH YOU TODAY?  while you
think about the answer, look around for some photo opps  God's painting
is all around us

HAPPY WEEKEND

We will be traveling here in just a bit to Bentonville AR where Gator will
be competing in the Ozark Blues Challenge.  His music can be found
 here gator  2 weeks ago he was number 1 on the blues list   YAYY!!