Ghosts from the Past

Why is it that when you leave a bad or unpleasant situation people always say move on, start over, and let the past be the past??  Well... Thats just what your supposed to do..

I dont so much have a problem doing this... Its not always fun and sometimes can be heart breaking at times but some things just arent meant to be... I moved home from Conway a couple years ago and I thought it was going to kill me.. Everything I had known for almost 4 years was taken away in just a matter of minutes... It was hard.. It hurt.. It was absolutely not something I would ever want to do again... I lost friends, I lost people that I felt like were family.. The truth is though they werent "really" my family..  BUT.. In the end it made me stronger.. I found out new things about myself and I found Gabe.. When one door closes another door always opens..

So why is it that some people just wont let go of the past and have to constantly shove it in your face?? Things didnt happen for a reason.. Deal with it.. Thats a little harsh but its reality.. Things just dont always turn out like you plan.. 

Ive been struggling with how to deal with this sort of situation lately.. Out of respect for other people I put a smile on my face when I dont feel like it and im polite.. But when you dont get that in return it makes it hard to keep on keeping on.. .

So anyways... Guess all I can really do is live my life the way I think is right and do the things that I think are right.. If that means some people dont get to enjoy that ride with me then so be it.. I cant always do things so that other people are happy and to keep from stepping on someone else's toes when lately my toes are feeling smashed...

This is all just my opinion.. It really doesnt count for anything.. So if writing things down makes me feel a little better then guess thats what I will do....

Right now I have way to many things in my life that are making me happy and that I am so blessed to have to let a few people that cant seem to deal with reality slow me down and keep me from enjoying my life!

It's FALL Ya'll

Well this is absolutely my favorite time of the year!!! The weather is just perfect.. College football every weekend!! GO HOGS!! Competition season starts for my girls!! Halloween!! Fall decorations!!! And early this fall we found out about Baby G.. So you can see why this is my favorite time of the year!!!

I absolutely love to decorate our house for holidays! I didnt get to do Halloween/Fall deco last year because we were to busy planning a wedding!! So I was more than excited to get out my stuff this year!! Growing up my mom just went all out.. Didnt matter what it was.. Holidays, birthdays.. Just any special occasion... So I got this from her! One of the many things she handed down to me! :-)

Lately we have been spending so much time outside enjoying the weather and the pups! The dogs LOVE to be outside.. Every morning we let them out they both go do their business and then just lay in the sun for about 1/2 an hour! I love to sit outside on my front porch and watch them play and read a good book.. A cold adult adult beverage would really top it off but.. Thats for a later date! ;-)

Yesterday my gymnasts, parents, family, and friends met down at Chaffee Crossing for a 5K to benefit the Fort Smith Humane Society! It was a lot of fun and the girls had a great time! Love seeing them get together to do things a little bit out of their comfort zone! They all ran like champs! Even the little level 4's! With their short legs and all they ran ran ran!!!! :-) The humane society brought out dogs to adopt and we found homes for 11 dogs yesterday!!! Pretty incredible huh!!! I wouldve loved to have taken this little boston terrier name Scooter home with me but he was older and I think we would be better off with a puppy so we can train it how we want since the baby is coming.. Needless to say it was a great day!!!

Pictures from the 5K!!

The bull dog belongs to one of my level 7's family! Shes a beauty huh!! My younger boxer Hagen was all about her!! :-)

Here are some pictures of some of the Fall/Halloween stuff going on in and around my house!!

Hope everyone has had a great weekend!!!

Ohhhhhh Baby!!!

Well if you havent heard..

Gabe & I will be parents in the Spring!!! We could not be anymore excited!!! Gabe & I have talked about having kids since we started dating... My love for kids is obvious.. My life would just be an incomplete blah if I were not involved with kids on a daily basis!

Some of you may not know.. This girl does a college degree and I worked for a little while doing cardiac rehab.. I did enjoy it.. The benefits were great.. BUT... I missed the laughs & smiles you can only get from a child.. I have been involved with gymnastics since I was walking.. My mom started me in a gymnastics class to help control some of my "extra energy" and it turned into a life long career.. When I was a teenager my coach allowed me to start helping me with some classes... I was in love! It was the greatest thing ive ever done... Well as much as I tried to get away from it.. I just cant..

My entire life I knew I wanted to have a house full of kids of my own... I just needed to find the right person to do this with... I thought I did once or twice... BUT.. That was not the plan... So.. I had to wait until I ended up with this Gryner boy!! :-) Gabe is amazing... He loves kids and kids love him... He will be such a good daddy and I cant wait to meet our little gymnast or football player!!!

I actually took a few of these.. But here are the first 2.... :-)

Life has a crazy way of giving you twists and turns and not turning out the way you think it will.. But... I found Gabe and we have been blessed and our little family is growing.. :-) Life is GOOD!!!

It's finally October!!

I think October is one of my favorite months... I love the weather.. I love fall/Halloween decorations.. Its finally cooling off.. I enjoy my walks so much more because Im not dying from a heat stroke.. Gabe & I spend much more time outside with the pups..

Nothing to to exciting has been going on lately..

We went to my nephews first birthday party a couple weekends ago.. Cant believe little Konnor is one already.. We barely get to see him but we when do he is such a laid back easy great kiddo.. He doesnt care who loves on him just as long as someone is.. My mother in law bought Konnor a miniature horse for his birthday.. Yes a horse.. Not real sure what Konnor thought about it but we will see in the years to come what happens with that.. :-)

Yesterday my girls performed at the fair.. We had a lot of fun.. Being gymnasts they dont get to show their goofy side all that much.. Well this year at the fair  we learned a fun dance that let them show all sides of their silly personalities.. It was great.. I laughed.. Parents laughed and the girls loved it!!

Love Love Love these girls!! Doesnt get any better!!!! :-)

This week my sweet husband is turning the big 32.. I love birthdays.. So going to try and make it as special as I can... Got some fun stuff planned.. He has some goodys to open on the big day.. Going to be a great week!!!! 

Its going to be a good month.. 3 weeks from our first meet, its finally October which means I can set out all my Halloween decorations, my hubbs has a birthday this week, my parents anniversary is this month... Oh.. The HOGS won yesterday!!! :-) Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!!!

One of those feel good days :-)

Well..   Its Saturday...

Its so nice outside.. The HOGS play this afternoon.. My brothers second engagement party is this evening.. Thats a lot to be happy!

Not to much going on at the Gryner Casa lately.. The husband has been sick.. Thats been a whole lot of not fun... He hasnt felt good in a week.. Praying he starts to feel better really soon.. Probably has to do with the fact that he never slows down and never takes a day off when he is sick... Got to love a hard working man.. Even when he is stubborn.. ;-)

Work for me has been up and down lately... Lately just a lot has been going on and cant seem to get a grip on things all at the same time.. Got to keep things interesting though right??!! The girls are doing so well though.. Cant compliment them enough.. There ability to work hard and not give up amazes me on a daily basis... Gymnastics isnt an easy sport... Its not easy to be a gymnast and its not easy to be a gymnasts parent.. Its a HUGE commitment on everyones part.. Sometimes as much as I love my job its not easy to be a gymnastics coach... There is so much I want for my girls but things dont always work out the way I want it to.. BUT.. Kids are so resilient and they keep showing up and keep coming back for more.. I am so very much looking forward to this competition season! Ive been saying this since last year but we start competing in a month and I cant wait.. Great things will happen for Flame Gymnastics this year.. Just wait ;-)

Pretty excited about the hogs playing today too! I absolutely love football season! The Hogs are off to a good start but.. Will they pull off the "W" today??? I think so!!

Little brothers engagement party is tonight! Congrats again to him and his lovely fiance Kathleen.. So happy and excited for Justin.. He has finally found his other half and I couldnt have picked a better one myself.. I wish you guys the best and cant wait to share your special day with you!!

So see. I told you.. Its just one of those day that make ya feel good! :-)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!



Remembering 9/11

What a day...

Where were you??
I was in Denton, TX.. It was my freshman year of college.. We were in class when we heard the news and they let class out so we could go get in touch with friends and family and make sure everyone was ok.. It was an eerie feeling watching the coverage on tv.. I hated being so far away from my parents and not being able to hug them.. Thank goodness all my family was safe & sound.. Fortunately I didnt directly know someone effected by this horrible news.. So many families experienced loss and tragedy..

Watching the TV coverage today.. Ten years later it still brings tears to my eyes.. The lives lost, the men and women who gave up countless hours to rescue who they could.. Its all just incredible and what so many people went through and experienced.. I know how just watching the coverage makes me feel.. I can not imagine actually being there and going through that..

All this really makes you think...
I have so many things to be thankful for and so many blessing in my life...

God Bless America...

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was wonderful!!!!

This girl is a HUGE HOG FAN!! So I was super excited about going to the game this weekend!! We had awesome seats thanks to my boss that supports my HOG BALL obsession!! :-) We went up the hill about noon Saturday.. Hung out and ate some good food in the RV Park and then headed up to the stadium to watch the HOGS kick some rear!!! WPS!!! Great way to start the weekend!!!!

On Sunday.. Gabe and I just spent the day together running around.. Went to Academy, Wal-Mart, Sears, went to eat some awesome Mexican food, then went fishing for a while and let the dogs swim then rented a couple movies and called it a day! It was a great way to spend a day!

Yesterday.. Gabe and his buddy went to the lake and went diving so I had the day to myself... I mowed the yard (which i love to do.. some reason it relaxes me) cleaned house, did aboout 452 loads of laundry and then just sat outside and read and played with the boys!! Gabe finally got home and we went to Sears since they were having a mattress sale and oh my we found some mattresses we love but good grief they are expensive! Gabe is having a hard time sleeping in our bed and my back has been killing me so we thought we would go look since our mattress is pretty old.. But looks like were just going to have to tough it out...

Here are some shots of the boys playing outside!

So.. All in all we had a good weekend! This weather is absolutely wonderful!! I can not wait for this time of year! Fall is my favorite!! I cant wait to put up Halloween decorations.. Watch more Hog Ball... And I cant wait for meet season to get started!!!!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!