What I Love about LIfe!!

Im just gonna state the Obvious. I'm One Blessed Lady!!!:)) Its been On my heart the Past Few days about what All I'm so Blessed With. Sometimes We get so Preoccupied With Life and Fleshly Matters that we start to Over Look all the MANY MANY Blessings we are given by the Lord!!! Well In the Past few Days. God has shown Me so Much To be Thankful For, In Honor Of him! Im about to Show Some of the Most Important Things In my Life that I just Love!!!

What I love about: MY FAMILY...

My Family is one of the Most Loving and Supporting Group of People I know! From My side to My Husbands Side! They all are just Amazing. I can always look to ANY of them in any type of Situations that may come about!! Now to Elaborate On my Family.... I will Do,,

MY MOTHER: I have to State that Shes is just an amazing Person all around. She is the One Who in any Down time when I was Growing up, She was there to Boost me Up! She made my Tears to Smiles! I will admit. We have had our normal Mother Daughter Tough times. But all in all, I'm so blessed to have her in my life. She is the One, That When I may need to know something for my kids, I can always Call her. If she doesn't know the Answer, She will find it Thru Her Mother! I just love it. Shes the One Who Loves to Take her Grandbabies to see the new FAD movies coming out!!! Calleigh Loves her Grannah for it!! Shes the One Who When in such a rough time in her Life. she put it all aside To make sure We Came First and were Okay! She's My Mother, Shes the One Who Showed me all in all... How to be A Mother! Shes the One, That If I never Had, I would Not know how to be A mother! Shes the One that because of her, I can be a Mother! Its so true they say Your daughters will adore you when little, and the cant stand you at teen years. and then kinda need you in College years and then Know you meant Well in their married and mother years! All in all, Shes the BEst to me! After All, Shes is: My Mother!



MY DAD: My Dad is one of a kind! All the things we have been thru in Our Life Together Some Good and Some Bad, However in all of it, I think We both used all of the situations to Better our selves in so many ways! Now... We have never Been Better.. My Dad is the one I can count on to come see me and his Grand babies at least once a week or Every Two! He loves to play with them and Just Visit. For this, I'm am So Grateful! Im Glad my Kids can Look to papa and know that he will Play with them and come visit!, My dad, is the One Who taught me OH SO MUCH about.. Finances. LOL! Yes. May seem Crazy to some, But that was one thing he was sure to make sure his Children Succeeded In, and as soon as the age 16 Entered My Life, I was taught so much. I remember being like 5 or 6 and walking into a gas station with him and me, not knowing better saw a fun piece of Gum. LOL. So gum to me was Gum. so I opened it and ate it! Not paying for it. We got in the Car, He caught me and I was in Trouble. I was made to go back in and Pay for it and say I was Sorry! well, that in its self told me you dont just get things in Life for Free. You work for them! haha, My Dad, was the one who always made sure I had a Car to Drive! I do remember many moments without my dad, and those were the times he was Working so we could have all the thins we had! Thank you! If it were not for my Dad, I would have never married My Husband, He was the one who Embarrassed me so much by just randomly asking Corey in front of me how old he was and if he had a girlfriend, then proceeded to tell him, to call me up and take me on a date, Followed by, him walking off and leaving me there with Corey completely embarrassed and in No Words! however. 9 years later. We are happily married and have 2 beautiful Children together!, Dad is the one who always told me to follow my dreams. even thow he tried to push some dreams on me. haha. he still had the best intentions! My dad has always brought Smiles in mine and my brothers and sisters life, but after all the smiles. He still loved us very much. I Can always count on my Dad, to have some Random Joke come up! I love him very much!



MY SISTER: My sister is beyond the funniest and most fun person to be with! I love her with all that is in me! Well most of it, I have to save some for all the other people in this post. haha. She is the one, who I never Really ever had anything in Common with, She is the one who made me so mad on more then one occasion, She is the one who I drove around all night looking for when she didn't come home! uggg. I lost so much sleep that night :)))), However, after a life of Craziness with this silly Chick, It all turned in the Blink of an eye, Some How, God was completely in the Works on this one! During one of the Hardest times in her LIFE< She was with me everyday for like 2 or 3 weeks. She moved in with us and she cleaned my house. haha, helped with Laundry and road around with me everywhere I went, She started going to church and then started reading her Bible and I have to Say, After all the things she has been thru, She is the One Who caused me to Wake up and realize the Faults and wrong doing in My life! Never once did she Just Bluntly Point it out, But God used her to start Showing me What in my life I needed to Fix! She is the One Who has always been there for my Kids, She is the One who when having a Bad day, Can Just completely RELY on God and ask for his reasoning and Blessings, She is the One Who Won over such a Great guy and Family as well, She is the One WhO I would then ride with in the Car and dance to every song that came on , on the Radio. She is the one, Who Always, Notices the Silly things I say to my kids, and yet, as much as she wants to Laugh, She holds her tounge to know they are being taught a lesson! haha, My sister is the one, that I talk to so much Now after hardly ever talking, She is the one Who I love so much and could trust my kids Life with her! She is after all... MY SISTER! I do not know what I would do without her! I just love her SO MUCH!!!



MY BROTHERS: My brothers are just ... Well, I love them both so much! Jarred is the oldest between the two, I remember him being born and me and my sister getting to hold him for the very first time. Well that flew by, Now hes 18 and just Graduated, Im so blessed to have him in my Life. This Young Man, is going to be a Youth Pastor once he is done with his training in Louisiana, Im so proud of him! I remember crazy fits he used to throw all the time for my MOm, and how she would just let him lay in the floor and ignore it, Once he figured out he was not winning over the Attention. well he was done~ haha. that didn't last long at all, now, Hes the one Who is like me. HE TALKSSSSS!!!! yes and alot of it, when we are in the room. its a fight to see who gets the most out of their mouth! haha. I just love him for it. Hes An amazing Guy. Loves the Lord and all that the Lord has in store for him! I cant wait to see him one day marry and make me some nieces and nephews! Now JOSH!! Josh is the Funniest out of us 4 I guess. With all time Laughs and giggles and his sassy way of putting on a Dance or two for the Fam. He cracks me up! hes such a tender hearted guy, Loves to be loved and wants nothing more then to make a girl Happy one day! I just love him! He does love his XBox a little to much, but hey, hes only 13. I remember being told over the intercom at school that I had a new baby brother. when he was born! I guess that is how mom and dad decided to tell us he was here and safe! Only yesterday do i remember feeling my mom's belly and feel him move around. well that has all come by so fast! hes so much older now! i just miss him being
little!




MY BROTHER IN LAWS: I guess Ill start With Rush, Rush is a Character. Rush as made many Memories with this Family, But Im blessed to have Rush in My Life, because He makes my sister and husband happy. haha. Yes I said both. My sister just adores him. I love how he makes her all smiles. I love how he learned so much thru a very hard time in his life to, I love how he is so grounded in all that he believes and has a future and goals for his family, I love that he gets along with my husband so well, I love how every time the phone rings with his number, Corey is ready to talk. haha. I guess it makes me happy, bc knowing that my husband and him are close, Lets me know, We will all four always have a great relationship! I love it, I love how he buys puppies all the time because he really wants them and then in 2 weeks, he sales them! or basically Gives them away! I love how when he gets on to his niece Hope, he for some reason Feels the Need to apologize to us for 3 days for getting on to calleigh when he never did in the first Place! I love how when hes with Corey, he always has a Plan. LOL. and most of All, I love that he Loves the Lord as much as My sister! Just makes me Happy!



Next would be Adam, Adam is a great guy. when in need of anything ever in the medical field, He will always be the one who is right there to state all the Med. Terms. we just set back and feel dumb. haha. but Hes a great guy. I love how when my daughter ever needs to know anything, she can always count on Uncle Adam to explain. He will to, in depth with it all! She loves it, I love how he and his brother are so active with all of their Nieces and Nephews! all of the kids adore him. Adam is great. I remember him and Abram just being 12 when Corey and I started Dating. now they are 21. doesn't seem so! Abram is the LAW buff, He is all into that stuff. I guess so since hes going to be a Lawyer! Go HIM. as with Adam and Med. Terms. its Law and Constitutional stuff with Abram. Hes always ready to debate and Loves to win! Guess he will make a great Lawyer then! He plans to be President some day. Which I say GO FOR IT! We need a Good minded Guy in office!!! not who we have now. My Kids just love Abram. hes so tender hearted and just loves Calleigh and Camp! he to, will just explain everything to them when they want to know something! Its Great!




and Now onto Casey: Casey, Well hes just hard headed, But in a Good way, He is always on top of things yet making sure it all gets done in a timely manner. I used to think, ugg, Casey and his Patience. LOL. However Once my Nephew Joe entered the Picture, Much has Changed. Its so sweet to see him help out so much with Joe and Sam. Leah just adores him for it! Hes so quick to get up with Joe in church and make sure he is okay or quiet. I know Leah enjoys this as well, I love that Casey will do what it takes to make sure his family to is taken Care of, Hes smart when it comes to his Job and to his Plans and Goal! Hes Great! I love that as time goes by, Corey and Casey get a little Closer every year! that makes me happy~ Sometimes. I think Leah and I are Closer then Corey and Casey. haha! OH well, Girls tend to have that effect! but hes a great guy. I know he makes his Wife and Boys Proud!



MY SISTER IN LAW: Leah is Amazing. I have so much to be thankful for with her. So many sister in laws are not as close as we are and Im so grateful we get along with each other as much as we do! I can always count on her if i need to go thru her Closet and same with her from me! If I ever have a down moment and need to vent, she will be the one to immediately say sorry and point out the positive. I love her for that! I can always count on her if I ever need help decorating Anything! Shes so great at it. I love how she is so Family first. If her hubby needs her home She Goes. If he threatens to leave her at church. haha, shes out the Door! She's by his side completely! I love how some things in her family life are like my family life and we can relate to one another, I love how we both have 2 kids now and can talk about so much that involves kids. I love how we make what could be an easy day the most stressful by loading up all the kids and making a day of it while shopping. I love how we used to walk all the time together, and I also Miss it so much! I love how when I moved to Des Arc she was never hesitant to take me in as a friend as well!~I love how she is such a Good mom. So many have family that do not have good family and worry about their nieces or nephews and In now way have i ever had a thought like that with her. Shes a Godly Woman! I just lover her! Shes GREAT~



MY NEPHEWS: when i found out i was gonna be an aunt. Wow, I was so excited. i think I cried. haha. I was all on board for sure. Scrap-booking for the mom's first pregnancy, tracing every milestone in her pregnancy, buying gifts LIKE CRAZY!!! i was so excited. Once Josiah Sloan Skarda was born, I was so overjoyed, A Little Nephew I would get to Spoil. He was so cute and little and sweet... I loved him! he grew all to fast and now is 18 months old and has a new baby brother, Samuel Casey Skarda, and a new one to add to my joy's of an aunt! hes adorable. I do say he looks like his momma, and Joe is all his daddy! I love these little Guys So much. Im so blessed to be an aunt who is trusted and knows I would care for them as if they were my own! they are just amazing!




MY FRIENDS: My friends are so much of a blessing in my life, for they are the ones that have been in and out of my life, and back again and so much more! In all of the friends I Have had in my life, OH my goodness the Blessings I have received from them all, I have way to many to Count and name! All I can say is THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND BEEN THERE FOR IN MY LIFE!!!!! My friends have Been with me in the Hard Times and Good, always there to lift up a Prayer when needed. Never faild to make me laugh, Always have someone to shop with, talk to, take my kids with, pray with and talk about God with! I am more then blessed to have them all, My church friends are just amazing, When I was new in our little town of Des Arc, I felt alone, LOL, All my family and friends were back in searcy, However. I had SO MANY take me in. I felt loved Everywhere I went. I was easily asked to go and do things with them, I always had someone to go walk with or ride bikes with, or was even asked to come over and pray with them! Im SO Blessed to have everyone of them in my life. I love them all...... Im so blessed to have friends that love my kids as much as i do, Im so blessed to have friends that include me in on so much in church and outside of church, im so blessed to have friends who want to have a girls night with me. I love how they all say " Candace, your the planner, so Put it together" haha. I love it!! I love how they all have so much to Offer in a Friendship, I love how Each of them are so Unique and have a different Personality, I love how God deigned them all so differently, Yet I get along with them all. I love How God has used some of them to teach me lessons and learn from situations in my Past, I love How more then Half of them have kids and I love how one of them needs to have kids. LOL GK!! Im just completely and more then a girl could ask for Blessed with all my friends!!! I LOVE YOU All so much!

























MY INLAWS: I have a Great set of In Laws. I cant express that enough! Im so blessed to have been given the Best In Laws ever. They are so supportive and helpful, They never complain when we may need a babysitter. I love my mother in laws meals, they are so yummy, they are such great Christians and set such a Godly Example! they have raised such a Great family and must i add in My husband. Hes so wonderful because of the Example they set for him! My Father In Law is a Hard worker. Farm and is the Pastor of our church! He is such a Godly Man and Helps in so many situations. My Mother In Law is about the best example of a Wife! she does such a great job with her home and kids, Shes Awesome. Full of Love and Laughter, My Kids Just adore her! Im so blessed that I have a Mother In Law that I can talk to about pretty much anything, Always count on her if I need help with anything, or just have her to look up to! Shes An Amazing and Godly Woman! Thank You Lord for these two, They are Great!



THE ONES WHO STARTED ALL OF THIS: The Grandparents, I have such an amazing set of GrandParents. Everyone of them have had a part in my life somehow or another, Coreys grandparents are all so great as well! I just love them all, These are the ones who started teaching all of My parents and Coreys Parents which had such a great role in our lives! They are all so encouraging and loving and supportive in so many ways Im so blessed to say they are all apart of my Life! THey try to be at every birthday party, every school event we have ever been in and much more. they are Awesome people with so much love to give!









MY HUSBAND: I have to say that I pretty much have the Best Husband Ever! He is just Amazing! I love so much that since the Day I met him He makes me laugh in more ways then one! I love it! He pretty much is my Prince Charming. Hes everything I have ever Prayed and Hoped for in a Husband, He is a hard Worker, a Youth Leader at our church, Helping hand whenever needed by anyone, A great Father, Wonderful Son, Great Friend to so many in his Life and a person who has such a BIG HEART! I have never seen someone Care so much more for others then himself. It Blows me away! Hes Awesome. He does whatever he has to to make ends meet, and after a LONG, HOT DAY IN THE SUN, He still comes home to help cut the Grass and change Tire on the Car bc our silly road and all the Nails Give us so many flats! And after all that instead of Complaining, He says. "Lets Blow up the Pool and Swim with the kids and have Family time" I just Adore that, He is so sure to make sure i know he Loves me so very much, He is never late on a Complement, Always makes sure I know that I'm Pretty to him and in his words, 'Smokin Hot Sexy White Chick' LOL! yes hes a nut. But I love every bit of it about him. The think I love best about him... He loves the Lord and Follows him and his Will for his Life! Thats My kinda Man. I love you Babe!




AND MOST THE CREATOR OF THIS ALL: My heavenly Father. If it were not for him in the Beginning, I would not have a single Bit of this! He is the one who has made every bit of this Post Possible to even write about. He is the One who had this Plan set forth for me once he created me! He had each and every person Picked out to be apart of all of this! Hes Amazing. He is the One Who Gave me Life, He is the one who Gave me a Mother, He is the one who gave me a Father, He is the one who gave me a Sister and two Brothers. He is the One who gave me 4 Brother In Laws, he is the one Who Gave me a great Sister In Law, He is the One Who Gave me 2 super adorable and lovable Nephews, He is the One Who deigned me such a Great Husband, He is the One Who gave him such Great Parents, He is the One who Picked out the best kids for Us, He is the One Who Gave Me Life! Without him, nothing is possible! He is the Creator of All things Man! I love My savior, I love my Father, I love My Life!

Happy Fathers Day!

This Is a Special Post for My Hubby and Father of my two Children! I have to say, Spending Fathers Day with you is one of the best Days of the year!!!! Its a Day that me and the Kids get to Wake up and Be first to say.... 'Happy Fathers Day' You have Proved yourself Such an Amazing Husband and Father in the Past 4 1/2 Years! I remember being Pregnant with Calleigh and laying in Bed at Night Just talking to you about her! All I could say was... 'Just be the Best Daddy a Girl Could Ask for, I want you to be her Prince and the One she Comes to In sad times In her Life, I want her to Know you as the One who Helps Fixes her Problems. Show her Who You are, So that She Will know Who her Heavenly Father Is' Babe. that has been only yesterday it seems. This Year we got to Add another little Voice to the Mix.. Camp! Now you have Two Sweet Little Voices to say Happy Fathers Day! I know as much as you have Proven Yourself with Calleigh you will be an amazing Dad With Camp! I just Love How Calleigh Looks at you when she is in her silly Moods and acting like a Princess. In her eyes You are her Prince! She told me the Other Day When she gets Older, She will Marry You! That to Me is such a Sweet Remark. Shows that She Loves you with all her Heart! I know that You Love our Children so Very Much! All that you sacrifice just to make sure they are Fed, Clothed and a roof over their Tiny Heads. Its Just Wonderful to me! I love how when we are in Wal Mart, You always ask your princess if she would like any Capri Suns. and the next thing you say is ' I like to do things for my Daughter' That just melts my heart and makes me Fall In Love with you Even More! I love How You try so much to Be with Camp and Hold him and help with him Even knowing, Hes gonna reach right back for me. haha! What can I say, Hes a mommas Boy! :)))) But it never Fails, You are always still there to help when I need you! you are so Amazing to me, I love you So much. Thank You so much for all you do for us! We love you so much, Happy Fathers Day..

Love, Candace!

Summer Fun!!!

Camp Got a Swimming Pool for His birthday! Super cute. He actually Got 2. One from Papa and One from Aunt Elecia and Uncle Rush!. We Blew one of them up the other nIght and Corey Wanted to Jump in after Changing the Tire on our Car. LOL! its only the 7th one in a year. But it was hot and the water felt Good, So we all 4 Took A Splash!