Welcome to our blog! This is where we share life’s precious moments with our friends and family. You’ll also find a featured post that explains how you can know for sure you’re on your way to Heaven. We love sharing meaningful quotes, encouraging Bible verses, and updates on our son’s Olympic weightlifting journey. We’re so grateful for God’s blessings in our lives—He has been so good to us. God + Family = Everything! We hope you enjoy your time here!
Family Pic 2025
Tucker, Scot, Lisa, Tim & Stella
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Organizing & Purging...
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Valentine's Day Yesterday...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Graduation To Do List....
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Learning to Drive in the Snow...
We took Tim out on Sunday after it snowed on Saturday for him to learn to drive in the snow. He did really good driving in the snow. There's always chances for learning experiences you just have to make the time when circumstances allow for them. He's always learning something new that will help him navigate life as a man.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Life Goes On....
I'm so excited for Tim's graduation coming up in May but it also saddens my heart because both his grandparents are gone and will be missed deeply at the ceremony. When I think of that my heart aches. My husband's parents were more parents to me than my own ever were. Even more than that they were absolutely wonderful to Tim. He loved them so much. I'm so very thankful for the years that Tim got to have with them making memories that will last him all his life. They are gone but they are never forgotten. They are always in our hearts and memories.
Monday, January 19, 2026
ALWC March Madness Meet....
Monday, January 5, 2026
The Bible Recap...
Verse for 2026...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Happy New Year's Eve!
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Helping Friends (who are like family)....
Helping friends recently as they move their elderly parents from NC to TN has been eye-opening. Seeing how much they accumulated over a lifetime—combined with everything we’ve been dealing with at Scot’s parents’ house—has really made Scot and me rethink our own stuff.
We’ve decided it’s time to start purging what we don’t truly need. We don’t want to leave Tim the burden of sorting through a house full of things someday. Both Scot’s parents and our friends’ parents clearly struggled with hoarding, shaped by being raised by those who lived through the Depression, when you saved anything that might be useful again one day.
Here are a few pictures of the work we've been doing and there's still a lot to do.
Friday, December 26, 2025
Tim's Christmas 2025...
This year was a smaller Christmas for Tim. He received clothes (compression underwear, sweatpants & a couple of t-shirts). He also received some knee sleeves and compression pants for training. He got new earbuds from his family in Kentucky. They all rallied together and got him the earbuds he's been needing for when he is working out. He also got a trimmer that he ask for to be able to trim his thick eyebrows and to be able to clean up his unibrow. His dad and I got him the Galaxy watch that he wanted as well. All in all he got everything he needed and wanted this Christmas. It's unfortunate but I didn't get a picture of all the clothes he received.
| Beats earbuds that will stay in when he's working out. |
| Karlos Nasar t-shirt. |
| Why Be Normal? Weightlifting t-shirt. |
| Galaxy Watch and bezel protection because hey, I know my son...LOL! |
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Looking Back at The Moments of 2025...
I put together a couple of photo collages from 2025 to share here. There was so much good in 2025 for our family, but it was also a year marked by profound loss. We lost the matriarch of the Neal family, a loss that has overshadowed much of the joy. Two years of loss have been incredibly difficult—first our patriarch in 2024, and then our matriarch in 2025—especially because they were truly the heartbeat of our family.
The grief itself has been heavy, but watching how these losses have affected some of the family members who are still here has been just as hard. Seeing loved ones sink into deep sadness, going through the motions without truly enjoying the life and relationships they still have, has been heartbreaking.
Even while carrying this grief, the past couple of years have been the best yet for our son in weightlifting. I know his grandparents are looking down with pride at all he has accomplished. I can picture them smiling, seeing how happy and fulfilled their grandson is in this new sport. Tim misses them deeply—they were his biggest cheerleaders in everything he did.
Though we miss them every single day and think of them often, we continue to live our lives fully, hoping that in doing so we are honoring their legacy.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Monday, December 15, 2025
Then & Now...
Friday, December 12, 2025
Christmas Tree is Finally up...
This is the latest that we have ever put up our Christmas tree. It's been so busy these past couple of months and I'm glad that we were able to finally get it up. This year we put only shatterproof ornaments on the tree because we have a Stella and we just aren't sure how she's gonna be with the Christmas tree. Last year she was a tiny timid kitten and this year she's a full grown active cat. It will be interesting to see if she does anything more than paw at the low hanging ornaments.
Thursday, December 11, 2025
In Loving Memory....
This is our first Christmas Season without Nan and our second without Popsie, and the holidays simply don’t feel the same. We know they are at peace and rejoicing with their Savior in Heaven, but their absence is felt in a hundred little ways. Family gatherings are different now—quieter, softer—because the warmth they brought is no longer here.
It truly feels like a piece of our hearts is missing. Life goes on, as it must, but it has undeniably changed. There isn’t a day that passes that we don’t think of them, miss them, and wish they were still here with us.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Next Week is Thanksgiving😱...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Happy 19th Anniversary Babe + Happy Veterans Day!
Today we celebrate 19 years of marriage. In a world that regards marriage so flippantly that is quite an accomplishment for us. God has blessed us so very much and I am so very thankful for all that we have accomplished all these years together. I look forward to our enjoying the years that God still has for us to have together.
To God be All the Glory for All that He has Done in Our Lives! I love you Babe!


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