For sure…

For sure there is a God…one who loves us completely and always.

He brings us little angels…ones that we love with only a deepness that he can provide.  we wonder why something so beautiful for me?

 

So beautiful…such a gift…that the the sight of them brings us to tears.

a gift…from him….it had to be.

these little gifts…sometimes they are a challenge. we love them so dear, but they test us…they trust us and so does he. 

we know this because we find a way…because he helps us…guides us…even when we don’t ask him to.

 

sometimes we find ourselves in the hardest moments, and we aren’t sure how we’ll make it to the next…but we do.  we ask ourselves why? why me? we trust him…we have to because sometimes there are no answers right away…he has a plan for us we just know.

  

we hold on to each other and we believe.

we know we’ll find our way.  we just know…because he’s surrounded us with people we love…beautiful people with unending love just for us. 

"God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him."

1 John 4:16

they show us the way…

we say i do with his blessing. 

I do…I will…live my life for you.

   

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”

1 Corinthians 2:9

It’s been that kind of day…

Whewww…I’ve had such a moment posting these pictures.

cathartic.

 

Fall Festival

Jack does this thing where he says, “One day I’ll….(ride a horse, ride a train, go to school, ride a bus)” and he says this stuff ALL THE TIME.  Well today his dreams came true and he rode a horse! We went to the neighborhood school’s fall festival.  It was a blast! Brad was post call and didn’t get to come, and Jack & Madeline were little angels! 

       

He was a little unsure, but once the horse started moving he was so into it! 

Ya’ll have to excuse my windy hair…and silly faces!  It was crazy windy out there!

Jack saw all the baked goods and said, “Momma, I need a treat!” So he got a mummy cupcake!  Madeline reached over and enjoyed a little too!

My sweet girl!!!!! Jack got a pony ride & a cupcake, and Madeline got a new bow :)

Things I love…

I am no decorator…I actually dream of decorating things a certain way…try…and can’t get it to look the way I want.  I’m very fickle and easily influenced…so its hard for me to get what I really want.  Lately though I’ve had a strong drive to surround myself with things that I love.  So here and there…I’ve gotten some items that are very special to me….and low and behold…I’ve started to feel surrounded by a home that’s becoming lovely…to me at least :) and that’s what matters right? 

The point of this post is to show you that YOU TOO can find things you love and put them together to be surrounded by a home you love as well. 

I’ve found that when I promise to only buy things I absolutely am in love with I’m happier and my room looks more like I want it to! This means…don’t buy it just because its on sale! Do bargain shop though…TJMAXX, Marshalls, Craigslist…all these places have treasures hidden inside of them. 

I like fresh…fresh, fresh, fresh!!!!! Light blues, white, greens…I’m also having an obsession with birds…they remind me of when I was a little girl…I can still hear them singing in the trees while making mud pies on the side of the  house!

This is the window above my kitchen sink! LOVE this fabric! Green again…oops!

Chalkboards…oh they are so much fun! Thank you TJMAXX!

My favorite decoration piece…I change out the fillers for each holiday, and it makes me oh so very happy!

Vases…i just love them!  Both of these were gifts from my best friend…Thanks Ashley!

Check out my newly organized bookshelf in our office! See all those baskets…I’m obsessed! Do notice the walls…they aren’t red anymore! Pictures of my office makeover are coming…I’m not quite finished decorating yet! Me decorating..no way YES WAY!

This was Brad’s birthday present…its makes both of us happy, but I think it still gives him chills when he sees it! It’s going to be hung in the office!

I painted this painting…not sure what the inspiration…bright beautiful colors and three houses…simple huh? Its HOME…where I love to be!

 

Our bathroom…those blue/grey/green walls again….I can’t help it.  The fabric above the window…upholstery tacks & a couple of yards of a fabric YOU love…use your imagination!

My jewelry was always a mess….then I found this…at Marshalls of course…and look it has a bird on it…perfect!

Preschool…at home..for now at least :)

Sometimes being in the house with Jack Attack can make for a long day!  I considered doing a Mother’s Day out this year, but we were going to be out of town ALOT, and I just wasn’t ready to give up any of my time with him just yet!  I figured next year he’d be three and ready to venture out! 

Since he’s so busy…I decided to do a project with him as often as I can manage between all my other household “duties” and taking care of Madeline.  So far its gone pretty well!  Here’s what we’ve been up to!

This week we painted a pumpkin, talked about the color orange, and this weekend we are going to the Pumpkin Patch! I thought it was very interesting how Jack painted on the shapes in the face rather than the whole pumpkin. Just goes to show you how kids aren’t always thinking like we think they are! He loves his name by the way, which we make sure to talk about every time I write it on his work :) 

Our last “theme” I should say was FIRETRUCKS, circles(think wheels on fire trucks), and the color red! I always try to choose something Jack is interested in! I made this color matching game for him…we talked about the colors, and the fire trucks were exciting for him! He really enjoyed matching them together!

Here we read the Very Hungry Caterpillar and made this caterpillar out of circles.  We actually made two b/c he loved it so much!

Here we put together a fire truck(what you see on the yellow paper)…I printed out all the pieces of a fire truck and Jack glued them on the paper then painted the fire truck!  He insisted on painting another fire truck so I printed another picture of one out for him to paint(what you see on the white paper.)

Here he is just painting with the color red!  He loves loves to paint!  I bought this easel at IKEA for $15!!! It works great!

Happy Birthdays…and jealousy

I was trying to take some pictures of Madeline today…it was all going well until my little monster ran up and said, “I want to take a picture…Cheese!” Do you know that I can NEVER get him to look at the camera and say Cheese! Is he jealous? No….I don’t think so!

  

 

My sister and brother just had birthdays…so HAPPY BIRTHDAY you two!  I love ya’ll tons!  I was home for Jennifer’s(sorry John Scott…wish I could have made yours)!  Here are some pics of my lil sis’s…

Jennifer and Scott

Jack and MiMi!

John Scott & Tracey