Monday, March 1, 2010

Birthdays

This is a HUGE birthday month for our family, really it's about a six week span. First my brother, then my hubby's youngest brother, then my sweet SIL, Laryssa of Heaven in the Home and soon two more wonderfull blogs. Then my cousin, my sister, my hubby, and my sister's hubby. Then my neice, and finally my hubby's oldest brother. WOW!! Can you say cha-ching! LOL!! My sweet sister had a big-kid only birthday brunch. French toast, bacon, eggs, grits ( hey we are in the south, ya'll) and these delish little tart thingies. They were made with philio dough shells, a small bit of brie cheese, and fresh jam. YUMMY!! Lots of fun and famliy times.
So that has been our month in a nutshell. Birthdays, life, school, ya know stuff. We are getting ready to go to Tahoe again at the end of this month. But thats about it. Nothing big, nothing major. Maybe I'll have more exciting things next time. LOL!!

So until next time! Be blessed!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Hello Again!

Hello again! Well after talking to my sweet SIL Laryssa, at Heaven in the Home and soon to be others, I have been rejuvenated to blog. Funny I know, but that's what happened. :)

Ok, so I'll catch you up on our life since the first of the year. Life! lol!!

Well actually home school, housework, laundry, dishes....ya know life. lol We also found time to take our first family, just our five, to Tahoe, NV/CA. It's right on the state line. Kids loved that at the state line light that we can be in two separate states but in the same truck. A full week of family fun. Skiing/Snowboarding everyday. Spa day for me. No cooking!! The two nights we ate at the house Matt cooked. YEA!! Lots of fun and special family time. Then the weekend after we got back from that the guys went on their Boy Scout ski weekend. Alex had a fall and hurt his wrist. Just hyper-flexed it, BUT GOD..... we have prayed and he is healing super fast. Thanks to our awesome God!! So that's all for the last month, but there's more coming up.

So, I am going to start updating this the first of every month. So "see" you here the first of March.
Laura

Friday, January 1, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

May everyone's year be filled with God and His blessings!

Monday, December 28, 2009

Girls day out

We just had the best day! We have an annual tradition, evey year after Christmas all of we girls get together and have a shopping day. So today was the day! We went to Franklin, TN and everywherewe went we had a great time of fun and fellowship. So I now want to publicly thank all our guys for allowing us the time, by watching all the boys in our family, and for providing the means, translate to cash, to buy some more treasures! Thanks!! We had a great time!!

Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to one and all!! May your day be merry and bright!

We have already had a great morning and are waiting for the rest of the family to get here. Which reminds me that I need to start the food cooking. So I off to the kitchen. Merry Christmas all!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

New stuff

So much is going on!! We are updating our home. YEA!! We are adding some new cabinets to the rear entry/laundry room area. This will help add some much needed storage. We have also updated our den and dinning room furniture. I will see if I can add some pictures next week. We will be working on a few more projects over the weekend, so I'll update here again next Monday or Tuesday. Have a great weekend!!

Oh, why don't we all start thinking about what we are thankfull for. Even if you can't get new, you can move what you have around. Change it up. Go to Goodwill, check the clearance at Walmart or Target. You can add a few small things for not much money, move some furniture around and have a "new" look. Think about this story, I read in a "FlyLady" email. Ok, to give this story a little depth, you have to know that "FlyLady's" mantra is "You can do anything for 15min.", and it's true! One of the first things she has us do, as a habit, is to shine our sinks every night before bed. There is just nothing like coming into your kitchen and the sink is clean and shinning. So, now back to the story.

Ok, so this lady was just writing in about how thankfull she was to even have a sink. You see when she was little they didn't have running water. No bathroom, think outhouse. yuck!! She never thought anything about it, that's just how she lived. Until.....school and other some children "enlightened" her. So helpfull, huh? Well she found out that they were so poor that their house wasn't even painted, just plain boards, unlike those "helpfull" children. So she had a wish to be well off enough to just have a white house. Well, it turned out that she married the right guy and now has a BRICK house with 3 cars. Oh, I forgot that part. They didn't have a car, they waited for a neighbor or family member to take them to church, or into town. Making you thankful yet? Ok, so she now has more that her wildest dreams and she was feeling like she needed more. Ever been there? I have! Well, she was looking around and realized that she had sooo much! And so she had to write in and say how thankful she was to have a sink to even shine and how silly she was being to have the "I wants".

God wants us to have the best, but we have to follow His path to get there. Hard on our flesh, but soooooooo much better in the long run. I had things in my life that I needed to get straight. Now that those are straight, God is showing me more things to fix. I almost said work on, but if you had been at church on Sunday, you'd know what I mean. Check out the website and you can see the video. There is a link on my blog page. BUT you would be better off coming and hearing in person.

Ok, now that I have gone on some more. Have a great weekend!!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Hello to my Aunt!

Hello to my wonderfull Aunt who has been bugging me to update my blog. Which is looooong over due, for sure.

So who is ready for Thanksgiving? I am almost. We are getting everything in order for now and for Christmas. I am endevering to continue following FlyLady's program, and motto. Well really 2 of her mottos: 1st "It won't get done, if it isn't fun", works for young and old alike, hehe.
And 2nd "You can do anyhting for 15 minutes!". This is a really great website, and the best part is that it's FREE!! All the printouts and email signup is free and all her products ar very reasonable and work great. Ok commercial over. Well i will update hopefully with pics in the next dy or two.