Happy Birthday Baby Boy!!!

It seems like only yesterday he was a baby!

And today he is 19!!


Hope you have a wonderful day, we are so proud of you! 

You are so full of life, with a loving heart.


Some woman will be lucky to have such a fine young man!  Ha! Ha!

Hope you have a great day!

Thankful on Tuesday

Do you ever have nights where you wake up and suddenly your mind is filled with a thousand different thoughts?  Last night was one of those nights.


It seems like there is so much going on, sickness, job loss, financial struggles, just so much bad that we don't really focus on what is good.


So for today, I am going to be thankful.


One of the things that was running around in my head was how thankful I am for all the things my mom has taught me, so today she is my focus.

She taught me the importance of family.  

I am eternally grateful for the way she took us to church, every Sunday, and she still is a constant source of faith to all of us.


She shows me how to find joy in everything.  A sense of humor can get you through a lot people! She has always loved her kids unconditionally.  Always!  


Believe it or not, we are not as perfect as you may perceive us. 

She instills family traditions, like yearly vacations with the WHOLE family, and getting together every week to eat as a family.


I am so thankful God chose her as my mother.  


I know, I am truly blessed.

Re-purposing!

I finally finished another one of my goodwill finds.


It started out like this.

Then it got a makeover.

Now it has a new purpose!

Cute elephant, huh?

 

Sunday Scripture

Blessed is he who has regard for the weak;

the Lord deliver him in times of trouble.

The Lord will protect him and preservere his life;

he will bless him in the land

and not surrender him to the desire of his foes.

The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed

and restore him from his bed of illness.

Psalm 41: 1-3

What a difference a little paint can make

Remember my good will find?

I just had to spiff it up a little and get her all ready for spring.

What do you think?  I love the color.  I am going to see what else I can find to paint. 

I think I will throw some Easter eggs and grass in there to really set the spring scene!

We are Family!!

This past weekend we had a cookout/party/shower/celebration for my nephew and his fiance.  They live in Tennessee and we don't see them very often so while they were visiting we got ALL of the family together to congratulate the beautiful couple and celebrate with the whole family.

This is the happy couple! 

They look good together don't they?

We had so much fun, the kids had a blast playing games.

All of the kids!

Check out that adorable pillowcase dress!

Even the littlest one had a good time.

We had great food, but even better than that was the fellowship of family!

But the food was really good!

We are so blessed to have such a close family. 

It's true what they say, blood is definitely thicker than water.

Here are the sisters, just a little FYI, they are all named for jewels.

Opal, Ruby, Jewel, Pearl.

Cool, right?

This is all the cousins.  All that showed up anyway.

And a good time was had by all!

Farm house table

Well, it took a little longer than I had planned, and I still have some more to do on it, but at least it's far enough along to show you.

It started out as the kitchen table.

After I (baby boy and myself) took it apart, it looked like this.

Then, the carpenter elves took over and modified the Farm house table plans from Anna's site, so that I could use these legs.

And after a long weekend, it was finally  coming together.

So, I primed, and painted, and stained.

Until it looked like this.

I still have to put another coat of stain and paint, then polyurethane.

But I love, love, love, love, love it!!!!!!




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