Beach

We are leaving for the beach tomorrow morning!!
Time to relax and have fun with family.

I love a sharp dressed man!

Guess Who?

Trip

View of hotel from room

Our room
The view every night from our window


After Matt's meetings, we had a little surprise for the boys........





Joseph's yummy breakfast at Cracker Barrel............Cherry Pancakes.

Swimming Lessons

John has been taking swimming lessons the last couple of weeks. He has really enjoyed himself. I can see a big difference in his swimming skills.
He jumps off the diving board in 11ft and swims to the side with no help.

You can see his smiling face as he goes down the slide, which just two days ago was a crying face. Now you can't get him to stop.

Happy 2nd Birthday Joshua!!

A cool find

Look what we found by the road today.........for free.............Jennifer you know the spot. John was so excited. It was new in the box. We put it together this afternoon........now we don't know where to put it?
We also got this shelf. It was a little dirty but cleaned up very nice.

A Funny

Our Trip

Matt had a job to do yesterday in Pocahontas County (beside Droop Mountain) and we tagged along. While Matt and John did work, the rest of us enjoyed a day at Watoga State Park. Here is some photos from our day.

New Flea Market

Last week the boys and I made our biweekly trip to Wal-Mart. On the way there, we decided to go by this new flea market. They had a lot of stuff, pretty much everywhere. I looked around not really finding anything that I wanted to purchase, but then I saw this chair. I was so excited.....I had been to a friend's house and saw they had one of these cool chairs. I had researched them. But I couldn't remember the price, I thought it was around $100.....so I decided to buy it for $10. That is pretty high for me to spend at a flea market but I thought it was a good deal. I looked it up when I got home....Amazon sells them for $249 and other sites $299. Thanks to God for another great find.

Wasting our lives

For months now I have looked at the cover of the book Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper and felt a need for me not to waste the life God has given me. I am a whiner for sure...constantly complaining about something: the house being dirty, the boys not obeying, not moving and the list goes on on. I don't want to be that way.
This morning as I looked at my blog list, I went to one of my favorite blogs and she had a post about Wise-Worded Women and a link to this very powerful video. This is a great video but with a warning, it is very sad. The woman speaking, Rachel, has terminal cancer and only has a short time to live. It spoke to my heart.....it's not my life to live but for me to live a life of service with joy for God's glory. How easy it is to forget the joy part. May God change my heart to one of joy.
As we drove home, this time from our trip to see family.(It's always nice to see everyone.) I was reminded how blessed we are for the church that God has placed us in and especially our caregroup. And their desire to be more like Jesus. It is so refreshing.......it's so different than the world's view. Thanks guys for encouraging us and your love of the Lord!! May we grow together for God's Glory!!

This one is for daddy

Does this look familiar to you?

Birthday Boy

Joseph had a great birthday party. He was really surprised. Thanks to Jennifer for helping with the decor.

Gardening Friend?

I hope this guy doesn't come back for lunch in our garden. We haven't planted any plants in the garden yet. We did plant some seeds (lettuce, spinach, and a few different herbs) Saturday. Hoping to get some tomatoes and summer squash in the near future. We planted a lot of things last year but we are not going to this year.........deer, some kind of vegetable rot got most of food......so it will be simple this year. Happy Gardening!!!

My find

I found this bench at the flea market last time I was over there for one dollar. I couldn't believe it. I painted it yesterday.......a yummy Chocolate Truffle.......John picked the color. I love his choice of color.

BEFORE

AFTER

Does this remind you of anyone?

If you remember when John was little, he was always lining up his trucks. He didn't really play with them just lined them up for some reason......maybe he wanted to be a car dealer. Not sure but now Joshua is doing it.....no one showed him.......he just started it on his own.

Happy Mother's Day

Hope your day is as blessed as mine. This was my delicious breakfast!!!
Thanks to my boys and their ever faithful dad.
I love you guys soooooooooo very much!!!
Mommy

Big Boy Bed

Joshua is growing up on us. He moved to the big boy bed today.
I don't know how nap time will go. Will he stay in bed ? We shall see.......