Fishing

Nothing quite like the thrill of catching a fish!

Happy Mommy Day!

I hope that every mom is getting to take a little break today to truly enjoy all the blessings around her! Not until I became a mom myself did I ever realize that being a mom is the most amazing gift, and at certain times it can be the craziest thing ever! However, with my daughters 4 year birthday coming up next week, my sons 3rd in a few months and another baby due in the next couple of weeks, I am just so honored to be a mom. I find my hormonal self right now getting caught up with the everyday hoopla and forgetting that I have been entrusted with three beautiful children. To raise them to live lives that glorify God, to walk beside them through this crazy world and to ultimately love them unconditionally. What other job description sounds so important? And if I want to, I can do it all in my pj's! And yet we continuously believe the lie that our job is boring and undervalued...I am continually praying to find true joy in being a mother and finding that every slobbery kiss and bear hug is enough to keep me going!

Some great parenting advice from Matt Chandler:
When everything is said and done and we stand before our maker, only you will be held accountable for the way you raised your child. No pastor, friend, or youth group leader...just you!

Have a great day!

Sunday Morning

As I sit here, quiet and eating a bowl of cereal, before anyone else wakes up, I am just in awe of the God that we serve! Take away the business and craziness of my life and there is still a God who longs to know me better...me? Wow. Lord you are amazing and I am honored to be called a Daughter of the King, the Most High, the Alpha and the Omega. You are a God of details and a God who cares about His people...I pray this Sunday morning that you would be glorified...all over this world, be lifted up and exalted! You are what I live for and You are enough! We have a big week ahead of us this next week and a lot of decisions that Preston and I have been praying for are going to be made...be our guide, and give us wisdom. We don't want to be anywhere but where you want us, and where we will be used by you...Thank you so much for your provision and your timing. Prepare my heart for worship...

I am so excited!!!

I am so excited to let you know that I have been featured over at Simply Designing!!! If you have not checked this blog out it is a great one with lots of good ideas and tutorials!

I think I might be in LOVE!

Apparently I have been suffering from "kitchen envy" lately. We are in the process of trying to move and looking at houses and my mind and heart keeps getting so excited at the possibility of getting a new kitchen. Our kitchen right now is great and I am very thankful...But...who would not want to make a gourmet meal in one of these two kitchens? I think the kitchen of my dreams would be some mix of the two of these, and maybe with a little bit less stark white...But the architecture and details in these kitchens make my mouth water...

Southern Living

BHG

Sometimes you just get Lucky!

With 2 crazy kids, you never quite know what you are going to get when you try and take a picture. Especially if you really are trying to get a good one... After about 42 takes, I actually got one that I love and is totally frame worthy!

Woo Hoo!

Pottery Barn Lamp Inspiration

I have a lamp in my daughter's room, that is cute...but lately it has really been boring me. I have been looking around for a new shade, but really do not want to spend any money...

Well, today I was looking in the Pottery Barn Kids magazine, day dreaming about what it would actually be like to order something from it, when I came across this picture of a beautiful lamp... I mean it was only $99.00, plus shipping, plus the base. So once I calculated how many months of my monthly budget it would take to save up for that beautiful lamp, I realized that I could totally make one like that with my daughters old lamp.
I thought about buying some silk flowers to hot glue on the shade, which would be very pretty, but still to get that many flowers would still be more than I wanted to pay. So I walked around the house trying to come up with another alternative. And then I say a roll of crepe paper that I had use for my daughter's birthday party last year. It was the right color and I had almost an entire roll. Then I remembered seeing around blogland those super adorable crepe paper roses...

And it was on...

I started whipping out those roses like there was no tomorrow. If you have not seen them they are very simple to make. First I cut a bunch of 12 inch strips. Next you roll the end about 3-4 times and then fold paper in half. With your left hand grab fold and start wrapping and twisting your strip. Twist wrap, twist wrap until you are at the end. Then I just added a dot of hot glue and you have a rose. You will start to have a bucket full like this.

This is by far the longest part. It took me about an hour to get all of the roses made. Once you have a pretty good pile, I started hot gluing them in a line around the shade like this...


Once you fill the whole shade you have a whimsical and very girly lamp that any little girl would love to have...Enjoy!!