Centered??

I've noticed reading blogs.....

that everything looks more interesting

when it's centered...

Now that I'm centered do you feel more compelled

to continue reading??

Wouldn't be nice in life that just by a click

your world would be all in align....

Yesterday at church

there was a clip from the passion

at the point when he was being beaten

put to the music of Jeremy Camp's

This man (would you take the place of this man

would you take the nails from his hands)

I had no mascara on by the time I left

I just kept thinking....

Am I living my life worthy of his sacrifice??

The Joys of Christmas Photos!

For the past few years, I have been sending out a photo card of the girls. I dread taking these pictures every year. Trying to get these two chicks smiling at the same time in the same direction is nearly impossible. The end product always looks OK but no one really know what happens to get to this point. Last year, I tried to have them both in red velvet dresses sitting on the ottoman in front of our tree. They wouldn't sit still, both were crying, and I was yelling "just sit still and smile." Our card last year ended up with the kids in their coats and hats sitting on our steps.

Ps...Dresses came from Target.com for $5 a few months ago!

"Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad"- Anne Geddes

I am preparing her to be a bride,

but I am not the groom.

I am preparing her to be a mother,
but I am neither the husband nor the child.


I am preparing her to be a Godly woman,
but I am not a woman.


How am I preparing her?
By being her Dad, a man of integrity and love in her life.
I am trying to be the man against whom she can evaluate the character of other men to come. -unknown





I hope one day that Greg will truly know how much the three of us love and need him. Father's Day shouldn't be the only day that we tell our Daddies how proud and thankful we are for them.

So many hats so little time.....

Is the circus hiring?? I truly believe that being a mom is like trying to perfect the hardest balancing act ever. I feel like when I try to strive to be the best in any area (mom, wife, housekeeper, friend, etc..) I then fall short everywhere else. I honestly don't think that there is enough hours in the day to give every area my best. I am constantly trying to find the right balance of time to devote to each area.

What if we actually did everything that was daily recommended.....

8 glasses of water per day

30 minutes of daily exercise

30 minutes of reading to our children

brush twice a day

floss once per day

eating the right amounts per the food pyramid

etc......

Is it really realistic for us to some how manage everything??

These are a few of my favorite things....

Things that make my heart happy....

fresh garbage bag in the can,

wiped off washer and dryer,

clean bathroom rugs,

singing with the girls,

cooking a meal my family ALL loves,

snuggling in bed,

and hearing them say "I love you, momma"

What makes your heart happy??

Stretch marks and Sagging boobs

Our bodies are a road map of our lives.....What does your map say?? My body says where it has been and my head remembers where it is NEVER going back to!! I have realized that I need to be thankful for my body in its current state and not wishing for it from 10 years ago. My greatest joys have come because of the down fall (literally!) of my body. There are many woman out there who can't get pregnant and would love to have my stretch marks. So, I am going to be thankful for my stretch marks.....because of them I have felt two miracles of life growing inside of my body. I am thankful for my sagging boobs because of them I know what it feels like to fill someone else's needs and to make them grow because of it. I pray that my girls will be happy and content with the bodies that God has given each of them. That they realize that everything that happens to them in their lives and to their bodies makes them who they are. Whatever wrinkles that end up on me, I hope they know that because of the joy I have felt those lines will last forever.....

Gifts from God

Us

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Free + Candy = Halloween!!

(Farmer Greg and his barnyard bunch 2006)

( gardner with two flowers 2007)

I have just about finished up the last of my sewing for the costumes this year. This year Grace is an elephant, Gabrielle a cheetah, and I am a zoo keeper (which is very true for this house). The thoughts of FREE candy are fast approaching!! I think I'm probably more excited about Halloween then Boo and Grace are. As a kid, I use to love bringing my treat bag home and sorting out all of my candy into piles of the same kinds and counting how many of each kind I had. My cousins and I would run not walk from house to house. My Mom and Aunt would drive us all over for candy and when we were finished and ready to get back in the car....they would gas it and Brandy and I would stand in the road and cry. I can't wait to do that to my kids! j/k