Wednesday, September 28, 2011

hi


have you missed me? i have missed you. i will be back soon with some real stuff.
for now i'll leave you with proof that i am a lucky girl.


Monday, September 12, 2011

new adventures.

Such a proud mama. These boys are amazing. I can't believe I get to experience all this with them. They have officially begun their 13 year adventure in school... maybe more, maybe not. Tonight I told Ari he could do whatever he wanted when he grew up.. he said he'd like to drive a delivery truck. I think he'd make a GREAT one!!

On Friday we had our "Interview" more like a one on one with the teacher. She told me she was so worried she wouldn't be able to tell them apart all year and they may have to wear name tags all year.. I told her that was fine but I didn't think it would take her long to recognize the differences.. after our interviews she assured me it wouldn't .. they are SO different even amidst all their similarities.
These pics were taken on that day...


Then today they went to their official first day of Kindergarten. They were so excited and happily waved and say Bye Mom as I dropped them off outside the school. They eagerly got in line. I love them and can't wait to see the who they will become.
I wanted to do something I could recreate the first day of school each year so I thought it would be fun to ask them to name three things they like right now. This is what they came up with. It's perfect!





Thursday, September 08, 2011

take heart



There is a light
It burns brighter than the sun
He steals the night
And casts no shadow
There is hope
Should oceans rise and mountains fall
He never fails


So take heart
Let His love lead us through the night
Hold on to hope
And take courage again


In death by love
The fallen world was overcome
He wears the scars of our freedom
In His Name
All our fears are swept away
He never fails


All our troubles
And all our tears
God our hope
He has overcome

All our failure
And all our fear
God our love
He has overcome
All our heartache
And all our pain
God our healer
He has overcome

All our burdens
And all our shame
God our freedom
He has overcome

All our troubles
And all our tears
God our hope
He has overcome

All our failures
And all our fear
God our love
He has overcome

God our justice
God our grace
God our freedom
He has overcome

God our refuge
God our strength
God is with us
He has overcome

Thursday, September 01, 2011

DIY love

It's been awhile since I added some house loving for you. We have not been big on projects this summer but we did mange to do one...
I found an old fireplace surround/mantle on PVO back in June for basically free. I can't find a pic of it... but here is a peak at the color it was before... (yes and he is so cute!)

with some paint it was transformed.. then came the question what do we do with the hole in the middle. That's where pinterest came in. I spend way too much time over there... It's just a whole lot of lovely eye candy. I saw a bunch of stuff I liked..


I still love the way the mantle is arranged on this one.

or this...


originally we were going to attempt this...


or this...


But then we remembered the old window we had sitting up against the shed. Insert my LOVE of maps and this is where we ended up...


We still need to put stuff in the shelves and the pictures above are going to be changed around. I'd love something more dramatic on the mantle.. Over all I am happy with how it turned out.