Jane's Barbie Jeep Makeover

I repainted Jane's Barbie Jeep

for Charlie's 4th Birthday
tomorrow the 3rd.
I am so happy with how it turned out.
Here are the before and afters.

And then tomorrow I will post him in it.

We Should Not Tend to the Things of the World

In April I attended a wonderful Relief Society meeting in the North Little Rock Stake. The Memphis, Tennessee Temple President said in his talk that we should not tend to the things of the world. We do not drink coffee, we should not call it a "coffee table". Why not call it a "prayer table"? A place in the home where a family can meet for family prayer. I loved that idea.....so I was on the lookout for a "prayer table" for my family.

I was so excited when I found one at Goodwill for $6!!!! I brought it home and began brainstorming paint colors. I was worried also that the kids would color on it and destroy the paint and I thought of chalkboard paint. Knowing they would love that! And then I thought about using it to write the names of those who have asked for prayers said for them.....It works great and we are more thoughtful about those that need healing and we leave the names there and add to the list as needed.

So, I thought I would share our Family Prayer Table.

I am BACK

WOW! Long time no post.

I don't think I can ever catch up.

So, I made this today from our old slide film and tapes and we will use it for family home evening tonight. The kids may not even be interested in it since it is so old. I sure one of them will ask, "Why aren't the pictures moving??" I know it.
Here it is.....

Changes

Me at 20 Weeks

Ultra Sound on February 28th ,the day we found that it's a girl!

Well....it has been a long time. I am going to have to change things up around here. It is not going to be life with just Jane and Charlie anymore. Susan Elaine will be born around July 11th. We are so excited. She will be named Susan after my Mother and Elaine is Chip's Mother Bea and his Sister Lisa's middle name. I think her name is lovely.

Susan's Bassinet

We have been preparing...me mostly because I am home and I am so darned excited. Here is one of my projects that I found on tipjunkie.com . I found it and knew I had to make one, but I didn't know yet if we were having a boy or girl. Once we found out...I was off to Hancock Fabric the next day.
I will post the progress photos of mine and if you want directions...you will have to go to Tip Junkie for that hahaha. I love how it turned out....thank goodness because it took A LOT of time to make.

Lines sewn

Cutting with this handy, awesome tool.

All cut and binding done....ready for the wash and dry.

The Finished product!

I love how it feels and drapes.

The colors are sweet and I am very pleased with how it turned out.

I finished it and threw it in the washer and went to bed at 12:05 this morning.

I woke to use the bathroom and tossed it in the dryer and woke up and pulled it out and smiled at how sweet it is. :)

YAY!!

I will be posting more....excited for the changes and the little sweet spirit that will be joining our family. :)

Jane's Graduation!!!

Catching Snowflakes ..... on my face

Today's Soup of the Day

It Is Here!!!

No Fridge since Wednesday night...
this is so nice to have.
Now to wait until tomorrow to fill'er up!!
Happy Day!

Fond Memories......

For my cousin Susanna....thank you for your post today.


Reminded me of this ......
from left to right
Larin, Bree (me), Aunt Diana, Susanna and Marnie (I believe)

I L.O.V.E. that beach.

Waiting for Jane to Get Out of School

Cold Weather & Sick Babies

It has been a rough few weeks of us all being sick with some bug or an other .
I am so sick of being sick.
Charlie is seeming better
after he barfed
on me this morning around 1:00.

He was sick on his 2nd Birthday....
I think I am going to reschedule it to when we are all
well.

Chip's Birthday is tomorrow.....
we have NOTHING planned.
I may reschedule both boy's birthday parties on the same day.
That can work,
one cake for both of them
2 candles for Chars
and
31 for Chip.

There is too much going on in December
for all these
Bah-Hum-Bugs.

All I want for Christmas is for all of us to be well!!!

Diamond Mine

Well, we did some diggin' in the dirt and mud.
No diamonds....not rich.
We are rich in other ways. We had a fun time.

After the diamond diggin'
we went to Hot Springs and enjoyed some Hot Chocolate.
We brought cups,
spoons
and Hot Chocolate packets
(with marshmallows).
And added the the HOT water and stirred.

YUM~O


Then we went to dinner at a friend's home and watched a movie together.
Yesterday was fun.

I need to Blog more....

I am not doing very well at Blogging....
thanks to Facebook.
hahaha

Well, today we are going Diamond Hunting.
I am so excited.
It will be fun.
Charlie is old enough
and he doesn't run off like Jane would
when she was this age
(can you believe he is almost 2??!!).

So, hopefully I can peel Chip out of bed soon...
it is 6:57 a.m. now.
I have been up since 5 a.m.
I am ready to hit the road.
hahaha!

I will have my camera
and I WILL post about it tomorrow....
REALLY I will! :)
Wish us luck....
if I find a great big one I am going to name it
"Lady Jane".
:)
This Photo was taken in Hot Springs in October.
What a neat place. We will be stopping there today too.
We are taking Hot Chocolate mix, cups and spoons to
have with the Hot Springs water that we can drink.
YUM~O
The healing Hot Spring's water and glorious Hot Chocolate.
That is a great combination!

hahaha

F A M I L Y

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."

We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,

"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."

By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.

"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."

I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.. I love you anyway."

I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."

Sweet.....

What Did You Do? I Did GREAT!

Something New

Tribute to the Prophet

Tribute to the Prophet Group 2007 in Fort Smith

Any Ideas on What Happened Here?

Charlie had just gotten out of the pool and was out of his wet clothes.
I went to the car to get a diaper and he stood at the door gate.
Meanwhile....
people are driving by in front of the house
after dropping their water bill at city hall.
I get back to the house with the diaper
to find that Charlie had stood at the gate and peed.....
I am sure the people saw this lovely display.
BUT HEY!
Way to
GO
Charlie for not peeing in the house!

A Sweet Surprise

A while back my Mom called and and said that she had entered a give-away and won and that she wanted to know which saying I wanted.

Wow! She wanted to get this for me so I could put something special in the new place that we have just moved into. I saw the saying

"Christ is the Center of Our home
A Guest at Every Meal
A Silent Listener To

Every Conversation."

I loved it and knew exactly where to put it.

I have my dining room set up

with The L.A. Temple photo,

Chip's Mission Plaque,

the print of the painting of

Jesus Christ

smiling by Del Parson,

and the Garden of Gethsemane

print and our 4 bookshelves

overflowing with our library of books.....

and lots of other special items.

The dining room is the "center" of our home.

I received the gift very soon after

and I was trilled with it,

I called my Mom as I was opening

the package and was so surprised with all of them.

I had to find the right item to stick it to.

I would have put it on the wall, but we have some painting to do and I wanted to be able to take it with me when the time comes to move and they bulldoze the house. So I found a piece of wood at Hobby Lobby yesterday and got it painted with the help of Jane. Then today after my long glorious nap

(about 6 hours long)

I stuck it on there.

Super easy and beautiful.

It will be a great reminder to me about how I should work to make my home a

Holy Place

and every conversation respectful.

Within the package of goodies there were some other stickers that I am waiting to find the perfect place for. I know some of the CTR stickers will be for Jane's room

(which will also get some paint on the walls).

Thank you to Megan at

http://meganhallpass.blogspot.com/

who sponsored the give-away from

Rachel at

http://www.vinylchitchat.com/

The Vinyls are all beautiful and super easy to apply.
Thank you for the gift Mom
and thank you to
the sweet ladies that
had the Give-away!