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Today's words to live by, and simple joys-

Words to live by-

• I have a family here on earth they are so good to me I want to live with them for all eternity. {Anna, every time we get in the car- sweet}
• Grammer you better turn this way or we will be lost-  Are we lost?- (Payton, I think he may of been a little worried about my driving skills and no I did not get lost.}
  
• I could get use to this- { Conner after eating all the left over pizza and macaroni & cheese.}
  

Simple joys-

• Hand kisses
• Racing  for the door when you hear the ice cream man.
• Payton's laugh
• The boys praising  Anna for writing her name-  Conner- "Anna you're awesome."

Today I dropped off, picked up, laughed, played, read the same book over and over, got wet, "go fish" more times then I can count, put a bandage on a cute little knee, went to walmart, did a load of laundry, helped make a melted heart, lived through a little melt down when a bee flew into the car, received more hugs than I can count .....and loved it all.

Shannon and Scott are off in Hawaii- this is just a little project we did before they left. Shannon's Happy Birthday Shelf. Click here to see Shannon's birthday celebration.

Welcome to Oregon- Happy Birthday Shannon

Happy Birthday Shannon- last night when I got in, Conner pulled me aside and said he had a surprise for his Mother.  He wanted to stay up all night and get the house ready.  Decorating and cleaning.
I convinced him that getting up at 5:30 would be early enough.
Cute boy.

So they got up bright and early to prepare for Mom's special day (30th, sorry Shannon.}

Here's a little look at the kids.

Yes, Conner cleaning the kitchen floor at 6am- what a kids. =)

Sorry about the picture being blurry.

 
The kids set outside her door for 15 minutes- they wanted to yell surprise and sing Happy Birthday to her.

I'm learning the "ropes" today....fun already! 

It is a Happy Day....other than I'm now the Mother of a 30 year old.  =)

Blessing Day-

 

 

This was taken on the day Nicholas was blessed- He was such a good little guy, and Kent gave a beautiful and touching blessing.

Today I will be sharing a few pictures from his blessing day, along with a few pictures from Saturday.  Saturday Morning we headed downtown to have breakfast at "The Guenther House" ... fabulous breakfast.

 

 

We also did a "drive by" of the River walk and the Alamo- (because of time constraint's and a new little nursing baby.}

 

Nicholas after a bath- and Danny Meeting him for the first time.

 

Blessing Day-

 

 

 

All the guys who stood in to help with the blessing.

 

Some of Kent and Becca's friends- everyone came to their home after the blessing for lunch.

 

 

Sweet little Nicholas-

 

What a joy and a blessing to be able to have spent some time with him and his family. Sweet.

I miss him already. {I came home late last night.}

I'm counting the days when we see him again.

 

 

 

 

 

Now I'm packing for my next trip to see more sweet little guys!  Happy Day

Daily dose of Nicholas-

Okay so I just have to share...isn't he cute? What a little man.


A little look into the kids back yard....it's a mini rain forest.

I added another element to Becca's bathroom-  recycling  2 mason jars, wire from an old mirror and stainless stain handles from the bathroom faucet.

Texas Bathroom makeover-

For the art in the Bathroom, Becca picked out some pictures she took in France and we framed them.



It was totally a family affair- I painted and put up the new light fixture, Kent put in the new bathroom sink fixture and hung the new towel ring.  Becca helped frame the art and then she put them up.

I've been trying to get a better picture- but it's been rainy here for a few days so the lighting is bad.






More art on the back wall
What we did-

• painted
• new mirror
• new light fixture
• Art- from France photos
• new sink faucet
• new towel ring.

Pretty simple makeover pretty much anyone could do,  but it totally changed the feel.

(Note- when in Texas during the summer and you do any kind of work, plan on taking a couple showers a day. =)

I'm off to hold Nicholas.

work, paint, swing-

Drove Kent to work- fun to see where he works, it's a huge place.{the pictures are taken from the outside- no cameras on the inside.} Things I found interesting.
Tons of security and really beautiful grounds. 

The painting is done and the new light is up- {sorry about the picture, I took it later in the day, I will get a better one today.}
Today we will work on "dressing" the room.

After work yesterday we went shopping to find Nicholas a baby swing and had dinner at Cheesy Janes
Fun place.

Nicholas enjoying the swing-

le Madeleine & Crown Molding-

Monday we got up bright and early to head out for a great breakfast at la Madeleine

Had a fabulous breakfast.... take away all the traffic outside and you would of thought we were in the French country side.

The rest of the day was spent running errands- New suit for Kent, Home Depot, Lowes and the grocery store.

Kent spent the day putting up crown molding- I started "preparing"  their small bathroom for a little makeover. (and of courses lots of Holding Nicholas}

Hope to have it all painted today.


The Crown molding is just about done, it was a little bit of a "bear" to do.{Kent did a great job despite a few little problems.}  See that curved arch? Well, that was a beast....they decided it was better not to put crown molding there. 
We ended the day with some egg rolls and shrimp lettuce wraps that I made..... made tons {I just can't seem to make "small"} well, with so much left Kent and Becca invited their friends over to help us eat them & play cards-
Fun way to end the night-
Tuesday is going to be all about painting- and holding Nicholas of Course!

 

Welcome to Texas

I'm in Texas- seemed like it took forever to get here, but here I'm.

The kids have a wonderful place....looked what  greeted me in my room. So sweet thanks Kent and Becca.

But here is a little look at the truly amazing part of my visit. Little Nicholas-

Love the one eye expression.

 

After Church- first time for Nicholas.

He is such a sweet little guy, love him.  It's  been so wonderful to be here with the kids- looking forward to the rest of the week.

In 24 hours-

I will have this little guy in my arms- Oh, Happy Day!

Step 1.... Bedding-

Bree and I have started the "Master Bathroom" redo-

Here's a little look at the bedding Bree picked out.

 

 

Piece by piece over time it will come together- we will be looking for a headboard tonight.