Delighting in the little things

In case I haven't explained the name of my blog, or atleast haven't in a while, it's a my take on Eccl. 3 that says, "for everything there is a season..." And here I am with 2 kids under the age of 3 (one month ago I could say 2 under the age of 2 *sigh*) and it's really easy for me to complain about how "hard" life is, or testing/trying, or whatever you want to call it. But then God reminds me that there IS a purpose for me in this life, even if it's to raise my children to love and honor Him.

Well one such time was a few days ago. It was around 2:30 in the afternoon, and I was still hearing rumblings in Caroline's room signaling that she was NOT napping. No biggie, but I wanted to check on her anyway. When I walked in, this is what I saw...






okay, so I posed her a little, but still...I walked in to see her playing with all her Princess shoes fanned out in some order, playing the "drums" on them! She was happy as could be, and that just made my heart smile! I can't remember a day in my life that I ever played with such plastic high heeled shoes, but I love that my little girl does! I love that God made her a unique person with a very fun personality, perfect in His creation.

Random, I know. But I just wanted to share. Delighting in the little things. Enjoying the moment.

Color Me Daisy annoucements!

The new Color Me Daisy March kit:



This kit arrived on my doorstep this week, and I must say, I've LOVED playing around with these papers! They're SUCH fun colors, don't they just scream spring?! I'm not quite finished with my projects yet (thanks to numerous birthday festivities), but I can't wait to finish up and post them here!

Also in Color Me Daisy news, next weekend we're having an all-weekend online crop centered around a Dr. Seuss theme! Did you know that Dr. Seuss's birthday was March 1st? Just a little trivia I remember from teaching 1st grade. Anyway, his works are so fun, that we're centering our challenges around them! Don't worry if you don't have kids, or don't even remember the last time you read Dr. Seuss, we just got our inspiration from him. Challenges will not necessarily be child centered, but fun for all ages, and Michelle has some awesome prizes to give out too! So come stop by Color Me Daisy next weekend, March 6-8, for our Seussical crop! Can't wait to see you there! :D

Final project and a promised layout

When I got my February kit from Crop Suey, I fell in looove with all the fun "boy" things from the Fancy Pants line. And well, as you know, I don't have any boys. BUT I do have a husband who very kindly endures my endless scrapbooking projects. He's so good, isn't he?! :D Anyway, since I'd made our girls some Valentine mailboxes, I thought why not make one for him too. So using some of the cards, rubons and such from my kit, I finished up the mailbox that I'd started for him.

Here's the finished product!


A shot with the side in plain view:


I handcut the heart from the backside of one the vintage Valentines in the kit. I plan to put his name on it, just hadn't gotten around to it quite yet. I also used the Fancy Pants rub-ons for the front, which I just love! Isn't that dino the cutest? Can you tell I liked working with boy stuff? hehe! Obviously I didn't make his as frilly or as embellished as the girls'. I didn't want to overdo it. But it WAS fun to dabble a little on the boy side of things, and it was a quick and easy project that I'll have in advance for next year.

Another project I've completed is this LO about Sarah Kate.

"I love this kid!"




Sorry the lighting is so horrific. The photos are NOT anywhere NEAR that grainy in real life! But at least you get the gist of the layout. It's kinda in celebration of her turning 2. I wanted to capture a lot of her personality traits, so the journaling is a list of all the ones I could think of off the top of my head.

Alrighty, Dad, Kathy, and Katie are on their way up to do the 2 yr. old b'day thing, so I need to hop off of here. I can't BELIEVE my baby's going to be 2 on Sunday! Wow! Time really DOES fly...or I've just lost a lot of sleep!

Have a great day for "This is the day the Lord has made!"

Playing a little catch up

Wow! Time flies when you're having fun! It seems like we've been on the go a lot lately. This weekend we went "home" to Birmingham for a joint birthday party for Sarah Kate, my grandmother, and my sister Meg. Also a fun surprise was the Meg (and Mark) announced that they are expecting twins in August! So fun!! So pretty soon I'll have some more nieces, nephews and/or both. And apparently twins definitely run in the family.

I got a few fun pics at the party that I wanted to share too. I know that it's been a while since I've showed some layouts and projects, and I promise I've been scrapping, it's just been hard to find time to take pictures and upload. Anyway, here are a few favorites from this weekend.

All the girls




Grandmother and Caroline

yeah, we only had one candle for all 3 of them! oops!

Meg and Sarah Kate


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Some sneak peeks of my upcoming Serendipity projects:





Hope you're having a great day!

She got the baby

"Hey! There's a baby in my cake!"


"See?!"




Though we're not in Mississippi any more, we still like to participate in some of the festivities (sorta). Tonight we had jambalaya, beads, and Sarah sent us a real King Cake. So of course we had that too! And then we had a family dance party. You know, some lovely disco music (we don't have any cajun), lots of craziness from the sugar high, and some silly dance moves! It was actually really fun, a good family moment! Thank goodness there wasn't a camera there! LOL!

Happy Mardi Gras everyone!

PS--Yes, her dress is on backwards. I chalk it up to being 3, and having learned how to dress herself. It happens everyday at naptime. I don't change it, because I love it! :D

Just a quick post

to say that if you're interested, there's an online chat tonight with the scrapbook manufacturer Maya Road over at Serendipity. Just follow the link. I'm not sure which of their DT members will be chatting, but I'm sure it'll be fun!



Also I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that this weekend Serendipity is having a "Flashback Reunion crop". It'll be going on all weekend, Friday through Sunday. You can find more information here.Looks like it'll be tons of fun! Oh, and there's also a pre-crop card challenge going on right now, and some fun pre-crop accessory challenges (wearable art, ya know!)

Okay, we're off to go grab some dinner! Hope everyone had a wonderful Tuesday! I know I did thanks to a great discussion with the Bible study girls! ;)

Fun with the Fam

We were so excited that Mike and Sarah and the kids came up from MS just in time for a long Valentines Day weekend. We were REALLY busy cramming as much in as possible, and boy was it fun! Here are some of my favorite pics from those few days.

At the CDM museum, we spent a lot of time in the stage area.

C found her niche right away.


The picture that Ben will never live down...think HS Graduation roast...


Em was a natural too! (Good thing since she's in a play soon!)


Playing doctor. Must run in the family.


And my little peek-a-boo.

And then on Friday, we met up with Jim, Sharon, and Adin as they were passing through and were able to grab lunch and spend some time down by the river. It's VERY rare that we get all 6 grandkids together, esp. when it's not a holiday. So I tried to get pictures of everyone, but then it's hard to get 6 kiddos to sit (or stand) still when ages range from 11 to 1. Here's a few I was happy to get.


The "big" kids


Nonnie with 2 of her grandgirls.


4 were willing to pose...the other 2 not so much.


Caroine with Gramps. So sweet!

In all it was a fun, but jammed packed weekend that left us all exhausted! Sarah Kate has a new love for her Aunt Sarah, walks around calling for "An Darah". Then she'll switch to "Unc Mike". Caroline keeps talking about the "Gacie" and the new clothes "Gacie" gave her. We're so thankful to have such sweet cousins and we'll miss them dearly!