Tis the season

THIS is my dream garden.
And so it is time to start thinking about spring and thinking about dirt and veggies and compost and SUNSHINE. Tis the season to begin planning the garden. I have started a (secret, don't tell Justin) garden stash, $$, this year so when spring comes I am ready. Ready to buy everything I need to start this adventure to create my perfect garden. My slate is as blank as they get. A wide open space to create anything I want.This is just a dreamy picture, of a dreamy place in a far away land. What a perfect place to..... well let your imagination take you there, someplace great! 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is Gods will in Christ Jesus.

Live for Jesus!! Toodles!!

Help!!!!!!

So I haven't done anything when it comes to my goals for the year. No running, NO yoga, not much reading.....I NEED ENERGY.....okay well Eli and I went for a "hike" at Blandford Nature Center with our friend Anna. I was was outside and spending time with my boy. A start I guess

This Friday I am going for a nice quite girls weekend. With two of my girly friends, we will be scrapbooking/sleeping/fellowshiping. We are staying at a hotel from Friday till Sunday. I can't wait. I think I will sleep most of the day on Saturday, and "catch"up on my sleep. Then I will be rejuvenated to start next week head on and get to work.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a blessed weekend and take time to spend with those that you love!!!!

New experiences

For Christmas Eli was given a membership to the The Childrens Museum. So last week we took sometime to go check it out. Talk about sensory over load.

I think his favorite part was the sandbox. He sat at the sand for at least 10 minutes, which in Eli terms is a really long time.
Soooo many things to do. The farm, fishing, music, bubbles, fire truck, super market and the list goes on and on. I'm excited to go hang out and play some more. They seem to do fun things there often for the kids to do. This coming week is Dairy week and I think they will have a few calf's there for the kids to see.

ADOPTION update
We still have to get our finger prints and physicals done. We haven't taken the time to go get our finger prints done or our physicals. I'm not sure why we are procrastinating so much. Maybe it's a bit of the enemy getting in our way, so if you think of it this week if you could pray that we will have time to get these things done so we can get the process moving that would be lovely.

My new favorite blog to follow!!!!!!


cluckclucksew.com

This women is my sewing inspiration. I can't wait to see what I can make with a little encouragement from her.

Is this stalking. Boy, I hope not. Her quilts rock!!!!


This is another site that I stumbled upon. I just love the colors she uses. I hope that some day I can do great quilts like these women.


camilleroskelley.typepad.com

I hope they bring a smile to your face today like they have mine.

I wish you much grace today.

Spread Gods love!!!!

Temper

Eli has come into the time of life when one starts to throw temper tantrums. When he gets up in the morning he doesn't usually like to change his diaper.So sometimes I will put him right into the tub before we eat. And that's what I did this morning. Sometimes, well most of the time it works really well. But not this day. After getting out of the tub it's still a struggle to get a diaper on. And that's just what happened on this day.Something about being naked that babies just love. I managed to get the diaper and socks on and that's where it ended and the FIT began For 20 minutes he cried and cried. Running around the house as you see. I had to take advantage of this precious photo op and so I did. Sometimes picking up the camera helps one to maintain sanity. Finally I had the bright idea to try making breakfast fun, I put some yogurt in a bowl and gave him a straw. Once he saw the straw the tantrum was DONE. Imagine that, a straw would stop the fit. So to all of the future moms out there, file that one for those desperate times.

Okay I have attempted this post several times and have gotten side tracked each time. For many reasons. Not really sure what I want to say for one and life for two. I am going to post random pictures that really don't apply to what I am saying, but who doesn't like to look at pictures?




I've been thinking how I want this year to be different. I think each year I set out to make this one different and never seem to really accomplish what I intend to. This year I will be 35.....wow...(I'm not afraid to share that, I'm proud of it(for now at least)). 10 years ago My dad took us to Maine to celebrate his 50th birthday. Who would have thought that in ten years from then he wouldn't be with us here on the earth. I think I would have thought you were crazy had you told me that.
This year I want to do something fun in May to celebrate my turning 35 and to celebrate my dad. If he were here I hope I would be doing the same thing, so why not still do it.

There are many things I want to change in my life. I want Jesus to be my #1 best friend. We are friends right now, but I certainly don't trust him for everything...and I NEED to. I also want to be healthy....not 110lbs healthy, but fit....not winded running up the stairs after the dog. In order to do that I need some accountability. I have a few friends that together we are going to run the 10K River Bank Run. This will help a lot. My goal is to not walk AT ALL. In the past I have "trained" for an event and told myself that I could walk, NOT this time, it's for real NO walking.

Some other things I want to do, hike more. Just because I don't live in CO doesn't mean I can't hike. I love to be outside and with baby #2 on it's way (sometime) I had better enjoy Eli as much as I can. I want to grow and can my own veggies this summer. I want to learn yoga. I want to be a better wife, I have a lot of work ahead of me for this one. I want to sleep at night, this is part of getting healthy. I want to do more as a family, even if it is only 20 minutes down the road. You don't have to go far for it to be enjoyable. Michigan is a great place to be in the summer and I want to take full advantage of that. I really want to be more organized (work in progress).

Most of all I just want to be joyful. I know that I will accomplish these things with the help of my Lord. Keeping him at the head of my life in all things will help me to be a better person. Beside, I'm not a good representation of Jesus and his love if I am always cranky.

Peace and love, till next time!!!!