girls getaway!!!!!

My girlfriends and I are enjoying a weekend away. The objective is scrapbooking. With a little snacking (okay maybe a lot of this), hot tubing, sleeping and funny pictures.

These silly pictures remind me of how important it is to let your hair down and have fun sometimes!!!!!

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Do something silly today. It will be well worth it!!!

Grace and Peace!!

I LOVE THIS KID!!!!

We try every now and again to wear "big boy undies"
here are pictures from one of our attempts. He is wearing little boy boxers.
O' so cute...I just love his little bum...
DISCLAIMER: HE HAS NO INTEREST IN POTTY TRAINING AND I HAVE NO INTEREST IN CASING HIM TO GET IT DONE, JUST SAYIN! ALTHOUGH HE DOES POO IN THE POTTY MOST OF THE TIME...I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET!!!!

HAPPY DAY!!!!!

This week

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My goal this week is "meal planning". I made 3 trips to Meijer last week and well that's not very productive....so today I will come up with a list so that I don't have to go back a million times.

This site above seems to be my favorite right now.....it's healthy and delicious.

I hope you had a great weekend. Enjoy the weather this week, it's going to be a good one.

What are your plans for the week. How will you enjoy the wonderful fall in Michigan. I would love to hear what your favorite fall activity is! Post here and I'll bake cookies for my favorite entry. REALLY I WILL......

Grace and Peace

A new chapter

Well, it's official......I am a full time stay at home mom. I heard a woman once call herself a "domestic goddess". This is a new adventure. I have worked since I was 16 and many times had 2 or 3 jobs at once. This is a foreign idea, to stay home and not "work". Although raising a family is a job in itself.

This will be a true test of faith. I am a little nervous about making ends meet but I know that God will provide. I'm looking forward to the challenge of managing life in a new way. Eating at home more and spending less.
Thanks to team Hannapel for such a great place to work and great friendships. I will miss you dearly. We went to lunch to say good bye and took a group photo. I received a NICE gift card to Fields Fabrics to help pursue my passion of quilting.....I can't wait to start my next one....

Monday mornings will be strange, not having anywhere to be. Just think, I will have some of the cleanest closets on the block.....I can't wait.

Until next time....Grace and Peace....

Gone Fishin

So, with the weather being so hot lately I thought it would be nice to head to the lake. Green Lake that is. I knew we wouldn't catch much, but i thought it would be fun to just be outside.

Justin caught the first fish. After that the gloves came off, I wasn't going to let him win. All together we caught at least a dozen blue gill and a few yellow belly sun fish, mine being the biggest, of course.

Justin was getting frustrated so he gave up. He said the fish were vultures, because they keep getting his worm without him getting them. It was rather comical to watch him get sooooo frustrated. So he decided to take Eli out in the kayak.



My big catch of the night.....a sun fish.



Eli enjoying an orange soda. This is what happens when PAPA is around......



Eli seemed to be a little scared of the fish. As we would take them off the hook and toss them back in, he would squirm just a little. We MUST work on this. I can't have him afraid of fish. I need his help taking them off my hook next year.



And this UGLY thing is a bull fish that Dan caught. It is the SLIMIEST thing I have ever laid eyes on. I must remember, God made ALL things for a purpose......

On that note, the evening was great. It was nice to spend time with the men in my life.


Only 3 days until we head for Colorado.
The calender on my fridge has been a great reminder, in case I were to forget. Ya Right.

Summer is almost here

I am so excited....boy time sure goes go fast. We have been pretty busy around here. Yet I have nothing accomplished. No garden planted and no yoga in weeks.
I did turn 35.....my O my, and my dad would have been 60 this past Monday. That was a hard day. I sure do miss him. I didn't expect to feel the emotion that I did that day. But all is well now.



Last weekend the Metiva clan went to Middleberry, IN to the Essen Haus. The Midwest. What a great place. I would love that life for a summer. To retreat from the chaos of our day to day life we live here in this Midwest. Don't get me wrong I LOVE my life, it couldn't be better. Well a girl can dream and visit that Midwest as much as possible.

This pic just melts my heart. Eli boy LOVE, LOVES animals!!!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy your weekend. Make new memories and treasure the memories of those that are no longer here. This week we are praising the Lord for a life spared yesterday. Praying a speedy and smooth recovery Paula.........we love you and your fam tons!!!!!

rain, rain go away!!!!

a rainy Sunday afternoon......boy do I love this kid!!!!!

Taking the plunge

Taking the plunge
me on the zip line at Cranhill Ranch









I think that's what I need to do right now. If I see something I want to try I should just do it. I have to learn to trust God completely. To give Him complete control over my life. To not be afraid to share who God is in my life, and do it with confidence.

Holy Spirit Reign in me.