Princess Butterfly

House Mouses!  Yes, I am STILL a sucker for them.  This is supposed to be a Halloween stamp as it has a trick or treat pumpkin on the image.  I just masked it out.  She is so sweet and innocent and fairy princess like.  She has glittery wings which is like impossible for you to see in this pic.  But too much fun!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sassy!

I made this card for my mother in law on her Birthday.  However in the excitement of the day I totally forgot to give it to her.  It looks just like her!  She is so spunky and fun and never conforming to getting old.  Love that about her!  Love this image too.  

Sunrise Iris

Another friend inspired challenge.  It was soo simple for me to do this because I had some of these blooming at the very time of coloring this image.  I wish I had thought to take a photo of them.  Our yard and is so beautiful!  I wish I could take full credit.  OK, Id be happy with just a little credit.  But I cant even take a little.  The people that owned our home before did extensive landscaping and each and every day is filled with a new bloom a new surprise.  Right now my hydrangeas are larger than footballs.  The bushes are so full of blooms that some are laying on the ground.  The boxwoods are full and the many other flowers are lacing my flower beds.  I love it.  I love flowers.  I know some think they are a waste and shouldnt be bothered with.  But it makes me happy to have a bouquet on my kitchen island.  

Purple - Teapot Tuesday

OK, not a great pic of this teapot and its cover, but still one I liked anyways.  

Bee-U-Tiful!

These cute little guys remind me of the Honey Nut Cheerio bee.  Everytime I see them it makes me smile.  

As some of you have noticed I have changed the comments to need moderation.  I hope that you will understand. With the recent announcement of Heather and other things going on in my life I have felt that we needed just a little extra security. Your emails, posts on Facebook, texts and even calls have meant the world to me.  Over 500 page views in one day!  WOOHOO!  I hope that I can help someone out there.  

We have been praying and working towards being a foster home. It is truly amazing how many parents shun their children for making an announcement such as Heather's.  I just do not understand.  Like I said in my post, it was NOT easy for me to accept.  But never once did I consider ostracizing her or sending her away. Never once did it change the fact that she's my daughter or that she is a beautiful human being.  So many parents cant deal and disown them sending them into a broken system to live their final years of being a teenager.  They are vulnerable and weak already and now they get to deal with that.  It is heartbreaking. 

 I sooo hope that the message moderation does not deter you from leaving a message.  As I love each and every one of them.  Your words of encouragement whether on here, on social media or through email mean the world to me.  You all are so sweet and kind and I am soooo grateful for you.  Thanks for following me through all of my chaos!

Gardening

This was our first year having a real, successful garden.  It was a lot of fun.  Though a COMPLETE learning experience.  I look forward to next year and doing everything right.  Well ok, doing MORE things right.

There is nothing like planting an itty bitty seed and watching it turn into a ginormous bush and then produce something we actually eat.  God is so amazing!

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.  Aint that the truth??  So funny, with the help of Facebook I am still in contact with people I went to daycare with.  People I knew BEFORE school.  Graduating High School with those same people.  That's a loooong time to know someone who isnt a family member.  Ya know tho.  I have met many other people along the way and am glad to say that good ones can be grown pretty quick too.  They may not last for forever.  But that is okay.  For the time that they are in our lives, it is pretty awesome.

Little bit of playin...

So we didnt make it to Bell Witch Cave today.  We went to Port Royal State Park instead.  We had sooo much fun!!  Took the pup.  She swam n played.  The girls played too.  Ronnie fished...then we lit up one of the grills n roasted hotdogs and marshmallows.  There were thousands of baby frogs too, like smaller than your pinky fingernail.  It was awesome! Unfortunately not amazing pics.  But oh well.

Last night we went to the gun range.  I double dog dare you to mess with my angels!!

I am so proud!!  Weve had a really good weekend.  Hard to believe our days as a little family are numbered.  Gonna miss Heather when she leaves for college, but she WILL miss me and all of my craziness and come running back, Im certain of it!!  Ok, well I can at least guarantee shell come home for homemade popcorn.  (Even though she KNOWS how to make it herself!). Bwahahaha!!!  

We are sooo blessed!!  I am so grateful for my life.  

Sweet and Simple

Do you have stashes of crafty things that you hoard.  You dont ever use them cause you just love them.  Yeah, these ladies fall into that category.  I have had these ladybug eyelets for ohhh I dunno, EVER!  So I slapped this simple little card together.  Cute eh?

Today we are on our way up to the Bell Witch Cave.  A picnic in hand and hiking shoes on our feet.  Anxious to spend some time with just "us".

Snail Mail

It is Friday!  A gorgeous day in the making here.  Though I am still questioning why the heck I am up at 6am.  I know...I know....get a good start on the day.  Yadda yadda yadda.  That is all great and fine and dandy, however...I don't HAVE to be up this early.  ~sigh~  I will say it is a wonderful start to be able to kiss my husband goodbye and have some adult conversation to start my day.  I am so blessed.

I am still trying to get lesson plans finished up and classes all laid out for us to begin on August 11th.  I know that most parents dont spend this much time.  How they dont is a mystery to me.  I guess they are better at the day to day planning than I am.  Who knows!  All I know, is I practically need a semester just to do MY part.

I however, have an 18 year old about to fly out of the nest and I feel like I am scrambling to teach her everything she will need to know.  Everything from basic survival skills to how to balance a checkbook. She knows a LOT, but there is still so much she doesn't.  AGH!  Cant we have a do over?  So that I start all of this knowledge cramming back when she was like 2?

Anyways.  This is another card from my GinaK set.  LOVE it!!

Also I wanted to let you know I edited yesterday's post just a bit at the bottom.  So you can check that out.