bedtime prayer

(mommy) Dear Jesus,

Thank You for Daddy

Thank You for Mommy

(Jolie) Thank You for Jolie...

Thank You for haircuts

Thank You for eyes

Thank You for mouth

Thank You for chin (as she points to her chin)

(mommy) Thank You for kisses... as I give her a Good Night kiss

We Love you, Jesus. Amen.

Every night we go through the bedtime routine... bath, pjs, read a few books and say a bedtime prayer. I wish I could remember every moment of Jolie's precious childhood. but I know I wont remember everything. Tonight was one of those moments that I just want to remember forever. ♥ She is so sweet and innocent...and apparently thankful for haircuts :P She pretends to give her Daddy haircuts every moment he allows. And she's really thankful for her chin. Maybe because her little double chin is ticklish...not sure. :) She is also counting. While reading a book tonight she started counting the trees illustrated on the page. one, two, three....ten, eleven, twelve...bout-teen, bout-teen, bout-teen. She makes me SMILE :)

Jolie helpind Daddy wash the cars, just another thing she loves to do with her Daddy.

blushing bride

the beautiful miss Lauren
pre wedding...calm as a cucumber.
her hair or extensions?





you wouldn't know it, but those are extentions!
they matched perfectly (yay! go me!) so I had to take a quick pic!
Congrats to the happy NEW married couple, Lauren & Justin!

"L" is for {love}

"L" is for love...
and I L♥VE my family!

"M" for Mark...the love of my life
"J" for Jolie...the princess
{The "J" pendant has the crown on the back, cuz she is a princess, for sure! The "M" has the ♥ on the back}

You can customize the charms to be just about anything you want...

Art Under Glass

my family...I keep them close to my ♥

right now

1. She is very affectionate, with just about everyone...but Mommy and Daddy in particular AND her boyfriend Talan.
2. She likes to "cut" Daddy's hair...or she'll tell me how pretty my hair is.
3. Yesterday she told me I had pretty eyes...how sweet!
4. She is now at the age where she PreTenDs.... pretends to shop throughout the house with her grocery cart, or pretend to make dinner, or the cutest...She pretends to be at the Beach in the living room. She will put out her beach towel, put on her sunglasses...
5. She's Mommys bff...we go everywhere together.
6. Some Sunday mornings we go to Panera. This last Sunday she said, "look Mommy, the muffie store!" Apparently she really loves those chocolate chip muffies...I know, bad...but she's too cute to say no. :)
7. We have to 'trick' her into taking a nap these days, so we both lay on the couch, and in no time she's sound asleep.

8. Her and Samson (aka puppy) are buddies
9. She now likes her piggies to be painted
10. She is 100% her Daddy's girl. She adores that man...as do I. We miss him when he's working nights. but when Daddy's home, she is all about her Daddy ♥

When ever she sees a cop car, she gets all excited, thinking it's HER Daddy. "Look Mommy! Daddy's car!" Sometimes I get excited too...wishing it was him. We love the man in our life!

Hair soaks up oil spills

Watch this video to see how Matter of Trust is able to recycle a great natural resource, HAIR! We can do our part to help...

kitchen nook

before: blah

after:

I have finally come around to finishing up this kitchen corner project I started back in March! It was taking me a while to get 'inspired'. I couldn't decide just what to put on the walls. I ended up hanging this old window given to me from a friend. The window has been sitting in my garage for about a year...patiently waiting for a new home. I love how old and weathered it looks! and how a simple old window can be art.

I had also been on the hunt for pillows, but couldn't find just what I wanted.

So, I MADE pillows!

This was my first solo sewing project! They aren't perfect, but they still look really cute! The large pillow in the back is burlap with a big chic button. The two matching pillows have small orange designs, almost like pineapples on the them. And the small stripped pillow was made with fabric from an old bed skirt. I will probably make another stripped pillow or two, since I have the fabric. :)
I love our new kitchen nook. This is where we have breakfast every morning. Jolie loves to climb up onto the bench all by herself. (as she will tell me) She's getting too big!