Lovin' Spring !

I am a blog stalker... love being inspired by such amazingly talented women... I found that Patty posted a super easy tutorial of a Spring baby grass wreath. I love this and this is what I came up with:

I love that " grass " ! I just can't wait untill the trees are green again here !
I also found several Easter ideas at The Idea Room. Thinking about planting grass seeds in my deck flower boxes and adding Easter Eggs to them when it sprouts ! So many ideas !

I have been feeling so overwhelmed lately ! I hate that I allow life to get that way for me at times! I don't think I have too much to do , just that I am terrible at time managing ! Prioritizing ( or is it procrastinating ? ) is sometimes a dilemma of mine. I know in the long run I will know I made the right decision to let the housework go while I play with my kids or help them with HW and make costumes for variety shows, and help in their Sunday School classrooms and so on. This is when I become overwhelmed, when it all piles high for me to tackle ( the stinkin house work) and I have thousands of other things that need to be done as well, not to mention thousands more idea that collect in my head of what I'd like to do one day...
hmmm such as taking up photography professionally (ha!) and open an online store of this & that ... cupcake pin cushions , fabric journals, key chains, hot/cold packs and baby wipes cases and designer fabric burp cloths ! ( ha! ha! ). OH, and the daunting task of managaing my own personal photos ! Someday !

camera bags and huge give away

I am posting to tell you about a huge give away and some georgous camera bags! Liberating women photographers everywhere ! ( got that from the website !) so get over there and check it out ! The contest is open till April 1st , I believe . Winner selection on April 2 !
Good Luck !

I challenge you ...

Do any of you remember what a stamp looks like... or even how much one costs these days? When is the last time you sat down and wrote a letter to a friend? It is becoming sad to me that people rarely even talk on the phone anymore. Seems like everyone is texting and instant messaging. My husband travels frequently with his job and on his way home from California today, he called me on his cell from the airport(we do not have a texting plan) and conveyed to me how awkward he must look with his phone actually to his ear and talking on it. Everyone around him with their "smart phones" and heads bowed just texting away or playing with their apps or updating their status on their social network... even tweeting ! I'm sure it is convenient and quick. I admit, I don't love getting stuck on a phone call that it is difficult to break away from , but it is so quickly becoming impersonal to keep this trend going... My challenge to you is two parts... have a telephone conversation with the next person you consider texting : "how r u?" and the second part is to sit down with a pen and paper and write some one a letter. I have 2 people in mind that I am writing to this week. Think of how wonderful it will be for that person to check their mail and receive your letter among the bills we all hate and the junk mail. I bet it will make them smile. check out the youtube video I posted about the Indianapolis teacher... very touching story. (remember to turn off my playlist before playing ) and leave me a comment if you decide to take my challenge ! Oh, and by the way , a stamp costs 44 cents.

Life is Good

Life is Good ! So don't miss it !

doesn't take much...

to bring smiles to my face... simple things like listening to Maddy play with her dolls or hearing Grant's cutest, contagious belly laughs or watching Jackson do something he loves like snowboarding (where we're headed tonight~ Spring Mount).
Today this is what makes me smile... these so stinkin' cute "Birds in Boots" I just bought these from Patty's Etsy shop ... check her out HERE I think she's showing some signs of Spring Fever and I bet she will have some super cute Spring goodies popping up there real soon, not to mention the great items already listed in her shop! I LOVE these birds! Can't wait to get them ! Thanks Patty !

New Banner

Beautiful red roses from Billy ~ Thank You ~ I love ya bunches !
As promised, I did get the Valenine banner down with reasonable timing. I now have a new banner and a title ~ less blog. Our computer crashed and while I am excited to have a new one, it comes with the price of waiting to get all my stuff from the old drive reinstalled onto this new one... things like photoshop ( so I can title my banner) and all my photos and other fun downloads I have collected oh, not to mention all the links I had book marked ! oh well...

I mentioned we were snowed in last week... starting last Wed my kids had a "snowcation" that lasted 6 days ( including the weekend and the holiday on Monday)
so, we took a couple of day trips. On Valentine's day we took the kids to the "Sweetest Place on Earth" Hershey's Chocolate world. And another day we went to the historic home of the 1st commercial pretzel baker.. Julius Sturgis. I can share the pictures I took.








And here is a glimpse of the snow... here.


I think there will be snow on the ground here till May ! This has been a crazy Winter ! I'm so ready for Spring... for Sun and for the birds and flowers !

Have a great week !

Finally...

I finally got the Christmas coutur down and replaced it with this nice seasonal Valentine banner...compliments of the House of 3 ! Enjoy, for what... 4 days or so and hopefully I can get it replaced sooner that the last one.

We're snowed in today. The kids have a snow day and we are getting pounded. I had this Valentine project to post , should have put here earlier... found the idea HERE