Happy 4th!

Marked the invitation boxed sets down to $15 for Independence Day. Happy 4th of July everyone!

m is for...

mother's day...and apparently migraines. :(

Sunday morning we went to church and then Billy arranged it so we could go completely child free to Cool Hand Luke's. I don't think we have done that since our 1 year anniversary last September! We almost always at least take the lil guy with us...

After lunch we headed of to Roseville where Billy had bought tickets online for us to go see Babies. It was SO cute. I mean, there was absolutely no point to the movie (which usually bugs me in movies) but who doesn't love babies?! I thought that was very thoughtful of Billy to work it all out with my little sister so we could enjoy most of the day without the boys, plus the boys had a lot of fun hanging out with their uncles and aunts, so a good time was had by all.

True to tradition Billy created 2 more pages and added them to my scrapbook. I can't believe we have 3 boys to document now!!! Crazy! They all made the sweetest cards too...I should learn how to scan so I can scan them in. haha! And Billy picked a ton of flowers from outside and had them arranged so sweetly underneath this banner he made and had hanging over the table.

I took it down for a picture:

HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY!




The night ended with Isaac poking me in the eye which led to a headache which turned into a full blown migraine. Awe the glamorous life of a mom! I spent all day in Monday in bed sick to my stomach on top of the migraine. Not fun at all. Thank God I am slowly coming around....I hate days like that!

SO what did everyone else do for Mother's Day?! I hope everyone felt very blessed! Being a mommy is one of the best callings, isn't it? :)

beautiful blood-by the waiting

Breaking the coals
Makes the fire burn bright
Doesn't seem right
Doesn't seem right

Plowing the row
Makes it outshine the field
Doesn't seem real
Doesn't seem real

But of all the things
That don't make sense to me
There is yet a greater mystery
The river of Peace
That flowed on the wood
The beautiful blood
The beautiful blood

Meek is the lion
and brave is the lamb
Don't understand
Don't understand

The death of the One
To bring life to the rest
Who would have guessed?
Who would have guessed?

But everything's clear
Next to the mystery
Of almighty God nailed to a tree
To carry a debt
That I never could
The beautiful blood
The beautiful blood

Yes, everything's plain
Next to the mystery
Of almighty God nailed to a tree
Taking His place
Where I should have stood
The beautiful blood
The beautiful blood

Keeping busy...

Didn't have a car so we walked to Target....quite an adventure but at least we got the dish soap we needed to clean!



Sorting through Easter treats!


Isaac watching Daddy put together the swing set for the big brothers!

Tell me the story of Jesus...

I have been slowly gathering things for the Easter baskets for my sweet boys. Besides the obvious sugary goodies they will be getting, I really wanted to include Bible books for each of them, something they could relate to on their own level. After searching through lots of books on Amazon, I decided on these 3:


For Isaac, though he doesn't quite appreciate reading yet, its never too soon to start and soon enough he will actually enjoy the stories! Also, lots of the books had really awful art, but I really liked the artwork in this book.


For mister Colby...this one seemed to be a good match for his reading skills, I am looking forward to hearing him read some stories to me!


And last but not least, a rhyme Bible for my little Micah. He has been asking lots of questions about God lately and I love that we will be able to read some rhyming stories about God and His people together!

I can't wait to put all the baskets together. What a wonderful celebration of Jesus, His love, and the LIFE He gives us! What goodies are going into your baskets this year?

Happy Love Day

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's! Billy had to work all day so we aren't celebrating Valentine's Day until later this week. I did however leave a few surprises for Billy out by his alarm clock and I woke up to a beautiful water color drawing he made for me. I love thoughtful gifts and I especially love handmade!

Billy is so hard to buy cards for since he is usually always making cards for me and for others! I can't ask him to design one for himself! :) A few times I have made cards for him but this year I bought this card on etsy. We both love letterpress and being a vegetarian it seems like potatoes are nearly always in our meals so I thought it would be perfect for him. He laughed when he saw it so I must have done good. :)



So...Happy Love Day everyone! Colby and Micah are at my mom's for the night so I am off to watch some movies with my husband and maybe Isaac unless we can keep him sleeping! :)