Raining

Well, it's still raining so no pictures of any completed repainted furniture SO...I'll just post some pictures of the cutest guys ever enjoying a big mess.

Graceful Mama

A blog that I have followed for several years now, Gracefull Mama, is beginning a new series for young mothers. I encourage you, especially if you have children still at home, to subscribe to this series and I know it's going to be good. My children are all grown up and I remember how much I struggled with trying to be a Godly mother and wife while working fulltime and wishing I had something or someone to show me the way to do this. Sometimes I felt so discouraged and lots of times out of control. This blogging world is such a wonderful place to find encouragement, ideas, knowing you are not the only one struggling, making mistakes. I know Joy at Gracefull Mama is going to teach you so much in this series so I really, really suggest you go over there and just see what she has to say. God bless you.

Just a tease

This post is going to just be a tease. Karen, Becky and I painted on all kinds of different furniture pieces today such as a mid-century corner end table, a little red foot stool, two metal chairs, an old school desk and much more. It was a beautiful day to do that too. I will be posting pictures ASAP. Some pieces we finished and others I will finish soon. We are trying to get ready for a flea market in March and I'm so excited to have a booth at this flea market. So just keep checking back and I promise to have pictures of all of our goodies.

Just some ramblings

Finally, a decent flea market in my town. I am really excited to see this happening and that the townspeople actually turned out for it. It was very, very crowded. Yeah!!! My sister and I went to check it out today to see if this would be something that we would want to have a booth in and the answer is YES! It is a one day only event everyother month and the next one is in March so you can look for us there. I can't wait. I had kind of gotten out of the "junkin" mood during Christmas, I guess because I was away from all of that for about a month but...standback...lookout...here I come. I am ready to get started back with my painting, refinishing and selling of vintage wares. Ready to go to auctions again. I can just feel the creative juices starting to flow.

Mama

The  picture above is a picture of my mother when she was around 17 years old. She was so pretty and so full of life ahead of her. She was a great mother, I wish I had been mature enough to think to tell her how much I loved her and appreciated all she did for us, her family. I was 29 when she passed away, had just had a baby, my third child and just so "busy" with life. She knew I loved her and I think she knew we thought she was a great mother but I wish I had told her. Mother died 5 days after Jamie was born so it is easy to know how long she has been gone. It has been THIRTY years ago this past week. THIRTY YEARS!!! Wow, hard to believe for one thing that Jamie is thirty and two that she has been gone that long. I know someday I will be with her, my dad and both of my babies that have gone before us. I miss them all but so glad I have that assurance. Thank you Mother for all of your sacrifices for me and most of all thank you Jesus for your sacrifice.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year, may the new year be filled with blessings, peace, joy and God's love. I pray for our military families to have their loved ones home safely, and for our country to bow its knee to our God and repent. I pray for God to bless our country and our homes. May we always look at others through God's eyes and heart. Blessings to you all.

Disney

We just got back from an absolutely wonderful trip to Orlando to meet none other than Mickey Mouse himself. It was busy but probably not as busy as it had to be after we left on Christmas Eve. Our entire family including grandsons took this trip except for our son who lives in Las Vegas of all places. We flew on Air Tran and I must say it was a very nice flight extending from pilot to flight attendants. Noah and Jonah met Mickey and Minnie and Noah was so overwhelmed meeting Mickey, he just fell on the floor.  I tell you these boys were a blast to be with. Oh don't get me wrong, I enjoyed being with my own kids as well but you know how it is with little ones especially little grandchildren. Their faces and excitement are priceless. Just look.

We went to all four parks. Whew!!! I'm not sure I still have feet. I sure would like to know how many thousands of miles we walked this week. It had to be thousands...surely. Anyway, we rented a house which was awesome allowing us to do a lot of our own cooking. Jamie made Mickey pancakes one morning.

Now just for some random photos. Enjoy!

 Ice cream

My girls

I think Jonah has a crush on Princess Aurora.
We took so many pictures there is no way to put all of the best ones on here but we made lots of memories that will last forever.
Also linking up to whistlestopcooking for Traveling Tuesdays.