Candle By Night

I needed to hear this today. I thought I would share it with all my friends. :-) Blessings to you all.

So much has happened this month. I don't have as many pictures as I should (Praying we can get a new camera soon), but I do have some to share. Earlier in the month Beloved had to go to Philadelphia for a business trip. It's the first time he has been away from the family for that long. The children weren't to happy with the idea of waking up early so we could leave at 6:30 to get Papa to the airport. But we did make it in time. Even though we couldn't walk Papa to his gate we went to the top of the parking garage to watch some airplanes. This picture is not of his airplane but it was at his gate at the time and so it made the children feel better to see Papa's plane. Made leaving a whole lot easier. At least I thought...as soon as we got out of the parking garage Big T cried for at least 30 minutes. But we made it through the week just fine! Then another day this month Miss Hannah brought over some flubber for the children to play with. it was so weird...the feeli...

Wow...I can not believe it has been almost a month since I have posted anything. This is just an extremely busy time of year. We have finished school, hubby was gone on a business trip, we almost finished up the garden, etc. So...hopefully we will be able to get back posting more regularly very soon. :-) I have also ventured into making my own laundry detergent. So maybe I should post on that very soon. :-)

All the time! I just wanted to take time to praise the Lord. The children and I had a wonderful time outside this afternoon working in the garden. (Our wonderful neighbor even came by for a visit. :-) ) It was such a beautiful day that it helped me to forget about my nausea and such. Except I realized that I move slower than I did a few months ago. lol Oh well....I only have till October right. :-D To be outside in our Lord's creation is such a blessing and I just had to share that with you all. So please....if you have nice weather where you live...take advantage of it! And if it is raining...praise the Lord for his goodness. People in North Myrtle Beach could really use it right now (It's where my parents have their second home) and their good friends may have lost their home to the fire. Please pray for everyone down there. Last I heard 70 homes where lost, 100 homes were damage, and many areas are completely destroyed.

Welcome to "Show and Tell Friday!" Do you have a something special to share with us? It could be a trinket from grade school, a piece of jewelry, an antique find. Your show and tell can be old or new. Use your imagination and dig through those old boxes in your closet if you have to! Feel free to share pictures and if there's a story behind your special something, that's even better! I haven't shared in a long time. I know...shame on me. :-) I have already shared these before with others, but I wanted to share a couple of the dresses I have made for my Sweet E. She is such a pleasure to sew for. She loves getting new dresses and I enjoy creating new things and practicing my sewing skills. :-) This is the dress I made for her birthday. She requested pink and red...so I picked something in the middle. I have never made this dress before but love how it turned out. She has already worn it many times! I enjoyed making this jumper as well because she can wear it duri...

This past Saturday was the perfect day to be outside and get some yard work done. I just wanted to share some pics of the children helping to measure a post hole. Wh at? You don't measure your post holes this way? It makes it super easy. :-) Try it some time. lol Yep...It's a good depth now. lol :-) (I just have to say...our camera keeps getting worse...the pictures are not great anymore. Praying to get a new one before the baby comes.)

Yesterday I went to see my wonderful midwife for the first time. Everything looks good and after about 15 minutes and 2 tries I finally got to hear my little ones heart beating. This baby was playing hide and seek and the midwife and I were loosing. I can't believe how long it took, but it reminded me of Big T. He was the exact same way. :-) Also...I wanted to quickly say congratulations to my cousin on the birth of her first child. A beautiful baby girl. (No..I haven't seen a picture, but all babies are beautiful.) Well, I better get some work done. Hopefully I will get around to posting more pictures soon. :-) Blessing to all!

My little girl is growing up so incredibly fast! She is such a blessing to have around and it is an honor and a privilege to be her Mama. So, I just wanted to say Happy 4th Birthday Sweetheart ! (Photos....top to bottom-> 1 week, 6 months, 1 year, 13 months, 2, 3, and 4 years)

It is very late, but I wanted to show the birthday dress I finished this morning for Sweet E ( I guess it would have been yesterday morning now....) Anyway...just some quick pictures and I hope to post more tomorrow on here and our school blog. :-)

in the past couple of weeks. Beloved started his new job, we found out we are expecting #4, and we had a birthday, and a party for Beloved, Little E and Sweet E. So I figured I better show some pictures to play catch up. :-) Beloved wanted something different for his birthday. So I made this. The layers are meringue and a whipped topping (with a hint of orange flavoring). The topped with fresh fruit and chocolate. It was delicious! Next up are some cupcakes that I made for the party this past weekend. Everyone loved them! I think they turned out adorable. :-) Okay...now I need to update our school blog. :-) Hope you are all having a blessed week.

Trying to get caught up. We had a Tri-Birthday party today for Little E, Beloved, and Sweet E. Makes it easier to do it all at once. Will post more soon.

We just wanted to wish you a very happy birthday! We are so blessed to have you as our Papa. Can't wait until you get home. Love, Mama and the Snowflakes

When we found out on Wednesday that Beloved got a new job we decided Friday was the day to have a "Family Day." The children had been asking to go to the Creation Museum for a while now. So we were able to borrow passes from some friends and we left very early Friday morning for the Museum south of Cincinnati. It was not busy at all and since this was the 3rd time for the older two we let them do things at their pace. Fair warning...this post will be image heavy, but there is a lot I won't post (our camera is on it's last leg). Anyway, Little E hasn't been there in a year so there was a lot of "Oooooooohs" from him. :-) Big T thought this guy in the bookstore was pretty cool. Little E wasn't so sure about one of the dinosaurs. He didn't get scared, but....he was very cautious. He definitely wasn't sure about this dinosaur and neither was Sweet E. This one was more their "speed." The older two didn't mind posing for the camera...