Handmade Holidays

Tomorrow is the big day. Sew, Mama, Sew will start their Third Annual Handmade Holidays series. Each day they will post lots of free tutorials, downloads, gift ideas and recipes. So fun! AND these will be all new tutorials posted, but there are still some great ones from the 2007 and 2008 Handmade Holidays.

Check it out. They always have some great things to share.

Lucy and Jane Austen

Today we met one of our new neighbors. She is a really sweet widow name Marianne. After she walked away Lucy asked Nathan and me, "where is her sister, Eleanor?"

I don't think I ever posted about the time the kids and I were eating lunch at Chick-fil-A and Lucy kept referring to the young man in the booth behind us as Mr. Darcy. The guys' girlfriend and I both found this to be pretty funny.

Is it bad that my three year old knows many of the characters from Jane Austen novels?

Happy Reformation Day!

October 31, 1517 - they day that Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses that helped start the Protestant Reformation. Praise the Lord for men such as Luther, who were more concerned with the infallible truth of God's word than fallible men.

Happy Reformation Day!!!

Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch

Earlier this week the kids and I joined some friends from Bible study, along with five teenage girls from church, for an outing to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch. We had fun getting to play with the other kids, and I enjoyed the fellowship with the moms and girls that came to help us keep track of kiddos.

Our original plans were to go, play, pick out pumpkins and eat a picnic there. It turned out to be a bit too cold for the picnic (in addition to LOTS of daycares being there that day). So, we opted to go back to the church for our lunches, and let the kids play outside afterwards.

Most of my pictures I snagged from the other ladies since our camera stopped working about two minutes after we got there. I think Amy and I are the only ones I don't have pictures of with our kiddos (well, there is one with Ben, but not with both of mine). Maybe next time I will be more prepared...or will just bring the 35mm like Nathan suggested.

Jaxon and Peter

Ben

Lucy

Cooper and Coen. These sweeties are just a few days apart.

Peter lounging...he is so funny.

Keri and her boys, Justin and Peter

Laura and her boys, Jaxon and Cooper

Cooper and Lucy hanging out in the wagon.

Ben was having a hard time promoting peace with Peter the whole day, so he ended up here for a while. Plus, you get to see my bulging belly. ;)

All the kiddos. L-R: Ben, Lucy, Coen, Jaxon, Peter, Cooper and Justin.

Although the day didn't go exactly as we planned, it really was a blessing to get out and be with such sweet friends in the Lord. I am continually blessed and thankful that the Lord has given us friends that truly love Him, trust Him and seek to bring Him glory.

What is your interior personality?

I am usually up for a fun quiz. So, when I saw that How About Orange posted about this short quiz on your interior personality, I thought I should check it out. Here were my results:



I'd love to hear the results of others...

Rio Concho

A while back Nathan and I took the kids to eat lunch at Rio Concho Aviation. This is a small restaurant at Hicks Airport for the people that live out there (yes, people live AT the airport!), small airplane and helicopter owners flying in the area, and just the general public.

Our friends, Jess and Nicole, tooks us here to eat about 4 years ago (wow, how is it possible it was that long ago?!) Though we hadn't been back, we had talked about how much fun the kids would have watching the planes come in and out while we ate right off the runway. Turned out there wasn't much traffic on the gloomy Saturday we went, but it was still fun. Maybe we can get some friends to go in the Spring with us. I am sure all the kids would have a blast.

Lucy posing for a picture. Silly girl.

Some of the small aircraft outside.

They had a patio to eat on with this swing hooked up. The kids thought it was great.

Nathan and Ben enjoying the chilly weather.

Lucy's turn!

My handsome boys. :)

Me, carrying two while pushing one...

Just a little project

Since moving about a month ago I haven't had much time for crafting. Who am I kidding? Since I have two toddlers I don't have much time for crafting. However, when I saw this project a while back, I knew a calendar like this would be well loved in this house. Here's my finished version:

My sweet friend Laura from church let me borrow her Cricut machine to cut the vinyl. That made this project super easy, which is always nice. Another nice plus, it was a cheap project.