A Sweet Treat!

The girls over at Marie-made studios are doing a great give away!
I'd love to have the quilt to put on Lanna's bed!!!

Go check it out!
http://mariemadelinestudio.typepad.com/mariemadeline_studio/2009/07/the-happy-scrappy-quilt-giveaway.html

A beautiful, machine quilted, twin-sized, happy-scrappy quilt!

Elhanna's Birthday Party!

Yesterday we had Lanna's little party!
Everything went well. the flowers and butterflies all played their parts well. :)
We had everyone wright a blessing for her on a Scrapbook page for her book. it was so neat to read all the prayers and blessing for her. We are so thankful for godly friends and family for her to grow up near!
It was a fun day here are some pix for the Gmas to enjoy!

Cup Cakes,Cheese Cake and Watermelon!

Time For Cake!

All Done Time for My bath!
Tub Time!

The Blessing page



She got some of the funnest gifts!!

a purse the talks, and a tea pot that sings!!!

And Babies to snuggle and so much more!

It was a great day we are so blessed !

If you want to add a Birthday Blessing for Lanna email me and I'll add it to her page for you!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Happy Birthday Elhanna Joy!

One Year a go today a precious little blessing was born into our family.

Elhanna Joy!

Mama's first look at you, I thought that you were beautiful!

All ready to go home from the hospital!

5 1/2 months old!

Now~ Oh how fast time goes!You are ...
crawling everywhere, pulling up on everything, standing on your own for a few seconds,
find everything on the floor to eat, take toys from your brother, you just started sleeping through the night this week!, 6 teeth, 4top, 2 bottom. crawl around without using your knees... we call it your monkey crawl, make different scrunched up faces, and just OH to cute!!!
We praise the Lord for a year with you and look forward to many many more!
Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Hip- T give away!

Good Morning!!!
Danielle over at the Gaertegang is doing a great giveaway!!!!
A Hip-T these little things seem so great!
Go check her blog out and enter to win! here's the link!http://gaertegang.blogspot.com/2009/07/hip-t-reviewgiveaway.html
Thanks Danielle for a fun and great giveaway!
The Deadline is 7/24/09 at NOON!!!! so hury over and cjeck out her great blog!

Have a blessed day!

This Crazy week!

This has been one of those weeks!
Not too bad, not too good either. just the every day stuff! I like those kind of weeks :).
Our Raspberries are ripe and the kids just love them! If they are outside they are at the bush, it makes me laugh!
So here in the next few weeks we'll be making jam ! Yummm!!!

As promised Gmas here are some sweet pix of your grand babies.

Our Sweet little Liam.

All cosy in her Cloth diaper!

Raspberries... Mmmmmm
Just can't get enough!

Have a blessed Week!

Molding and Shaping!

The Lord been working in my life a lot over the past few weeks about contentment and where He has for me in this season of life and I was blogging the other day and came across this quote from Stephanie at http://www.keeperofthehome.org/. I just found her blog recently and really enjoy it.
She said.

"It is still a learning curve for me, balancing housework, cooking, child training, home educating, and serving my husband. I still so often feel overwhelmed and under-equipped for the task at hand. But regardless of how I feel... what do I communicate? That I revel in the role that God has given me? That there is absolutely no where else I would rather be? That I accept with joy even the mundane parts of my day (the laundry, the toilets, etc.)? My daughters (and my sons as well) need to see a picture of a woman that is at rest, and even better, rejoicing in her role. They need to know that I love being a wife. Love being a mom. Love caring for my home and showing hospitality. That what God has called me to do is a privilege and NOT a burden.My goal for today? To choose joy and contentment. To purposefully express to my daughter how very good God's ways are, and how right He was to place me right where I am- in my home!"

When I read this to myself I said "this is so me". and then the Lord began to really work on my heart. what do I portray to my Babies and my Hubby and those who come into our home?
A harried, frustrated, impatience, perfectionist who has to have it all just right every day or else?
Or a meek, quite, in control... but surrendered Mama who loves her Lord and the season of life that He has given her?
I'm so convicted and humbled that I'm not the "Quite" one. if you could be a fly on our wall you'd see the other side of me.
So I'm grateful that the Lord doesn't leave go our own way but that He molds us and shapes us to become more like His Son.
I'm excited to see what the Lord is going to do in my life this summer as He mold and shapes my heart for His Glory.
If you want to be callenged and encouraged and see some really fun stuff head over to Stephanie's blog!
Thanks Stephanie!!!
Have a blessed day!
and Gmas yes I'll post some pix of the kiddos next! ;)

Giveaways!!!!

Oh how I love a good deal and a great giveaway!
There are many out there in blog land, but you need to go check out Beooke's at http://momof3littleprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-first-giveaway.html
She is doing her first giveaway and it's a really sweet one!
Also my good Friend Danielle over at the Gaertegang is also doing another great one at, http://gaertegang.blogspot.com/
So head out and check them all out!

The kids and I head out some time this morning so please be praying for a uneventful trip!