Tuesday, November 29, 2011

A SNEEK PEAK AT WHAT I'M DOING IN DECEMBER


THIS IS A LITTLE PEEK OF WHAT HAS BEEN KEEPING ME BUSY... MAKING ME HAPPY.... IS IN MY DREAMS ..... MAKING ME FORGET TO COOK.....AAAHH MAYBE EVEN FORGET TO READ,SSSHH DON'T TELL ANYONE.....TAKING NOTES ALL DAY EVEN WHILE PAINTING....MAKING GIFTS FROM THE HEART.... ALWAYS MY HAPPY PLACE .... MY INSPIRATION FOR BETTER THINGS TO COME...

NOW WHAT COULD IT BE DO YOU ASK?? WELL IT STARTS IN DECEMBER AND WILL HOPEFULLY CONTINUE INTO 2012. IT HAS TO DO WITH A WORD THAT IS STARING ME IN THE FACE EVERYDAY AND MAKING ALL THINGS SEEM POSSIBLE.

THAT IS ALL I CAN LEAVE YOU WITH FOR NOW. CAN YOU BELIEVE DECEMBER IS ALMOST GOING TO BE HERE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE YEARS I CAN EVEN BE EXCITED ABOUT CHRISTMAS BEING HERE. THIS HAS BEEN ROUGH FOR ME THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THIS YEAR I'M MAKING SURE IT WILL BE A GOOD ONE.

SEE YOU SOON!!!

Sunday, November 27, 2011

THANKFUL HEART....... NEW ART


This is what I made this week to remind me of my THANKFUL HEART this month. It was so nice to slow down and look for the small things that fill my heart with love and gratitude. I am a lucky girl in so many ways, don't want to forget this.

I had a fun and hard time making this piece. The first 2 attempts didn't come out right with the colors. Finally it came together just the way I wanted it too and makes me soooo happy to see it now. This month was full of working on things outside my comfort zone and trusting myself and having the POWER TO BE WHO I NEED TO BE!! This last week of creating art for loved ones has touched me and a quiet calm peace has set in me now. I love having an idea and putting it in paint and seeing the magic happen. I'm very excited about some projects and gifts that have kept me busy. Will be sharing more of these soon.

So this will be my last thankful post this month and I couldn't wait to share this art piece with you. It really does make me happy and somehow wish you all could have one of these too. Please know that you have all helped me so much these last few months. It means the world to me to have your love and support. So from the bottom of my heart thank you thank you!!

Here is a few more things to be thankful for....

1. for sibling hugs especially when it's Renee and Sam
2. Renee and Sam playing together a lot this week.
3. Summer always giving Sam a piggy back ride, love this
4. Summer playing dart guns with Sam
5. Summer and Sam chats in the morning before his bus comes
6. Summer playing with her hair and how happy she gets when it comes out great
7. RENEE WEARING A PONYTAIL in hair 3x this week, love love this
8. Renee's new braces, RED AND HOT PINK, she's so stinkin cute
9. Rich always helping and being supportive
10. Rich being home for 4 days straight and loving him here with me
11. Rich always making me laugh and being the fun one which rubs off on our kids
12. The twinkling lights in our yard and street, love love these lights
13. for my blog readers, YOU ROCK!!
14. my art journal class, sooo exciting and learning soooo much
15. Sam asks EVERYDAY "IS IT GOING TO SNOW TODAY" love love that he is excited and secretly I am too.
16. Sam had turkey this year and said it was ok, even had leftovers
17. how our dog loves all of us and waits each day till we all get up, he loves ALL OF US!!
18. Rich and kids playing football outside and playing on the Wii this weekend, so funny hearing them have fun
19, Kristin getting excited with me about my art and coming up with a surprise for me!! Always love hearing from her and cant' wait till she's home again.
20. quiet mornings with Rich and all the cooking he did this weekend
21. That we loved the movie Arthurs Christmas and it made Rich and I both cry. you have to see this movie.

Thank you for following with me this month and letting me share so much with you. I am thinking of starting this again in January and going for the whole year. Still working on my plans for it. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend with your loved ones. Have a good day back to work/school tomorrow. My house will be very quiet and clean tomorrow, miss them already.

My heart is very full and happy right now!!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving 2011

Kristin, you were in our thoughts and hearts all day today. The day felt a little empty without your gorgeous smile and hugs. Only a month till your home again with us, let's hope it comes fast. We love you and are soooo thankful to have you in our lives. Sending you big hugs from home.
MOM AND ANNIE YOU WERE ON MY MIND TODAY TOO, MAY NOT HAVE SEEN YOU MUCH BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR YOU TWO JUST AS MUCH, LOVE YOU BOTH!!! THANKFUL FOR ALL MY BLOG READERS AND HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR THANKSGIVING AND YOUR FAMILIES. YOU MAKE MY DAYS BRIGHTER!!
This man is awesome, does pretty much all the cooking and prepping for this holiday. I take care of the deviled eggs and beans but he does the rest. Today he got up at 4:00 to put the turkey in so we could eat early and go to the ZOO!! We just found out that it's free day today. So we ate about 11:15 and left an hour later. He does an awesome job cooking a turkey and love doing it every year. I love spending this holiday with him, it's our favorite. I love that he gets to be home for 4 days with us. Lots to be thankful for today and I'm very lucky for all I have.
Soooo very lucky and thankful for this man. He is a great father and husband and makes me happy. I love that he gets excited about this day and does everything to make it special for me, whatever it is. He is so positive and fun and supportive and laid back. He can make me laugh constantly and is such a clown with the kids. I love spending my life with him and hope for many more years together.
This fella was so cute and loves the attention. Just hung there watching all of us. He must think he's a movie star with all the people and flashes in his face,lol down below him were two other ones playing around.
Look closely, these two bears were having a fight. The one stuck in the corner was making a horrible sound to scare off the other one. We were very sad about this, felt bad for the cornered one. Even when we walked away we could still here them from far away. Sam was ready to jump in and save the other bear.
The sun was glaring on us but look at that beautiful giraffe, they are my favorite. Would love to have one, lol
This cutie was what Sam wanted to see. It was so cute playing with a stick like our dog does.
I just realized today that I'm always in the back, watching them. These images change over the years and this one hit me hard today. Sam has been 10 for two weeks, Renee is 15 in two months, Summer right in the middle at 13 where did the time go. Look how tall Renee is and Sam is close behind already. I love love walking behind and reflecting on the changes over time. So thankful to be here and witness it.
I will never get tired of seeing this out my window in the mornings or evenings. It takes my breath away each time and fills my heart with happiness. GODS BEAUTY!!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Early thankful post...... so blessed and calm this week

This picture doesn't even need words, just look at that face. BABY LOVE!! Yes blurry but beyond that JUST LOOK!!
for little girl ponytails and playing in the window. LOVE THIS!! (bad photo but still tells a sweet story) love this girl today, she was sooo good and helpful and painted with me.
for magical surprises and cousin fun
for finding a pickle with 3 holes in it, Renee was excited
for lessons to learn about not waiting till the last minute for projects and asking for help when you need it. thankful for a patient, wonderful, helpful husband. He really helped Sam and made him feel better about his project. Sam can't stand projects at school let's hope it will get easier.
So thankful for my niece who love to play rough and tough which is what Sam needs. She has been wrestling with him since she was little. He is usually gentle with her. Love these two together and love this little tomboy girl.
So thankful for this sweet niece of mine. Waited a loooong time for her and love her to pieces. She created art with me and inspired me for my journal. Also surprising her with her FIRST ART JOURNAL FOR CHRISTMAS, sooo excited. Love you sweetie.
for surprises coming soon, have been painting the days away!!
Thankful for the few times I got to watch this show and got to see the last one.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

My Thankful photos from Friday, it worked this time

Guess what my wonderful hubby and son did today!!! Hooray for TWINKLING LIGHTS!! We won't have them on till after Thanksgiving but we turned them on for this quick photo. I'm sooo excited now and couldn't wait to put this on next Friday's thankful list.

These two are for Deborah who takes gorgeous pictures and is sharing her thankful journal on Friday's too. You can see her blog by clicking on the 30 days of thankful button to the right of my blog. Her photos and words always make me smile. We both love being outside enjoying natures beauty.

Project Life, hands down it's my favorite thing in the world. Sorry for the glare

for my thankful journal to write/draw in and just have fun with.
menu planning, here's Novembers, I have to start Decembers soon
for BOYS in my van, this was a first and it was so fun to listen to them
comfort food, rigatoni with lots of cheese

Thursday, November 17, 2011

What I'm thankful for this week

Hello everyone!!! I'm soooo excited that it's only one more week till THANKSGIVING!! I can hardly wait that long. For now though it's been a week full of little moments and BIG 10 year old moments. It's been a week since he turned 10, wow was that a fast week. I had a post written up with pictures and for some reason it wasn't uploading/saving for me so I'm just going to write about what I'm thankful for this week. Sometime over the weekend I will post the pictures. I've been feeling very Merry and Joyful this week as well. It's that time of year making me excited.

1. ssssshhhh the first one is a secret. I started a Christmas layaway at Walmart, love knowing that I've started early and not waiting till last minute like last year. ssshhh don't tell them.

2. I've been listening to Christmas music, this usually never happens till after Thanksgiving.

3. my comfy old jeans with holes in the knees. they just fit perfect and feel so soft

4. our first little snow we got and we have another one today, love waiting for that first snow and seeing the kids get excited

5. Renee has been loving art class and telling me all about it
6. Summer wearing a VERY COOL AND HIP outfit to school
7. Seeing Lionel Richie on the CMA and remembering my mom taking me to his concert, it was my first concert. We were all so excited!! Thank you MOM
8. for Sam's bday celebrations and friends this week. I can't believe he's been 10 for a week
9. my thankful journal that I write/draw in everyday
10 last but not least at all for a dear dear sweet blog friend who received some good health news this week. So happy she's fine and doesn't have to worry now.

These are just a small amount of what has happened this week. So many other good things too and I'm actually thinking of doing a thankful list every week or daily next year. It's really makes me think more and slow down to look for these moments and take that time to appreciate life and the beauty around us. I have a couple ideas and will keep you posted. Anyone else who would like to join in of course will be more then welcomed. Take care and happy weekend.

Just a few HAPPY photos... thankful post coming tomorrow

Thankful for the mess because it means I've been doing a lot of creating and having fun. It was so nice to have it cleaned up, mostly and find things I forgot about.

These two monkeys!! Look what Colt can do now, STANDING!! Oh my I gave him lots of hugs and snuggles today because soon he will be walking and I will be chasing. Have to hold him and soak in all that babyiness. Just love seeing him standing though. Sienna here was so cute and funny today. She played well on her own and with her brother. We talked about pink tutus and turkey day and singing songs about God looking after her.
This is for week 3 of my art journal class. I am soooo excited about this black background, how fun it is. This was from the first day, all those white dots were fun to add. Already planning on doing this again.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

DD, Bday, Snow, art, scrapping....HAPPY HAPPY

a little peak at my DD pages, might stick with this size or go smaller. These are my faves so far though.
Look what snuck in when we were sleeping!! Love it and hate it


Happy birthday Sam, it was a great day!!
laser tag birthday, it was a blast, so cool having all these boys and my nieces there
A picture of me, hooray!!
my art journal pages for week 2, it's been so much fun learning and playing
I love the circles from my art journal page and had to scrap using them. LOVE THIS!!

Friday, November 11, 2011

What I'm thankful for this week

Today was a mix of no school, 70 degrees day, Rich taking a half day from work. I decided to use my camera for most of our day and tell the story of our day. So glad I did this because it was a PERFECT DAY, those don't happen all the time and when they do it's so AWESOME!! So this week I'm thankful for my family and for magical unplanned fun days.
Some of the pictures were taken by me, others by the kids out the windows while driving and I took some self-timer ones of me, HOORAY!! By the way it was election day and that's why no school since we use some of our schools for voting polls, kinda crazy but also a nice bonus day for the kids. So glad it worked out with the warm sunny day we had, it really makes a difference. Thinking this might be our last warm day of the year and we better prepare for snow that's coming soon. So enjoy my pictures and hope all of you get to have these kinda magical days too, keep them close to your heart. Happy weekend!

Thursday, November 10, 2011






drove by my childhood home, miss it so much!!