For the curious...

I received an unusual phone call from a friend the other day. Unusual in that she was offering me an entire living room suite. How fun is that!!!! I think I have mentioned before that our sofa and loveseat had gone from chic to shabby. Not much we could do about it at this stage of our life so we were just living with it. Then I get this phone call offering "new" to me furniture. The offer included a sofa, loveseat, wingback chair, end table, 4 pictures, even towels and wash clothes, blanket, shower curtain and liner.

We picked it all up the next evening and I spent the following day "playing" house. It was fun to watch the living room being trasformed. God has used the big hearts of people to bless our family and my heart is full of gratitude.

I recently painted our bedroom and bath from it's original color of white. Original as in never been painted since we moved in many years ago. The picture doesn't really reveal the color and the name of the color may not either (Gobi desert) but we sure are enjoying the new shade.

Lovin my "G" picture from Hobby Lobby.

So there you go...a little window into what my house looks like. I hope you have enjoyed the tour.

Here is a guessing game for you...

Cameron has drawn these pictures for me and now I would like to see how many fans of ??? are out there. If you are then you will know exactly what the names of these guys are :-)

Too adorable...

Miss Ashley has new tennis shoes. There is a time and a place for Dora, Barbie and the like but just not on my little girls shoes. I love the simplicity of white.

Does it matter to you?

WARNING!!!

If you care about it then it had better be put away. It is fair game if it is left out. I'm on a simplify my life kick. How much should I tip the garbage man this week? ha We are the world's best collector of all things. My sentimental child went to bed last night with tears in her eyes because I'm getting rid of her favorite dresses (all of which are too small now). David even brought me some things from his closet that he doesn't want and all without me asking him. Now all I need is a few more days to finish up. Oh!!!...I just saw something that has to go...Tata for now.

Cousins

Ashley and Tiffany are made up of giggles. This picture makes me smile. Did you know they have a secret hand shake?

I hope your day is sprinkled with joy and maybe even some giggles.

First day of school

Last Wednesday school started again for our family only this time it included all 3. Cameron is in the 4th grade, Sarah Brooke is in 2nd grade and Miss Ashley started Kindergarten. Our days now start with a wake up time of 6:30 a.m. The kids really like their teachers this year. I'm excited to be able to volunteer in the classrooms and get to know their classmates better. Ashley is in the afternoon class.

First day of school 2009

David and I start back up our college classes the 24th so I think that gives me this week to get things simplified around here. I have sure needed the summer break. We are taking American History the first 8 wks. I enjoy history so I think this will be interesting. It's back in the saddle for me :-)

Our family met up with the Englands for a little R and R

Cameron welcoming you to our campout web album

August 2009

In life, if you are lucky, you are given a few good friends that are like family. That is the case with Danny and Ronda. We have camped out with them as a church group but never just our families. We met up at the Brown County State Park and had a great time and made some wonderful memories. Easy conversation, coffee, camp fire, hiking, picnic lunch are a few of my favorites. The weather was beautiful.