Baby It's Cold Outside

Grace and Garrett had a blast playing for a few minutes before school, until Garrett decided it was cold.

I Scrapped!!

I know, it's a miracle! I took the time to sit down and just scrap for a few minutes, they are very simple, but I scrapped!!

O Give Thanks Unto The Lord

The kids had their Thanksgiving parties at school on Friday. Garrett's teacher read a list of things each of them were thankful for. Garrett is thankful for mommy, daddy, Gracie, and strawberries. Gracie read an essay she wrote from the viewpoint of a turkey convincing you not to eat him. Apparently you can turn into a turkey by eating one. I made little place cards for the children in Garretts class, it was so much fun!! Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

My Little Man

Little Boys are soooo much different than little girls. I get to learn all about Thomas the Train, Spiderman, and Nascar! Today at school his class sang praise songs and Garrett was front and center singing his little heart out. There is no sweeter sound than hearing your child praise God. There may be alot more challenges raising a boy, but the reward is so worth it. I have a happy and active boy who loves God, his mom and dad, spiderman, and chicken nuggets (according to his art work his family enjoys eating chicken nuggets together)!

Happy Halloween!

Here are my cute trick o treaters!

My beautiful daughter who cannot keep her eyes open for photos!
But at least she comes by it honestly! Julie, cute as can be; Monica, eyes closed in both photos!!!

Streeeeeeeeeeetch!

OK, the ball went in the net, but what more can a girl do!

Stand In The Rain

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
Stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain.


Everytime I hear this song it reminds me of this photo of Gracie. Sean and Grace were playing basketball in the rain and she was getting frustrated because she wasn't getting something right. She stayed out there though. She almost gave up, but I told her that Sean was not going to always make things easy for her. She needed to push herself to learn how to do things. She stayed and you can see how determined she was in the photos that I took. So when Rhonda (http://rshaw.blogspot.com/) blogged about this song it inspired me to blog about it also. I hope that Gracie always has the courage to stand in the rain and not take the easy way out.

Two Years Ago...

I married this gorgeous blue eyed man, and I would do it again in a heartbeat!

Old McDonald Had a Farm

Garretts class went to the fair to see Old McDonalds Farm. They had a blast feeding the animals! Garrett tried to feed the camel, and the camel took the cup and the food! The sliding pig was a huge hit also!

My Awesome Goalie!

Yea, thats my goal, and your ball can't go in there! 

Soccer Season Is Here!!!

Garrett is just fun to watch, and Gracie has really found her game. She is so athletic, and soccer really shows it. She runs hard, kicks hard, and just plays hard. I love soccer season!

Minnesota State Fair...

Where you can get just about anything deep fried and on a stick! Yea, we had a blast!

Grace Finds Goodness in Everything

Grace

It's a name for a girl

It's also a thought

that could change the world

Grace finds goodness in everything

Grace finds beauty in everything

Because Grace makes beauty out of ugly things.

-Grace by U2

I love this song because it puts Grace in a "she" form. There is so much about God's grace that I do not understand, but I know that I am here right now only because of God's grace. I also know that without my Grace I would not have made it through some really tough times. So it is hard for me to think about God's grace without my Gracie girl. God tooks some really ugly things in my life and used them to make me what I am today, and my children were a huge part of that. It took an unplanned pregnancy to make me see that this was not how I should live my life. It took my Gracie picking a man who loved me and her and not letting me push him out of our life. She knew better than me that Sean was the missing piece of our family and Garretts daddy. I owe so much of my happiness to Grace. God's grace and my Grace.

Something Beautiful II

This is a page I did based on another blog entry I have done. The quote is from a Natalie Grant song. You can barely see the white sharpie and the brown color pencil!LOL!

First Day of School! First Day of School!

*Said in my best Nemo voice!* The beautiful blonde is my great-neice (that's my nephew giving her a bye kiss) She is in Garretts K-4 class this year!