the things people throw away

I am always amazing by the things I see laying on the side of the road on garbage night.

I hate the days I have to pass up an amazing looking desk or dresser
because my car is tooo small.

These two chairs were generously picked up by my parents
{my mom is always excited to bring me new furniture
and my dad always feels the need to apologize to Joe}

I decided to put them in our den so I spray painted them brown.
Joe asked why I always seem to paint white things brown and brown things white...
I have no idea why I do this, so I did not have an answer.

They turned out better than I ever anticipated...enjoy!

Hilton Head, S.C.

Things I love about Hilton Head family vacations

• The beach and the pool
• Riding bikes every morning to Starbucks {treat!}
• Hanging out with our ever growing family
• Shopping
• Long afternoon bike rides
• Long afternoon naps in a raft on the pool
• Dinner out
• Playing games at night
• Popping popcorn and watching movies
• Walks on the beach
• Playing with Norah in the sand
• Day trips to Savannah
• Looking at Real Estate and dreaming about buying a home
• Spending endless minutes with family!
  

We are praying hard for good weather...reports right now predict rain all week...booo!

Picture projects

Project 1: So I woke up 2 days before Mothers day and realized I did not have a single thing

for my mother-in-law or my mom. I panicked.

I started looking online and found somewhere {I don't know where}
this picture idea. So I quickly went out bought the frames and needed to take NC pictures.
Unfortunately it was raining...so Saturday morning at 7:00 the sun was up
{it was supposed to rain all day!}
So I decided to wake Norah up, throw a dress on her,
and take her outside to get these pictures taken!
I was desperate.

We got the pictures...had them printed off, and voila, we had gifts!
The moms loved it of course, complete success!

{sorry about the picture qualities}


Project 2: This wall of pictures has been a project in the works for months!
I bought the frames, picked out the pictures, and finally had them printed.

To make sure the frames were in the right place I got a big sheet of paper
outlined the frames, hung the paper on the wall, nailed through the paper, took the paper down then hung the frames {I saw that once of a tv show}
It worked like a dream!

I love this wall, and I love our den.
{again horrible picture quality}

I promise I will show you our office, den and upstairs bathroom someday!
We are getting a "new to us" couch in a few days and then I will get some pictures of the rooms!

Caio for now!

Norah Claire

Norah is full of surprises...

She is witty, dramatic, over the top crazy,
and countless times throughout the day breaks into song and dance
when something amazing is happening.

She is indecisive, loving, and did I say crazy.
One of her favorite things to say is

"mom...I love you very very much"

with her lips pursed and in a sad wimper voice
it is adorable
or

"that's cuuuuutttee"

in the same tone that my mom, sisters, and I use over and over again in the
Macys INC clothing department.

She loves to talk about rainbows and that God made rainbows.
She has an out of this world imagination.
She plays non-stop, everything between going potty and nighttime
is a made up adventure game to her
and she is usually the only person who knows the rules.

Don't get me wrong... not everything is blue skies and rainbows though.
She is in training...strict training.
She is stubborn and has attitude that brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.
Discipline is a regular occurrence in our house usually due to disobedience.
Like I said...she is in training.

But GOD!
Has given us grace in loving her and reminds me how much he loves me and that is why he disciplines me.

And that is why I discipline her...because I love her "very very much!"

Our church has been doing a parenting series and I would recommend if you have children,
think about having children, or know people with children to listen to the sermons.
It can be found at www.grace.org

On a different note...I am currently on break, just finished my 5th quarter in school
...I am moving on! whoohooo

Enjoy the pictures of Norah!

She will absolutely kill me for the first one when she sees that someday
and don't be fooled that wasn't one of those times she dresses herself, I picked that for her.
What was I thinking?



Fathers Day 2011