One Minute Sermon - Tamara Lowe of Christian Fellowship

My sissy posted this on Facebook today and I LOVED it!

Lunch Date

This is my regular lunch date.
He loves me.

and I love him.

Mr. Brown Eyes

with a heart of gold.

We like to snuggle during lunch, eat off the same plate -

"share" as he calls it,

and watch a movie.

The perfect lunch date.

(Don't forget the giveaway!)

~ he gave his love a cherry ~

he gave his love a cherry...
tomato ...
first one of the season ...

and it was heavenly!

!!!Don't forget about the giveaway!!!

400th Post Party & her Giveaway!

Mama!

Did you say this is your 400th post?

Did you say that you were going to have cake?

and maybe, ...

maybe, presents?

I just need to ge...

If I could just pu...

this darn....

Maybe pull this way...Oh, well I'll just leave it...

Anyway!

Time for cake... I heart cake.


Do you want some cake?

So.

My mama put together a present for a lucky someone.

This is her first real giveaway - ya know.

First, these black candle sticks.

I think mama got these while she was thrifting around.

She likes to thrift shop, ya know.

...
a little faux alligator picture holder,

a little devotional booklet to remind you whose promises to count on.

Okay William, I'll take it from here... Now, GO TAKE A NAP!

ha ha ha ha ha

Hi friends!

The most exciting thing in today's giveaway is this awesome necklace made by

FarmGirl Paints Becky Strahle.

I loved this necklace because it reminded me that in the Lord I can rest easy.

Only through him can I have real rest.

real peace.

Becky is so talented and she had designed me my own necklace and I wanted to share one with you.

So, that's the giveaway!

Hope you're as excited as I am!!

All you got to do to win is leave me a comment on this post -

you have between today and next Monday to do so.

I will pick a winner on next Monday's post.

I just want to thank you all for your kind words, encouragement and friendship. Having this little blog has truly became blessing in disguise.

Have a good week all and don't forget a cupcake.

and don't forget to dance the little 400th post jiggity jig dance!

Happy Day,

Time to do the 400th Post Eve Party Dance!

Another sweet spot.
Ummm.... I'm pretty sure that mom said the orange one was mine.
make a wish.

first tub time together.

I like 'em round... I like them chunky.

(it's his theme song)

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Our daddy has been gone so much lately. He is training a new guy at work and although we are thankful this new guy has come along to help with the workload, we miss our daddy.

So we've been snuggle buggling, trying to get these boys feeling better - turns out they both got a fever and now have a croupy cough which I think is from those hot days and cool cool nights (with the fans blowing on them). So! lots and lots of movies have been watched. Lots and lots of juice and nasty medicine that Pauly is VERY sure he DOES NOT need with sides here and there of fresh air.

The other day I rented the best of the Mickey Mouse Club. Pauly didn't really like it but I thought it was divine and I can't seem able to stop singing the opening song ... you know,

M - I - C - K - E - Y....

uh-oh, now you won't be able to quit singing it.

bwahahahahah!

So my next post is my 400th post! (insert party dance here)

Clue: There will be cake! There will be candles! There will be presents!

Bring a friend!

False Advertising... or is it?

Life has been kinda crazy around here lately. Saturday was a pretty hot day, and I thought I was being a good mama when I went to the store to get my boys a little kiddie pool.

Paul had a good time in it. William thought he was being punished.

Paul probably spent an hour in the pool and then came in for the night.

The next morning (Sunday), I got him dressed for church but noticed he was really .... blah.

Pauly.

Is.

Not.

BLAH!

So me and my Mr. were worried he had a bug so they stayed home from church so we didn't spread the buggy love.

So off to church William and I went to church.

I had nursery - which usually means good visiting with the other mamas and running after kids.

Good Fun!

After church William and I went to the grocery store as I had not done any shopping since I had got back from mom and dad's yet. SO.

I ended up getting quite the load of groceries and thankfully when we got home, daddy was there to put them away as William was D.O.N.E. and I was starving.

I was taking a breather in my comfy chair holding William when I glanced in the kitchen as I was talking to Ben to notice he was writing with a sharpie on the box of biscuits I had just bought for our little Mr.

My husband is such a goon!

I love how he can make me laugh!!!

William just started crawling and already is so fast! ...

so this was quite fitting. By the way, we think Pauly had a little too much heat that day in the kiddie pool and two days later he is finally back to normal.

Be careful in that heat friends! Scary!

UrBan FaRmGiRl

You know you want to know what it is all about! So go on over and check her out.

Hint: it includes.... a giveaway!!

She's got great style and takes great pics! & She's funny!

Happy Day,

SMILE 8) or else!!

Okay, you two SMILE!

MOM!

I said smile - :)

Okay, let's try again -

MOM!

Smile.........

eeeeeeeeeeeeek!

I guess the first picture will do.

You two are dorks.

(told I would do it Jodi)

there's no place like home...

Destination: Home.
One.
Two.
Three.

Little Darlings in tow.

Plan: Meet sister halfway so we can travel together.

Feed the kids and hope they nap.

Mission Accomplished.

And we're off!

Arrived at Mimi and Papa's safely.

The kids didn't waste any time finding something to do.

Coloring, drawing... anything to pass the time till Mimi and Papa got home from work.

5

Five Grand babies.

Goodness me! Time flies.

Mimi and Papa got home from work and it was time to

chow down some delicious stew and then head out to ride.

Casi and Jodi - My beautiful sisters.

Birch and Mimi

Bailey and Mimi

Pauly and Mimi

Sweet Pea and Mimi.

Waiting...

Casi Jean Bean (Hint: Bean is NOT her last name :) and Bubba

Birch waiting for his turn.

I loved this picture.

Isn't he stinkin' cute!?

Such a character.

Mimi and Papa's Baby Girls.

The Tractor Man.

Everything is tractor, Everyday, Everywhere.

Tractor, tractor, tractor.

I love him.

& I love her.

Billy playing on the blankey while the kids play at the park.

Our kids love picnics at the park.

Bailey Boo and Sweet Pea too.

Eat your lunch!

...then you can go play.

Mimi and Papa's Little Men.

Papa and Splash ready to go!

Aunt Cece ropin' calves.

Dirt.

Our. Kids. Love. Dirt.

Sweet Pea? Who threw dirt on you?

Birch.

Who threw dirt on Birch?

Bailey.

Who threw dirt on Bailey?

Pauly did.

Who threw dirt on Pauly?

Pauly.

eh?
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Pauly, who threw dirt on you?

I did it.

oh jeez, marg...

Picnic at Grandma Great's and Grandpa Bills.

Lay out a blanket with some toys - kids good for hours.

Miss Bailey.

She's the oldest grandchild -

so it was super weird for me to see her being such a big girl and so mature.

She's a sweetheart.

Isn't she beautiful? Love those sweet pink lips.

Me and my Grandpa Bill and Daddy-o.

I love these two men with all my heart.

Mama and Jodi.

Grandma Great giving Pauly a bite of her delicious Cherry Cheesecake.

She worked her tail off and we had a wonderfully delicious meal - potato salad, baked beans, corn on the cob, hamburgers and hot dogs and for dessert - German chocolate cake and like I said... her Cherry Cheesecake.

Heavenly.

I love laughing around with family.

This is my Aunt Lyn.

Aunt Jo Jo helping Pauly chase Birch around.

Uncle Mark taking his turn chasing kids.

They loved it!

Uncle Mark and Grandpa Bill...

pretty easy to tell they're father and son - huh.

They stand exactly the same.

Time to color with chalk on the back patio.

Hold still!

This was so tough... took me several times to get something half-way decent.

Kids. So squirmy!

Pauly boy.

My attempt to take a crafty pic. :)

Cool shades chica!

She's ALL girl.

It was HOT! her little cheeks were so flushed.

his too.

It doesn't get much better than this...

well.... then there's this.

pretty sweet, huh.

Back to Grandma Great's for some fun in the kiddie pool.

In and Out.

In and Out.

The kids would run through the pool and Aunt Jo Jo would spray them.

FUN! FUN! FUN!

Aunt Ce Ce and Mimi.

Gorgeous.

Then Papa gave two little boys some hats.

They adore them.

I think Pauly wants a rope for his birthday... he better not ask for a goat, Papa.

I won't be able to handle a goat and chickens in the city.

BUT... I do have a ton of weeds that need ate.... hmmm.......

Birchy loves his Mama.

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Thank you Mimi and Papa for the wonderful time! So glad we were all able to be together.

I love you all so much!

To the moon.