Creative play

My girls are masters of creative play. When we go into stores they know not to bother me while I'm trying to concentrate, so they make up games to entertain themselves.

This is the latest distraction. They found it on the floor in Home Depot. They stand apart and take turns tossing it to each other, letting it fall on the floor and then scour the floor looking for it and then throw it back.

Sorry these were "action shots", so they are blurry. I could have scolded them for "throwing" something in the store, but you know what they were being so good! They weren't bothering me while I was trying to find what I was looking for, and they weren't being loud or fighting....so this game is a winner in my book:)

I love how they can creatively entertain themselves and make a game out of nothing...literally. Wish I still had that ability as an adult;)

Have a great day.

Sunset stroll

We took a walk last night and had our first glimpse of Fall. Leaves are starting to turn, the air was crisp and everything just had that Fall feel.

The Chicks on their scooters. They were a little tuckered out after our walk. I guess walking is easier than riding a scooter:)

Gorgeous sunset. The road to Heaven??

This is our neighborhood reflecting in a pond. Pretty fancy photograph for me;)

Gotta love a man who will walk a little fru fru dog in a ballerina skirt. It's funny...that makes him all the more manly to me!

The farm view we love. If they ever develop this land I swear I will cry a river!

Have a blessed day.

"Dear Becky"

I've shared how blogging has opened up so many doors for me. It has led to countless connections and new friends. I've been able to share my life, my faith and family, but I also have learned about your struggles and hardships too. Lately I'm overwhelmed by the amount of letters and prayer requests I've been receiving. My heart is burdened by the stories of cancer, job loss, big moves, spiritual challenges, financial burdens, sickness, depression etc... It makes my worries and fears seem so small in comparison.

I find myself lacking in the advice and wisdom department. I want to have all the answers, but my only advice is to pray. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we serve a BIG GOD. He is able. He is willing. Just lean into Him and trust. Thank you so much for confiding in me and sharing your lives with me. If this blog is for nothing more than to be an encouragement and to lift others up in prayer than so be it...what an honor!

My honey shared a song with me the other day at the gym. When I heard it I immediately felt the anointing. With all the troubles that swirl around us...these lives that are sometimes hard and imperfect, we have one thing to be most grateful for... that we are ALIVE.

*Mute my playlist at the bottom, then Click here to go to GS Megaphone's myspace page. Click on the ALIVE song to listen. It's such a powerful song. I hope it speaks to you as much as it did to me.

Alive by GS Megaphone

For some reason poor

I felt depressed As I talked to the guy with the hole in his chest

Where his heart used to be

He's dying from the inside out

Why, why?

'cause a youth without God

Is like a painting in a world with no light

Oh, Oh

So sad to see

He's barely alive

Gonna live my life like I was

70 yesterday and

God let me go back to relive

All my younger days

One thing, for sure, this time I'm

Gonna do

Man I'm not gonna wait til my life's half-spent

Before I give my life to You

I'm just so glad to be (x3)

I'm glad to be

ALIVE

Jesus when I'm with You

Every next day is the

The greatest day I've ever known

With God I'm alive

I've seen God take the craziest storms

And turn them into the bluest skies

But before He could change my world

I had to give Him and make Him my life

And I just gotta say

Have a blessed day.

Shabby Blogs featured ME!!

A few weeks ago I decided to change up my background, so I went over to Shabby Blogs and took a look at all the lovely options. I came across this one called "orange blossom" and fell in love...green and orange are my favorite colors:)

Meg from Shabby Blogs contacted me a few weeks later and asked me to be her featured blogger! ME! I just about fell off my chair. This is such an amazing honor and really means a lot. I think having an attractive design helps so much with readership. I know that mine didn't start taking off until I figured out how to add a background. So thanks Meg!! You made me smile from ear to ear.




Meg makes amazing backgrounds, headers and buttons and she gives them out for free! How wonderful is that? I just love her. So if you are in need of a makeover you know where to go:) The site is fabulous! Oh and check out my interview if you want;)

Have a blessed day.

Photo Credit: Collage from Shabby Blogs