Happy Thanksgiving

This year I am blessed beyond measure. I have a wonderful husband who is also my best friend and true confidant. I have two adorable little boys, and even though there are days when I am frustrated there are also days in which I can't believe how lucky I am to have been blessed with such loving and well behaved little guys. We have a house that I was sure we couldn't afford and are able to pay all of our bills and still have a little extra. God is so good to us, he has given us more than we deserve and blesses us beyond belief.
So this Thanksgiving I wish you blessings beyond imagining and that God would give you much more than you deserve. We love you! Happy Thanksgiving!

New Coat and playing out in the cold

Will got a new coat for his birthday, thank you to his grandparents in CO. So we decided to try it out today even though it was really cold, 32 degrees, colder if you factor in the since chill. He loves it and it kept him really warm. The upside of playing outside even when it is freezing is that they both went right to sleep and took a long nap!
Jake doesn't like to be bundled up. He doesn't like the hat. He doesn't like the gloves. So he spent half the time crying but we had a pretty good time anyway.

Thank You!

I received these beautiful flowers today. They are from one of the most lovely people I know. Thank you so much! What a nice surprise!

More changes

We have been sleeping on the floor on our mattress since we moved in here, in September. We had given away our bed frame before we moved and Jonah has not had time to make a new one.

Until now! He brought home the frame for our new bed last night. It is so wonderful to be sleeping up off of the floor. Especially with winter coming I was afraid we were going to get pretty cold! I was even able to get out my pretty, new comforter and put in on the bed! It seems I am getting Birthday gifts early this year!BTW I do realize that top picture is slightly out of focus but decided to post it anyway since I don't think that Jonah would be too interested in putting the bed on the floor again just so I could take a picture ;)

Time for Change

Decoratingly speaking that is (yes I am aware that decoratingly may not be a word). When we moved into this house I was not terrible fond of the orange color in the the upstairs bathroom. First of all it was terribly dark and second the cabinets, walls, and door were all the basically the same color making for a rather dark, drab cavelike bathroom. Now many of you know that I myself have covered the walls with dark, bright, and let's say interesting color choices, however I find myself in more of a tan stage currently. So last night my wonderful husband did this!
He does virtually all the painting because he is a fantastic painter. He knocked this room out in an hour, it would have taken me 3 and I would have been covered in paint I kid you not! He covered the walls with a base coat of white and will be adding the lovely, light tan color tonight.

Thank God for handy husbands!

Operation Christmas Child

Have you heard of this project? They collect shoeboxes filled with small items and give them to poor children all over the world at Christmas time. In doing so they share the love and message of Jesus with hundreds of thousands of children all over the world. I saw a video (you can also see it on their website here) and was amazed by the task these volunteers take on. They literally take these boxes to the most remote parts of the world, by boat, Jeep and even camel. I have been meaning to do this for years but have always gotten sidetracked for one reason or another. This year we are going to fill two boxes one for a girl and one for a boy. For less than it costs to go out to dinner you could change the life of a little boy or girl. If you have never done this before think about jumping in this year there are tons of drop off locations you can visit the website to find one near you. If you fill a box this year I would love to hear about it!

Wall Art

I have been working on some art for our walls. I already have some done for the boys and now I am turning to our Dinning room. This will be printed 11x14 and is the first of three. The others will be Hope and Faith. I have been looking at it so long I think I like it but I am not sure so I thought I would ask for a second opinion. What do you think? I am going for a bit of a funky grungy look not something really traditional.