Those were the good ole days

I think that's what I'll say when I look back on these pictures.  I hope my kids will do the same!

We had such a great time jumping around together.  Check out our faces!  We laughed so hard!  A trampoline is a great investment!

(Oh and my hubby's back was hurting, so he became the photographer while we jumped!)

Daily Verses for Easter Eggs, Week 3

Second Sunday of Lent

"Lord, it is good for us to be here!"  Matthew 17:4

Monday

"Our God, you keep us safe.  Now help us!  Rescue us."  Psalm 79:9

Tuesday

O Lord, help me be the servant of others.  Matthew 23:11

Wednesday

"You are faithful, and I trust you because you rescued me."  Psalm 31:5

Thursday

Lord, you bless those who trust in you.  Jeremiah 17:7

Friday

I trust you, O Lord, and I remember your miracles and wonders in my life!  Psalm 105:5

Saturday

"With all my heart I praise the Lord, and with all that I am I praise his holy name!"  Psalm 103:1

I hope you are blessed by these verses and are having a good Lenten season!

I'm a winner! Really I am!

I sound pretty full of myself, don't I?

I am so excited!  Today I found out that I won a giveaway!  yahoodie!

I got an email from Danielle at Humes, Party of Three saying that I won a custom blog header!

She just had a blog makeover done by The Frilly Coconut and it looks great.  So I am excited about it!

Well, "Is that all?" you may ask.  No my friends, it is not.

Miss Jenn over at South of Sheridan, was sweet enough to send me an award!

How sweet is that?  Thank you Jenn!

So you know, there are the usual rules.

1. Thank the person who gave you the award.

2.  Paste it on your blog.

3.   Link to the person who nominated you.

4.  Tell 7 interesting things about yourself.

5.  Nominate 7 other bloggers, or less, and link to them.

Here are my nominations:

Danielle at Humes, Party of Three--Thanks for the lovely prize! 

"The Girl" over at The Girl Next Door Grows Up--Thanks for helping me remember the good stuff on Fridays!

Lynette at A Work In Progress--Lynette is such an inspirations, you should visit her!

Shell at Things I Can't Say--Go on over and Dance Your Bloggy Off! 

Heidi at Wonder Woman Wannabe--Oh how I loved Wonder Woman as a kid!  Heidi has awesome ideas about "Re-igniting Date Night".

Now, for some interesting things about me.  Hmm, what to say, what to say...ok, I hope you'll be interested!

1.  I am number 9 of 10 children.  All from the same parents.  My mom is an only child.  I now have 15 nieces and nephews and 2 great nephews and 3 great nieces. 

2.  I wanted to have lots of kids, just like my mama, but morning sickness changed my mind!

3.  My family gets together every other summer for a family reunion.  For years we went to the Outer Banks, but last year we tried something new.  We went to Gulf Shores, AL and had a great time.  I loooove the beach! 

4.  I am always afraid I am going to dress too young for my age.  I will be 40 this year and I still want to be a hot stylish mom!  You know "brick house"!  (not sure if that's working)

5.  I love fried chicken.  Any kind, if it's chicken and it's fried, I love it! 

6.  I stopped drinking coffee after my first baby.  I never want to have to go through caffiene withdrawls again.  I'm sure it was worse coupled with the morning sickness. Now I drink hot tea.  I love Tazo Chai and at night I like Yogi, Egyptian Licorice.

7.  My sister and I have code words for people watching.  If we want to point out someone's "interesting" hairdo, we say "Lid, 4 o'clock".  If we want to point out some "stylish" footwear, we say, "Flippers, 12 o'clock." 

Alright, you can wake up now!  I hope you were not bored to tears!

Have a great weekend!

Feel Good Friday

I can't believe it's Friday already!  The second half of the week flew by!  I'm linking up with The Girl Next Door Grows Up for some feelin' good action!

Here are some things that made me feel good this week!

1.  My big girl got sick on Saturday.  (no that's not what made me feel good)  She was really sick.  But a trip to the doc, a stop at the pharmacy and a dose of antibiotics later...she was already feeling better!  Yahoodie!

2.  For said trip to the doc, my sweet mama took care of the lil bit.  She would not have lasted during that long wait.  We got there at 3:15 and didn't leave until 5:30.  You know the drill.

3.  My sister, who is a pedi nurse, was on call the whole time!  She even called me to check on us!

4.  My lil bit has started calling me "mama".  Like a little southern girl.  It's so funny it just makes me smile!

5.  Today, I am going to do some crafty shopping with my friend Kelly.  We are going to Goodwill.  I've never been to Goodwill before!  We haven't been able to hang out in a while, so it should be fun.  Hopefully, there will be lunch involved!  I'll let you know how the hunting goes!

It's a lovely day for a skirt!

Update on the "Skirt Sewing Project"

As you can see the snow is long gone and it is such a lovely day! 

Here are some of the skirts I've been making that will be taken to some sweet little girls in Haiti.

I got an email yesterday from my sister asking me if I wanted some free fabric for sewing more of these skirts!  One of her clients offered it up for the cause! 

I have plenty to keep me busy for now, but I will certainly get that fabric transformed into something sweet.

If you know of someone who may be interested in doing a little sewing for this project, I'd love it if you'd send them in this direction.

I hope it's skirt wearing weather where you are!

Can you believe it?

Well, I am sure you can.  I know a good portion of the country has been buried in snow.  But around there here parts, it doesn't happen all too often!  Oh yeah, it snowed today!

My girls had no dance lessons.  The studio called and cancelled due to the weather!  Ha!  I am sure all of you Northerners, East Coasters and Midwesterners are laughing right now!  It's ok, the dance instructors probably wanted to go home and build some little snowmen themselves.

So here are ours.  I know you were dying to see them!

These are my snowbunnies.  They helped me with the construction.

I guess those chairs were pretty cold because that was the only place the snow was sticking!  It melted as it hit the ground pretty much. 

So, after this...we went in for some of this...

Happy Wednesday!

T Shirt refashion

I just love all of the corsage t shirts!  I got a really pretty one from JCrew for Christmas.  I have been thinking of how I wanted to make one of my own for a while.  Then Jen at Tatertots and Jello refashioned a cardigan!  My lightbulb went off.  (or on)

I had some of this stretcy, ruffled ribbon that I wanted to do a project with, but never got to it.  And then I have all these tired, plain old tshirts, so I decided to give it a whirl.

All I did was pin the ribbon on and sew!  On my shirt, I did a zig zag stitch, but on the little one I did a straight stitch.  I think the straight was better. 

I was wearing mine yesterday, and as I put my little bit to bed, she said, "Mommy, I like your shirt!  Make one for me!  Now!" 

I hope she doesn't get that pushiness from me! 

This ribbon sells for $2.99 at Hobby Lobby.  Practically every week, they put all of their ribbon on sale for 1/2 off!  So I paid $1.50 for it and the tshirts were some we had on hand!  What a deal!

I am linking up with A Soft Place to Land for DIY day!