Raising Blessings

A couple of weeks ago my Dad called me to tell me that my parents and siblings were all signing up for Skype and that I should to. I said that I would have to get a webcam first. Then he told me that I didn’t have to because he already bought me one! I [...]

This weekend JJ’s  Mom, brother Adam and Adam’s wife Monica came down to visit, they just left this morning for their loooong drive back to Tennesee/Alabama. Sariah and Rebekah were shy on Friday but on Saturday they were talking away the rest of the time. The grandkids call the grandparents Mamaw and Papaw and today [...]

Sariah is pretty excited that it is New Years Eve. I asked her what she wants to do. She said she wants to have a party. I asked what she wants to do for the party she said “just dance – I just want to dance!” Growing up people in my neighborhood had Christmas lights, [...]

This Christmas in JJ’s family we drew names so each person would give one present to a family member. Except we all got gifts from JJ’s parents and the parents gifts. His parents love our gift but I can’t say what it is yet because my parents are getting the same thing and no one [...]

Here is one thing that JJ and I did over the weekend: I love the idea of having inspirational vinyl lettering phrases or plaques displayed around the house.  I am happy with how this turned out, we are planning on getting another frame to put beside our family collage. This wall faces our front door, [...]

Last month we had a friend take some family pictures of us that turned out really well. I think a great way to share those family pictures with friends and family is to order Christmas cards with our photo’s printed on them. Shutterfly has so many beautiful holiday photo card designs that it is difficult [...]

It is sad to see the summer weather gone for the year especially with all the rain we got this week. However, today is the perfect autumn day. Sariah, Rebekah and I picked all of our cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes (most of which are green) that were still in the garden. We looked at all [...]

Saturday Afternoon we got some family pictures taken by KR Photography. Karem, the photographer is a friend from church who is a talented, affordable and such a nice person. This past Saturday morning was quite stressful, with me having a bunch of errands and JJ having to work. The few pictures that Karem has on [...]