A family that works together... smirks together?
Well, I tried. 'Works' rhymes with nothing.
My husband, two oldest girls and I all worked together to install a beautiful laminate floor yesterday. That was our memorial day. I have to say, it was hard work, and not necessarily "fun" but we enjoyed each other's company, laughing at my toilet paper earplugs and protective eye ware, dancing with the broom to Air One radio and using the table saw. YES I DID!
Just call me buff.
My husband and I didn't snap at each other once! We're one of the selective few who can work together without it ending in one of us sleeping on the couch. Heehee.  It was a wonderful day, spent working together.
I love my family dearly.

 Warning: over-enthusiasm is inevitable after 5 shots of espresso, a large Coke, Wendy's cuisine, fried chicken and a frosty consumed all in one day.

Thy Word

 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

When I feel afraid, think I've lost my way,

still You're there right beside me.

And nothing will I fear as long as You are near.

Please be near me to the end.

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

I will not forget Your love for me, 


and yet my heart forever is wandering.


Jesus be my guide and hold me to Your side, 


and I will love You to the end.


Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

-Amy Grant & Michael W. Smith


Psalm 119:105
 Your word is a lamp for my feet,
   a light on my path. 

Blessing is in the eye of the beholder...

Enjoying a morning with these blessings right now. They are beautiful reminders of God's love for us, his children as my heart is only for their best!  God is so good, His blessings are abundant, real and ever so lovely. Sometimes, they are hard to see, buried under the muck of this life, but always there nonetheless, if we just make a choice to look and see their overwhelming beauty through the ashes. 

What a gift!

I took a few photos of my sister at 7 months along in her pregnancy with her third. She's expecting a boy and looks amazing! I love using Picnik to edit the photos color, style and contrast although, I use the free version so I can't touch any of the photos up... LIKE SHE NEEDS IT!  She's beautiful. Here are a couple of my faves!

Gotta love her attitude... and her baby belly!

Wednesday's Word

Cleanse me with
hyssop, and I will
be clean; wash me,
and I will be whiter
than snow. Let me
hear joy and
gladness; let the
bones you have
crushed rejoice. Hide
your face from my
sins and blot out
all my iniquity.
Create in me a
pure heart, O God,
and renew a
steadfast spirit
within me. Do not
cast me from your
presence or take
your Holy Spirit
from me. Restore
to me the joy of
your salvation and
grant me a willing
spirit, to sustain me.
Then I will teach
transgressors your
ways, so that
sinners will turn
back to you. 

Psalm 51:7-13