Little Star in the Making

This is a video we took of Carlee on Wednesday night. I could totally train her to be a little star one day!!!

   

George Eliot Quote

While surfing blogland this morning, I ran across a quote by George Eliot that I just could NOT get out of my head. Think people THINK! It has deep meaning to me...hopefully it will to you as well.

{"It's never to late to be who you might have been."}

Toilet Paper Roll Turkey Family

If you know my little Carlee, then you know how much she loves doing crafts! We have been searching for a couple of different Thanksgiving crafts she can help me with, and we finally finished the first one!

Meet our little toilet paper roll turkey family!

These little guys were super easy and fun to make!!! 

All you need is: toilet paper rolls, construction paper {brown, orange, yellow and red}, googly eyes, tape, and a hot glue gun. 

First, wrap each toilet paper roll with brown construction paper. 

Then, cut out your beaks and feathers. 

I had Carlee make a pattern for the feather colors, and she was SO excited that she made the pattern all on her own!! 

{Once the feathers are in a good pattern I recommend taping them together at the very bottom so they wont wiggle around when they are on the back of the turkey} 

Finally, just use your hot glue gun to secure the eyes, beak and group of feathers to your little guys! 

And there ya have it...a cute little turkey family for your Thanksgiving decorations!!

What Happens in Heaven?

My father-in law sent me and David this email that touched me so much. It really makes you think about your life, and should make everyone realize their blessings, even if they think they have none. Enjoy! 

 

 

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.

I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them." I noticed again how busy it was. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

 

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section, my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed. "How is that there is no work going on here?" I asked.

 

"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments."

 

"How does one acknowledge God's blessings? "I asked.

"Simple," the angel answered. Just say, "Thank you, Lord."

"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.

"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world.

 

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy, and if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity."

 

"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day."

"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation... You are ahead of 700 million people in the world."

 

"If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world."

 

"If your parents are still alive and still married.... you are very rare."

"If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair."

 

"Ok," I said. "What now? How can I start?"

The Angel said, "If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all."

 

 

 

 

Please remember to be thankful for every single thing you have in your life, and always thank the Lord!!

Carrots!

Thursday, November 10, 2011 was the day my tiny princess ate baby food for first time!! What a better way to introduce her into this new world of food, than with organic carrots!! I have strictly nursed her up until now, and I do believe I have been starving her! She ate the whole can like she had never eaten before....{no pun intended there}!! Oh and thankfully my oldest cousin, Ashley, let me borrow her baby food maker...so now I will be able to know EXACTLY what she is eating! {I've been a stickler lately about our diet as a family, we never EVER eat out, and I cook everything all from scratch}! Of course Carlee wanted to help every step of the way, she is such a good big sister!!!!!
 

love

how cute is this??

total diva

gotta get every last drop!

{Justina and the girls} photo shoot

Today I got to finally do some fall pictures of my best friend, Justina, and her 2 beautiful little girls!!! Payton and Reese are like my own children...I love them so much!! We had a blast playing at Greenway today {by the way thats a beautiful place for a photo shoot right now}!! Maybe you will even run into the crazy bird lady we saw!  Here is a little preview of our fun filled day!

absolute favorite

there is a bird hidden in paytons hair

Just some toes

Bailee discovered her little toes a few weeks ago, but now we can hardly keep her from sucking on them!!! Here are a few adorable pics I snapped real quick...more to come once I finish editing them!!