Our Cinderella

We were such a proud bunch tonight! Lilly is such a beautiful graceful talented little gift! She has a heart that shines brighter than her glitter! She was an amazing Cinderella. Her first staring role in 2nd grade!

So Blessed!

I had the sweetest thing happen today. I spent the morning at Lilly's school helping Lilly change into her costume for her play. The kids had their performance for the school today. And while all the classes were piling in the fifth grade was last.
You know fifth graders don't really think parents are that fun anymore let alone any adults. But praise God for our Radiant kids! I had one young man come up to me and wave and say hi I go to Radiant. And then another young man said hi you sing really good, I know you from church!
You can pick a Radiant Kiddo a mile away they truly blessed me today!

Love!

I take tons of pictures of my kids because I want to remember everything. Lilly is such a little lady and fashionista all in one. I love how she wakes me early to curl all her hair and then convinces me to wear my scarf!
Love her so much!!!

So Excited

Gary and I decide to take the kiddos on a mini vacation! We are going to spend three days and two nights in one of our favorite places here in colorado. Glenwood Springs is simply beautiful it's close to Aspen and we are staying at this fun little hotel that has an indoor water park, and tram to the Glenwood Caverns. During the summer the caverns are awesome and offer some great hiking trails, as well as a really cool alpine slide and rock climbing wall! It's a must for families in Colorado.
So excited I can't wait until spring break!

Butt Warmer

When Lilly and I go to school in the morning we leave a little early so we can pray together and she can enjoy the greatest thing ever! Our butt warmers!

Smile! This is how I feel!

Amazing!

It is purely amazing how well the kids do on the computer. There are some fantastic children's sites that we like to play on. With little to no instruction the kids are off and learning!

Making Cinderella

We like to make our costumes. All those years in theater I learned a thing or two about making costumes. Truthfully I can do anything with hot glue!
I found this pink Easter dress used for four dollars. We dyed it blue with RIT. Lilly found this great material that is shiny and blue that we hot glued to the inside and outside of the dress. Kind of like covering a couch. And then our favorite part. As Lilly would say blinging it out! We did as much as we could for today and will have her final pictures Thursday for her Cinderella debut!
I am such a proud mama!!

All Most Done!

Oh Brother

We asked the kids to get all their laundry and bring to the laundry room. At least they do stupid things together!

DIY Before

It needs some color!!

DIY After!

We did a project! I love Pinterest! My mind is zooming with all kinds of projects!
After we put the flooring in this summer I and got new furniture I felt like our dining room was lacking color. So we painted our table and chairs blue! I am blissfully in love!

Flash Forward!

We had a snow day today! And just because we have a snow day does not mean we can sit in front of the TV and let it's garbage spew in our home.
So while I was cleaning the bathrooms from our flu fest this is how I found Lilly. With my MP3 player a bag of Chips and my nail file! At least it's not TV!

Sweet Stinker!

We have been really sick! We thought Lilly had food poisoning but it just hung on and trickled to all of us. Owen seemed to get over the yuck faster than any of us. Last night Lilly and I were both sleeping in my bed and Owen in his. About ten o'clock I felt a little hand on my leg and a sweet little voice praying for me. Owen asked God to heal my tummy and then he went to Lilly and prayed for her! Those are the moments in life when Jesus shines through your weakness. I will never ever forget his sweet voice praying for us.
He is a sweet little man even if he has a stinker grin!

Huuuuummmmmm.......

Our family lives on a busy corner in our neighborhood. I love my home but I would love to pick it up and relocate it, about twenty miles east! Since this is not a possibility we continue to be blessed and love our home and improve on what the Good Lord has given us. I found this sign that I just may recreate! We get a ton of knocks at our door especially during the summer!

What do you do?

We make breakfast at 7:45pm!
We have had a wonderful weekend but it was incredibly busy! After running major errands, making parts for a Cinderella costume, singing in two different services loving every minute by the way, painting a table...more on that later, Gary qualifying at the gun range and watching a movie with our kids. At 7:45 we all took a deep breath and realized yay we have a three day weekend and have not had any dinner! So Lilly said lets make pancakes! We did and it turned into a full breakfast! We are now off to the best movie theater in the world right in our own house for a late night super hero fest!
Thank you Jesus for my family and three day weekends!

I Am Glad They Are Comfortable

Do they look comfortable? Because underneath them is me! I was reading a book an the couch when the next thing I knew my children used me as their sofa!
I love being a mom!

Love Having a Girl

Lilly is so much fun! She makes me laugh so hard. We were doing some shoe shopping and as she was wearing these sparkly platforms she was walking pigeon-toed and talking with a British accent!
She is out of control!!

Happy Valentines Day

We have an event planner in the making! Lilly has been planning a Valentines party for weeks! She gave us all jobs. I was to order pizza, Owen was to get drinks, Gary was supposed to get doughnuts, and Grammie and Grampy were supposed to make cupcakes!
Funny thing is we all listened to her.
Please forgive me for the horrible pictures. I can not figure out my camera on my phone to save my life!