I thought I would sneak a shot of the newest member of our family dressed for the holidays..
Auntie Lea loves you Miss Sophia
Pray for the troops...and the littlest patriots...and have a fine day..all day long
...Very proud to be your mom!!!!
Have a great year son!
Pray for the troops....our young men and women...and have a fine day...all day long!
... My niece Sarah spent the week with us and it seemed every day we were looking for a new craft to do. One of the things I knew we had to try was Melissa Lester's ribbon embellished flip flops. they were just the right craft for a 10 yo girl. We spent the morning picking out flip flops, ribbons, sorting through buttons and stocking upon glue sticks.....
We had a blast..... I bought extra ribbon knowing that my DIL Heather would have to have a pair too when she came for a visit.....
... I sent Sarah home with her own hot glue gun so she and her friends could craft together.
You can find more of Melissa's great ideas @ A Little Loveliness
pray for the troops..and have a fine day...all day long
It has over a year since I've had a 24 hour blog silence to remember a NC National Guardsman.... today there were 4.... the flood of memories makes me feel a bit raw.... and I shed tears for the mamas whose babies won't come home....
As always comments are open to remember... My next post will be July 4th....
The Department of Defense announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle June 29, in Baghdad,
Iraq. They were assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, Wilmington, N.C.
Killed were:
Sgt. 1st Class Edward C. Kramer, 39, of Wilmington, N.C.
Sgt. Roger L. Adams Jr., 36, of Jacksonville, N.C.
Sgt. Juan C. Baldeosingh, 30, of Newport, N.C.
Spc. Robert L. Bittiker, 39, of Jacksonville, N.C.
For more information media may contact the North Carolina Army National Guard public affairs office at (919) 664-6242.
pray for the troops... and those who grieve...
Happiness is celebrating your Grams 90th birthday....
...and 12 hours later getting the call that Miss Sophia had made her way into the world...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU BOTH
pray for the troops....and have a fine day...all day long!
sarah @ sarahssweethearts AND anna @ lullabies and lace were so kind to give me this award... especially when I saw the other list of bloggers they gave it too... WOW! how I was included with all that talent is beyond me...
anyhow...
I am to list 7 things I love as part of the award... golly... I LOVE tons of things...here goes
1.God ( includes Jesus and the Holy Spirit)
2. My dearest most handsome loving hubby
3. My children
4. My extended family
5. my friends
6. the piece of property I live on
7. crochet /cats ( I had to get both in there)
I am going to have to maul over my picks for the award... but coming soon...
things are sort of up in the air around here.... My dearest Grams had a pace maker put in..and her heart is not acting nice with it... fluttering, spiking, blood clots... she is back in the hospital once again. My mother had extensive surgery the day before my Grams pace maker... so things have been pretty much day to day shooting from the hip so to speak...
So Mrs Garner, I hope you are settled in your new home... I am giving you a sneak peek at your wedding present with hopes to visit with you soon
.. so perfect for the two of you...
pray for the troops... and have a fine day ..all day long!
How many times have I told you not to play on the roof!!!!!!
pray for the troops....and have a fine day...all day long!
A few years back Chris preformed a wedding ceremony on the beach in Rodanthe . It was lovely! seagulls dipping down to snatch newly strewn rose petals from the beach.. the sun rising over the ocean and setting over the sound... the quaintness of the general store ...the liveliness of the local bar and grill.... the ice cream shop at the hub of it all.... accessible only by the two lane road running through the middle.... Rodanthe was untouched... and we fell in love with it...
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicolas Sparks has been on our bookshelf since it came out, but neither of us are fans of that genre so it sat there for sentimental reasons since 2002. This is the year of new reading for me so I dove in.... and came out 36 hours later I came out.... having been to Rodanthe I could feel the places sparks wrote of... I knew hte general store.... I had walked the beach... I knew the wind...... and the love story... whoa honey! Makes you just want to snuggle up with your sweetie with a cuppa hot coffee and smile at each other,,
If you're over 50 it reminds you you're not dead yet.... romance... courage....
read it....
Not sure if I'll see the movie or not.... I sometimes am disappointed with movies not living up to my mind pictures in books.....
....and if you happen to wind your way south of the Bodie Island Light on the Outer Banks of NC and find yourself in Rodanthe, stop by the general store and ell em Chris and Lea sent you..... because Amy and Ian, the lovely couple we married that day in Rodanthe own it.... they fled the busyness of Raleigh to live everyday as a Night in Rodanthe....
Pray for the troops.... that everyone might love and be loved at least once int heir lives.... and have a fine day...all day long....
..Today my oldest turns 28...How did that happen???? I am surely not old enough to have a 28 year old son!!
we were able to have a nice lunch a Mexican restaurant and spend a bit of time with him..... Oh we are so proud of that fellow! He works full time, graduated from NCSU, will be marrying a wonderful girl, has lots of interests.... but most of all we are proud of who he is! Kind, loyal, sensitive, compassionate... his family and friends are more important to him then stuff.... when the chips are down... Jamie is the one you can count on..... he is a fine man.... an honor to his parents!
... 28 years ago when Jamie made his entrance to the world... he was a bit early ( 6 weeks to be exact)... so he spent a bit of time in the NICU floor at Wake Medical center. The doctors and nurses took such great care of him! I spent hours sitting by his side talking to him and holding his little hand.... there were about 7 other babies in there with him... one tiny little babe only weighed a pound and a half when she was born.... those preemie babies are such fighters.....
so every year on Jamie's birthday..... I take that NICU unit a present.... little hats for the tiniest warriors to wear as they do battle....
..and every year while I'm crocheting the hats, I smile at the memory of Jamie sitting on one side...and Jeremy on the other laughing hysterically over this book.....
I kept a box of old hats and they would pile themon their heads.... such funny silly little boys!
This book is a must read for the under 7 set!
Pray for the troops... your children..... little babies who have hit the world too soon... and ahve a fine day...all day long!
