This is today....

Last week we fertilized our yard and almost had an entirely green lawn.

This morning we woke up to 18 inches of snow! Some areas near here had 28 inches.

As you can tell the cat was unsure of what to do as the snow had drifted up to our front door.
The girls had fun making snow angels and snowballs.
It did stop snowing around noon.


Dusty got the truck stuck so he borrowed our neighbors snow blower to clean our driveway.
He also taught DeAnn how to use it


About 4 pm the sun came out and it made it to 40 degrees.
Notice the bird bath next to Denae, it was on yesterdays post.

We also finally got Darci out of the house about 5pm.

She used this as a day to rest and rest she did. She got up at 2 pm.

How can teenagers do that?

Tonight we are having Chili. Just an ordinary packet kind but with pinto beans

as my girls do not like Kidney beans.

No church tomorrow. As everyone is stuck inside.

Maybe I'll get to read a good book!

Spring in Kansas

Can you believe that in 5 hours we have had at least 6 inches of snow

and we are expecting 12-16!

View from my front porch!

The street is completely covered.

Toile Party

Today At Pretty Organized Palace she is having a Toile Party.

I thought I would share a few of the things that I have.

I Love Toile ,it screams elegant.

I got these two pictures from The Daisy Kingdom outlet in Portland, Oregon about 9 years ago.

I still love them.

What could be cuter than a Topiary in a Toile teacup!

These are few garage sale finds that I have. I want to keep collecting the pink dishes.
I think they are darling!

Go over to her blog Http://prettyorganizedpalace.blogspot.com/
and see all the cute Toile and be inspired!

Happy Birthday Donna

Happy Birthday to my sister, Donna!

I hope you have an awesome day.

Spring Decorating

I don't do a lot of Easter decorating but thought I would share a few things that I do have.

A table scape with a few Easter finds!

These tulips are up year round.

They are stained glass that my father-in-law made from a quilt square that I found.

I love the colors and think they are perfect in that window.

I know a lot of people are painting their bunnies white

but I love the colors of these two. The mom is holding three little chicks.

It reminds me of me! OK ,minus the dress, ears and apron!

I am loving my cloche!

And three little bunnies that set on my fireplace!

Special Friends

These are my "Mom's In Touch" friends, Lynn and Kim .

We meet every Tuesday and pray for our kids, their teachers and schools!

We also pray for each other, like when Lynn came and prayed for me before my Cardiac Ablation several years ago and we fervently prayed for her husband Steve a week ago when he had a new pacemaker and defibrillator placed. They are both very special too me.

This week we prayed over our children the verse in Jeremiah 17:7-8.

Blessed is ___ who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.

I pray that ___would be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream...never failing to bear fruit!

(We insert our kids names in the blanks)

It made me think of this second group of women.
Lillian, Ellen, Bonnie and along side me is Melonie and Trish.

This week we met to celebrate Bonnie's birthday!

These are Older women that have deep roots in my life.

These are women that trust in Him , are planted by His water,

have deep roots and are bearing fruit!

Women that I love dearly!

I am so grateful to have two sets of women in my life.

The first share my same concerns as we are walking the same path each day with our kids.

We are in the same stages of life, our kids have the same teachers, we have the same worries,like will our kids make good choices, will they remain true to Him?

The second can see it all from a different perspective.

They have already been here and can offer great advice and give encouragement.

I am so blessed to have so many great women in my life!

Ready...

At our house we are READY for spring and summer!

We had the best dessert tonight.

Fresh Strawberry's, Angel food cake and light cool whip!

Delicious!

Responsibility and Love

This is a strange post about some of the things I am trying to teach my children.

Responsibility and Value..... Since the day our children were born we have been trying to teach our children the value of a dollar. Where does money come from,where does it go and is there an end to it? Kids today think there is a never ending supply of money, they think just charge it, or drive up to the bank and put your card in that machine at the bank and they will give you more.Today I was working on my taxes. So I put my files in the middle of the living room floor. I had the girls help me sort the statements by month and then we filled in a chart of what each utility cost. The girls were astounded about what we paid for gas, electricity, phones ie. It was a great opportunity for me to teach them where we spend our money and to get some much needed help as the days are counting down to April 15th.

My middle daughter kept saying don't you have "people" for this and when I get older I will have "people" for this. I had to tell her that even with "people" that you have to be responsible and record monthly receipts . As you can tell they were not impressed.

But it was a great teaching moment.

Love... Yesterday while we were at Wal-Mart there was a man in front of us that had a whole cart of food. He started to get nervous and I could tell that he was counting each penny as it was tallied. At $125 , he said I think I have 130. The cashier rang up $135 and he was frantic. I slipped the cashier $5 and she put it on his bill , he thanked me but started putting a few things back, the first being a case of pop.When she actually rang up his food stamps he really only had $127. At this point my girls were wide eyed , it was a great opportunity to talk about what he had in his cart and what would be good choices if this were the last $127 you had for the rest of the month.
It was also a great opportunity to talk about showing others love and giving when you can.
I need to be teaching my kids to be responsible with their money, to think about what they purchase, do they need the items and to look around for those who may need help.
We don't know what tomorrow will hold for any of us but we need to make the most of every opportunity, especially the time we have to teach our kids.
What are some things you have been teaching your kids? I would love to hear.

Happy Birthday Darci

Fifteen Years ago today my first daughter was born.

It was one of the happiest days of my life. My how time flies!

Today she got her hair done, her nails done and a new outfit!

Now we are going to see Confessions of a Shopaholic!

She got a cake from her dad, via the store! Notice the butterfly's!

And she had lots of fun with her sisters!

Happy Birthday Darci! We love you.

Anniversary

Today is my Twentieth Anniversary.

We have had some fun memories and look forward to another 20-30!

Happy Birthday

Kayla is my niece that lives in Arkansas.

I will never forget her birthday because she was born the day before I got married.

I am very proud of Kayla, she is a good student and goes to Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. She plays the Flute and is in the school Orchestra.

We love you!!!!