My sweet Valentines....

We had a wonderful Valentine weekend. To start off my Saturday, Charlie had 2 dozen beautiful red roses delivered.

Carson spent the night with Charlie's parents Friday night and he came home Saturday morning with a card he picked out all by himself, he was proud as can be with himself...The card even talked.

Anna my niece came to babysit for the evening. We went to Saddle Creek, which has the best steaks ever! Then we went to see the most romantic movie....The Wolf man! It was the worst movie ever!! Charlie didn't even like it! We had a great time being together though. I truly have the sweetest husband. I'm a lucky girl!


This picture cracks me up, because first Carson took it and second this is really how it is around here....Little Charlie Mac right by our sides!

Daddy given' some loving.

AND more loving....

Sunday I got up and made heart french toast...

We shared our Valentines with the boys, Can't you just see the excitement all over him? : )

AND him?

We went to church and just stayed around here and were lazy, I love days like that.

I'm heading to the gym and running errands. LOTS to do, since the kids finally went back to school after a week off due to snow! Have a great Monday!

Charlie Mac's 2nd Birthday

Oh, he was the sweetest thing ever, He had so much FUN. Blowing out the candles was the best thing for any mom to watch....

He blew and blew till he was red in the face.

We had my parents and Charlie's parents over for dinner. I made a seafood pesto pasta, strawberry salad and rolls. It was all yummy! I think Charlie Mac had a great time.

He scored some great gifts as well. The Lightening McQueen was his favorite. My mom and dad bought him some cute Summer outfits and we picked up a wooden "Eggo" (that's Diego) train and his first potty!

I made his birthday hat, which he didn't wear out of the wrapping paper I used. I think it turned out cute and was easy. The cake was yummy and cute as well. I love round cakes! I just LOVE this little fella, and can't wait to spend another year with him!

I'm working on figuring out this storyboard collage. Rita from The Coffeeshop gives great tutorials, I'm just still learning! It's fun, but time consuming when you don't know what the heck your doing. My sweet friend Mandy gets texts from me asking her all kinds of questions about blogging and photography. Her pictures are amazing! So, I want to work on getting my images bigger putting text to it!

ANOTHER snow day here in Arkansas! I'm about ready for these little heathens to go to school! Charlie and I are going to take them to Chuckecheese today to get them out of the house.

Happy Wednesday.

Snow Day...

NO sledding this snow day!! HAHA!! : )

It is beautiful here, and we were not even expecting it!

So I am finishing up on little Valentine projects for school....

I saw these cute cotton candy cones on a blog, but I can't remember where I found them.

So easy and as cute as can be.

All you need is cotton candy, sugar cones and goodie bags.

I even let the kids paint a Valentine picture frame, what a mess!!

Stay warm on this snowy Monday.

Oh, Charlie Mac......Where has the year went?

I can't believe my baby is TWO today.....

He has brought so much happiness to my heart, He is the completion to our blessed family.

He makes me smile, and when I look at him I know why I was created to be a mother.

Two years has gone by quicker than I ever imagined.

He is a lucky little boy to have big brothers that love him like they do.

The sweetest little behind.

The prettiest blue eyes.





Charlie Mac loves to be outside, no matter what we are doing....As long as it's out!










Happy 2nd birthday Charlie Mac

I love you!

We are having a birthday dinner here at the house with family. I'm keeping it simple. I want to be able to enjoy him, and not have to worry about entertaining.

I know lots of pictures, but I couldn't choose which ones to share.

I will share pictures from our little dinner and a yummy seafood pasta recipe tomorrow.

Happy Friday!

A happy ending to a BAD weekend...

All is good now.....But I was scrap booking Saturday when I get a horrible phone call from Charlie telling me I need to get home now there has been an accident.....

Well, Charlie was pulling the boys on the sled by the 4 wheeler, and Charlie went to a stop, but the sled kept on going. To make a long story short, Cole went flying and hit the street sign by our house.

He wrapped around the sign and was knocked out. Charlie was scared to death because he thought he wasn't breathing and was completely lifeless. He called the ambulance and they took him to a local hospital and then they felt they needed to transfer him by ambulance to Arkansas Children's Hospital. He ended up with a broke rib and a very bad bruise to his liver.

This was the scariest thing we have ever went through, We thought the absolute worst. But GOD was so good to us. He heard every prayer we and everyone around us prayed. The doctors said an inch up it would of been a punctured lung and spleen. BUT again GOD is so good and watched over Cole. This has put our life back in check where it should be. You never know what can happen....It went from innocent fun with the boys to an emergency. Charlie and I are so thankful everything ended up great. As we set in the hospital and looked around at all the sick babies and children, we just cried and thanked our GOD for his protection over Cole and how truly blessed we are for our children and their health.

This is the scariest thing for a Mom to have to watch.......

Still smiling.....

Fixe'n to leave the hospital....


I just want to again thanks all our friends and family for the prayers and concerns for our family as we went through this hard time.

Cole is back at school today and doing great!!

Charlie Mac and I are going to walk out the door for Bible study, Have a great day!

Pottery Barn....I LOVE you

I went to Pottery Barn this past weekend and wanted one of everything.......

I did buy the chunky candle holder, I love all the distressing on it. They had a moss ball on top of the candle holder, but it was 24 dollars. AND I knew I could make one lots cheaper. I bought a large grapevine ball and a couple bags of moss. Hot glued that mess on and Viola! The total for it was 10 dollars, much better. I also found some candle holders at Hobby Lobby while I was there getting my stuff for my moss ball. The candle holders were on clearance for 6.06. I wasn't crazy about the color, but nothing that couldn't be fixed with a can of spray paint! Oh, and the nest and cute little birds came from Tuesday Morning. So now I have a table vignette, that's so easy to Change out.

Little birdie from Tuesday Morning......

AND this beauty was 15.00 dollars at a flea market, I Love to find iron stone pieces. This was a steal. This isn't on my table now, but I thought I'd share.

The weather man is calling for snow and ice here. I have plans to go on a scrap booking retreat with some girlfriends. So I hope it's just enough to keep the kids happy and get to stay home from school, but not enough to make Momma mad because she can't scrap!! HA HA. I love going to scrapbook with friends, it's fun to stay up late and laugh and just be goofy! I do get lots done though!! : )

Happy Thursday

I heart hardwood......

OK, so I'm a little late posting these pictures I said I would. I'm so happy with the results, big mess, but so worth it. This wood will be so much easier to keep clean with little people. And the look and feel of it is soooo what I wanted.

We had the slate tore up in the entry and wood done in here as well, it flows much more now and looks bigger.

Here's the clock I was telling you about. It looks even better than I expected. And this cute bench was a flea market find for 40 dollars. It was a ugly yellow color with ivy stenciled all over it, NOT now!! I still want to distress it more. It look right at home here.

We had a great weekend at home, didn't do much of anything. I can't wait, I have a much more relaxed week ahead. I plan on doing some stuff around here, eating with the boys for lunch and just playing with Charlie Mac. The past couple of weeks I feel as if I never slowed down to appreciate my blessings.....That's going to change. This mornings message at church was what I needed to hear. I love my church and my Sunday School class.

I couldn't resist of posting some of my little munchkin..... The black eye is about gone, I'm glad because I'm sick of explaining I'm not an abuser!! No one has asked, i just think I need to explain to everyone! HA!!

Oh yeah, we had to have one with "baboo" as he calls the passy! : )

Friday at school Carson had his award ceremony.....

"I am proud that I'm getting better at solving word problems". Every child gets an award and they get to say what their proud of. Some parents don't like it that EVERY child gets one, BUT I DO!

The boys did some reading together this weekend....

If you notice the time....I took to long of a Sunday nap after church! I think I need to go and sleep!