Get Me To The Church On Time

She is married.

My little girl.

A perfect match,

Kristen & Felix met 2 years ago at church.

I couldn't have chose a more perfect son-in-law.

With hearts for the Lord and a deep desire to serve Him and others,

these two couldn't make me more proud.

My cup runneth over.

You know I couldn't wait to post something.

I plan to write more after I go through all the pictures 

and  I come down from this cloud.

I am so blessed!

Happy Birthday America

From Sea To Shining Sea

America, America, God shed His grace on thee.

Are you singing with me?

I love this time of year.

I am thankful I live in America.

I have several beautiful table scapes 

on my Pinterest page.

I thought I'd share a few with you.

Pinning them and sharing them with you

shows you my taste and I receive enough satisfaction 

from it that I find it's not necessary 

for me to get out all my decorations.

Win, win.

I always plan to go see the fireworks

but by the time July 4th afternoon arrives,

I prefer to just watch them on the TV.

I need to get my heart right.

Now, this pretzel/berry display looks doable.

How cute are these mason jars?

I could so do them!

I was going through past blogs and found some 

pictures of my beautiful grandkids.

Wasn't this just last year in Kansas?

Where did the year go?

I went a little further back to find this one of Abi.

I could just eat her.

I couldn't sleep tonight.

I did some praying.

I painted.

I mopped, did some laundry, wiped down things.

Then I thought I'd blog.

It's 5 in the morning.

Hope I'm not delirious.

Anyways,

I do love our country.

I am thankful for the freedoms we enjoy.

We are a blessed nation.

I pray blessings on you.

Have a safe 4th!!

I Love Miami

Growing up in Miami was such a gift.

I didn't realize it until I grew up and moved away.

The weather is beautiful.

 It's common to have the ocean breeze 

even on the hottest days.

The water is beautiful.

I'm amazed at the ocean color comparison 

between north and south Florida.

Mark's job has taken us back to Miami 

several times in the last months.

On one of the last trips,

we were blessed to bring

our grandkids and Danielle with us.

One morning,

Eli and I got up to watch the sun rise.

We loved eating outside each evening.

The best part was when a familiar tune began to play.

These kids have music in their blood.

They were quick to jump up and dance along.

Here they are all water-logged and taking a break.

Coconut milk?

Yes please!

Better yet,

how about a daiquiri?

Our ventures to Miami have come to an end for now.

I hope the memories will last forever.

I know I will treasure them.

Birds In The Living Room

The living room has been my favorite project of our new home. 

It has 5 large windows and also a sliding glass door. 

I love all the light in this room.

It also looks out to the river which makes me love it more.

I recently found the perfect art for this room.

What are the odds that the The Painted Hive would offer a free download?

God just loves to bless me.

Aren't they great?!

I know.

They measure 24X36.

I had them printed at Office Max.

 The Painted Hive made it so easy

to download directly to Office Max.

They mailed my prints in a few days.

I got the rustic frames from Hobby Lobby.

Imagine my frustration to wait over the weekend 

for them to go 1/2 off.

We painted Kilz on the brown walls before we moved in.

I love the weathered 

way they turned out.

We may just leave them.

I am looking for baskets to go on the tv shelf ma-bob.

I think some like these 

I found on Pinterest would work.

source

I am in Tampa with Mark this week.

It just dawned on me that there is an Ikea down the road.

Time for a road trip.

I will let you know what I find.

Living On The River

My head is above water.

It was touch and go there for awhile.

Moving was so much easier when I was 20 years younger.

Let me just say...

I love, love living on the river.

Mornings are wonderful.

A variety of birds show up every morning.

My sweet cousin Tracy

had a conversation with this heron

on our deck.

The house had so much that needed to be done.

The beauty of it is that when it got overwhelming,

I could walk out the door and go see the river.

We have enjoyed plenty of fishing.

Elijah doesn't mind putting the shrimp on my hook.

Thank goodness!

 My favorite things is stopping at the end of each day 

to enjoy the sunset.

I have missed blogging and I'm thankful life is settling down 

so I can share with you 

all that I've been up to in the past few months.

Hope you are having a wonderful summer!!

This Is The Week!

We are in the middle of selling our home and buying a new one.

Woohoo!

Somewhere in the last 3 months,

we had the notion that it would be nice to live on the river.

We started checking out houses on Zillow.

We called a realtor and the rest is history.

We close on our new (to us, but a real fixer-upper) house this week.

Aaaahhhh!

Look at my dock!

All it's missing is the boat.

I see many hours fishing in the near future.

I am looking forward to many shrimp dinners.

The house also comes with this pool.

Somebody slap me!

I am so blessed.

The house is going to be perfect when I'm done with it.

It was built in the 50's and has paneling and a bomb shelter.

Isn't that funny?!

We aren't sure what to do with it.

Any suggestions?

My boxes are packed.

Just waiting to sign on the dotted line.

I will take pictures after I get the popcorn off the ceilings

and slap some paint on that paneling.

Hope you are having a great day!

If you live near me,

come see me!