What a Busy Week!

I apologize for the lack of photos and especially posts this week! It's been a very busy week for me, mostly planning for events happening in the next week or two.

Our Junior Auxiliary annual Bridge and Bingo salad luncheon is next week. It's a huge fundraiser, and it's been crazy planning it and getting everything in line. I am just worried about having all of the small details taken care of.

We also have another event next Saturday with JA and I have been also working on Lily's Annual Easter Egg Hunt with her friends. We had one last year at our house and it was so much fun, so I am planning another this year!

Please continue to pray for Stellan. I wouldn't say that he is any better after 5 days of being so sick. Read more here.

Have a great weekend!

Please pray for Baby Stellan.

Baby Stellan is very sick. Please pray for him.

Click here to read about his illness.

I feel like I know his family by reading his mom's blog every day.

I will post about the weekend later today.

Stories of a Wild. Water-Loving Girl

Last night, Lily rolled through the water in her wagon.....

then she walked through the water....


then she ran through the water..

jumped in the water..


shed her pants in the water..

next was the shirt...

and well, last was the diaper.. but i will spare you those images..

She just loves playing in the water and well, she will probably be sick but we couldn't resist letting her take advantage of the spring weather.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Not Me! Monday

Not Me! Monday has returned. It's that time to reveal all of the infamous things that I certainly have not done this week.

This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week, but read mine first!

I definitely did not let Lily play in a bowl of flour to entertain her while I cooked on Tuesday evening. That would make a horrible mess.

I also did not spend most of the week still looking for Lily the perfect Easter dress to decide again on one I have already bought her..Not me! I am still not wasting time hunting for the perfect Easter dress.

Wednesday morning, I did not get up at 6 am, almost 45 minutes earlier than normal and still be late for work...Never!

Yesterday, I did not ask my sweet hubby to hold our precious angel well over his head in the branches of a blooming peach tree to get the perfect picture with the beautiful background. I would never ask him to hold her way up there for several minutes while trying to get her to smile the perfect smile :) That would be crazy..Who would ever do that? (but, wasn't it worth it?)



Finally, I did not go into the kitchen last night to find my sweet little girl washing her play dishes in the sink ...literally. Her daddy definitely put her there, but I did not take pics of her because it was so cute! Not me!



Hope you have a fun week and do not do anything I would not do!

A glimpse of spring..

It makes me sad that my little baby is not such a baby anymore, but she is such a sweetie, so smart, and so funny, she makes every day a brighter day!

Here are a few pics from the weekend. The weather was beyond beautiful here on saturday. I was excited to get out some spring clothes and put all of those sweaters away for a few days. We may be getting them back out soon, but we are enjoying our warm weather right now.

Serious Life Magazine..

I wanted you to know about this publication I’m a part of called Serious.Life Magazine. They just published the March issue today, and I am in their Featured Blog Directory. It’s a very high quality magazine… you’ll really like it.



The magazine includes a lot of great content from bloggers you’ll appreciate, as well as great features, photos and other content. The magazine is owned and published by a family who have seven kids, three adopted and one who has Leukemia (www.riggsfamilyblog.com).(Please pray for Abby, who is so sick.) The magazine gives away a bunch of ads to charities and ministries. Besides great articles on interesting people, there is a lot about family, adoption, personal finance, spiritual life, humor… all sorts of “life” topics.



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"Daddy got a swimsuit?"

Here are some of the latest "funny" and "sweet" moments that have came out of Lily's mouth lately..I don't want to forget them..This girl keeps us laughing..Most of these have been directed at her daddy...

A couple of weeks ago, my mom told Lily not to bite her nails that she wanted them to be pretty like hers. Lily responded, "Poppy bites his."

I got BJ to rub my back a couple of weeks ago, and now Lily frequently tells him, "Daddy, I need a massage." He then has to rub her back and she lays so still and just loves it.

When she gets sleepy at night, she will look at me and say, "Mommy, is it nap time?" Off to bed, we go..

Last night, she was on a roll. As we were finished up eating at the table, BJ got a text from someone. Well, he responds to them, and as both me and Lily look at him being nosey as always, Lily asks, "Who do you text?" A classic statement from mommy..I'm teaching her good. Keeping daddy in line..


Finally, BJ bought some new tshirts yesterday to wear under his dress shirts. Well, they are sleeveless and well, we probably should have gotten 1 size bigger. He got one out and tried it on, Lily asks, "Daddy got a swimsuit?" Here's your sign, daddy, need a bigger size, lol..Got to love him though and love Lily!

They both keep me smiling!

Gone but Not Forgotten..Join us in memory...

One year ago this week, my husband's Aunt Janie was murdered in her kitchen. She was the sweetest lady, one who would do anything for you to help you out. She was fun and free spirited and everyone loved her...

Her murder still remains unsolved today. This is so hard for the family...to know that someone would kill her and then to still not know who it was that did this awful, awful thing..We live in such a small town where everyone knows everyone and all about them..we don't think that this kind of stuff can happen here but it did and that person is still walking around today somewhere.

So much prayer is needed for all of us..to understand this and deal with it every day, especially her daughter and grandchildren...

The Cooley family will be holding a Candlelight Vigil this Thursday night at the courthouse in town at 7 pm. Everyone is invited to join us and remember Aunt Janie and to let those out there that we haven't forgotten about her..

GOd helps us through this, but I don't know if we will completely understand who or why..just hope that she is in a better place now.