Cloth Diaper Giveaway

i just recently got into cloth diapers. i'm having my second baby in june and a 2 year old. i already have a couple of one size cloth diapers and am excited to try new ones. check out the one size cloth diaper event at take time to smell the rose. starting jan 1st. you can also click on the link on my side bar. have fun.

Blogging through 2009

this is the 4th is the series of blogging through the year.
i went to the first post of every month and posted the first sentence of that post.
i love reading that i wrote about all through the year.
so here goes.......

Janurary: 2008 was definatelly a better year for reading books than 2007 was. (it was my annual books i read the year before post)

Feburary: i saw this on my friend care-in's blog and who got it here.

March: it's snowing today.

April: i love all these pictures of him.

May: Summer and Noelle, two pen pals since 4th grade, meet for the first time in the land of tulips and windmills.

June: leaving to go on vacation tomorrow

July: texas welcome center, we love welcome centers

August: this is for you cheryl, i hope you like it.

September: just finished another tutu

October: i can't believe how late i'm getting these pictures up.

November: spent the weekend in gatlinburg

December: finally the pictures from gatlinburg

Cool Pics

Finally the Pics from Gatlinburg

Weekend

spent the weekend in gatlinburg
we had a great time
went to cades cove
saw some beautiful colors
ate at some yummy places
took little guy trick or treating
he was tigger
pictures to come soon

Guess Who...

...is having #2? we could out a couple of weeks ago that i am pregnant and dun in june. we are very excited and can't wait to meet this new little one. please pray for a healthy pregnancy and that baby stays in till the due date. we don't want them born in april.

Cloth Diapers

i bought my first cloth diapers sometime last week and i got them in the mail last night. i took a pic of them but i need to get it uploaded. i was so excited. i got 2 of the fuzzi bunz to try and then today bought 3 bumgenius. i've been told that the smartipantsare great too so i will have to try them next. yeah!

Gulf Shores 2009

daddy, momma, and baby

the only shot of me and my hubby from the beach

he got sick the 2nd day and this was his favorite thing to do. he was watching pooh

Little Guy's 2nd Birthday Party

i can't believe how late i am at getting these pictures up. this was from july. oh well! at least they are here.

Sweet Cotton Candy Tutu

Tutu's For Halloween

halloween in coming up.......that means trick or treating, or harvest fests, or character carinvals, or fall fests. whatever you take you kido's too, i have tutu's that can me made for you little girl. she can be a fairy, bumble bee, lady bug, witch, cat, pumpkin, rockstar, scare crow, bunny....just about anything. check out my side bar for the shop Our Hope Chest and send me a message with your tutu design.

yummies

my hubby just walked in with some yummy soft serve frozen yogurat. it's a new place here called orange tree yoguart.

Happy Harvest Tutu

check it out on my etsy. you can find it on the side bar here on my blog. just think of your little girl in this as a harvest fairy with some wings or a scarecrow with a flannel shirt and a straw hat. super cute!

Tutu

just finished another tutu
it is so cute
i love it
i will try and get it posted asap but we are leaving for the beach tomorrow so it will be after that
i'm still trying to decide on a name for it
it's fallish looking
something fall or autumn or harvest
we will wee

Coming Attractions

I've been reading books by Robin Jones Gunn practically all of my life. My mom bought me the first Christy Miller book Summer Promise when I was 12 and once I finished that one I was begging her for the next one. I would sometimes walk to the dinner table with the book in my hand thinking that I could just read through dinner. My mom had other plans, making me put the book down to have dinner with the family. (good call mom) But that tells you how much I loved those books. I flew through the Christy Miller books to then follow up with the Sierra Jensen books and if my memory serves me correct I read the college years ones next. But somewhere in there I managed to read the Glenbrook Series and love them as well. With the Glenbrook Series I would eagerly await the printing of the next book and then run to the book store when it was released. So needless to say I was thrilled when I found out that all of my old friends (in the form of these characters) would return in the Katie Weldon Series. I have loved reuniting with all of these beloved characters and reading about how God is working in and through Katie's life.

I had the pleasure of meeting Robin Jones Gunn about 3 years ago. My husband and I move to the pacific northwest and I met her where I worked. It was a surprise from my co-workers and I was definitely surprised. It was a pleasure.

Here is a little about Mrs. Gunn:
Robin Jones Gunn is the much-loved author of Peculiar Treasures, On a Whim, and the Christy Miller, Sierra Jensen, College Years, Glenbrooke, and Sisterchicks® series, with over 4 million books sold worldwide. Robin loves to travel and often speaks locally and internationally. She and her husband live near Portland, Oregon, where the view outside her window is green all year round.
Learn more about Robin at Robin Gunn.com.

So on to my thoughts about her latest book Coming Attractions.
Of course I loved it and hope that there are more in the series. I have to say that I saw what was coming in the book but wasn't sure how it would all play out and happen. I was pleased with how it all worked out though. I thought it was funny and inspiring. There were many quotes and scriptures that I jotted down. One of them being a quote from a poem by Emily Dickenson "Hope is the thing with feathers that perched in the soul, and sings the tune without the works and never stops at all." and the Bible verse that I wrote down is Psalm 143-8and10 :Point out the road I must travel; I'm all ears, all eyes before you. Teach me how to live to please you because you're my God."

Katie Weldon has loved Rick Doyle practically all of her life and has wanted him to love her in return. When things start to look that way Katie feels the need to run and bail. With the many questions and thoughts going through her mind with her relationship with Rick and being at the end of her college career will she continue to be lead by God and what his plans are for her.

Here is a list of all of the other blogs that you can stop by and see what they have to say about Coming Attractions.

This blog book tour is hosted byThe Blog Tour Spot

The Time Travelers Wife

i saw this movie on friday with a friend of mine and we just loved it. it was so good and beautiful.

Summer Promise

"Get a free, abridged MP3 audiobook on August 15! ONE DAY ONLY! Author Robin Jones Gunn is giving away the abridged MP3 of Summer Promise, the first book in the best-selling Christy Miller Series for teens. The audiobook will be available for download from her online shop.
It will be free from midnight (PDT) on August 14 to midnight (PDT) August 15. Don't forget to download your copy and to tell your friends!"

when i was a teenager i read these books and they were go great. i would fly through one and be so excited for the next one. if you have teenage girls that love to read then they will probably love these book. they are then followed by another series called the Sierra Jensen Series. those are just as great too.

Blueberry Picking

we went blueberry pickin' in mid july and here are some of the pics that we took

feeding daddy

my little helper

leaving the blueberry farm