Happy Birthday to my Hubbie!

Happy Birthday, to my sweetie heart!

Jeffie is 29 today!

I love you!

While Mommy's "away" Gabey will Play.

I've been under the weather the past few days. Yesterday was pretty bad, I ended up sleeping through most of it (after he fell asleep for his nap, and when jeff got home of course). Today, I still had a headache, but felt better otherwise. I was resting on my recliner in the living room, listening to Gabey playing in the "fishy room". I knew he was pulling out some games, and playing with them. I let him go. Then I heard a crash, and yelled, "Are you ok?", he said.."Yes." but I decided to check anyway........

Is that the SUN?

No way! I can't believe it! It's been so long since I 've seen it. Is the sun really out? and What's that color? Blue? The sky is actually blue, not grey? I was beginning to forget! LOL!

I really would love to move to a place that had more sun, and a bit more consistant weather. It's so hard to know how to dress, and so many bad days, that we're stuck inside with rain or something.

I really want to try to get outside today, since it doesn't look like rain at all. It is muddy and cold out, but we'll deal.

It's been a pretty good weekend, we visited with Jeff's family twice, and we're going to be going over there again this saturday for Jeff's birthday dinner. It's been nice to be with them. Gabey is finally settling down to the point where I don't have to watch him like a hawk, to make sure he doesn't break something of Linda Mom's or on his own person, lol. He's having a great time with the family, goofing off for them, and making them play games with him. Jeff's got a really big family, and I think it was overwhelming to him for a while (for me too in the beginning, lol.) but he's used to them all now, and isn't shy.
I absolutely adore my mom in law. I could never have asked for a nicer, more giving mom in law. I always feel bad for the people with their mom in law stories. Praise the Lord, I'll never have to worry about that.

"Do the 'Do"- Sock Bun

This is one of my favorite hairdos, and it has a craft to do for it too!
It is a sock bun. It will work for long or short hair.

You just need some old socks with higher ankles. If you have light hair, you'll want to use light colored socks, and the opposite for dark hair.
Here is the sock bun craft step by step:

1. Find some socks, I used 3, but it depends on how big or small you want it. I have a lot of hair, lol.


2. Cut off the feet.


3. Put the sock tubes inside eachother, if you have more than one.

4. Roll the sock tubes inside out to make a donut.

5. You can stitch these together if you want. I actually never have, I just use them as is.



Now, here is a step by step on how to put one in your hair....

1. Make a ponytail (use a smaller rubberband so it will hide well), and put the sock bun around it.


2. Spread your hair around the bun, this will take practice to get it from showing gaps.

3. Put a ponytail around that to keep it in place, this will take practice too.


4. I usually put a larger scrunchie around that to cover up the ponytail, and make it look more like a bun.

5. You can either braid the rest, and wrap it around the bun, or leave it loose. If you have short hair, this will look really cute, with your hair in little fan-like spikes around the bun.

Visit with My Mom

My mom came over Thursday, and we got to chat for quite a while. My dad came over and brought pizza rolls, and then worked in the back yard on the garage. Here is a really nice picture of my mom, and Gabey.



I got a ton of pictures and video of Gabey playing in the back yard. It finally wasn't raining (for like 2 hours, LOL.) We haven't played outside for a while. It's always rainy and cold now, and muddy, yuck.

Gabey pushing his truck around.


Gabey and I did some crafts on Thursday too. We made his church bank better, and did some other crafts too.

His bank, a sticker project, and a cute little foamy frame.


This one was fun, made out of food! LOL!

God is REAL.

The heavens declare the Glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork!

Look at this leaf! It's so intricate, like a watercolors, flowing from green to yellow. God made this leaf.



God made this flower too, and the gorgeous maple leaf.



None of this just happened. We are not here by chance. What we do matters, to others and to God. Young person, you MATTER, to others, and to GOD. Adult, what you are today matters to God, He made you, and loves you. He sent Jesus to earth to die on the cross to pay for your sins. Trust Him, not works, not baptism, just HIM. He is the only way to Heaven, and to fellowship God.

"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME."

Fall Harvest Fest

Our church had a fun Harvest Fest last night, and we were able to take Gabey.

Chrissy volunteered to help in the Kitchen.


Gabey was hillarious for the games, he would go right up to the board and just put the stuff in. He did it for this basketball, and an acorn toss game too.


Skiball with Daddy


Crafts with Mommy


I had to put these in! My good friend Katie, being VELCRO-ed!


Katie midair!


Gabey spent a lot of time running up and down the hall. I think he's lot like me, we get a bit overwhelmed in crowds. I tend to want to find a quiet nook too. I think he's taking after me.

Gabey's New Game Craze

Gabey's entering a new phase. He's discovered our game shelf. He's been pulling all the games off the shelf and "playing" the games. We are not following one rule! It's been a lot of fun, but it's hard too, because he doesn't want to clean up one before he goes on to the next. LOL.
Right now, we're using chess pieces as obstacle course poles for his matchbox cars.

Catchup

I can't believe it's Saturday already. I have a week's worth of blogs to do. LOL. Here is my fridge! My friend at Thimble Thoughts showcased her fridge, and invited us to join in.... it's quite a mess, but it still holds some yummy food! HA HA.

A Few Pictures of PA

Here are a few pictures from my PA trip. I haven't gotten any more up yet.

I did not like these tunnels.


This was the weather most of the week, but Jeff kept driving.


Cool Children's Museum
(sorry, I took this picture out, didn't realize the statue wasn't the most modest statue, lol.)

Gabey playing with the sand art, it would be projected on the screen on the wall.


Car Track.


Gabey finds trains everywhere we go. He cried when we had to leave this one.


They had a great Mr. Roger's Neighborhood exhibit, with all the puppets and fun stuff to play with.


Gabey and I had fun playing in this.... it's RICE. (the photo is not of Gabey, lol. I don't know who it is. lol.)


Beautiful drive to Falling Water




Jeff and I had a great tour of the house at Falling Water, and LOVED it.


Since children aren't allowed on the tour, they had a children's playroom. Chrissy watched Gabey so we could go on the tour.

Fun Fall Avatar Doll

Problems with Pictures

Oh man, i've had so many problems with these pictures. I forgot to bring my data cable on vacation, and had to put them on cd, but I can't get them off without downloading the program, which messes with all my other pictures on my computer. Yikes. So i've been trying to get them online without downloading them, and then saving them to my computer from online, what a pain, lol. I got them all to snapfish, and then was saving them to my computer, but accidentally saved them ALL as thumbnails! Needless to say, it may be a little while before I get all the pictures in the right places.

I'm going to Flower Factory today to get some stuff to make a costume for Gabey. They're dressing as Bible characters in Glory Stars, so I'm going to let him be "Gabriel"! LOL! I'm going to try to find a horn and everything!

The "I Hate Cooking"- Menu Plan Monday

Menu Plan Monday

Monday- Pasta with Garlic Parmesan cream sauce (Ragu, egg noodles), frozen baby peas

Tuesday- Beef Stirfry, fried rice, egg rolls (Market Day frozen)

Wednesday- Dinner at church- Tacos

Thursday- Potato Cheddar soup (Tastefully Simple), cheese biscuits (Amish Country mix), broccoli

Friday- Ham (precooked, sliced), Stove Top stuffing, frozen green beans

Saturday- Chicken Nuggets, mashed potatoes, corn

For more Menu ideas, visit http://www.orgjunkie.blogspot.com/

Postcards from the Hotel

Hey!! We're in the hotel! LOL! We've been having a great week. So far, we've gone to the Children's Museum, The National Aviary, The Pittsburg Zoo, and to Amish Country.
It's been an adventure, and so much fun! My sweetie has done all the driving, and he's been AMAZING! The roads are under construction, and winding, and hilly. I'm so thankful he's been willing to do it.

Yesterday, we went to Amish country, and tried to find a restaurant. There was only one sign, so we turned down the street. It was a tiny gravel street going through the woods, so hilly and winding. I made jokes that the sign was a ruse, and that bandits put it up to lure people into the woods, YIKES. When we finally got to the restaurant, IT WAS CLOSED for a private party! We were having a heart attack, and starving already. We laughed so hard. After driving around, we found the coolest little Amish salvage foods store. I took a picture of their gas lights. We got snacks and drinks, and got to talk to the people. Later, we found a really cute mercantile, and I took a picture of a beautiful Amish woman at the counter. After she left, the storekeeper told me..."Did you know it is against their religion to get their picture taken?" Oh, I felt terrible! I rushed out, and stopped her in her buggy! I told her I didn't know, and that I had deleted the picture off my camera for her. She thanked me, and smiled. I felt such a load off. I would never have wanted to make her feel bad. I could imagine how she felt, that I might have ruined her entire day. I did get some nice buggy pictures and a picture of a house with clothes on the line.
Tomorrow, we have an appointment for a tour of Fallingwater! I'm very excited!

Gabey has been great, we've been going swimming in the pool here, and he's been having a blast!

I'll post pictures when I get back home. :):)

What a Sweetheart!

I wrote the note to the sweet lady in church, whose grandson I made a silly comment about on Wednesday. I didn't even know how to word it, I was so embarrassed. BUT, I had to do it. Well, tonight after the service, she came up to me, and was just such a sweetie! She said she didn't even remember what I said, and that she wanted to thank me for the work I did in there, leading the singing. I just wanted to hug her! I love the people in my church!

Hit the Open Road!

Well, tomorrow, we're on our way! My sister is coming with us to PA for the week. Our first real vacation since Gabey was born. I'm quite excited! I have all of Gabey's "Thomas Take-alongs", ROTFL. He gets so attached to toys, I'm so worried he'll wake up one night, and cry for a toy we don't have with us.

I'm hoping to go see Fallingwater while we're there. I was there once in college, and would love to go again. Frank Lloyd Wright is my favorite architect(probably many people's favorite.) Well, actually, I really don't know any others. I never really looked farther than his work, I enjoyed it so much.



Also, we are hoping to go to Idlewild for the day on Saturday (they aren't open during the week anymore, much to our disappointment.)

Other than that, our week is open, and free, and highly anticipated.
Pray for us. We don't have far to travel, but any trip is in need of protection.
I may post during the week, as my sister is bringing her laptop. However, I am promising nothing, LOL. I may take a vacation from the computer also.

Side note, I won't need to be doing the Monday Menu Plan, WOOOHOOOO, I won't be cooking!! HA HA!