5 years ago today, I got to marry the love of my life!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
He kissed me goodbye...
The other day we were playing on the driveway. Mark got into his good ol' Cozy-Coup (after filling it with "gas") and shouted "Good-bye! See you later!" But before he began his journey he got back out of the car as if he forgot something. He then walked over to me to plant a sweet little kiss on my lips. "Love you, Momma! Good-bye!" I melted. He got back into the car only to get out one more time. Forgetting something else he made his way back towards me and leaned down to plant another sweet kiss-- this time on Lillia's forehead. Now I wanted to cry tears of mushy happiness. I'm pretty sure when he's 16 and heading out in a real car we won't have a repeat of this precious moment, so I had to savor the moment and write it down so I can smile about it later too :-)
The fun new addition to the toy room...
The very first room you walk into in our home is the toy room. It's probably supposed to be a formal living room, but we opted for a toy room. We spend 80% of our indoor time in this one room and we LOVE it-- HOWEVER for a long while it was the only place in the house without anything on the walls and without any family pictures. So... I was super excited when I saw pieces of artwork in frames in the clearance section of Target for $1.75 a piece. A $1.75?!? --- this was a woman-on-a-tight-budget's dream!! I bought 9 pieces of artwork, took out all the artwork (except for one), and replaced them with family photos, paintings of Mark's, and outlines of my children's handprints. It's so fun to look up and see my 2 year old's paintings framed on the wall. And it's a huge joy to hear Mark at random exclaim, "There's Uncle Jon, Momma!" or "Oh.. Oh... there's Grandma!!"
this was the only piece of artwork that I saved-- a good reminder that my kiddos are "originals" perfectly crafted by God :-)
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