Amie & I had a great time with some of our Cali family. My Aunt Helen and my cousin Dori were in town for Dori’s daughter’s graduation from CU Boulder. We were able to meet for lunch on Saturday and had so much fun catching up. I haven’t seen Dori & her family for years! We ate at B.J.’s . . . love that place!
Doug, Dori, Amie, Aunt Helen, me & Kelly
Ahhhhh my Baby Belle came by yesterday (in the snow) to make her first visit to Grammy’s house! Great weekend with family. Amie came down Saturday to hang out and we were able to have lunch with out of town family (pic tomorrow). Hope you all had a great time with family yesterday! 😉
A hail storm passed through last night & I was thankful for 2 things: my car was in the garage & I’d brought my tomato plant inside!! Hail bombarded the house for about 10 minutes and it was anywhere from gumball size to as large as quarter size! Crazy!
I do love this app that I downloaded. Here is another example of a before and after picture. I recently printed the water color and it turned out great!!
There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for my little sweet pea!! Jason told me I needed to get a TDAP shot – whattttt a shot?!?!? It’s just extra protection against Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis, (whooping cough) for newborn babies. So I made the appointment and got the shot this morning. The nurse told me it was good for 10 years so that should cover me for any future grand-babies 😉
Owen met his little sister yesterday. He was so sweet with her! He kept saying, “she’s so sweet”!
I was leaving work last Thursday when my son called. My daughter-in-law’s blood pressure was too high so the doctors decided to induce labor. To make a long story short, lol . . . . she was born on Saturday, April 26th at 3:17pm at only 5lbs 3 oz. and 18 inches long . . . Introducing . . . . my beautiful granddaughter – Belle Marie Benson!!!
Summertime is around the corner and my backyard deck is in need of a makeover! I would love to replace all the deck boards with something like TREX but, yeah that’s not going to happen – too much moola. So I found an alternative solution . . . there are these two products at Home Depot. I prefer to use Home Depot because I have a gift card there 😉 . . . I’ve done the research, read the reviews but it just seems like it depends on who you talk to, soooooo I’m wondering if any of you have used either of these products or know of someone else that’s used them??? I thought I’d try out using a “poll” . . . thought it might be fun and would love your input!! If this poll is successful maybe you can help me pick out the color 😉
One of my besties, Sherry in Cali, told me about this product by Epiphany. I just love them and thought it would be fun to make them for my daughter-in-law and the Grammy’s as a gift for the baby shower. You purchase the punch, the clear bubbles and the charm settings. I think they are adorable on ball chain so I bought a roll of it from Hobby Lobby. You can use any scrapbook paper or photo. I printed the verbiage on scrapbook paper using my regular printer at home. That green thing is the punch which will punch out the exact size circles for the size bubbles you have – either Size 14 for the small charms or Size 25 for the large charms. You’re suppose to be able to apply your paper circle to the clear bubble with the punch, but Sherry recommended that I do it by hand & rub out any air bubbles. Then I used craft glue to adhere the bubble to the charm -just use a very small amount so it doesn’t soak through your paper. They turned out so cute and I will probably add a picture of my granddaughter later on. You can purchase them at Archivers.com or Amazon.com.
It was 20 years ago on Easter Sunday that I asked Jesus to enter my life. I had spent many years trying to make things happen on my own, and it was time to let go and Let God. One year later I found myself living in Colorado. I couldn’t have made “that” happen even if I tried, lol. I can see His hand in my life and the direction it’s taken. My home, my kids, my job, my health – all of it God inspired, God directed. I can still remember something Pastor Ron Carter said over 20 years at a church in Napa that I attended . . . “the difference between doubt & deliverance, is a slight turn of your heart”. Well I can honestly say – it’s TRUE. It didn’t seem like it at the time but that moment when I decided what the heck . . . why not give it all to HIM, in that moment – it changed me . . . not right away but over time it changed me. As I look back at where my life was 20 years ago and where I am today, I can say that I am a different person. Truly blessed and looking forward to the future! Happy Belated Easter!! 😉
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