check out my sweet daughter's new blog

http://www.throughmyeyes-elizabeth.blogspot.com/

she is amazing! God has surely blessed her!

i am in the mood to have a party...

anyone, anyone? the weather is so nice and beautiful. the decorations during this season are so bright & wild. and it's just time to have some girlie FUN!

i haven't done anything in a while with all of my friends, so i think it would be lots of fun to have a little get together, so i went looking for some ideas in what else, but blog heaven. i found this great site www.thepartydress.net it has some great ideas from all sorts of resources and then put together to plan a perfect party theme. check it out. it's great! the following photos are a few of the featured ideas from the site.

happy planning!

okay, so maybe we won't play croquet...

i better get busy planning! i'll let you know how it goes!

blogging- fun, but not always so easy

Okay, I think I am finally through with tweaking my blog template. Well, maybe for this week!

There are just so many great sites out there with beautiful and fun ideas! Some of these sites were so helpful that I wanted to pass them on.

So here's to some happy blogging!

www.eclecticwhimsydesigns.com

www.typepad.com

http://www.ohhellofriend.blogspot.com/ (FrEebIes!)

http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/ (fReeBies!)

www.luckygirldesignstudio.com (frEebIeS!)

www.eightcrazydesigns.com (one FAV!)

And of course, you can't do any of it without...

www.photobucket.com and www.picnik.com

GOOD LUCK!

a cheerful banquet

Last night my daughter got to attend her last school banquet for her cheerleading career. How fun it was! I always here people say how they wish they could go back in time to when they were in high school. When I watch my daughter stress about school work, college, tests, friends, coaches, sports, etc. I don't desire that wish at all. However, I do love to watch her have the time of her life. You know- remember being so excited about something coming up, especially the weekend! Having butterflies in your stomach? Being so excited about something that you could wet your pants ? Okay, maybe that last one is just me!

{This next picture says it all!}

My dear Lizzie, I hope all of your good times outnumber the others!

I had the pleasure of getting to decorate the banquet! YEA!

I figured these FUN loving girls needed a fun, bright and cheerful banquet decor.
I found the most beautiful flowers in brilliant COLORS. Now what to do with them? Something unique and fun?! Well, remember that eye candy picture from a couple of posts back? The one that had a lot of colors and yes, a jar of BUBBLE GUM.

So a candy shopping I went!

Loaded up the flowers...

Added a little SPARKLE...

Found some great vases...

And then went to work having some inspirational FUN!

day of skateboarding fun

spur of the moment

grabbed his board

jumped in the car

arrived at the city's new skate park

lots of "professionals" already on the scene

my shy little boy

he jumped right in

so entertaining

he practiced & practiced

back & forth, back & forth

my brave Jackson

thank you for sharing a wonderful memory with me

Mothers & Their Children

As this weekend fast approaches and I scurry out to find the best (impossible) gifts for Mother's Day, I remember a promise I made myself last year. "Next year, I will enjoy my Mother's Day weekend with my family & not concentrate on other things!" Okay, so I'm not good at keeping promises to myself. I have been busy this week getting preparations ready for a women's church retreat scheduled for this Friday & Saturday. I am very excited about getting together with all of my friends, but not being away from the hubby and kiddos. So I am promising this now, "I will welcome what God has in store for me this weekend!" Then when I get home on Saturday, our Mother's Day PARTY is on!

These are the children God has graciously given me. Genisis 33:5

Dear God, thank you so much for the two magnificent gifts that you have given to me. I truly thank you for allowing me to teach them in your ways and love them with all my heart. Amen.

Prayer Warriors: Please be in prayer for my sweet friend, Terri, who lost her precious son three months ago. This will be a difficult weekend for her and her family.

The following are some mommys & kiddos that I LOVE:

This photo from http://www.sarahshalleyphotography.com/

Have a BLESSED MOTHER'S DAY!