5 FAVORITE THINGS THIS WEEK!  

"I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel, so bad!"

So, here are a few of our favorite things:

 

1. I always enjoy reading my Bible, but this verse, as well as others, really spoke to me." 

Psalm 52:1 "...the goodness of God endureth continually."

(The cross is one my Mother made for me!)

2.  Homemade (mini) taco salads with homemade chili!  Happiness on a plate!  :) 

 

3.  Laughing with my family!  And when we laugh, we laugh!  =)

  

4.  Looking forward to going out with my fun family later.  We're thinkin' Bob Evans!  We may go shopping afterwards too!  Family, food and shopping, can't beat that!  :)

 

 5. My new A-dorable bag!  LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! :)

  

What did you enjoy this week?  We'd love to hear about it!
Hope y'all have a happy weekend!  
SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey y'all!  Have a good week?  Get a lot of Christmas shopping done?  We're getting there.  Still have a little bit to go.  

We have been enjoying checking out all of the great Christmas posts that have been linked here this week.  Y'all are so talented!  Keep it up!  If you haven't been able to join us, please do!  Link up your Christmas/winter posts and check out some of the great projects that have been shared here!  

What have you enjoyed about your week?  Is there something you're looking forward to this weekend? 

Happy weekend y'all!

SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 FAVORITE THINGS THIS WEEK! 

This is a party where you share your 5 favorite things from the past week.  Sounds like fun, right?  Join the fun!

"I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel, so bad!"

So, here are a few of my favorite things:

 

1.  Decorating for Christmas!  Dixie n I had a riot putting up our decorations, our Dad likened us to Stanley and Ollie.  I'm not sure which one is which.  :)

 

2.  Playing Dutch Blitz and Rook with my family.  Did I win?  I plea the 5th!  :)

        

3.  Watching Christmas cartoons on ABC. 

4.  My new Christmas polka dot cup!   I love these cups!  I'm accident prone, so these come in very handy! :)

5.  My new polka dot scarf!!!!  Need I say more?  :)

Hey y'all!  
Getting stressed out because Thanksgiving is like, here?  Make sure you take some time for yourself and don't overdo it!  Take time to STOP and smell the coffee, or whatever scent you like that makes you happy! :) 


We weren't blogging last year at this time so we weren't able to share this with y'all.  So we're going to share it with you this year!  

OUR PARENT'S 25th ANNIVERSARY PARTY
Last year was our parents 25th anniversary.  We "kids" planned a SURPRISE PARTY for them.  We invited all of our family over and had a buffet style meal.  Boy howdy was it good!  I'm pretty sure I ate too much!  But, it was so worth it!  (In my family, you can't have a get together without food!  Do y'all do that too?  Or is it just be a southern thing.)
How did we get our parents out of the house you ask?  Let me tell you, it wasn't easy.  Fortunately, they decided to cooperate, that and they may have been on to us.  I think it was the excessive amount of food we bought that gave it away.  If they did know, they still acted surprised.
We had a blast!  Everything looked plum perty, if I do say so myself, and I do :).  The food was delicious, the company was great, but most importantly my parents were in the "spotlight".  Which is something very rare, yet deserved.  My parents are the kind of people who don't do things to get recognition or praise.  They just get things done and most of the time, go unnoticed.  So, we wanted to let them know how much we love them and wanted to honor them because of who they are and what they have done for us.  


Here are few pictures of their special night!

 

This is a replica of my parents wedding day cake.  Our Mother made her own wedding cake!  Pretty amazing, huh?  Not very many brides do that.  Their cake was a bit bigger, but Dixie did what she could and it looks exactly like their wedding cake.  (only smaller)   The couple on top of the cake, (I forget what you call it.)  is the same one that was on our parents cake.  Dixie dyed the flowers herself.  She was very clever in how she did this!  Our parents loved it.  Especially our Mother!

 

Looks like we were going to have a seance doesn't it?  Well, we didn't.  This is the display table we had about our parents.  The big book is their wedding album.  Behind the big white candle is a picture of our parents on their wedding day.  The wooden box is holding some of the rose petals that our Mother has saved from our Dad throughout the years.  In the big silver frames is a list of "25 Things I Love About You".  I had my parents make a list of things they love about each other.  (I tried to make this a surprise for them, but I'm sure they knew I was having both of them make a list.)  When I asked my Dad to make his list, his response was "Only 25?"  Now isn't that sweet?   Later that night, they read their lists to each other. :) 

Here is a closer look.

 

Our Dad's list to our Mother and her rose petals.

 

Our Mother's list to our Dad.  In the heart frame is a picture of a cake she made for him years ago, with his nickname on it.

 We also had a "clothesline" of family pictures throughout the years, draped over our living room windows.

PICTURES OF CENTERPIECES

 

 

 

Each guest wrote out their favorite memory of our parents and placed it in this basket for them to read later.

5 FAVORITE THINGS THIS WEEK! 

This is a party where you share your 5 favorite things from the past week.  Sounds like fun, right?  Join the fun!

"I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel, so bad!"

So, here are a few of my favorite things:

  

1.  Found these amazing Chicken flavored crackers at the $ store!  They taste just like the real thing, even if they are generic.  Oh!  They are really good with sharp cheddar cheese!  Am I the only one who likes these?  My family thinks I'm crazy because I do. 

 O well.  Que sera sera!  :)

  

    

2.  Watching The Far Country with some family. It wasn't one of my favorites but, you can't go wrong with family time and Jimmy Stewart.  :)

 

3.  Celebrating my Grandparents anniversary and uncle's birthday.  We had a riot!  :)

4.  Texting with my best friend (outside of my family) who lives 100's of miles away.  She is truly a God-send! 

    

5.  Browsing around Michael's!  Fall is coming!  I can't wait!  Look at all this Fall goodness!  :)

5 FAVORITE THINGS THIS WEEK! 

This is a party where you share your 5 favorite things from the past week.  Sounds like fun, right?  Join the fun!

"I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel, so bad!"

So, here are a few of my favorite things:

  

1.  The beautiful, cooler weather God has given us.

2.  Enjoyed spending time with my family and friends in West Virginia at the Mountaineer Baptist Campmeeting.

3.  The beautiful scenery in West Virginia!

 

4.  Hearing a Whippoorwill.  No, they're not the prettiest birds in the world, but I just love hearing their coos.  It is a reminder to me that God loves me! :)

  

5.  Bagels!  I love, love, love, bagels!  I could seriously live off of them.  What?  I can't help it if I love "healthy" food.  ;)

5 FAVORITE THINGS THIS WEEK! 

This is a party where you share your 5 favorite things from the past week.  Sounds like fun, right?  Join the fun!

"I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel, so bad!"

So, here are a few of my favorite things: 

  

1.  2012 Olympics!  We have been watching it every night!  So proud of our Olympians and all of their hard work!

 

2.  MY FAMILY!!!!

 Family is not an important thing, it's everything.

3.  My Dad, who is my Pastor.  I'm so glad that he is wise and listens to God! 

 4. My Dad preached an amazing sermon on Sunday night about "Be Still".  I for one, needed that sermon!  I think the verse just pretty much speaks for itself.  I would just love to be on top of that mountain right now, making snow angels!  Ya, you're right, I would probably fall off.  Never mind! :)  

 Isn't God so creative?!?

5.  Had Digiorno pizza for the first time (what?) and boy howdy was it good!

 

5 FAVORITE THINGS THIS WEEK! 

This is a party where you share your 5 favorite things from the past week.  Sounds like fun, right?  Join the fun!

"I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel, so bad!"

So, here are a few of my favorite things: 

 

1.  Celebrating America's birthday and our wonderful freedom!

2.  Spending time with my Grandpa on his birthday.

3.  Diet Dr. Pepper cans.  I usually just get a two-liter, but this time I got the cans.  Somehow they just taste better!  Mm.  Mm.  Mm.

4.  Bea-u-tiful rain!  O my goodness!  God has blessed with so much rain lately, it's amazing!  We really need it! 

 

 5.  Attending the Tri-Cities Camp Meeting all week.  My family is very involved in this.  We do all of the sound for it.  The best part though, has been the preaching! 

I get to do the bulletin board at my Church.  I enjoy doing it!  Sometimes it can be a challenge trying to think of something to put on it.  I try to change it every month.  This is what I did this month!  No, I'm not giving up on snow, but I thought this was very fitting and very true!  God is so creative and beautiful, isn't He?

  My Mother made the cute little bee and the grass.  My Dad helped me with the letters and helped me put them up.  My sister provided the pipe cleaner and my brother gave me the verse I was looking for.  I made the flowers out of tissue paper and pipe cleaner.  I am so blessed to have a family that is always willing to help me!