Froggy Friend

Many of you know I have an obsession with frogs. Especially the beautiful bright green ones! I have a couple really cute stories about them too, but I'll have to tell you another time because it would take too long to type. Anyway, when I found out about the acronym Forever Rely On God I was so excited. I knew I loved frogs for a reason!

I love frogs so much that when I found out I was pregnant with Landon I decided to do his room in frogs and now his bathroom is in frogs (his room is now cars).

Long story short, we had our first "froggy friend" at our new house! I was so excited. He was on our back door window. I know the picture is awful, what can I say (Robin wasn't here)!!?? Say hello to my little friend.....

Tribute to Aunt RaRa (aka Robin)

My sister-in-law (Robin) is a wonderful photographer. As a matter of fact I think I will hire her to do our next family photo shoot (I better be sure she's ok with it first!!). Many times if it were not for her I would not have any pictures of events. She has definately "made" my photo albums for Landon. She's wonderful and we love her. These are a few photos she sent me today. Thank you Auntie RaRa. What would we do without you??!! oxoxxo

Crafty

Before...
After :)
Before...
After :)

I am the first to admit I am NOT crafty. So any time I lift a finger at all and use some paint, I must share!

The cousins stay the night...

So the guitar is pink -- it's still cool! Ha -- Landon loved playing with his cousin's guitar. It was just the right size!

Braden, Kenley, and Brenton stayed the night Sunday night. Braden is playing my guitar that I have yet to learn! Maybe one day!

This is Brenton. He is so funny and bright. His "vote for pedro" shirt gives you a little glimpse of who he is! He loves to draw too.

Kenley and I did scrap booking together. The best pages are the ones she did! Thanks Ken :)

Praise God for America

Happy Independence Day! I am so thankful for the country we live in. It is so easy to take for granted all we have.

A while back I took a cab to the airport and the man driving was from Ethiopia. I asked him what he thought about America in general. He said, "in America, every day is a GOOD day." His point was -- he comes from a country of fear, poverty and famine. Americans have it great EVERY DAY! Be thankful :)

Parent Life Magazine

I am loving this new magazine I started reading.....Parent Life. I actually picked it up at church for free, but you can subscribe to it. It's a Christian parenting magazine. I've found so many great articles that I've NEEDED to read. I wanted to share a little excerpt from it:

QUESTIONS FROM LITTLE GIRLS TO THEIR PARENTS:
*Am I capable?
*Am I lovable?
*How will boys treat me?
*How should I relate to boys?
*Am I good at physical activities?
*Do I get along with others?
*Do I have appropriate behavior, values, and morals?

QUESTIONS FROM LITTLE BOYS TO THEIR PARENTS:
*Am I bright?
*Can I do things?
*How will girls relate to me?
*How should girls be treated?
*Do I like school?
*Do I help others?
*Am I a good person?

Just one more thing as parents to pay attention to....we are the biggest influence in our children's lives :)

Phantom Lawn Mower

So BJ came home this morning from his shift and the first thing he said was "who cut our yard?" I said "huh -- I thought you were the one that missed those big patches under the swing set." Well aparently someone (probably a commercial lawn service) cut our yard by mistake. The kicker is you would think BJ would be glad, right?? One less week to mow -- WRONG! He was ticked! He is VERY proud of his yard. According to him they cut it too short and it looks like "crap". HA! Pretty funny....