Five Friday Favs

Carter Mountain 

with friends

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early morning walks & talks

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cozy smelling house

b/c of all the apple baking recipes

apple loaf bread, apple cinnamon chip cookies, apple turnovers

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have you had

OH's?!?!
the influence of a 5 year old
thanks to abby for bringing it for HER snack
now the skamfam has devoured 3 boxes in a week
great snack for the boy's at school
great for breakfast
. . .
and for dinner!

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If you do not STAND FIRM
in your Faith,
you will not stand at all.
Is 7:9

five friday favs

love this commercial

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angela thomas has no idea

how much her book

has encouraged me

in a friend's words,

the best reference book for single mamas

i agree

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stretchy head bands

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throwing the football 

w/ jacob

while we wait for ben at practice

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the bouquet of gerber daisies

a sweet new little friend brought to me

the first day of school

her mama & grandma remembered my favorite

from when i had her big sister years ago

hootie hoo

in our pre school each room has their own theme.
for years i've been all transportation.
fire truck, police car, ice cream truck, bug, you get the idea
then there was the ocean animal year
and years ago i had a room of frogs

well this year my room is all about owls
boy did i pick the right year to make that my classroom theme
owls are everywhere!
it's been easy decking my room out in colorful owls
i was thrilled when one of my families gave me a box of tissues w/ owls all around it
i had to decorate my humongo bottle of hand sanitizer with an owl
just some "goo be gone" to get rid of the labels
some scrap papers, scrap ribbon, & my cricut
now i have this

i love it ~ "whooo needs germs?!"

it's kind of a joke w/ a couple of the teachers
when they need me
they just call out
"hootie hoo"

whoooo is wise

He who listens to advice

and accepts instruction.

Proverbs 19:20

back to school

many of you know the dread i had
when thinking about returning to school
most of that left the day those yellow postcards arrived
with their teachers' names on them
i really screamed and jumped up & down
when i saw who they got
squealed i tell ya!!

*i say most of the dread left
b/c i still dislike
alarm clocks
&
homework

j & ms. kendrick

b & mrs. koontz

and at 6:30 am these boys were ready!!

head to toe

contacts, teeth brushed, socks & shoes

 breakfast, backpacks, & lunch boxes

dark & stormy morning

i've got a feeling

that this is gonna be a good year!!

10 . . . seriously

for a few weeks leading up to j's bday,

i kept thinking

WOW ~ 10 . . . it's a big deal

double digits

i don't feel old enough to have a 10 year old!

  10 years ago this dark haired blessing

melted our hearts

and that grin right there

can turn any other person's frown upside down!

and may even keep him from getting in trouble for a wrong choice

he's a little mischievious

very curious

completely charming

 this one makes me laugh

see what i mean?!

but back to 10 years ago

b/c of some blood work or something

i really can't remember the details

BUT

the nurses brought him to us 

with a medicine cup cut in half

a MEDICINE CUP

secured around one of his hands

to keep some tubing or something in place

i became a puddle

it was pitiful

i try to imitate to him 

how i loved

LOVED to pick up up

and just rub his cheeks to mine

(i can't pick him up though)

but sometimes

okay, rarely

he'll give me

cheekers

as we refer to them

oh i love some baby cheeks

fun & tender

smart & witty

creative & humorous

joyful & spirit filled

determined & spunky

affectionate & playful

are just some of the words

we use to describe JACOB

this

is

my

favorite

right

here

the smile

his eyes

those freckles

thank you jacob for bearing with

me during our crazy cheezy photo shoot!

i promise one day, you'll be slightly thankful!

one day we'll have someone talented to take our pics

five friday favs

those yellow postcards

that came 

with the boys' teachers names on them

i squealed

b/c each of them got teachers that i'm thrilled about

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God's protection 

during the storm

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coming home to a

mini - end of summer - celebration

treat bag surprise on our porch

from sweet friends

freeze pops & water balloons

for another last hurrah

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this bean & corn dip

rocks

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Matthew 11:28

who me?!?! . . . never!

. . . would i serve my boys cereal with fruit on top and popcorn dessert for dinner

. . . would i wait until the day before & the day of to invite a few friends over to celebrate my double digit dude's birthday . . . not me!!

. . . would it be okay with me for that sweet 10 year old to blow out our yankee candle b/c i forgot a candle for his cake . . . no way!