PetSmart

We went to Petsmart to pick up some kitty litter over the weekend, and since we buy in bulk, we hardly ever have to go get any.  [and we get the cat food mailed directly to our house which is super convenient so we almost never need to go to the pet store.  I recommend chewy.com]  Well Savannah absolutely LOVED it! I don't know why we aren't taking her there every weekend?!? She saw the birds, fishies, hamsters and gerbils, some puppies getting groomed, and lots of kittens! She was constantly squealing in delight and laughing out loud. Precious :)

Our Weekend

We had a super weekend and it went right on through today since Savannah and I both had another day at home today! I wish I had more pictures of what we did but we did have a great visit on Saturday with CC and Grandad, and Anna and Aaron on Saturday that I have no pictures from.  We also did a lot of swinging, cleaning, churching, and mostly playing and relaxing.  We tried to spend as much time as possible outside since it was pretty!

Happy Birthday, Nana!

Happy happy birthday to my wonderful mother-in-law! I hope you have a wonderful day and we can't wait to celebrate tonight!

Savannah would like to say...

[she seems too excited to hold the sign still!]

she would like for you to teach her about accessorizing.  note the bracelet

bracelet comes off

bracelet goes on.  The diva is born :)

Savannah is so lucky to have such a wonderful Nana and she loves you to pieces! Every time she sees you she wants you to hold her, and she loves playing at your house in the big toy chest and trying yummy foods that you make for her. Birc and I think you're great too and we hope you have a wonderful day filled with love and joy!

Granola Gifting

My sister Anna is entering a very busy season at her work, so I decided she might need a little something homemade every day to keep her pep in her step. I made some homemade granola, two different kinds, and they are really good! They'd be great with yogurt, as cereal, or just plain.  I hope she's enjoying them! I put them in pre-labeled little baggies so she can just grab one and go if she's in a rush for breakfast or needs a snack in her purse. :) 

Blessings

Come thou fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace

Streams of mercy, never ceasing, calls for songs of loudest praise.

Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above.

Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it, mount of thy redeeming love.

We were practicing one of my favorite hymns in choir tonight and it just made me so thankful for the people who are such huge blessings in my life.  I hope you know who you are! Then on my way home this other song came on. I think God was trying to tell me to count my blessings and be thankful.  So I am. :) This is great song about blessings that recently came out.  I am a K-Love junkie [Christian radio] and love the song but some of you may not have heard the song before so I'm putting the lyrics below. It's called Blessings by Laura Story, and you can also listen to it here.  I encourage you to tell the people in your life you are thankful for them today!

We pray for blessings, we pray for peace.

Comfort for families, protection while we sleep.

We pray for healing, for prosperity. 

We pray for your mighty hand to ease our suffering

All the while, you hear each spoken need

Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near

What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear

We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near

We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love

As if every promise from Your word is not enough

And all the while, You hear each desperate plea

And long that we'd have faith to believe

'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near

What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us

When darkness seems to win

We know that pain reminds this heart

That this is not,

This is not our home

It's not our home

'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near

What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life

Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy

What if trials of this life

The rain, the storms, the hardest nights

Are your mercies in disguise

Snow Day!

We had a surprise snow day yesterday! We didn't get out in it at all except to snap a few shots.  It was a great day to hang out with my little family, sit by the fire, and just play play play!

pretty Caddo LOVES outside and he is so handsome in the snow!

Curtain Mania

So I went on a curtain-sewing mania over the last two weekends.  We've never had curtains on the front of our house except in Savannah's room.  Which has always made me crazy if I'm home alone without Birc or late at night when I have to walk by those front windows that are bare.  So I sewed some! They aren't lined or anything special and I don't want anyone to come inspect them but they sure are better than what was there before [nothing].  

There are two windows in the dining room:

before

And now the entry way curtains:

before

 YAY so glad they're finished! My favorite part of these pictures is seeing all my babies sneaking in the photos.  We had a good weekend around here and I'm sad it is already over.  Can't wait for the next one!

And just cause I can post it, there's my sweetpea! Seriously.  Could Savannah Cate be any cuter???? Oh my goodness!