Small Hostess Gift

A girl from my MOPS group hosted us last week for dessert.

(side note: she had NO kids and NO husband for a week,

she wasn't even knowing what to do with herself by Tuesday!)

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I wanted to bring just a little something along to thank her for hosting us.I put together a little gift of candy using a mason jar, and a 5 inch square piece of fabric. Simple, but a nice gesture none-the-less.
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Hopefully she ate the candy up before her family returned home!

I Heart Faces : Bundled Up

This is my very first time entering a I Heart Faces contest!

Woo hoo!

These pictures from out in the snow on a sunny day were one of the first times I realized just how much I was going to love my new Nikon D3000!

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Head on over to www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com if you want to enter your own photo!

Monday's 10 Things

Here's what I'm most thankful for, right now!

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1. A great night out with girlfriends Friday night.

2. A few hours spent late at night chatting with a girlfriend.

3. My little girl who is finally on the mend, although it seems as though the germs might have spread to her mumma and daddy. Ugh.

4. My parents are home!

5. Claire's music class teacher. She's so sweet and nurturing, and I just really appreciate how she interacts with my child.

6. A MOPS play date tomorrow morning.

7. Making plans for a little overnight getaway with Eric!

8. A million projects that are so close to being checked off my list.

9. Construction on three houses surrounding ours is almost done, it's time to have our neighborhood quiet and put back together.

10. A free chai today at my favorite coffee shop.

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What are you most thankful for today?

Fresh Start Sunday

Sow for yourselves righteousness,

reap the fruit of unfailing love,

and break up your unplowed ground;

for it is time to seek the LORD,

until he comes and showers righteousness on you.

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Hosea 10:12 (NIV)

Favorite Picture of the Week

We love getting back outside!

Quilt Top FINISHED!

Claire's second quilt top is FINISHED!

I'm really happy with how it turned out. It was not a difficult quilt to do at all...my biggest challenge was simply finding the time to work on it! If you are looking to do a zig-zag quilt, I would certainly recommend this tutorial.

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Now to figure out the back side and get it all sent out to be finished! Then it's on to the other million projects on my list, woo hoo!

Encouraging Spring

We've had sunshine for a week now and I am LOVING it!

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Winter is so gray, so to see blue skies and sunshine is like Heaven and it's really putting me in the mood to get some Spring cleaning and decorating done!My favorite Spring touch so far: my new centerpiece.
One jar of lemons, one jar of limes.
Simple, but the color is amazing!