I LOVE Christmas decorating time- it make a home so homey.
Friday, December 3, 2010
So Thankful...
Thanksgiving was great! We had about 20 people at our house for Thanksgiving meal and family time. Here are a few pics of the day...
The set-up (I forgot to get a pic with everyone seated:(... )
My sweet Mighty Men!
We love our Ashley!
My Parents and Auntie Cassia
Our Favorite Tony and his friend (and ours too now) Daniel with baby Ethan.
Look at that happy boy on his first Thanksgiving.
We love us some Uncle Paul!
And Brother/Uncle Tony
Uncle Paul and Auntie Joanna
And our wonderful Lynsey, makes our family complete:)
Keith's family was there too, but they don't really like to be in pictures:)
It was a great day and we felt so FULL having our home so full of those we love.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Final Pics
Our breakfast area finally... DONE! We got the tole floor finished and my sister made me curtains for my birthday. I LOVE it!!!
This is the final China Cabinet, (minus the drawer pulls- I have to find the right size screws first.) Isn't it cute?
Friday, November 12, 2010
China Cabinet Redo Part 1
So, now that I have done our table and chairs set successfully, I am trying to redo every piece of "plain wood" furniture we have. It's a cheap way to spice up our home and get "new" furniture and IT'S SO FUN!!!
Our China Cabinet needs some character.. |
After sanding and removing the doors from the top of the hutch I applied the first coat of farm red paint. |
I can't wait to finish it up this weekend and reveal the final product next week!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
DIY: CHAIRS and a Table
I have had a magazine article saved for over a year now of an idea for redoing old chairs to have mix-matched chairs. I finally did it!
Before:
I found 6 chairs at Goodwill for $50 and a couple for free in a junk storage space at work. |
They are finally all sanded and ready for painting. |
My sweet hubby is a much better spray painter than me- He showed me how to slow down and spray evenly- I love when we work on projects together. |
Here they are all finished! I chose 4 different fabrics and recovered the seat cushions. |
Here is our new brightly colored dining table! I LOVE IT!!! |
We decided while we were at it to go ahead and do our old set as well.
Before |
And the after... I have wanted this set to be white for a long time- way cuter! |
The almost finished result- just needs some roughing up and polyurethane. (We are in the midst of tiling the kitchen hence the ugly hardy board floor) |
Look- I found this cute bench at Laverty's and had some left over material to recover it as well.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
One of our favorite places in Waco...
We LOVE Cameron Park!
The first Friday of each month, Jace has an early release day at school. We knew just what to do with our afternoon- Hiking the trails at Cameron Park.
Tony and his friend Josh decided to come along.
Tony was a great tour guide and taught us all kinds of new and interesting facts.
Can you believe this view is in Waco?
Can you believe this view is in Waco?
AND...
This is what I looked like the day after our sweet little hike!
This is what I looked like the day after our sweet little hike!
Apparently POISON SUMAC is very different looking than poison ivy and poison oak. I like to pick leaves and tear them while I walk sometimes- Guess what I picked on this hike?...
It's getting better thanks to Dr. Jon Osborne! Now I will know how to avoid Poison sumac as well.
It still makes for a great memory though.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Expo Booth
This weekend Keith had a booth for his business at the Business Expo with the Hewitt Chamber of Commerce. This basically means that I had a FULL week or preparation for his booth:). It actually was fun though (once we got there). We enjoyed "doing" business together and being apart of a city function.
The handsome representatives of the Pressure Clean Solutions booth. |
Gotta love those iphones:) |
Jace getting fingerprinted- he will be so safe. |
At the classic car show that was also apart of the Expo. |
Whoops! Daddy set the ketchup and mustard in the chair and guess who sat down without looking. Good thing mom had packed the soccer uniform in the car:) |
Jace being fitted for his new FREE bike helmet. |
Thanks to our wonderful friend Ashley for hanging out with us and then manning the booth while we ran to Jace's soccer game. We love you, Ash! |
I love you, my man! I'm glad I get to be right beside you learning how to make this work and watch our business grow. You are doing a fabulous job of being a business owner and Provider for our family. You are my HERO! |
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Grandparents Day
Today was grandparents Day at WBA.
Grandmom and Jace enjoying a donut. |
In Mrs. M's class looking at all of her special creatures. |
The principal, Mrs. Moore presenting Jace his "Wisdom of Solomon" award for reading. |
WOW! Look at that trophy! |
Isn't he is so precious?!! I love that man! |
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Some Pics From Lately...
Thought it was time to update with some recent pictures and events. Here is a glimpse at life at the Morgan home lately.
Jace is really enjoying Legos lately. He has put together so many awesome projects (and mostly by himself- he is getting so big). |
Jace loves riding his scooter even in the rain.(Don't you love that he is wearing mom's rain boots?) |
Jace loves his Uncle Paul! We had SO much fun with him at Schlitterbahn this weekend. Someone gave Keith 4 free tickets to Schlitterbahn earlier in the summer, so we knew that Uncle Paul would be the perfect addition to our trip. It was a blast! Thanks, brother for coming and for loving our son. |
Tony taking Jace on his first big boy bike ride by himself.
Tony just finished the Mercy House and is living with us while he goes through the Day Elevate program at our church. We love that Tony is living in our home and a part of our lives. Jace loves having a new big brother. We love watching and being apart of God's story of redemption and healing in young men's lives like Tony! We can't wait to see what God has in store for him.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
A constant source of strength
"You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you."
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you."
Isaiah 26:3
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Infertility...and Admittance...
The Lord has been doing some work in my heart and as a result, I feel that it is time to admit that we are indeed dealing with INFERTILITY. It is scary and hard to feel labeled, but in order for there to be real healing, there must be acknowledgment of a problem.
So, I am admitting... and I am asking the Lord to heal my heart first. I need Him to soften me and keep me soft in this process. Lately, I have felt my heart get hard and distrusting of His heart and goodness. I feel like I have a been in a season where I was grasping for truth from past experiences and knowledge, but I wasn't hearing fresh words from the Father's heart. I think I wasn't allowing my heart to get close enough to Him to let Him speak. I was trying to believe that He is good, but I wasn't letting Him hold me and show me His goodness.
The Lord SPOKE again- a FRESH word, last weekend at our Elevate retreat. A lady came up to me and spoke that God had a word for me, she said, "Don't lose hope..." and she prayed for me. Then, I felt like the Lord reminded me of Hannah who poured out her heart to the Lord to the point of the priest thinking she was drunk. She didn't focus on what was wrong or why it wasn't happening, she just poured out her heart to her God. I felt the Lord draw my heart and He spoke, "Ask me, just pour your heart out before me..." My argument was...But, I am scared- it will hurt to ask- to let myself be soft again. He gently spoke, "Even if the answer is No at the end of the journey, you still win- you will have intimacy with ME. Just come to ME and ask."
So, I am beginning a new journey... a journey to healing of my heart and learning to ask my Father to heal my body and even to ask for a baby. It feels so vulnerable, but it is in the soft and vulnerable heart that the Lord can work. We don't have the option at this point financially to look at any other medical treatment, so I get to learn about the waiting and experiencing the Father's heart in the process. Who knows what He will do???
This book has been a great resource for us in the healing. It has some great words for keeping a strong marriage in the midst of infertility. We are learning that it is OUR struggle, not just mine. It can be a sweet time of intimacy in our marriage if we learn how to grieve together. I totally recommend this book to couples going through infertility.
So, I am admitting... and I am asking the Lord to heal my heart first. I need Him to soften me and keep me soft in this process. Lately, I have felt my heart get hard and distrusting of His heart and goodness. I feel like I have a been in a season where I was grasping for truth from past experiences and knowledge, but I wasn't hearing fresh words from the Father's heart. I think I wasn't allowing my heart to get close enough to Him to let Him speak. I was trying to believe that He is good, but I wasn't letting Him hold me and show me His goodness.
The Lord SPOKE again- a FRESH word, last weekend at our Elevate retreat. A lady came up to me and spoke that God had a word for me, she said, "Don't lose hope..." and she prayed for me. Then, I felt like the Lord reminded me of Hannah who poured out her heart to the Lord to the point of the priest thinking she was drunk. She didn't focus on what was wrong or why it wasn't happening, she just poured out her heart to her God. I felt the Lord draw my heart and He spoke, "Ask me, just pour your heart out before me..." My argument was...But, I am scared- it will hurt to ask- to let myself be soft again. He gently spoke, "Even if the answer is No at the end of the journey, you still win- you will have intimacy with ME. Just come to ME and ask."
So, I am beginning a new journey... a journey to healing of my heart and learning to ask my Father to heal my body and even to ask for a baby. It feels so vulnerable, but it is in the soft and vulnerable heart that the Lord can work. We don't have the option at this point financially to look at any other medical treatment, so I get to learn about the waiting and experiencing the Father's heart in the process. Who knows what He will do???
This book has been a great resource for us in the healing. It has some great words for keeping a strong marriage in the midst of infertility. We are learning that it is OUR struggle, not just mine. It can be a sweet time of intimacy in our marriage if we learn how to grieve together. I totally recommend this book to couples going through infertility.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
2nd Grade
Well, I can't believe that he is already in 2nd grade! He had a great first day of school.
He loves his teacher and his class. We are excited for a fabulous year ahead.
We are so thankful for this school and the precious people who are apart of our lives through it.
He loves his teacher and his class. We are excited for a fabulous year ahead.
We are so thankful for this school and the precious people who are apart of our lives through it.
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