Taking Time to Smell...the Azaleas!

Okay -- so Azaleas don't really have a fragrance but Francesca and I took time this morning to enjoy their beauty. Everywhere I've ever lived I've always been in a panic when I know I'm leaving...all those places to go and see that I haven't gotten around to. There are tons of places in this area that fall in that category. But today I get to check one off my list -- this home in Odessa. Here's an article about how it came to be: http://www.middletowntranscript.com/news/x876167045/Odessa-in-full-bloom

The Primary Song, "I think the World is Glorious" kept going through my mind as we were walking their yard today. What a wonderful thing to share with everyone -- it might not be Longwood Gardens but it was awesome to think that one family could accomplish this without charging admission!! We weren't alone this morning either - one lady I talked to for a second said it was her third time there this week!

Francesca told me that this was a testimony to her of how much her Heavenly Father loves her -- I couldn't agree more. So grateful for my sweet daughter who has learned this life lesson from her parents and grandparents -- to look for the beauty and feel the testimony. I sing and sing and sing and sing - a song of joy and love. I sing and sing and sing and sing my thanks to God above.

The Craft Room - sigh

Today I dismantled my craft room; my much wanted, often neglected, rarely used craft room. I'm frustrated with myself. It's a small room and so it was necessary to keep it organized in order to use it -- and there was the crux of the problem. I feel like any time I wanted to use it I would have to spend time making space (often due to my children) - organizing, organizing, organizing!! And that doesn't leave much energy for being creative.
So looking at all these supplies and memorabilia waiting to be made into fabulous scrapbooks has me frustrated and determined that in our next place I set up a room as "my space" -- no kids allowed and I set some "my time" aside -- no kids allowed either. I did really enjoy looking through the few things I have created.

I'm determined to graduate from a scrapbook supply collector to a scrapbook maker!!

No one blogs anymore!

Kind of sad to see that Facebook has been the nemesis of our family blog. Especially because Facebook is just tiny bits of info and doesn't generally tell a story. I think I'll try to resurrect our blog -- really tell our story, even if does take more effort -- it's worth it in the end.

Currently our family is preparing to sell our home in Smyrna Delaware and most of us are moving to Ohio -- Tori is electing to stay in Delaware at least that's the plan for now.

I'll post our journey here and snippets on Facebook.

Our last project was updating our kitchen -- took about two weeks (8 days of solid work). We're hoping the new owners will love it as much as we do. No lie -- I'm not happy that someone else is going to benefit from all our hard work -- lived in this house for 8 years and finally have the changes accomplished all to leave it -- not cool at all! But it is what it is -- and I'll get over it -- but you better believe I'm not going to wait 8 years in the next house!!!