Almost forgo the Pictures

Here are the pages I did the last two days. I add some other things to it once it is in the scrapbook, but since I am not going to be doing anymore pages until I get page holds I thought I would put these up for family and friends to remember and enjoy. Looking at all these photos have made me happy and sad.

Alexander's dinosaur conversation

The last two days have been so nice. Alexander has gone down for his nap without any problems. I would have given up long ago but since he naps for dad, Mary, Aunt Meghan and even Grandma who had never put him down for a nap in his life, I decided to stick it out! Anyway, I have been letting him choose one toy to take to bed with him. 9.99999 times out of 10 he picks a dinosaur. Today him and the dinosaur had a conversation and it went just like this.

Dino-"I want to fight with Allosaurs"

Alex-"After ni-night"

Dino-"But I want to fight"
Alex-"We have to sleep first, then you can fight Allosaurs"

Dino-"Okay let's go sleep"

I love his imagination and these special moments. He really makes me laugh, a lot.

On another note, I was doing so good with my scrapbooking. I was on day three and going strong when I went to put my page in the book I realized, I don't have anymore room. Shoot now I need to find a way to get more pages for my book so I can get back on task. It really has been fun going back and looking at life three years ago. Now that I am out of the "storm" I can really enjoy the special times and memories we have.

Scrapbooking

I was looking at my scrapbooks the other day and I realized that I really miss putting them together. I know it is mostly for me, but it really lifts my spirit when I sit down and look at things like, Josh and my dating years, and our honeymoon. Looking at pictures on the computer and Facebook are nice, but just not the same. SO I am on a scrapbooking mission. I am going to try and do one page a day during the week. I am picking up where I left off with Alexander's book, his first trip to the zoo, and I am going to work hard until I got to his life now. I told myself that I never wanted to be one of those scrapbookers that is years behind, you can imagine how that has worked out!!! So here is it my first page of my journey. Did I mention that I have a scrapbooking program. I print the pictures in these pages then add decorative touches with tags and journaling before then are put in the book. It's really helpful for both the creative and not so creative moments.

New Items on Esty

I decided that since we are rapidly approaching the fall, I would make a bracelet and earring set inspired by the fall weather. I actually made the earrings a little while ago, but wanted to add a matching bracelet. I used to not really like fall colors but I am starting to see that my tastes are changing, orange and brown are becoming two of my favorite colors.

I also thought since Costco has Christmas wrapping paper why can't I have Christmas wine charms. The holidays really are the best time of the year to use them, so I posted a set on my Esty.com shop. Here is a link if you would like to see everything I have made, http://www.etsy.com/shop/WithThisRingWedding

How I feel today

"...but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give
him will become in him a spring of waterwelling up to eternal life." John 4:14

You know that first drink of water you get just after a run or brisk walk? For me, that first drink is so refreshing and that is how it felt to be a women's bible study this morning. Even though I only knew a couple people, and I felt very nervous, it was so refreshing. After being at Morning Star for so many years, knowing so many people, and being the go to girl, it was so different. A few weeks back I introduced myself to the director and spent some time getting to know her, so this morning she had me passing things out and picking things up and it really helped having her call me by name. Again, this is how I felt while I was sitting in small group, that God was there and He was calling me by name. I don't know how else to explain it other than a feeling, deep in the pit of my stomach, was saying "stick out the nervousness, this is where I am suppose to be" I well up every time I think of my "girls" in Salem, the ones who have loved me in spite of my failure, walked with me through my struggles as a young woman and follower of Christ, encouraged me when I was letting myself believe lies about myself, and let me in to their lives. Trusted me with their struggles, victories, and very importantly, their friendship. I am SO sad to not be close enough to be able to share all these things daily as I used to. However, I trust God to bring me through this new season of life and give me new friendships that I could get no where else and that will help and challenge me in new and important ways.