and that's alright.
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Brothers
Brothers
some big and strong
some big and strong and some small and sweet
Brothers
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
some big and strong
some big and strong and some small and sweet
Brothers
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The Old Woman
You know the old woman
Who lived in a shoe?
And she had so many children
She didn't know what to do?
I think if she lived in
A little shoe-house-
That little old woman was
Surely a mouse!
~Beatrix Potter~
My Boys
L to R: Joel 6, Grant 15, Josh 9, Cyrus 12, Alan 13, Nolan 11
My Girls
L to R Elena 16, Anya 8, Odell 9, Lily 3, Grace 6, Ekie 9, Joyce 14, Naomi 8
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Who lived in a shoe?
And she had so many children
She didn't know what to do?
I think if she lived in
A little shoe-house-
That little old woman was
Surely a mouse!
~Beatrix Potter~
My Boys
L to R: Joel 6, Grant 15, Josh 9, Cyrus 12, Alan 13, Nolan 11
My Girls
L to R Elena 16, Anya 8, Odell 9, Lily 3, Grace 6, Ekie 9, Joyce 14, Naomi 8
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Sunday, January 9, 2011
How Can It Be
That you are
THREE !!!!
My sweet baby
My little tot
My Lids
is three
already?
Time went way, way (did I say way enough?) too fast.
Lily is all ready for her special birthday dinner with daddy at McDonald's.
Elena and all of Lily's friends are going along to help her celebrate.
Let's see... Talking Eeyore, white puppy, Princess Lily baby, Butterfly baby, and Hello Kitty blanket just in case anyone gets cold.
Looks like everyone is set to go!
Lily came home with another friend, little Happy meal bunny guy.
Nice to meet you!
Have you ever seen such excitement.
She is almost ready to burst.
Ah super star Lily!
Happy birthday to you sweet little Lily!
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
THREE !!!!
My sweet baby
My little tot
My Lids
is three
already?
Time went way, way (did I say way enough?) too fast.
Lily is all ready for her special birthday dinner with daddy at McDonald's.
Elena and all of Lily's friends are going along to help her celebrate.
Let's see... Talking Eeyore, white puppy, Princess Lily baby, Butterfly baby, and Hello Kitty blanket just in case anyone gets cold.
Looks like everyone is set to go!
Lily came home with another friend, little Happy meal bunny guy.
Nice to meet you!
Have you ever seen such excitement.
She is almost ready to burst.
Ah super star Lily!
Happy birthday to you sweet little Lily!
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Pay It Forward
Sometimes I sneak onto Jeff's Facebook and catch up on all our friends are up to.
I am a Facebook stalker.
I do not desire my own Facebook.
I am very content hiding behind Jeff's name.
It's safer that way.
No personal Facebook rejections to deal with.
I bruise easily.
I'm weird.
I know.
Anyway,
Today I saw this on two different friend's statuses and being one who is fond of handmade things I left a comment on both there posts.
I know kind of hoggish of me.
Pay it Forward 2011:
I promise to send something handmade to the first 5 people who leave a comment here. They must, in turn, post this and send something they make to the first 5 people who comment on their status. The rules are that it must be handmade by you and it must be sent to your 5 people sometime in 2011
I posted this on Jeff's Facebook status and thought how great to do this on my blog as well!
Anyone interested?
No pressure with posting this on your blog.
I just wanted an excuse to make something for a few of my blog readers!
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
I am a Facebook stalker.
I do not desire my own Facebook.
I am very content hiding behind Jeff's name.
It's safer that way.
No personal Facebook rejections to deal with.
I bruise easily.
I'm weird.
I know.
Anyway,
Today I saw this on two different friend's statuses and being one who is fond of handmade things I left a comment on both there posts.
I know kind of hoggish of me.
Pay it Forward 2011:
I promise to send something handmade to the first 5 people who leave a comment here. They must, in turn, post this and send something they make to the first 5 people who comment on their status. The rules are that it must be handmade by you and it must be sent to your 5 people sometime in 2011
I posted this on Jeff's Facebook status and thought how great to do this on my blog as well!
Anyone interested?
No pressure with posting this on your blog.
I just wanted an excuse to make something for a few of my blog readers!
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Friday, January 7, 2011
Go Bluejays!!
This is Joyce's first year playing girls basketball for the Bluejays.
She is really enjoying it!
She was so exited to get her first ever team sports pictures.
It is hard to believe we are just a month away from Joyce, Odell, and Naomi's three year anniversary of being a part of our family. Joyce sure has become a young woman right in front of our eyes.
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
She is really enjoying it!
She was so exited to get her first ever team sports pictures.
It is hard to believe we are just a month away from Joyce, Odell, and Naomi's three year anniversary of being a part of our family. Joyce sure has become a young woman right in front of our eyes.
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Finery
Finery
In a frock neatly trimmed with beautiful lace,
And hair nicely dressed, hanging over her face,
Thus decked, Harriet went to the house of a friend,
With a large little party, the evening to spend.
"Ah! how they will all be delighted, I guess,
and stare with surprise at my eloquent dress";
Thus said the vain girl, and her little heart beat,
Impatient the happy young party to meet.
But alas! They were all too intent on their fun,
To observe the gay clothes this fine lady had on;
And thus all her trouble quite lost its design,
For they saw she was proud, but forgot she was fine.
'T was Lucy, though only in simple white clad,
(Nor trimmings, nor laces, nor jewelry she had),
Whose cheerful good nature delighted them more,
Than all the fine garments that Harriet wore.
'Tis better to have a sweet smile on one's face,
Than to wear a rich frock with an elegant lace,
For the good natured girl is loved best in the main,
If her dress is but decent, though ever so plain.
-J.T.
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
In a frock neatly trimmed with beautiful lace,
And hair nicely dressed, hanging over her face,
Thus decked, Harriet went to the house of a friend,
With a large little party, the evening to spend.
"Ah! how they will all be delighted, I guess,
and stare with surprise at my eloquent dress";
Thus said the vain girl, and her little heart beat,
Impatient the happy young party to meet.
But alas! They were all too intent on their fun,
To observe the gay clothes this fine lady had on;
And thus all her trouble quite lost its design,
For they saw she was proud, but forgot she was fine.
'T was Lucy, though only in simple white clad,
(Nor trimmings, nor laces, nor jewelry she had),
Whose cheerful good nature delighted them more,
Than all the fine garments that Harriet wore.
'Tis better to have a sweet smile on one's face,
Than to wear a rich frock with an elegant lace,
For the good natured girl is loved best in the main,
If her dress is but decent, though ever so plain.
-J.T.
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Just Because...
Just because...no matter what little hands shape them into
they taste just as good
Just because...they are two handsome fellas
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
they taste just as good
Just because...they are two handsome fellas
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Ticking Time
Jeff brought me home some very pretty flowers this evening.
Aren't they pretty.
I was trying to be all artsy with my photography.
On to some rambling!
Want to hear a truth that you might not hear many others talk about?
I am afraid to get old. Very afraid. I have to be honest and say that since I hit 40(I'm 42 now) it has been something I think about quite often. Not in the 'I can't get out of bed because I'm so afraid' type of thing but I do think about it often. Ok maybe there was a day or two that I highly considered pulling the covers over my head for a bit longer.
Some days I think I can actually hear time as it fly by.
Maybe it is having a 16 year old as well as a two year old.
Maybe it is knowing my body is heading into a different season of life. A season I feel so ill prepared for and afraid to face.
Maybe it is because I remember my parents very clearly at the age I am now. My mom was 40 when I graduated from high school and my dad was just 43.
It could be that because I have a toddler I rub shoulders with mothers 10-15 years younger than I am who are just starting their families. They have so many fresh dreams and ideals that I have had but somewhere along the line set aside for things more realistic.
Maybe it was because my two oldest are closer to adulthood than I want them to be. Of course, we will not be empty-nesters for 18+ years but still...
I often wonder why I do not run across many Christ following wives and mothers who talk about what it is like to face their 40's. I have heard that the 40's are the new 30's but gee being in my 40's is like...being in my 40's. It does not resemble being in my 30's at all.
Don't get me wrong.
I desire nothing other to be right where I am in my life. That is not the issue. I do not wish I had less children or that I could be 'free to be who I was meant to be'. Even if I was in my 20's and God laid out a slew of lives I could choose to live I would still choose this one.
I love having my teens around me. I love watching them grow in maturity and make adult decisions. I love having my toddler around. I could stare at her for hours just watching her do her little toddler things. I do that to my teens as well but Elena says it bothers her. I love all the different stages my children are in right now.
What I dwell on is the fear of the unknown. The fear of letting go of what is familiar so God can move me forward to what lies ahead. Make sense?
Hmm...I guess my post here is not really going anywhere. Just my own blah blah rambling. I do have two verses that I have been thinking about in regards to my 'Help Lord,I'm getting old!' issue.
But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
and they never stop producing fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8
So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.
Hebrews 6:18-19
So what I am thinking is that aging is just one more thing that I need to walk through by faith. Faith that God knows so much more than I do about what lies ahead.I have been through many moments in my life where I thought I could not see my hand in front of my face but I walked forward holding onto the one thing I know for sure was there: God's loving hand. I can do that...I think I can anyway.
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Aren't they pretty.
I was trying to be all artsy with my photography.
On to some rambling!
Want to hear a truth that you might not hear many others talk about?
I am afraid to get old. Very afraid. I have to be honest and say that since I hit 40(I'm 42 now) it has been something I think about quite often. Not in the 'I can't get out of bed because I'm so afraid' type of thing but I do think about it often. Ok maybe there was a day or two that I highly considered pulling the covers over my head for a bit longer.
Some days I think I can actually hear time as it fly by.
Maybe it is having a 16 year old as well as a two year old.
Maybe it is knowing my body is heading into a different season of life. A season I feel so ill prepared for and afraid to face.
Maybe it is because I remember my parents very clearly at the age I am now. My mom was 40 when I graduated from high school and my dad was just 43.
It could be that because I have a toddler I rub shoulders with mothers 10-15 years younger than I am who are just starting their families. They have so many fresh dreams and ideals that I have had but somewhere along the line set aside for things more realistic.
Maybe it was because my two oldest are closer to adulthood than I want them to be. Of course, we will not be empty-nesters for 18+ years but still...
I often wonder why I do not run across many Christ following wives and mothers who talk about what it is like to face their 40's. I have heard that the 40's are the new 30's but gee being in my 40's is like...being in my 40's. It does not resemble being in my 30's at all.
Don't get me wrong.
I desire nothing other to be right where I am in my life. That is not the issue. I do not wish I had less children or that I could be 'free to be who I was meant to be'. Even if I was in my 20's and God laid out a slew of lives I could choose to live I would still choose this one.
I love having my teens around me. I love watching them grow in maturity and make adult decisions. I love having my toddler around. I could stare at her for hours just watching her do her little toddler things. I do that to my teens as well but Elena says it bothers her. I love all the different stages my children are in right now.
What I dwell on is the fear of the unknown. The fear of letting go of what is familiar so God can move me forward to what lies ahead. Make sense?
Hmm...I guess my post here is not really going anywhere. Just my own blah blah rambling. I do have two verses that I have been thinking about in regards to my 'Help Lord,I'm getting old!' issue.
But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
and they never stop producing fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8
So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.
Hebrews 6:18-19
So what I am thinking is that aging is just one more thing that I need to walk through by faith. Faith that God knows so much more than I do about what lies ahead.I have been through many moments in my life where I thought I could not see my hand in front of my face but I walked forward holding onto the one thing I know for sure was there: God's loving hand. I can do that...I think I can anyway.
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
Sunday, January 2, 2011
What Can I Say?
We are just an odd bunch.
New Years just seems to bring it out!
Popcorn
New Years just seems to bring it out!
Popcorn
and root beer floats...just the thing to ring in the New Year!
Out with the old...
and in with the new!!!
"Talking Eeyore, we are not that odd are we...?"
Talking Eeyore responds...he does really talk you know, just ask Lily...
Anyway,Talking Eeyore responds,"Well, if you have to ask...I suppose you are all kind of odd. But what do I know...".
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!
Warmly,A Patchwork Mommy
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