Happy St. Patty's Day~!

Tonight we are having a Potluck at church. We are bringing green foods and wearing green clothes. I didn't have a lot of ideas for what to make, so I fell back on an easy "fix"--green food coloring and frosting. I even got a little daring and added food coloring to the batter. I love to make baked goods and typically prefer to share them with others than eat them myself.

Out with the Old!

With the new year, Geoffrey and I decided that each weekend we would try to accomplish one "home project". Our projects have included organizing our closet, cleaning the garage, moving furniture, and cleaning carpets. I am constantly trying to find ways to organize the living room space to make it safer for the kids, cleaner for me, and effective for the needs of my day care.

Geoffrey let me buy this cubby shelf and organizing cloth buckets for the kids' toys. If you look a little closer you may notice that we even painted our "half-wall" a shade called honey butter. I have been hesitant about painting or decorating because the decisions feel permanent to me. However, with kiddos, the walls have been scuffed, marked, and damaged. I've decided to bite the bullet and with just a little drywall putty and paint, I feel the living room has a whole new feel!

We have just under 3 months until our baby boy arrives and I am looking forward to continued decorating, organizing, and down-sizing.

Next on the list: prepping our bedroom for the baby and sorting through Eli's "old clothes". Geoffrey and I have a deal...for everything that comes into the house as a new purchase, something must leave the house, too. This is a fair deal and just the first step to minimizing our worldly possessions.

What ideas do you have about organizing or minimizing your possessions???

26 weeks and counting!

We are thrilled to be welcoming our second addition to our family. Baby Boy Wyatt is due to join us via Cesarean Section on June 14th. Yesterday our baby boy was happy to be photographed at our ultrasound. He is growing quite rapidly and is about a week and a half ahead of schedule. Everything looked good to the ultrasound technician and we were excited to find all of the the "missing parts" from our previous ultrasound. He has a 4 chamber heart, kidneys, and feet! Woo Whoo!

The doctor says he weighs about 1 pound 13 ounces, and is about 12 inches long. We were pleased to learn that there was plenty of amniotic fluid and our baby boy made lots of movements while the technician worked. He sucked his thumb, kicked his momma, hiccuped and turned his head towards us. We were even able to confirm that he was a boy--100% money-back guarantee!!!

Enjoy the photos.



Sucking his thumb!



Looking this way!

Treasures in Jars of Clay

In a world that is full of sin, I hold on to the fact that Jesus is ALIVE and that He lives in me.

Though I feel pressure from every direction, I am NOT crushed. Though I feel confused, I am NOT in despair. Though I may be persecuted I am NOT abandoned. And when I am struck down I am NOT destroyed.

The Bible provides me with comfort, with reassurance, with love. 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 reminds me that there ARE treasures in jars of clay.

I am that clay.

I put myself in our Father's hands.

Mold me, use me, change me.

Make me a servant for you.

This is my prayer.