{Happy Thanksgiving // What I'm thankful for}

  Psalm 95:1-6

"O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker."

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. The words that come to my mind when I think about Thanksgiving are home and family. Such a great time to reflect on all of the blessings God has given us and to Thank him and Praise him for each and every one of them. Today and everyday I have so much to be thankful for. Below are some of the many of the things I am grateful for.

+ the gospel
+ God's grace
+ my tribe of boys
+ family & friends
+ love
+ traditions
+ coffee & caffeine {lets be real!}
+ all of the amazing & wonderful ladies that I met through social media that I can call friends!!!
+ our jobs
+ mason's school
+ that God brought our Diesel home {story here}
+ our home & land
+ laughter
+ love

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!  I hope you are all having the best day and enjoying your sweet families. I know that I sure am. 

{2014 Summer-time Bucket List}

+ make homemade ice cream

+ bbq at home on Friday nights

+ go camping

+ go to canton - first monday

+ get our puppy

+ watch fireworks on the fourth of july

+ work on a project or two from my Pinterest DIY board

+ play in our pool

+ have a water balloon fight

+ go on a weekend getaway, or 2 or three

+ have a picnic

+ go fishing

+ patio dinner with live music

+ roast marshmallows

+ have snowcone dates with my little love

+ go to as many ranger games as we can

+ find a strawberry farm

+ plant succulents

+ drive-in movies

+ road trip

+ make a pet rock

+ take sunset pictures

+ beach trip

+ explore ranch next door

+ go to the lake

+ have a garage sale

+ ride bikes
+ hang lights in our tree by back porch

What is on your Summer-time bucket list?

{Mother's Day 2014}

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!

Friday afternoon Mason and Nate were in Mason's room getting ready and I walked in and Mason says, "We're not doing anything Mama. We're not going anywhere." I immediately knew they had something up their sleeve! I just wasn't sure what. A few minutes later Nate comes in my office and says he's taking Mason to get a haircut. 

They got back an hour or so later and Mason comes in and shows me his new Spiderman watch and says, "I got it at the haircutting place" haha - little stinker! 

Nate had taken Mason to go pick out some Mother's Day gifts for me. He did great for a couple of hours and then I heard him whispering to his dad about giving them to me. So he did! 

He picked them out all by himself and he was so darn proud! And he did great. He got me a precious ring with a pink heart on it and a silver "love" heart necklace. So sweet!




 
Saturday we went to a Mother's Day banquet at Nate's Grandmother's church. It was nice...but I didn't take a single picture! 

Sunday started out anything but pleasant! Mason was so crabby and we ended up missing our annual Mother's Day lunch! Bummer. A couple hours later and we still couldn't talk him into doing lunch. He asked if he could go to his Nana's instead. So Nate and I went and had lunch and did our grocery shopping. That evening Nate's parents cooked supper for us.

But that evening Mason totally redeemed his bad behavior...he told me -

"Mama I love you. I love you a lot. I love you like my Daddy loves you."

And then I melted into a great big puddle on the floor!!!

I love that my husband shows Mason how to love without even trying, just by doing. I am one blessed woman!!

How was your Mother's Day & weekend?