Crocheted Baby Cradle/Purse

For Molly's birthday, my Gramma Ward sent her a baby cradle that turns into a purse. I thought it was so cute and the neatest little thing. I had not seen this before and became obsessed with it. I found a pattern online and made one myself. It was fairly easy and quick to make and I just love it. I think it is so neat and plan on making some more for some of my friends who have girls. It's just so sweet!

Tea Party For One

Molly is so sweet! We have a little table and chairs set that is just perfect for the girls to sit at. Molly loves to climb up on the chair and just sit there. Sometimes they will both have snacks there and sometimes Molly just sits there by herself. This particular day she climbed up on the chair and played with the tea party set we have. It's so cute!

Trevor Is 14!

My nephew, Trevor, turned 14 last month! His birthday is February 21, just one day after Molly's.We got together with him to celebrate his birthday the week before and we went to dinner at Cracker Barrel, his choice. We told them it was his birthday and the staff sang to him and gave him an ice cream sundae. I love this picture I took of him during the birthday song. It's so funny...so 14 years old...excited, embarrassed, annoyed, enjoying it......

I'm so proud of Trevor! He's turning into such a good, handsome young man. He does well in school, has a good heart, is a good friend, loves his cousins, and loves God.

 

 

Valentine's Day #8

This is a little bit after-the-fact, but oh well!

The last time I wrote about our Valentine's Day celebrations was in 2013. You can read about it here. I decided I needed to update you on the Valentine's Days that have happened after that. Because I know you're dying to know.

2014:  Fourth Married Valentine's Day. This was our first Valentine's Day with Lucy and it was a fun one! We got Lucy a little stuffed dog that looks like Spot in her "Spot" books. She loved it! We continued our tradition of eating at Popeye's Chicken and brought Lucy along with us.

2015:  Fifth Married Valentine's Day.  I was pregnant with Molly and we continued our tradition, once again, of eating at Popeye's Chicken. This time my sister and her family joined us. They had never eaten at Popeye's before, so it was fun to share our tradition and this new experience for them with them.

2016:  Sixth Married Valentine's Day.  Our first Valentine's Day with Molly! We gave both girls new pajamas and books and they loved them! We continued our Popeye's tradition, but changed it up a bit this year. By changing it up, I mean that we got Popeye's take out to eat at home instead of eating at the restaurant. Eating out had been our plan, but when it came down to it, we decided it was just easier to eat at home! We loaded up in the car, went through the drive-thru, and headed back home to enjoy our dinner. Ross also surprised me with one dozen roses and a heart box of chocolates. It was a great Valentine's Day!

 

 

Pattern Side Up Or Pattern Side Down?

When I use sheets that have a pattern on one side of the fitted sheet, I put the patterned side down on my bed instead of up. I do this because I like to see the pattern when I fold my sheets back over the comforter when going to bed. Lucy has Frozen and Doc McStuffins sheets for her bed and I put them on the same way as I do on my bed, patterned side down, but quickly learned that was not the way she preferred! She wanted the patterned side up so she could see what was on the sheet. Ross said he would do it this way, too. It's funny to me how everyone does things like this differently. What would you prefer? Patterned side up or down?!

My Shoppers...Again

I've written a few times before about how good Lucy and Molly are to go shopping with me. I snapped this picture on the way out to the car during one of our last grocery trips. Molly looks so cute and Lucy is buried in groceries. I love them so!

Modern Funerals

Last summer I went to a memorial service for a friend's mother. It was a very nice service held at a funeral home in Ozark, MO. The room we were in had several pews and a pulpit at the front left corner. I noticed other things about the room, too, like the 90s-style gold chandeliers and the curtain swags at the front of the room. The rest of the funeral home was very old-fashioned to me and reminded me of something you would see in a typical parlor room of old days.

As I looked around the room I wondered if funeral homes would always look like this or would they change over time and adapt to the current styles. Take churches, for instance. Nowadays, most churches are in more of an auditorium with removable chairs and no windows instead of a sanctuary with stationery pews and stained glass windows. With the way things in our world seem to be going - more modern and untraditional - I wonder what will become of funeral homes. I hope they don't change and remain as they are now. I think there's comfort to be found in the old-fashioned style of funeral homes, especially considering that when you use funeral homes you're dealing with a lot of sadness.