fall break beach trip

Look whoooooo's back in the sewing room!

Had a sew along with one of my "sewing sistas" lately and got inspired to create a ton of "hooties!"

This one is an applique on my shirt - I'm not the model that my daughter is...apparently.

joyfully proud

THIS is when I'm proudest of my Ben.  He doesn't even know how his gift of music pleases others.  We do the services at a convolescent home once every 3-4 months and on this day, he played a few songs on the piano following the services.  Thank you, Lord, for his gift.

cookie sheet chalkboard

A chalkboard for a little more than $1??? Saw this idea when I was "blog browsing" and thought it'd be a cute camp craft for next summer. 

cookie sheet from Dollar Tree

my new secret weapon

do it the "joy way" - slop it on!!

I hot glued ribbon to cover my "sloppiness" on the edges.

2 coats later...and a little houndstooth ribbon and a swoosh of the paint pen...

Ready for game day!

joyful about back 2 school - ally's turn!!

Lil' miss started her preschool last week and was just...well...giddy! The boys have been in school for a few weeks and she could not WAIT for it to be her turn!  We are so thankful for her to be in a program that prides themselves in letting kids be kids and teaching a daily Bible curriculum.  What a blessing! What a joy!

Meanwhile, we've been knee, shoulder, & waist deep in a kitchen renovation.  Will be posting pics soon!

he calls me 'joyful'

Happy Birthday to my husband who calls me "Joyful."  Today is his birthday and what is he doing? He's finishing up preparing the walls of our kitchen so I can begin painting.  He's always planning a project, working on a project, or enjoying a finished project.  Such a hard-working, devoted, loving, supportive, and FUN father & husband.

Don't you just love this picture? This was taken in 2005 and our 2nd child was just eaten up w/his Daddy.  My hard-working man was about to leave to help the hurricane clean up efforts in Mobile for a month.  We ALL missed him, but it changed my lil' man for a while.

Birthday Boy - Thanks for always doing what you can to keep us feeling joyful! We love you

joyfully sharing

I've been featured on one of my favorite crafting blogs, SOMEDAY CRAFTS.  I contributed to her "Back 2 School Bash," a week of back-to-school projects, ideas, and tips!  This blog is one that I check almost daily.  It's become part of my new addiction that I call 'blog browsing.' If someone would feed & bathe my children, I could do it all day! Happy Saturday...enJOY!