Nows the time

I'm grateful that I'm a mother

I'm grateful that I have a mother

I hope my children will always need me in one way or another as they grow

I hope to be around for them to need me for a long time

My mom asked if she could come for a short visit and talk and catch up

You bet!

Its so nice when you can build your relationship up and mend anything broken

I'm grateful that I still have the time here to be able to do that

Life can be taken from loved ones so incredibly fast so don't waste it being mad at someone and then regret what you didn't get to do or talk about anything needed or work out whatever with someone.

Regret is an awful thing to feel!

Its terrible to hold onto anger towards someone

So with Grandma coming over she got to work right away

 She made chicken and dumplings which is Julias favorite food that she makes

 She helped with homework which is Lowells favorite part of the day

 Time for dinner

Then of course she needed to make the kids favorite Texas Sheet Cake "Brownies"

 I made my mom a painting that I made a duplicate for me so we both can have this great saying in our homes. This is something so many of us need to remember and take to heart. My sweet niece before she passed away would say this all the time and its  from a talk from Elaine Dalton gave.

 My mom painted this picture back in 1978 and I have it hanging in my home. I like to look at it and try to imagine her painting this. I was only 4 years old at the time. I get all my talents from my mom, she paints, crafts, quilts, does calligraphy, and just about anything else.

Me and my Momma

Just remember

You can do hard things....

Frankie

One of my sweet sister-in-laws brought me a craft project to do.

It was a unfinished Frankenstein!

I couldn't wait to complete him so I could display him in my Halloween décor this season.

I love that he has bolts in his head. He needs something more and I'm trying to figure that out but I love how it turned out.

Thank you Donna!

Painting

I think I love to paint.

Actually I do love to paint, just not my walls in my house. I woke up in the middle of the night with an idea for my old wood frames that have been sitting around.

I found these awesome frames at a great thrift store by my house.

Ive been hanging on to them waiting for some inspiration.

Well that was last night. I never did like painting a picture from my own imagination. I thought I was never good at it. But......I actually like what I come up with so I had some wood laying around and fit a piece for this frame. I wanted a saying with some flowers and garland and wanted to paint the frame.

 So I painted the piece of wood black and let it dry then worked on another project while I waited and its name is "Frankie" but that is for another post.

 I painted different flowers and kept on adding until I was happy with it

 added gold vinyl letters

Then mod podge it all together

 I painted the frame with a very light pink chalk paint and let it dry

then did a coat of clear sealing wax

after that dried I rubbed on dark antique wax and didn't get a pic

but I LOVE how it turned out.

All done!!!

I was thinking I should of done this for my kids when they were little. I would've hung it in there rooms.

Say what???

Friday night was awesome!

Football was great!

Logan made a touchdown!

Yes, my lineman made a touchdown.

Logan's  position on this particular play was nose guard and the center snapped over the quarterbacks head and landed in the end zone. Logan saw this and  ran and got the ball in the end zone and scored a touchdown. We were so excited because obviously  he is a lineman and doesn't touch the ball. Yeah!!!

What else was awesome was that Mikes sister and hubby and kids came out to our little town to watch Logan play.    

Its always great to hang out with them.

 JJ and Lowell

I love these two they are the cutest!

Cousins

 Uncle Jeff and Logan after the win

Aunt Donna, Uncle Jeff, JJ, Luke, and Nic.

The sweetest family

Thanks for coming out!

 

Before the game Mike, Lowell, and Isabelle had to get in some passing. Lowell has really started liking football lately. I don't know if I'm ready for this all over again.

After the game and I guess Lowell was hungry and couldn't put the pretzels down.

(missing Jordyn and Julia)

General Conference and Cinnamon Rolls

Ok, I absolutely loved General Conference weekend!

It was wonderful to hear the uplifting, encouraging words from

our Prophets and Apostles.

They are truly inspired by the Lord to reach out to those that need to hear

exactly the words they spoke.

I surly can attest to that.

I made some yummy cinnamon rolls to go with our spiritually filled days.

This is the Pioneer Women's recipe and it turns out so good every single time.

I didn't get a pic of how they looked coming out of the oven all golden brown.

They were delicious!

I took many notes on Sundays session and I wish I had remembered to take notes thru the whole thing but thank goodness for technology.

Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson spoke about "Rise up in Strength, Sisters in Zion."

Her talk was wonderful and I loved how she said

"we have the innate strength and faith"

That's right we do and we are more capable of doing hard things than we think we can.

Russell M. Nelson talked about "Joy is Christ" I talked here on my blog about having joy in hard times and he talked about the exact same thing so you know what????? I knew that my prayers had been answered and that because I listened to promptings I felt Joy in the hard times I was going thru.

All of the talks given were so good and can be life changing.

You can go to lds.org and even listen to the talks if you don't want to read them.

I started this blog back in April to post about the happenings of my family because a lot of family lives out of town and this is a great way to post more than just on facebook or Instagram. I talk a lot on here about my faith and my religion and I will continue to do so. I know this church is true and I know the Book of Mormon is true. I know what has brought peace to my life and what hasn't. I want this joy, love, and peace for everyone and my hope is for those looking for it will find it. Alright that's all my spiritual stuff for today!!!

Loves to all!

Happy Birthday Sign

 My sister in law was over the other day and she asked if I could make her more signs for her post.

Heck Ya!!!

So I made a Happy Birthday and I will be making

Easter, 4th of July (because Independence Day might be to long), and maybe a couple others.

Pictures to come of the others soon.

Thank you everyone that ordered, you made my day!

It's Fall Y'all

 Yes its Fall and that means cooler weather! Did I mention I don't like the heat.

So on October 1st I made potato soup with bread bowls for the family to hopefully bring in the cool fall air. I like to think that it would work.....ha ha ha

 I put in carrots, celery, potato's of course, onion, bacon, parsley, and lots of salt and pepper.

The kids love to have bread bowls with just about any soup so that's a must in our home.

It turned out so good but we need it again on a cooler day.

Yummy!

Its so wonderful to gather at the table as a family and talk about whatever you want. I will say that it doesn't happen a lot here because of everyone's schedules but when it does I treasure it.