Throwback Thursday

(JB as Captain Jack Sparrow/Pirates of the Carribean & 
Becca as Lara Croft/Tomb Raider)

Throwback Thursday is such a fun concept.  I enjoyed looking through old pictures to find one for today.  Sigh....my kiddos...how they are growing.  Johnston is now teetering on the 6 foot mark!

In looking through my pictures I am amazed to see how much my kids have loved to dress up over the years.....and honestly....they still do. Even the teens.  I am so glad we have allowed their imaginations to grow as they will like wild flowers.  Free and beautiful! 

 “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
― Albert Einstein

Thankful Thursday!

Things I am thankful for ~ 

....snuggling on the couch with Becca, surfing through youtube videos finding new songs we haven't heard.

....enjoying homemade cookie dough and a tall glass of milk with Morgan while chatting about this or that.

....trips to the ocean with my lovies and watching them swim, surf, build sand castles, but most of all...making memories!

....the ability to go and buy my child shoes when he/she grows out of the ones I purchased two months prior not knowing said child was going to have a four shoe sizes growth spurt in those two months.

....days when I wake up and say, "Today is a free day!!!!" and all the kids say I'm the bestest mommy for giving them a free day to do whatever their imaginations can get them into!

....how driven my teens are to minister to others through ways that God has gifted them.

....cell phones and the ability to send and receive texts to my hubby while he is gone from the house!

....snuggling a little one freshly woken from their beds, with messy hair and groggy eyes.

....wrapping my hands around a steaming cup of homemade hot chocolate, topped with yummy whip cream after playing in the snow with the kids.

....the ability to be teaching my children and watching the "light bulb" moments in their education.

What are you thankful for?

Thankful Thursday!

I am so thankful for a little girl named Holland Leanne! I am thankful for days with blue hair bows, clip on earrings and matching jeweled necklaces, dress up gowns and baby dolls.  I am beyond thankful for days filled with girlish giggles while she dances through her day.  I am thankful to watch in excitement as she rides her bike without training wheels "all the way from the top of the driveway mommy!"  I am thankful for each good morning snuggle and good night song.  I am thankful for the big moments and each little moment.  The wiggly first tooth about to fall out any day now to going to her first masquerade dance.  Each day we can find things to be thankful for.  Each day we can purpose to stop the busy routines that encroach upon our lives and be thankful for the moments in our children's lives that are such a blessing to be a part of.  Today....I am very thankful!!!!!

Thankful Thursday!

Things I'm thankful for:

1. A husband who works harder then anyone I know to support our family and having such an amazing attitude while doing so!  He goes to work before we get up so that he can be home almost every night for dinner and family happenings.

2. Justice ~ words can't descirbe how special he is.  He is loyal, loving, kind, honest, compassionate.  I so admire him and the man he is becoming.  As he struggles with his disabilities I admire his courage to face whatever comes up in front of him with the strength of a lion.


3. Children who try to honor us as parents and love us unconditionally.  Even when we fall short of the mark they are amazing in their love and obedience.  I'm truly humbled by their hearts!

4. A home that is full of craziness!  :)  Never is there a dull moment in our home.  The noise level can reach  deafening at times.  It's all good noise though.  Laughter, disagreements that turn into learning lessons, wars of all kinds, constant dancing and musical performances, etc.  I love it!

5. Listening to my 5 year old Jameson playing with his toys and then out of no where he breaks into worship/praise songs.  Just in his own world worshiping God and playing with his toys.  Or when he is sitting in his cars seat and through all the noise in our van he hears a song on the radio and asks me to please turn it up so he can sing along.  :)

I'm one blessed lady!