Thursday, March 25, 2010

Fresh Catch

My oldest son is on a mission. A mission to catch crawfish. As many as he and the neighbor kid can find in our town. We live no where near Louisiana. We are midwesterners with lots of retention ponds. So if you see my son knee deep in mud, you'll know why.

This was his first catch of the day. He was so excited to find this one clawed creature. It died the next day and is now laid to rest in our back yard.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Breakthrough to Clarity Bible Contest and Giveaway

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Son #2


Dalton: "Do you like the picture I made in class?"
Me: "Yes I do. You made it very colorful. Why is his head purple?"
Dalton: "I like purple heads."
Me: "Okay. What is the yellow line between his legs?"
Dalton: "He's peeing."
Me: "Oh. I should have known."

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

This could explain a lot about our house


A few weeks ago my husband was in our crawl space trying to reinforce some rotten floor joists. When he reappeared, he had this beer can with him. I'm pretty sure it has been down there since 1974 (when the house was built). And if the builders were drinking on the job, they must have hid their evidence in the crawl space!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

My Kitchen Counter

I cannot wait for Spring!!!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Addicted to Black Spray Paint

My almost 9 year old son asked me this weekend why I'm addicted to black spray paint. In my defense, we (meaning my awesome husband) did just remodel our kitchen/dining room. And I am totally using what I already had. So I am saving money....a can of spray paint vs. new light fixture and decorations. Here's what we (again, meaning my awesome husband) has painted so far!
This cute pot used to be a stucco green and white. We bought it in Mexico on a mission trip circa 1999! It came in a set of three, but this is the only remaining pot. After painting it, I found the cool flowers at the Walmart.

This light fixture was in the house when we moved here in 2005. It used to be silver; I like it much better black.

Back in the day, my mom had the big silverware on her wall. I found a set in a catalog a few years ago. They used to be gold. Yes, I hung giant gold silverware on my wall. A friend of ours would take it down every time he came to our house and yell, "Who's hungry?

Thursday, March 4, 2010

My New Motto!


It's so hard to do, but I am really trying!