Ali's 12th Birthday Party

We all had an amazing weekend! The weather was great! We went to Oma & Opa's to have the party. Enjoy these pictures that sum up the wonderful day! 

Little Miss got an iPod touch 5th generation from her Dad's family. Needless to say, she is one happy tween.

I think she loves her Oma!

She got a total of $160!!

Wiffleball and Kickball time!

Uncle Kurtis helping Lily through the obstacle course Oma made!

Best. Home. Run. Celebration. Run. Ever. 

lol I love my brother!

I am so thankful that the weather is getting better finally, and we can all start getting together more often. This has probably been the longest winter of my entire life. In more ways than one. So glad to see it go!

Mermaid Island!

Today I took the girls shopping to spend the money that they had. Aimee found a mermaid doll and fell in love with it of course. She just couldn't wait to get back home and finish up her homework so she could play with it. She opened it and played a little while and then came to me and said, "Can I put some water in the bathtub and put my mermaid in it and some seashells??" I said yes and she said, come on Lily lets go play. It was so cute. I hadn't went in there until after I put them to bed and when I walked in there, this is what I found. There is something so cute and sweet to me about toys in the bathtub. Just solid imagination play time! I didn't want to forget this memory!

Soul Sunday!

                                                        unknown source


I have loved this picture since I found it and pinned it to my Pinterest board a long time ago. This reminds my of my middle daughter Aimee in so many ways. She has a favorite blanket that she carries around all the time, she loves looking at books and it doesn't matter what is going on, she just wants to be in the same room as me and the best part is, curling up on the ground like the little girl above is something she would totally do, and has done sometimes. This little comic melts my heart and touches my soul!

Have a beautiful Sunday!

Mother's Day School Lunch

Today was a nice day. We all got up and out the door on time. I logged in to work on time. I went to a school Mother's Day program with Aimee and it was great. I got there and we all sat down and one of the teachers decided to read "Love You Forever" and we all started crying and then she did also. She told us that her son is getting ready to leave for college. So we all didn't appreciate getting there and then bawling our eyes out...and I didn't have a tissue...LOL. After that, the kids sang songs and were super cute and then we went to the classroom where the kids sat with us and we listened to the video's of them reading their letters to us! Then we went outside and had a picnic lunch and it was so nice. I am so blessed to have my kids, because at the end of the day, my family is what matters most. It doesn't matter that I was bummed most of the day because my credit scores are still not where they need to be for us to buy a house and now we need to start looking for something else to rent before this house ends up selling. Our time will come. He brings everything to us at the perfect time because He knows the plans He has laid out for us! I need to stop worrying about it so bad and stressing because I know this is true, I have seen it so many times! So deep breaths and I am counting my blessings, not my worries!

More Weekend Fun!

Well, Sunday we went back over to the in-laws for Mother's Day. We went to my mom's house that morning and spent time with her and then my brother wasn't feeling well so she took him on home. While we were at Oma and Opa's, the guys played some "Around The World" basketball and Opa won!

So, there's these 3 girls. They stole my heart. They call me mommy! I love this picture! They all have great smiles!

 

Ali and Aimee we off in the driveway with the neighbors kids looking for "crystal" rocks, you know, the sparkly white ones lol. So Lily was over with mommy and we were playing with a ball! She came up behind me and was being silly and I was able to snap this amazing picture! I love it!

 

We decided that day to bring both the dogs with us and luckily, Duke and Bonnie were there too so we were able to have all 7 dogs (Misha, Bella, Duke, Bonnie, Tobbie, Winnie and Elvis) there playing! It was so fun! Unbelievably, Brenda was able to catch them all in one picture! It looks like the similar colored dogs are grouped together and then there was Duke! Oscar would have been a perfect match for him!

 

These are the necklaces I made for Mother's Day presents! From left to right they are: Darla, Mom, Brenda and myself! I loved them so much I had to make myself one of course! They have their children's birthstone colors in them! Everyone loved them! I added the little signature charms at the back of the necklace. I think I will start using those anytime I make a necklace. The feather is like it belongs to the momma bird that the nest and eggs belong to. And it can be like an owl feather also! And birds live in TREES!!! LOL

This is also some shots of what some electronics went through this past week/weekend. Ali put her phone in her backpack next to a metal hair barrette and that's what happened. Scratches all over it. Then Aimee dropped her iPod on the concrete at Oma and Opa's and it shattered. Sigh....there goes $100 to get it fixed unless I can get Press F1 to do it cheaper, and I think they do it for around $80.

 

That wraps up the weekend!

Welcome!

Ever since I was little, I have loved trees and all things tree related. There is something so awesome about them to me. I gravitate to all things tree related from books to pictures. I think my favorite type of tree is the weeping willow. It holds many childhood memories for me of playing at Grandma's house with my cousins in the carefree days! Trees have the ability to adapt to the changing environments around them and grow stronger because of those changes! I thought this would be a perfect name for this blog/journaling/sharing adventure! it will just be full of random pictures that need a story told and inspiration and things to look back on, and we can't forget the funny stuff, it's not intended to be all serious! I will share many different things that I feel other people can relate to as well.

A tree to me resembles how one person can branch out with the many different things they love but those branches that each hold something you love always lead back to make up who you are! It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes, "All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." So each time something or someone makes a connection to you in any way, It becomes it's own branch. Branches can also resemble the mindset of breaking off the negative things that bring you down so as not to weigh down your whole tree. Got a bad habit you want to get rid of? Break that branch off and keep the rest of you happy. Just as things that we love become added branches to ourselves, the same applies to pieces of ourselves that touch the world and others around us, we leave those pieces just as leaves fall from the trees and find a new place in the world.

It's amazing how so many things I have loved all my live can be related back to trees. Owls (if you know me, you already know that lol), birds, bird nests, feathers, flower blossoms on the spring trees, warm days relaxing in the shade from a tree having a picnic or reading a book. which brings up how books are made from paper...paper comes from trees..!! along with that is not only the reading aspect but paper being used for writing. When i was younger I used to write stories all the time and my mom would always say that she can't wait for me to write my first book one day. Although that hasn't happened yet because life had other plans for the time being, I still have ideas for the books I would like to write. I am happy beyond compare when i see that my oldest daughter has also taken my love of writing. Trees also remind me of the carved initials on the trunk of two people in love! The tire swing that was present in so many childhoods! It's ironic how my absolute favorite book of all time is "The Giving Tree" I could probably go on and on but I will stop there for now lol. 

Anyway, Thanks for stopping by! Most likely, if you are reading this you already know me! If not, welcome! I am a mother of 3 little girls who are becoming their own defined saplings right before my eyes and married to the man of my dreams who brought his own collection of branches to add to mine! This is my little corner of the internet to share and document different random things since posting is faster than writing it all down in this digital world! I love looking on the bright side of every thing in life, the "Life Sparkles" (like the sun shining through the tree branches...I know, I did it again..) I believe that is one of the most important things in life! So feel free to check back in as often as you like!