Continued from Christmas Eve…. We tucked into our covers and slept soundly… {No visions of sugarplums dancing in our heads…that I am aware of} BUT, there was an idea that had been in someone’s head for quite a while… And while I thought everyone was sleeping soundly………some just didn’t get there quite as quickly…… […]
Memoir Monday {No. 56}
What happened last week? As always, a bit of this and a bit of that.. Hot tea~ teacup from my Grandma’s things snapping some photos of this cute miss and taking some family pictures of her family for them My man played home decorator in our garage! I like the way it has come together. […]
Christmas Memories Made ~ {Christmas Eve 2}
A few more things I wanted to post from our Christmas memories for 2014… First post over here… As Renae was leaving her mother’s helper job one week in December, the mama she helps, gave her a homemade Oreo Truffle to try. She thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it sounded fun to make them. So, on Christmas Eve […]
We Visit the Wildlife Park
Back in Indian summer and the beginning of autumn, our family of four and my husband’s brother’s family of three, visited the Wildlife Park located near the city. I edited some of the pictures and kept thinking I would get them posted. Other things got posted, harvest was happening, drilling was happening, life was happening. […]
Creating Home : A Touch of Valentines
We put our Christmas decor away and spruced up our home a bit. I styled and added in decor, creating home and using things I love! I don’t really major in decor, but I certainly enjoy it and enjoy changing things up in our spaces a few times a year. January is still cold, […]
Memoir Monday {No. 55}
Cold outside. Warm inside. Fresh, hot biscuits. Yes, please! Appetizer served ~ crackers & cheese on a pretty plate. Study time ~ Trusty wheelbarrow outside the basement door. Wonderful wood hauler! Garage ceiling! Hurrah! Basically finished. Now, thinking about paint for the walls. Another winter project. Glowy, shimmery candleholders ~ I’ve been enjoying […]
Christmas Memories Made {Christmas Eve}
Some 2014 Christmas memories made by our family of four ~ Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we spent mostly at one of our very favorite places ~ home! We dug out a few memories from the cedar chest ~ this blanket I cross stitched when I was very young and used for my babies. […]
Known By You, Lord
Lord, You always show up~You just show up in so many ways, in just the word I need, in just the way I need, Lord, YOU are so mighty. So above me. Yet, so close to me. Lord, I can not comprehend it. I am in awe of it. Lord, here I sit. Your creation, […]
Memoir Monday {No. 54}
2014 quietly slipped away and 2015 as quietly began. Time is such a mystery, yet so exact and never stopping or slowing down. We had a good Christmas and New Years. We were out and about some and home some and relaxed some and busy some. It felt like a good mix. We had […]
Lilla Rose Welcomes January 2015 Flexi
Happy New Year from Lilla Rose! January 2015 brings us a beautiful danglie flexi by the name of Sapphire Ice! And matching bobbies! I can’t believe 2014 is gone ~ hop over here to check out our monthly flexis of 2014. This post has most of the 2014 monthly flexis pictured, although the giveaway is […]
My ABC’s of 2014
As 2014 drew to a close, words swirled around my brain. Words that characterized events and feelings and happenings and ups and downs of my year. Words that many others could relate to, yet at the same time their 2014 was unique to them alone. And my 2014 unique to me alone. Words patchworked together, […]
Fourteen of My Favorite Posts From 2014
Now in theory, it sounded easy. Quickly choose and post fourteen of my own personal favorite blog posts that I composed and hit the publish button on in 2014. Starting to browse back through 2014 and choose the posts became a different story. There’s so much heart and meaning in our own personal stories. Lots […]
Jesus Loves the Little Children
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head….. Born unto Mary, born poor as can be, Born to this world, so children might see. Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world…………. Each sweet child face, Babies born and unborn, […]
Memoir Monday {No. 53}
Nieces!!! What more is there to say?! Lovely new yard decor! Flamingos. Plastic flamingos! “Someone” stuck these in among my stuff coming home with me from my Grandma’s. {No names ~ but the conspirators very closely resemble my big sister and little brother.} My husband and my daughter then sent them on home with said […]
Purple Friday 24 Hour Sale at Lilla Rose
Purple Friday 24 HOUR SALE For Customers & Guests 10% Off All Items & 15% Off Select ItemsPlus Free Shipping on Orders over $40 Today only! Starting Friday December 26th at 12AM Sale ends Friday December 26th at midnight If you’ve been eyeing a favorite flexi or a set of hairsticks or some […]
I Can’t Wait to See the Baby
I want to see the baby in the manger, yes, I do, I want to gaze upon him with a child’s eyes and view, I want to see him all wrapped up in his swaddling clothes, I want to gaze upon his little fingers and his toes, I want to smooth his hair, all downy, soft, […]