Life in Motion.....

So before my two major knee surgies, in '08 and '10, I was a crafting machine.

I LOVED doing seasonal things in our home.  I just think it makes it SO cozy.

But when all the knee and surgery craziness (3 knee surgies in that amount of time),

I kind of lost my crafting mojo somehow.

Yep, it was survival mode only around here for two years.

No time for pretty arrangements on the table, or pretty scrapbooks on the coffee table.

Not even time for a beautiful change of the seasons wreath on our door.

Yep, a dry crafting season for me.

But God makes ALL things new doesn't He?

That was a season He had me in, and one that I learned such huge lessons, that I wouldn't trade a perfect household full of craftiness in it, for.  Nope.  I learned and am still learning SO much!!

I am so thankful and grateful though that He has me crafting and homemaking again.

It is not as it was before.  Nope.

It's better.

Our house is fuller.

We have things like bouncy balls and toy horses scattered about,

but we also have beautiful little feet under foot.

We also have college bound kiddo's and busy working men.

It is a beautiful thing!!

And a beautiful time.

It is "Life in Motion".....

Our "Life in Motion"....

Yep a beautiful thing!

Today, I am getting to go with our beautiful Alyssa to register for fall classes at the school of her choice, and then tomorrow and Friday I'm off to SOAR with Dak.  His Freshman Orientation and registration for classes.  Yep it is a fun time around these parts.

And I don't know if y'all follow me on Facebook, but there have been lots of fun things going on in the knee department.

I'll be posting about that here soon.

But for today, please enjoy a little video of two arrangements I made for our table over the last couple of weeks. 

So happy to be crafting again and a shout out to Jessica McCash for her beautiful ideas.

Love you all ~~  Have a Blessed day ~~

BOOM ~~ BOOM ~~ BOOM!!! Fun on the Fourth of July!!

I hope you all had a fun, safe and Blessed 4th of July.

I really love the 4th of July.  It is my fav summer holiday.

It is always full of family, friends and food.

3 of my most favorite things!!

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This pretty girl came and shared in the rivarly and fun with us.

Here she is playing Rummy with mom.

These two crack.me.up.

 And speaking of my beautiful mother,

here she is playing Rummy with Alyssa.

These two have SO much fun together.

Mom is feeling better.  That is some much needed good news for us.

 2 of my favorite people on the planet!!

 Sir Cuteness and I hanging out.....

 As only we can.....   =)
(LOVE this pic!!!)

 Sir Cuteness, Georgia and I

Yesterday was G's birthday.

We had SO much fun!!!

I missed her b-day party with her family because my car messed up yesterday morning while I was out, so my Mr. Winslow had to fix it when he got home, but it was an easy fix....YAY!!

Sorry I missed your party G ~~ but thanks for coming over and sharing the 4th of July fun with us!!!

 Cute Alyssa..... real cute =)

 G doing her thing on the grill.....

Chase getting his fireworks on.....

And Sir Cuteness, being....well, cute!!!  =)

 So why is Alyssa so happy?!!

Yep, she's beating Grandma (mom) at Rummy!!

It doesn't happen often, so enjoy Alyssa!!!

 Some of our delicious yumminess.....

 Burgers and dogs.....

 And Vegan Burgers for me and Alyssa, because that is the way we roll =) 

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 And some chicky.....

 And then on to some firework fun.....

 This picture cracks.me.up. 

I crack.me.up.

Never take yourself too seriously.

Hahahahah.....

 Our beautiful G.....

 It makes me laugh out loud that my 71 (almost 72) year old mother still shoots off fireworks.

At least a little bit. 

Her Asthma finally got the better of her and she had to go in and take her medicine,

but she sure had fun.

And what cracks me up about this pic, is that when my mom was looking at it last night, she immediately said, "Oh my mom would be having a fit with my legs wide open.  She was always saying, 'Christine, put your legs together and sit like a lady.'"  This makes me smile. 

My Grandma Lawson passed away the year before I was born and my mom still talks about Grandma all the time.  She tells me delightful stories about Grandma and Grandpa (they died together in a car accident).  My mom REALLY misses them, even now.  I love that about my mom.  She keeps their memories and heritage alive.  She says that my Grandma would have just LOVED me so much and my creative side.  Everytime I show mom something I've made she almost always says, "You and your Grandma would have just LOVED each other."  I love it!!!

 Hahahahahaha ~~ I am SUCH a chicken =)

 Rock right on pretty mama ~~ Rock right on!!!

 G you are too funny.....

 Bac-Bac-Bac ~~ see, chicken =)  .....

 Hahaha.....  You are so silly .....

 Our neighborhood did it up right this 4th of July.

There was some people who spent LOTS O' MONEY on a bang.

Not us.  I think I spent about $8 and we had LOADS of fun.

And Chase spent about $18 and had LOADS and LOADS of fun!!

 My man and Sir Cuteness having fun!!

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 BOOM BABY!!!!! 

Brought to you by our neighbors =)

And there you have it ~~ our Fourth of July fun!!!

We had the best time.

And what is missing from this post?

Yes pics of Dak, because he worked yesterday, got off at 5:00 PM, came in for about 15 minutes and was off to a friends.  

I was just happy I got to see him for those few minutes. 

I'll take what I can get =)

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Today Sir Cuteness and I are taking it easy.  We are SO tired from all that fun  =)

Hope your Fourth was fun and FULL of memories!!!

Love you so ~~ 

Random Friday ~~

Happy Friday Everyone!!!

How are you?

I know that I haven't written anything since Monday on here, but rest assured lots of stuff is going on, and we are enjoying our summer.

So much fun!!

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So we are loaded with pics and ready for randomness.....

so here goes ~~

Here is our sweet Sir Cuteness in all his Sweetness.....

Look at those blue eyes.....

Have you ever?....

 Ummmm yes, he is in love with anything that turns his tongue blue.....

Blue Koolaide.....

Blue Powerade.....

Blue Suckers.....

You name it.....if it's blue and has the ability to turn his tongue the same lovely shade of blue,

he is ALL about it!!!

HeeHee!! ~~ I love this boy so!!!!!

 Be still, BE Still, BE STILL MY HEART.....

 Why yes that is a Superman sippy cup.....

RJ - Ricky is so proud right now isn't he?

Yep, it's the way we roll =)

 So I got a rare Saturday with the Kids (Dak & Alyssa) and what a day it was.

Here is the obligatory feet shot.

Seriously Dak.....you need some new shoes.....

I heart my sandals......I wear them A LOT.....

They are stylish and comfortable.....

a must have for me =)   

 Here is Alyssa sporting Sir Cutenesses Spiderman sun glasses....

I know RJ, we are just THAT cool (you definitely want to be my next door neighbor now dontcha'  =)

Our boys would NEVER get anything done with all the Superhero business to attend to..... =)

 Then we went to eat at our favorite, McAlister's and this is Dak......

And I don't know why .... heeheehee

 I love these two so.....

 And let's switch sides and try this side =)

 Hahaha.....

 Hahahahahaha.....

 Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.......................

 Hahahahaheeheeheehahahahahaheeheehee.....!!!!!

 Me and my boy ~~ why do I always look so tired?..........

 And this my friends, is what Dak was eating while we cooked out.

Lucky Charms.....before a cookout..........kids.    =)

 And here is our sweet Georgia, doing what our Sweet Georgia does......anything that needs to be done..... in this case she was getting out some ice.....because that is the way she rolls.....

We love you G ~~

Trust me, there was so much more Randomness in this week, but I will leave it there for now.

Love you ~~ 

Some Fun Stuff Going On ~~

WOW!!  We have had so many fun things going on the last few days.

I wanted to get this video up over the weekend, so I won't feel behind, but it didn't happen.

On Saturday, I got to spend the first half of my day with Dak and Alyssa.  It was SO much fun!!!

We had coffee at Hebrew's Coffee and did a little shopping and had lunch at McAlister's.

It was a fun day!!

Then Saturday afternoon my mom and Georgia came over and we BBQ'd and then our little town had fireworks, and we watched them right from our house.  So fun!!

Well, my knee is feeling so much better that today I cleaned out a closet and did a fun project for my table for 4th of July.  I will be showing you that soon too (hopefully tomorrow =)

Well for today, I wanted to share with you this video that I made about a fun and useful project to me. 
I made this book out of a scrap piece of cardboard for the base. 

WOW what a girl can do with cardboard =)

Not all of it is out of one piece of cardboard, but the main pages are and I added (and still adding) lots of fun pages and elements.

So enjoy!!

Love you ~~