Crazybiglove

5.03.2009

a found treasure....

last week while cleaning out Sam's backpack i stumbled across this letter from his friend, Braden. oh, this does a mom's heart good.
already in the 4th grade, he is learning what it means to be a good friend. i'm proud of him.

4.24.2009

a good quote....

i love them. i do. i love quotes. i love words. if i had more wall space, i'd fill every square inch with them. while i was walking around my house taking pictures of all the different sayings around my house, i realized that some would say i am borderline obsessed with them. (i realized that my dear sister also has some of the same 'issues' that i do with them.) so, i'll continue to collect them. maybe i could switch some of them out with some fun ones that YOU have, ya know, do a 'quote rotation' of sorts. cuz i NEED another one, ya know.....

*forgot to take a picture of it but i even have a shirt with a great quote on it. simply said....."i love my husband". :)

4.21.2009

the table...

i just had someone jolt a memory.....so thought i'd share it here....

when sam was about 3, he got a hold of a knife (after all, i didn't PADLOCK the drawer!!). we had just bought this wonderful black (again, what was i thinking?) dining room table and chair set. the first piece of nice furniture we ever bought. i was SO proud of it! well, wouldn't ya know it....sam thought since I liked it so much HE should leave his name on it!!!!!!!! it still makes my hair stand on end thinking about how mad i was!! when rye came home,about 3 hours later,i was waiting by the door (actually, i think i was standing in the driveway) STILL crying about it!!
i told him, "i'm going out for a drink! this is the first time i'm going to the bar ALONE. if i don't come home tonight, don't worry about me, just assume that i went to find another, more RESPECTFUL 3 year old to call my own. i'm 'cashing' this one in!!"
well, after driving around for about 2 hours (i never did hit the bar...that would be just plain pathetic!!) i was able to put it into perspective. (obviously not..since i'm STILL talking about it!!) i just remember sam standing by the back door, waiting for me. "i'm sorry mommy" were his exact words.
i'm sure daddy & him had some words. :)
that black table has now been moved upstairs, for the boys to play Lego on. while dusting it awhile back, i saw the scratches and remembered, somewhat fondly, that it's only stuff. i'm glad i didn't cash him in.
he's a keeper.
i have to say, he's my most creative,artistic son. i guess it's true what they say about getting them started early! :) someday i knew i would wish he was this age again...if not for a small-fleeting moment....

just the other day i went to the hardware store to buy some stain to cover up all the scratches and dents in our 'new' table.
go figure.

life's little lessons.

4.20.2009

a Blessed Easter day

in spite of the cloudy, gloomy rainy day...it was filled with 'sunshine'! :)after all, Easter isn't about the weather, it's about remembering the reason we, as Christians celebrate. this is the most important day in the life of a Christian. a promise that we have eternal life. no amount of rain (and believe me,there was PLENTY of it) can dampen THAT hope!! below is a Hodge-pogde of pictures from our day.
after church we had the DB clan here then the Likkel gang joined us for a late dinner. rye and i love having a place where we have the room to entertain all these people! the more the merrier!!