graditute

so, i've been blog surfing.
i do that A.LOT.
since i have done So much blog-stalking over the past week, i forgot where i saw this but i thought this was a GREAT idea. and a GREAT challenge! i know i'm a few days late but jump on in with me, would you?

here's what you do.
get yourself a little notepad.
grab your camera. 
write down and snap pictures of ALL the things that you are grateful for.
it's Thanksgiving month and what better time of the year than this to remember and JOURNAL what you are most thankful for!
come on, i dare you. just try it for 30 days. i'm not promising, but i can almost bet that you'll end this month with a whole new perspective.
for me personally, days can go by without me even thinking of blessings in my life. sure, i know i'm blessed but how often do i look, REALLY look at the world around and THANK God for my blessings. SPECIFIC blessings.
i'm up for the challenge.
hoping you'll join me.
i've even got a grand idea to have a 'guest' on my blog. at the end of  November, email me your list and i'll post it here!
DO it....you'll be GRATEFUL that you did!

birthday idea for jack...

i found this taped to our bathroom mirror.

just in case, you were stumped on what to get Jackson for his birthday, he spelled it out for you.

there, now you know. :)

leftover pie?????

just for the record..this has NEVER, in the history of the world, since pie making has begun, has THIS ever happened.

i. dumped. a. piece. of. pie.

you MUST know that this is NO ordinary pie. it's Carmel Apple Dutch pie from the Lynden Dutch Bakery. it's a bit of heaven on earth. if you have never tried this pie, get your bootie down there and treat yourself.

you deserve it.

anywho....a few weeks ago, we had bible study here. if you know me, you know that i don't 'do' pies. i don't bake them. i don't particularly love them. i eat them only on very special occasions OR if i happen to have bought a LDB Carmel dutch apple pie. THEN i eat pie. a. lot of pie. since my hub and the wubbens hub LOVE this, i bought one.

AND i didn't have to worry about screwing up desert.

now here's the part that is worth blogging about.

this piece sat there so long, after the fact that i ended up dumping it.

it's a crime.

i should be jailed for it.

but...would YOU eat pie, no matter how heavenly it is, with flies mating on it?

i think not.

but don't think for one minute, it didn't cross my mind.

cuz it did.

awwww....

i gave the boys a challenge.

come up with the MOST creative Lego creation.

this beauty, made with love and MUCH creativity, by my 8 year, won, hands down!

i love you too bud.