Happy Birthday to Me!

I turned 31 this past Tuesday. It really is hard for me to believe. So much has changed so fast.

10 years ago on my birthday, still in college, recently engaged, I celebrated turning 21...a milestone. I'm sure I stayed up way too late and didn't feel so great the next day, but honestly I don't remember.

So many real milestones have occured since then. I got married. I gave birth to 3 precious children. I have found purpose. I have lived and loved and learned so much!

I celebrated my birthday with a group of wonderful friends on the night of my birthday. We shared laughter, tears, inside jokes, and insights into the Bible. I stayed up way too late, and was so tired the next day. But it will be a night I remember.

Wordless Wednesday

A Tour of Anagrace's New/Old Room

Anagrace is so happy about her "new" room. She has thanked me several times for giving it a makeover. I don't really have a before picture. This is the best I could find:

Her walls were pale pink above the chair rail and lavendar below, which stayed the same except we painted polka dots on the top half. We also hung a pink gingham ribbon board to display pictures (but right now she has fabric swatches on it for some reason?) ,daisy flower hooks, and a white shelf to display her tea set on the wall.
We painted her name on the front of her bed with polka dots

and hung an eyelet mirror with yellow gingham ribbon and letters to spell out "dream" above her bed.

Under her bed, we took out the cooking set {she has kind of outgrown it:-( } and put a denim recliner there instead. She has enjoyed lounging in the chair and watching the TV that Daddy finally fixed! We put pictures of her as a baby and books on the shelf.Probably my favorite part of the makeover was the new light fixture. We replaced the ceiling fan with this super cute chandelier

I have a few more things I'd like to do...update the curtains, maybe get a rug, and hang up the pictures that she and I will paint someday soon. Here is Anagrace with the blank canvas ( with "paint me" written on the plastic wrap) that she opened on Christmas.

Giving her room a makeover was so much fun for me! In fact, I was so excited to show her on Christmas morning that I woke up before everyone else in the house! I'm so glad that she is as happy about it as I was.

Happy New Year!!!

2010? Wow!

Decided to change the look of the blog with the change of the year....and decade!

Got some new blog posts in the works, but soaking up all the family time during the "break".