It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Hard to believe that the Christmas Holiday is just around the corner! I'm trying really hard this year to teach my 4 year old what the real reason for the season is. As much fun as we have had talking about Santa and his elf, Marty Mistletoe that comes to visit him each year, I want him to know that the true meaning is all about our Saviour Jesus Christ. That he is the real reason for the season! I want him to know the true gift of giving and I so much want his heart to be a heart of love and forgiveness. I love this saying that I came across: "Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away,like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf...the good you do for others is good you do yourself."~Norman Wesley Brooks, "Let Every Day Be Christmas,". I love this time of the year and we have started our decorating and it is so much fun! Thought I would share a few pics! We actually had SNOW this past weekend for the 2nd year in a row!! Seriously, a lot of you are probably wondering what the big deal is.... but for Louisiana that is quite RARE!!








Sending Christmas Blessings your way!

Happy Fall Y'all!

I don't know about you, but I am sooooo excited to finally feel a little fall in the air! Fall is my most FAVORITE time of the year! Pumpkin candles, the smell of leaves burning, fall decorations, the fall fair, just a few of my favorite things! Zachary keeps asking me mommy is it fall yet? He's so cute! I adore that child! He's all excited about going to the pumpkin patch and trick r treat. These are such sweet times and I pray the go by slowly. I LOVE being a mom! God gives us many, many blessings in life, but being a mom surpasses so many things! It can be trying at times, but in Christ alone we make it! That reminds me of one of my favorite songs by Travis Crotrell! Click to listen if you haven't heard it before! It is AWESOME!! How lucky are we than we can know that anything is possible through GOD alone! Even what seems impossible!

Sandy

ALOHA!

WOW! We just got back from vacation in Hawaii and I think I might finally be catching up! The time difference almost killed us! :) I have to say though, Hawaii is beautiful beyond words. I feel so blessed that we were able to visit such a beautiful place. Zachary had so much fun and was not ready to go home! The plane ride went really well, he did great! Now, it is just getting back into the routine of school and everything else! Thought I would share a few of our photos!





Hope you are all having a wonderful week!!

Show us Your Favorite Vacation Spot

This week, Kelly is hosting Show us your Favorite Vacation Spot. My husband Paul and I took our 4 year old to Disney this past March and had a BLAST! It was so much fun... and even more fun for us watching Zachary in absolute AWE of the entire place! Hear are a few pics from our trip!






It was an awesome trip and we are planning on going back next year! Right now we are gearing up to leave for Hawaii next week! SOOOOO excited!

Thanks for stopping by!

The end of Summer and Back to School....

Whew! This summer just seemed to fly by! It seems like the older Zach gets the faster the time goes. He is already 4 1/2. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital! We had an awesome summer though! I feel so blessed and am so thankful to be able to stay home with him and spend the time with him that I do. I have an awesome husband who works so hard so that I am able to do that and for him I am very thankful! I haven't been blogging lately because I have been on the run with Zachary. He had a 2 day summer camp this year at our church that he LOVED, there have been swim lessons, play dates.... you get the picture! :) He starts Pre~k next week! We go tonight to meet his new teacher! He is so excited! Here are a few pics of our summer fun! Hope your summer was a fun one!


Zachary and his Best Buddy showing their "P90x" muscles!


The Best of Friends!


We baked cookies one day! Not too bad for our first time decorating??!!

It has really been a great summer! Hope the upcoming school year is just as great!

Well, got a ton of things to do today! Gotta run! Thanks for stopping by!

VBS Week!!

WHEW! It has been a busy, busy week! This has been our week for vacation bible school at church and as much fun as it has been, I am looking forward to tonight being the last night! We have had a large turn out this year, over 200 children! God has sent the children! I decided to help with snacks this year and it is so much fun seeing how much children... including mine.. enjoy those sweet goodies! I do have to say though.... it has been taking some time getting Zachary to wind down after a night at VBS. Last night we came home and he immediately got into a spiderman costume and preceded to believe he was spiderman! Here is a cute pic I snapped of him. Such sweet times and exhausting as well! :)

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a great day!

Summer Palooza!

Summer got off to a fast and fun start this year! It seems like my 4 year old has a busier social calender than I do! Ha! We have really had a fun time so far and we are looking forward to our upcoming vacation to Hawaii! Zach (my 4 year old) has never flown before, so we are a little apprehensive about the long plane ride. I've been gathering things together for him to do on the plane to keep him busy. Any ideas would be welcomed! It seems like you always think there won't be enough to do when school is out.... but then summer gets here and it is non~stop! Wouldn't trade it for the world though!

I love meeting new bloggers and visiting other blog pages so this week I am participating in a Blog Hop! All there is to do is post a favorite pic and put the link! Here is a few of my favorite pictures from this summer of my little man!


A Day of Fun at the Zoo!


A Little T-Ball Fun!


This is Where he Decided to take a Nap!

Such Fun! I love being a mom!

Be sure to visit my other blog simplymorgangifts.blogspot.com! We offer a wonderful like of fun and trendy gifts! We are working on our website and hope to have it up and live online in a couple of weeks. Until then, we are showcasing some of the items that we will carry on our blog. We can even take orders now!

***Replace this line with your content. This week, on TUESDAY, 7/7/09, the theme is A FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPH. Post up one of your favorite photographs and a caption that tells the audience about it. Here is a sample: http://mcklinky.blogspot.com/2009/07/mcklinky-photo-blog-on-tuesday-sample.html Do not change any part of this snippet of code except for this paragraph only.... replace the text that falls between (and includes) the opening and closing asterisks. Be sure to enter your own link to your own blog hop post as soon as the blog hop starts!***

Hope you have a wonderful summer!! Thanks for stopping by!