Cherry Blossom Festival

It is 7:00PM and I am fighting to keep my eyes open. Right now I am taking the time to blog to you all while I wait for the clothes in the dryer to finish up so I can resume packing. I am almost finish! Tomorrow we are leaving and I am excited! But, I am also SO tired. I wish someone would come pack for me. And I wish Memphis wasn't 9hrs away.

But, it is.

Anyway, the reason I am so tired this evening is because today we went to the Cherry Blossom Festival!



We had so much fun! Benjamin enjoyed himself immensely. My Mother-in-Law was in town for the weekend so Benjamin enjoyed the extra attention and lovin's. The Cherry Blossom Festival consisted of a lot of walking and a lot of memories. :)

It started off windy and chilly...





When we got to the park, it was warmer, and we found the pups!




They had a ton of awesome cars, but I didn't get many pictures of those.


We played on the playground...


And then Benjamin rode on his first carnival rides!




... apparently it was a lot of fun ...





The weather was so nice!









And that is why we are tired...


Now Benjamin is napping, and I am about ready to get up and finish packing {if I don't fall asleep first}. I hope you're all having a fantastic weekend! I am having a beautiful one with my beautiful family:



For those of you going to Memphis: See you soon!

This morning, I slacked off

But in my defense, it was a very productive morning of slacking off. I should have been packing up essentials for our trip next week. Yes, that is what I should have been doing. I have packed a lot through out the week but I'm not done yet... and I need to be sometime before Sunday...

Why pack when I can slack off and sew?

I had a huge urge to create something else with a super easy tutorial from calico. I have a lot of fabric left over from my other endeavors, so I decided to make a coordinating diaper strap to hold Benjamin's diapers in the diaper bag. I love having an organized diaper bag. I wish my house was as organized! Well, we can't have our cake and eat it too, now can we? {That's what I'm going to tell myself anyway}

So after I had already cleaned up all my sewing stuff from yesterday, I hauled it all out again. And I created this:






Awesome, right? I thought so too. Not perfect, of course, as it is only my third project! But I am really happy with how it turned out. FYI, It is hard to sew through velcro by hand. So I glued my button on after doing some stitching. Is that deceitful? Well if anyone asks, I'll totally tell the truth.

Oh and if anyone is wondering, yes, we still cloth diaper. But we do use disposable on vacations. That's just how we roll.

Anyway, I think I'm still slacking off. I mean, I am writing a blog post about what I did while slacking off!

Keep little Benjamin in your prayers please. He is teething and he is suffering from allergies and the poor little guy is just not happy with the combination. Right now he is conked out in his crib and who knows how long he will sleep! But he needs that rest!

Thanks!

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_{This post was fueled by Minute Maid Berry Punch, because that stuff is amazing.}

Labeled.

I totally made that.

I feel so accomplished! It isn't perfect, but I did it. I whipped my sewing machine into shape.

I used this tutorial.



The reason for making a luggage tag for my diaper bag is because during the upcoming Lectureship, they are asking for everything to be labeled. Ta-da! Labeled.

The first blur is our last name, and the second is my cell number, just so ya know.

Not a Bad Haircut

We don't get haircuts too often in this house, mainly because they are so expensive now days. Yesterday was a haircut day, though. We {Hubby and I} both got our hair cut before running other errands, including going to Walmart to pick up our car after the tires were balanced and rotated, running to Ross to get some pantaloons for myself {I got two pair - cropped dress pants - $8.99each}, Taco Bell, and the Car Wash. After that Chris helped Hubby with changing the oil, which because one small detail was missed, ended up being a complete evening of events. We watched Lost. Lost was awesome.

Anyway, back to the haircuts.

Hubby's looks great.

Mine... well, I went in with bangs that looked like this:



And I really liked my bangs. But like the rest of my hair, I wanted a trim. I didn't want them to be chopped off, but I did want to kind of trim them up. Now, perhaps I just don't understand hair stylists' "jargon" but I didn't think "trim" meant to change the style. I didn't quite see what had happened in the salon because I didn't have my glasses on at the time, silly me...

She gave me a Luke Skywalker haircut.



Okay, okay. Not that drastic, or bad. This is probably a little more accurate:



It doesn't look bad, I don't hate it. I don't have a picture of it at the moment to show you, but if I do get one, I'll post it. It's not a bad haircut. I don't think it's ugly or weird.

I just didn't want bangs like that.

Simple as that.

Not a bad hair cut, just an unexpected one.


Today was Benjamin's turn. I got my little scissors out and laid a towel on the kitchen floor, put his high chair on top of that, and plopped him down in it with his juice cup, and his daddy there to entertain. This is the second time I have cut his hair but I think this time was much better. I cut in some "layers" instead of it being round and long to the same length, if that makes any sense. I would have done that the first time, had I known how! Yay for internet tutorials on how to cut your son's hair {seriously - that is what I used!}!

Benjamin's new hair cut makes him look even cuter! I'd snap a picture and show you, but right now he is with his daddy at the Boys and Girls Club. They are having a sort of "open house" if you will so Benjamin got to go on a little outing. Last I heard he was having fun and that he had "an entourage". Figures. That kid always has an entourage! ha! He loves it!

excited about the lectureship!

I didn't blog yesterday because I knew if I did, it would just be completely negative. It was just one of those Mondays. Benjamin hasn't really wanted to go down for naps recently, which has been frustrating because he needs them desperately, usually twice a day. He's also teething like crazy right now, and I'm pretty sure he is suffering from allergies just like his mama. I am not crazy about pollen, like, ever. My nose itches just thinking about it! I have been sneezing since Saturday and it is awful!

I refuse to let this pollen season kick me down, though. I am putting my foot down right now. And that includes resorting to allergy medicine that will make me feel worse than I actually am. Ain't gonna happen. Body and I are just going to have to deal with it the best we can! {Any tips?? - Homeopathic remedies are so very welcome, also for Benjamin!}

On top of all this, I have been doing laundry. Not so much today, but just recently. Next week we are out of town, so I need clean laundry to pack away for me and Benjamin and hubby. I can't express how excited I am to be able to go to the MSOP Lectureship, my fourth year in a row! And I want to go ahead and invite anyone who lives within driving distance to come if you can! You won't regret it. Hearing God's word spoken plainly and lovingly by many different, talented speakers... I always leave feeling so uplifted and edified. The topic of this year's Lectures is "Shadows of Good Things" - if you click that link it will take you to the whole brochure.

Now, if you are unable to come to the Lectureship, but wish to experience it along with us, you can visit the Online Academy of Bible Studies during the days next week to hear the lectures streamed near live! Unfortunately, the Women's classes won't be streamed on the internet. Oh how I wish you could hear the lessons by women such as Cindy Colley {you can visit her blog by clicking her name}, Jane McWhorter, Irene Taylor, and one of my teachers from the Wives' Class at MSOP, Annette Cates.

Before we leave next week, I'll add links to the sidebar to the OABS archives so you can be reminded to tune in!

Just for my reference, if I have any friends who are planning on attending, link up here!

The Other Side

I had nothing to blog about tonight, until I visited my friend Micah's blog. If you remember, we will be staying with her family in a hotel room next week while we are in Memphis for the Memphis School of Preaching Lectureship. You have GOT to go check out her "Not-So-Good" pictures of her beautiful daughter!

Anyway, I have been saving up my "throwback" {Hubby informs me that this is the incorrect usage for that word, but I had to throw it in there anyway} pictures for a while so I could share them in bulk. After seeing Micah's post and realizing I have nothing else to blog about tonight, I decided I would share mine as well.

I just want to let you know first that if you have a weak stomach, you may not want to see some of these pictures. This involves chewed-up food, namely Benjamin's chewed-up food.

Here we go!

Our First Category is Blur!
A few pictures where Benjamin was too fast for my shutter! Oh, and Bailey.






Our Second Category is See Food!
Gross.





And my favorite... Funny Faces!
hehehe.



And there you have it! Life over here is not always picture perfect pleasant.

And I wouldn't have it any other way!