Work In Progress Wednesday

Well, there isn't much to report after our exciting news of a little miracle. Mark did start to work on getting out the bushes in the front yard which proved to be much more difficult than expected. I wish we could have just left them there but since they were destroying the house and also the landscaping comes up too high we have to get rid of them. It looks like we'll have to take out everything and just leave the tree and plant some grass after we get rid of all the excess dirt... which will be nice for filling the big swamp/hole in our backyard. I'm so excited to report that we have some tomatoes growing. Since we weren't able to get a garden going yet this year and I LOVE fresh homegrown tomatoes we bought one of those Topsy Turvy hanging tomato plants and I can't wait for them to be ripe and ready to eat! YUM!

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend!

Scrappin' Saturday

Here are some of my creative team pages from this week Credits:

Down N Dirty by Traci Reed and Meg Mullens
Coffee Shoppe Espresso by Shawna Clingerman and Darcy Baldwin

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Breathe Me Templatez by NeeNee Designs
Breakaway by Shawna Clingerman and MandaBean
Layered Up In You - Edges 2 by Lauren Grier
Clearly Framed - Lauren Reid
Coffee Shoppe Buzzed by Shawna Clingerman and Darcy Baldwin

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Paper Scatters: Squares by Jac Bernardo
Sweetiekins by Shawna Clingerman and Jennifer Fox
Coffee Shoppe Espresso by Shawna Clingerman and Darcy Baldwin

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Make Lemonade by Traci Reed
Bad Sewing Machine XXI - Don't Be A Square 3 by Traci Reed
Bad Sewing Machine XX - Kinda Kleen N Round by Traci Reed
Font: Amelie

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Dreaming Big by Eva Kipler
Clip Me! Funky Scallops by Eva Kipler

Work In Progress Wednesday and some really exciting news!!!!!

After taking a much needed break from the blog we have some exciting news to share, but you'll have to wait. We've (as in my parents have done the majority of it) been working on the landscaping and it's coming along and hopefully by next summer I'll be able to have my garden. I did get one of those Topsy Turvy things you see on TV and started a little late with the tomato plant but am so excited to see some tomatoes growing this week! I can't wait to have my own homegrown tomatoes... they literally are my most favorite fruit... well, maybe they're a close second to avocados. We still have a lot to do yet but it's been exciting to see the progress. We've also been enjoying our weekends of visiting family. I think we're glad that we made that decision to spend the weekends vacationing instead of working on the house. It's hard to believe that we closed on this house almost a year ago and still feel like we have sooooo much still to do but am amazed at how much we've accomplished. It hasn't gone as fast as we had hoped and I really had hoped that we would have painted all the rooms by now but there just were more important things that needed to be done first.

OK, ready for the exciting news?



That's right, we have a little surprise due in January! It's still early and we can use your prayers but I'm terrible at keeping secrets and well, it's pretty hard to hide anymore. I was literally in maternity clothes the moment the pregnancy test showed positive, lol. We are so excited although with our history of infertility and multiple miscarriages we've been really cautious and anxious. So far everything looks good and the baby is growing. It was so wonderful to see that little heart beating at all of my appts. Because of my history of miscarriages I've had several appointments so far and we're finally getting to the point where we can breathe a little easier although we're still not out of the 1st trimester and can still miscarry. That being said, we would love your prayers. We are totally praising God for this little miracle and even though this baby was not a part of our plan we definitely know it was a part of God's plan and are rejoicing in it. This has been such a growing experience for me knowing that there is nothing I can do... everything is up to God. Only God could allow my body to become pregnant... some of you remember a little over 5 years ago when the dr. told me that it would be a miracle if I became pregnant, to which I said that I believed in miracles and became pregnant with Moriah a month later. Only God could allow this pregnancy to continue and grow like it has... many of you know that after Moriah was born we had 4 miscarriages and we determined that I had a clotting disorder and needed blood thinners to keep a pregnancy going. I knew with both of those pregnancies that God was working through the drugs to allow us to have our 2 little miracles. I'm just reminded how big God is and that he is so much bigger than all of this. Anyways, we're really hoping to meet this little one in January and so excited to teach this little one about who God is and how amazing he is. I wonder what God plans on naming this child... he only gave me 2 names on the Women's retreat 5 years ago.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart" Jer 29:11-13