Live, Laugh, Love…

“All this and Heaven too.” That quote has come to my mind many times these last few months. The dark nights make the sunshine seem that much more golden. The last few months have been filled with living, laughing, and loving.

 Days that follow a wonderfully simple pattern, filled with everything that makes the little moments beautiful. Laughing at the crazy things my kids say or do. Laughing when that was the only option besides getting frustrated. Laughing silently when my babies tested me or someone else, and then made the cutest, cutest face ever.

 Loving my crazy afterschoolers. Loving my adorable pre-k girls who said they wanted to be (among other things) an elf, a “hawrstywist”, and (my personal favorite), a church-girl. Loving my stubborn four year olds, who say the funniest (and awkward) things. Loving my three year olds who always fight for space on my lap. Would you believe they can fit four of them on at one time?! Loving that they love doing my hair, talking to me instead of taking a nap, and most of all LOVE kissing me. Loving my oh so troublesome two and a half year olds, no matter how very much they try my soul. Love, love, Loving my two year olds, who make my heart so full. Loving the little stubborn girl who gives the best hugs. Loving the cuddly little man who calls me BooBekah. Loving the mischevious little guy who always talks in the deepest voice you can imagine in a two year old. Loving my precious little girl who always shows me her shoes, her lovie, and her bows. Loving her because she finally loves me enough to let me do her hair without fussing Loving doing her beautiful hair. Loving my little man who calls me Betta, and says the craziest things. Loving my sweet little boy with the beach boy haircut who never ever wants to let go of me. Loving my one year olds who have the most energy ever. Loving my babies. Loving my baby boy, even though he NEVER takes a nap. Loving his smile, loving his nose, loving his tiny hands, and loving his baby smell.

Living my days post-kiddos by relaxing. Living and enjoying the sunny Mondays at the river. Forgetting time and sitting simply on the big rock in the middle, talking with my wonderful sisterchicks. Laughing about life, and love. Laughing at ourselves, and life. Loving these sunny days.

For Sale!

I am de-junking, cleaning out my closet, and raising money for Spain all at the same time!

FOR SALE: A size Large WholesomeWear Swimsuit!

I bought this swimsuit a few years ago when they were all the rage. It is made of a swimsuit style material underneath. The swimsuit material is styled in a scuba type outfit, with short sleeves and shorts (it’s all one piece). The outer layer is made of light board short type material, and can be snapped at the bottom to make shorts, or left open for a skirt style. While I don’t care for the style anymore, this swimsuit is amazing. It drys insanely fast! I used to take 5 minute walks after swimming all day and the outer layer would already be dry! It would make a great buy for anyone who hates struggling with the whole modesty issue but loves swimming! No more wearing t-shirts and baggy shorts. I’m selling it for $50, less than half what I paid for it originally. If you have any questions please contact me (onlyonelife4Him@gmail.com)!

(There is a tiny bit of wear at the top of the chest area, shown here)

Life is beginning

Now that they have officially announced the news to the world, I can finally scream with delight that Anna and Josh (Duggar) are expecting their first baby! I am incredibly, insanely, superly excited! I am already sure it will be the cutest baby in the world (until I have kids that is). I know Anna is going to be a terrific mother, and I am SO happy for her! To see the video of Anna and Josh talking about it, click here. The Today show got a few facts wrong on their website, so don’t believe anything you hear but what the happy couple themselves say. There’s a bunch of crazy Duggar fans out there Any life is precious, and I am so happy that this particular life is going to be my half neice or nephew! Please feel free to leave them congratulations on their website.

Snapshots Of My Life

Teaching, Caring for, and Loving on little people.

It snowed…in MARCH.

My birthday was celebrated by many…with plenty of pickles to go around

Allie came to help me celebrate my birthday, and we had a fantastic night. Bella, 4am curfews, a suprise visitor bringing flowers, Pillow fights (during which she sat on my head!) and girltalks.

Someone In Florida…

 

 

Someone in Florida loves me.

All Things Blogish

Last week I did a poll asking how many visitors you thought I’d had. Before September my blog had received close to 1,000 visitors. I posted the Duggar wedding pictures and things just exploded! When I posted the poll I had received 20,000 visitors.

The next day Jordyn-Grace Duggar was born (a bit early) and things took off again. At this time today (noon) I have had almost 1,000, just today. When I shared the numbers with my brother he reminded me that, “with great power comes great responsibility.” Right after I posted the wedding pictures I did a strong post on abortion and the election. I know that God has his ways of reaching people, and I would just like to say if you have been touched through my blog, please leave a comment. Also, those of you who guessed 20,000 please comment! I hope you all have a wonderful, happy Christmas.

Uber-Amazing

I’ve been awarded the Uber Amazing Award. Abigail and Lauren from Pearls and Diamonds have so graciously decided that I:

1. Inspire them

2. Make them smile and laugh

3. Give amazing information

4. Am a great read

5. Have an amazing design

6. And any other reasons you can think of that makes me uber amazing!

Uber means “super” in German, and I happen to use it in my vocabulary quite often.

 

I am going to cheat and say that all the blogs I link to on my blog are uber-amazing, so check them all out!  

And in other blogging news, we are taking a poll! Please vote! Answers will be announed Dec. 23rd!

Blogging Awards

The Marie Antoinette Real Blogger Award:

This award was given to me by my fantastic blogger friend Kaysie. While I don’t know much about the origin of this award, I am receiving it as Kaysie said, “I long to be real in what I say and write here. I never want to hide what is going through my head, mind, and heart.” Thank you, Kaysie.

I hereby extend this award to:

Shawnaat Shawna Herring’s Blog

Erinat Erin Wychopen’s blog

Rebecca at Rebecca’s Life Happenings

This award means a lot to me because being real has been something I have strived for, learned through, and talked with others about. It is something God has taught me more these last few years, more than anything else I think. I have tried so hard to make this blog real, to show my heart, while discerning what is toomuch. This award tells me that with God’s help I’ve managed to suceed, at least a little. Thank you Kaysie!

And since this is about being REAL…here are a few REAL pictures of me!

 

My unique tongue curling trick.

That’s all for now. I’m off to a job interview today!

PS- Didn’t Marie Antionette get her head chopped off? How in the WORLD did this award become named such?!!! That’s a wierd thought.

Christmas Preparations

I L-O-V-E Christmas. I love the lights, the decorations, the fellowship, the colors, but most of all the suprises. Some people love getting presents, and while I love gettings things I’ve hoped for, needed, or are plain suprising, I LOVE giving. I love every part of gift giving. I save, plan, and then research around trying to find the best deals on the gifts I’ve decided on. Once everything is finally ready and ordered I run over to the dollar store and pick out my paper and ribbons. You should have seen me this year, I spent forever thinking and looking at all the different options, and when we finally got home I turned to my family and said “I LOVE my wrapping paper, guys!!!!!” Then I carefully wrap each present and set it aside. This year all my presents were wrapped and done by November 1st. Now I can’t WAIT to give them! Here are a couple pictures I took while wrapping this up…and remember, no peeking!  

Photography Sale

I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve posted an announcement about my photography business sale of prints on Pebbles of Joy. They would make great Christmas gifts, so please check it out!