Hello Monday

I'm linking up with Lisa Leonard today with some hellos for the week... Come join us!

 

It was a wonderful weekend and I feel so blessed that we spent a piece of everyday this Memorial Day weekend with our family...  Our kids were such troopers...

 

How about some hello's for the week?

 

Hello final week of school for the kids and my husband...  Hello kindergarten in the fall for my oldest... EEEEK!   He's that big already???

 

Hello preschool picnic...

 

Hello summer list filled with our most favorite things.

 

Hello family, we are so blessed.

 

Hello teething, grouchy, grumpy Lauren... It will be over soon, I promise... I am already missing your gummy smile!

 

Hello rain... It has been steady for about 24 hours now... I love listening to you hit the ground...

 

Hello contentment...

 

Hello bathroom.  We gutted you about 3 months ago and now it is time to redo... I can't wait! 

 

Hello deck re-do... We need some comfort and color...

 

Hello week.  Be good to us, this family takes transitions hard...

 

What are you saying hello to this week?

 

I guess it is time ready or not.... So here we go! 

Come link up with us!



 

 

 

Hello Monday

Happy Monday Friends!

I hope everyone had a great week and Mother's Day weekend.  I am linking up with LLD for some hellos this week.  Come join us...

Hello Mom.  It feels like there are no words to explain the magnitude of love for my Mom.  Everyday I celebrate her and the love and guidance she has given me through out the years.  Thank you Mom for being wonderful and I hope in the years to come I can grow even more and learn from your helpful presence and your unending love... I never realize how hard being a Mommy was until I had my own children. Thank you Mom for just being you and for allowing me to be me. I love you...

Hello cooler temperatures.  It feels like it is freezing after a nice long stretch of warm weather.  I am not used to long sleeves and jeans.  In May?  Really?

Hello coffee.  You taste so good on chilly mornings.

Hello big decisions for our family.   Hello weighing pros and cons... 

Hello tadpole adventure that Shawn and his Daddy are going to tonight...

Hello Shawn, Madison, and Lauren.  You bring me such joy and happiness.  Sometimes it feels as though my heart jumped right out of my chest and into three beautiful children who make me so happy.  I am so glad I get to be your Mommy.

Hello big girl!  Madison learned to ride a two wheel bike this weekend YAY!  We are so proud of you!  She's 3!!!

Hello summer... 3 more weeks of school.  We are planning our camping trips, nature classes. swim lessons... It may be time to make that summer list...

Hello new week... I am excited to take you on.  I hope you have some surprises too! 

 

Hello friends!  What are you saying hello to this week?

 

Link up with us at Lisa Leonard Designs...

Happy Mother's Day

 

 

Happy Mother's Day to all of you out there... Take some time to relax and enjoy the beauty...



my list...

The major reason for starting this blog was to showcase my LNC Designs page and to showcase the products I sell.  The other reason was because it is a tiny little space for me to organize my thoughts.  I have said it before, this blog is changing me... It has opened my eyes to so many other women who are at the same place as I am in their lives.  It is nice to know that there are others out there... like me...

I was inspired my a post from Casey Wiegand today.  I am inspired by her beautiful words often and so many times I read her posts and connect with her at the same point.

I feel pressure... all of the time.  I am a stay at home mom of three...  I love it.  I wouldn't venture to say that every minute is perfect, but I do think that my main purpose in this life is to raise my children and have a front row seat in their lives to watch it unfold.  Thoughts creep into my mind every now and then that leave me unsettled about my life and where I am.  What I gave up to do what I do... What I am going to do after the kids are all in school...  How I can be a better Mommy and Wife for my family... Am I giving my children what they need... Are they too sheltered in such a mainstream society?

Casey made a list of all of the things she wished she did.  One by one she accomplished them.  It got me thinking... Maybe I should make a list...

my list....

I want to visit the library more... For my kids and myself..
I want to be more patient and slow to react... to everyone..
I want to keep a kind heart and give the benefit of the doubt...
I want to be a better listener...

Have great dinner conversations...
Give Shawn more responsibility...
Give Madison more one on one time...
REALLY listen to my husband...

Start to think about my future and what I am going to work towards when the kids are in school...
Take LNC Designs to new places...
Get more followers on my blog...

I want to relish in moments that make me happiest and work through the ones that are hard with grace...
I want to continue to grow as an adult and learn as much as I can along the way...
I want to be an example for my girls... Strong, confident, healthy and kind... Self confident...

I know that this list will take time... sometimes that is all you need...

Do you have a list???