Monday, April 23, 2012

Spring Creative Memories Retreat 2012


I spent the weekend in Hickory, NC hosting my spring retreat for my Creative Memories customers and had a blast!  I spent a good amount of time in the kitchen as always, but just about finished a book for my mother-in-law...that I 'gave' her for Christmas...yes, I'm behind...lol.

I will be sharing a couple of recipes that I used this weekend that were REALLY good that I found on pinterest...YUMMO!  The girls seat favors turned out super cute as well!  Missed some of my regulars this go around...LL you aren't allowed to miss ANY more crops....but have a few new faces, and stories to tell is always fun!    Here area few random pics from the weekend! 


Thursday, April 12, 2012

Thursday Thoughts

Coming off a long weekend at the campground with RC and my sister and into a week of spring break with 6 kids everyday, you'd think I'd be crazy.  Well I am, but kind of in a good way.  Before I get to that...let me share some of my favorite pictures from the beach.








Ok, much better...Now back to my story.  This is my last spring break with my kiddos.  And it's really kinda sad.  I enjoy seeing the everyday stuff with the kids.  Of course I enjoy the moments like birthdays, Christmas, etc, but I enjoy the kids just being themselves and playing, hanging out with their friends and the everyday life.  I'll miss that the most.  Along with the snuggles and hugs and kisses good morning and goodbye.  Okay, so I'll miss a lot of things.  I am very much looking forward to the next chapter in my life, being a wife to Randy, part time Nannie to our niece, de-cluttering two houses and making the Lake Wylie house into our home.  This week I've been reminded how much fun my job can be.  No shuttling kids around to school and back or after school pickup.  No stressful schedules or demands.  Just hanging out.  Going to the park.  Having fun in the yard.  Snack in the grass under the tree.  The things I'll miss.  Here's a couple collages of cute pics of the kids hanging out.  Just being kids.  No game boys or Angry Birds or whatever the latest craze is...just having fun.  I am digging the new Picasa editing software by the way...I played with a few options in the collages...totally love the soft edges and the 1960's filter too...very cool!




Life around here is pretty busy.  Days begin at 530am and end around 10pm.  There is much to be done to prepare for the move.  So much clutter.  So little time.  But I am blessed to be in the place I'm in.  This time last year so many things in my life where waaaaay different.  And I wouldn't go back.  Not even for a second.  God has guided me in a totally different path than I ever thought I would be.  I am embracing the future, holding onto the present and enjoying the time I have with my sweet babies.  It will be time for the really hard stuff soon...I'll just have to deal with that later.  When I have to.  Until then, I'm going to love on them, spoil them when I can and snuggle them as much as they will sit still for. 

Blessings to all who have crossed this blog...May you feels God's peace and love in your life.

Stephanie