I’M GOIN’ ON VACATION
AND I’M GOING TO BRING…….
ABBY BLOWUP BED CHRIS DEODORANT
EXCITEMENT FIREWORKS GAMES HANNAH
ICECOLD COSMO
JEREMY&JOE KINNON LANDRY
MAPS NOVELS OFF PARKER
Q- TIPS RELAXATION SUNSCREEN TUMS
UMBRELLA VIDEOS WINE X-TRA LOVE
YOU ZEN
ahhhhhhh…wish you were coming too :)
People have been so generous to Abby.
One kindergartner’s mom gave her
these shoes for little Landry.
They sure bring back memories
of my kid’s first walkers
always from Stride Rite.
I can’t wait to see him
in these nubuck saddle shoes.
Won’t he look like a preppy collegiate?
Heart melting, aren’t they?
Hannah gave her nephew these
puppy slippers.
Thinking of Landry
in jammies and these puppy slippers
sitting on my lap while I read him
Goodnight Moon….
makes me feel so blessed.
AND saving the best for last…
are his first pair of cowboy boots
from Grandma and Grandpa Streit.
They are the sweetest twosome
in the State of Texas
and THEY are Landry’s grandparents!
Now….
if these boots don’t make you
love a cowboy
I don’t know what will :)
A YEAR AGO…
Michael Jackson died
and I was in London.
The Queen’s band played
THRILLER and MAN IN THE MIRROR.
Breaking with such stiff protocol
gave my friends and I
goosebumps.
THEN…
My friends, Kelly and Nancy
helped me find Nina Campbell’s store.
I am in love with her parakeet design wallpaper
and I was dying to see it in person.
In fact, I finally ordered that wallpaper and
it’s going to be hung in my house this Thursday.
My friends will be happy to know
I didn’t completely waste their time.
Visiting Nina Campbell’s store was exciting.
You can see Nancy (in that mirror
on the desk) but she looks so good
at 1st I thought it was just a picture…
then….I realize “Hey, it’s Nancy!”
We explored the streets of London
and found the neighborhood
Kelly’s brother called home for years.
I can see why he lived here…
I loved London even more than Paris!
It was so sweet!
I took a picture of this stately door
because a paper wedding bell was hanging on it.
It was such a cool touch.
Maybe they were newlyweds?
Maybe they hung it there for me to see…
so I could repeat that look for a bridal shower?
How cute!
The boys told us that they wanted to surprise us.
We let them…
especially since they made that request
in HARROD’s.
I spied on them so I could capture those
MEN on a MISSION at the candy counter.
They bought us chocolate :)
It was a very delicious candy counter.
My cupcake BLOG picture
was taken at HARROD’s too.
I tried to buy a cupcake but the line was too long
so I took the photograph instead.
MORE beautiful then the candy displays
are the fresh flowers for sale on many street corners.
That’s the stuff that blows you away in Europe….
all the fresh flowers for sale.
Europeans obviously
“take time to smell the roses”
more then we do. SAD, isn’t it?
We are missing out!
Fresh flowers and London
are two of the sweetest things :)
What is it about old churches
that take my breath away?
I attend and enjoy a fabulous church
but part of me wishes I was
Laura Ingold on Sundays.
My church is new.
Therefore,
it doesn’t have character..
BUT it definitely has Christ
which is ALL that truly matters
But old churches just occupy a sacred part in my heart.
O’ yellow door church
I deeply appreciate your architecture
and history YOU hold.
YOU are so irresistable that I can hardly stand it!
IF YOU were my “home” church
I would wear hats and gloves
every Sunday…
that would coordinate with your
happy yellow door.
O’ church in New England.
Your steeple against the blue sky
points to God.
YOU are beautiful.
For some reason…
I see in YOU……
what America used to be like…
Pure and holy.
I couldn’t imagine spending
a snowy Christmas Eve with you.
The mere sight of YOU
leaves me speechless.
Speechless.
O’ dream church in SC
I wish Hannah and Jeremy could say their vows
within your arched windows
and wooden pews.
But it’s not to be.
YOU and I in July.
YOU are the perfect size to ME
but our family is too big for YOU
You sit so peacefully
on the banks of the May River.
I pray that the people
who use YOU
truly appreciate YOU…
like I would.
Are we really over :)
Planning a memorable wedding…
requires details
that tell you a story about
the BRIDE & GROOM
I am doing much research these days
because
Hannah & Jeremy
have such a love story to tell.
I want every guest
to know their story,
to know who they are
through every detail and
to feel their LOVE.
To know Christ is at the center
of their relationship.
That …
in all honesty…
their vows & their marriage is
all that matters to both of them.
The RECEPTION…
is mostly just for me. (haha)
So I can use all these ideas in my head
that have been collecting
all these fabulous years :)
I am sorry if you have missed me.
I have missed you :)
I have been so consumed….
thinking of little boys,
traveling to Texas and
wedding whereabouts,
and wedding whens,
ifs, ands, and buts.
That I haven’t had time
to share what
I am lovin’ these days.
Just for the record…
I am certainly lovin’ baby nurseries…
Cozy cribs, wonderful onesies
and baby boy belongings
that make my heart smile.
and white wedding tents…
on a blanket of grass
filled with long banquet tables
and love and laughter
that make me wish
I had…
just one more daughter :)
I love peonies.
But when they bloom…
they do it all at once.
I dried peony petals last summer.
And I’ve decided to do it again
for a special someone’s wedding.
So I am drying them on a
double-decker cart
in the garage.
In make shift vases a.k.a.utility buckets
in the basement stairwell
filled to the brim.
On my kitchen window sill.
On my skirted tabletop.
As they start to drop their petals.
I lay the petals out on window screens.
So… I have screens of drying peony petals
in my living room…
In my foyer…haha
In my basement…
OK… I have TWO in my basement!
And more are waiting for me..
outside!!
Sure hope the church
lets us throw them :)
