Found

-Beautiful blue glass canning jars. And how random that I had read this post about them earlier in the day?

-Scraps of great vintage fabric

-Orange scrapbook paper sure to find some good use for the upcoming orange and white wedding

-An old-fashioned flour sifter with the crank handle

-A shirt for Sam

-A sweater for Addie

-A girly pillow covered in yo-yo's in various pink fabrics (not sure why I brought this home since I'm getting ready for a gender neutral room with Addie and Sam sharing, but it was too cute to leave there)

-A book entitled "Marihuana and Health"

Found where you may ask? At the church swap meet. Fantastic night.

Swapping

I'm in full clean-out mode getting ready for the swap meet tonight. I'd love to get rid of stuff. And I'd love even more to find a few good treasures to bring home. This kind of thing is so much fun to me. I'll keep you posted on my finds. Back to cleaning out. Oh, and making some signs to designate where certain kinds of "treasures" should be piled.

Opened Eyes

"God will help us see a difference in someone else not as a source of irritation but as a contribution. The Lord can help you see and value what another person brings which you lack. More than once the Lord has helped me see His kindness in giving me association with someone whose difference from me was just the help I needed. That has been the Lord’s way of adding something I lacked to serve Him better."

Henry B. Eyring, “Our Hearts Knit as One,” Ensign, Nov. 2008, 70–71

Having been super irritable lately (this pregnancy is sure bringing out the grumps), this was just what I needed to come through my reader this morning. I think I'll work on it this weekend. I'm sure my family and friends will appreciate it.

Happy Weekend!

Three for Thursday

1. A lot of shopping is going on lately in preparation for my brother's wedding. The colors are orange and white, and I feel like every store I walk into I'm instantly drawn to anything orange seeing if it's something we can potentially use. It will be nice to shop in full color again.

2. The curb appeal of my home is currently sorely lacking. I haven't watered my pot out front lately and its contents are all wilting. Our bushes are extremely overgrown. We have a weed problem which fertilizer with weed control hasn't fixed, and we haven't pursued it any further. There's a gaping hole in our landscaping from a tree we took out since we still haven't planted anything in its place, and I don't think we will until the weather cools down a little. I need to give the yard a little TLC.

3. Today was not my finest as a mom. One of those days I need to keep track of just to keep it real. Lots of tantrums. Lots of disobeying. Lots of naughty messes (writing on bodies, the inside of the car window, pulling apart cassette tapes, water everywhere, and that's just the beginning). I'm tired. And I'm ready for tomorrow. Hopefully some fun can make its way into our day- I need it!

Seven

Seven years ago I woke up early. Beautification takes time, you know. Seven years ago you picked me up in the 626 and we headed to the temple for a whole lot of picture taking. I still laugh thinking about you wearing your suit and tux because you didn't want to wear your tux into the temple and you refused to put on your suit in the car of the temple parking lot. Seven years ago we were married, but more than just married we were sealed. Forever still sounds good to me. Seven years ago more picture taking commenced. We didn't mind since we couldn't wipe the grins off our faces, anyway. Seven years ago we hid our car in the garage of the Inn at Temple Square and walked across the street to our reception. It was fun to see the heads turn and the contagious excitement that comes from seeing a bride and groom. Seven years ago we were surrounded by the most important people in our lives as we celebrated the beginning of our life together. I couldn't have asked for more.
It's been seven years and you still make me laugh, often with the same jokes you've been telling for more than seven years. Seven years has brought us 2.5 kids and a whole new dimension to our relationship. I fell in love with you all over again when you became a dad. Watching you with our kids is my joy. It's been seven years and you're still my safe place, my sounding board, and my calm. You still look at me with tenderness. You still think I'm beautiful despite my currently rounded belly and the stretch marks that have found permanent homes in sundry places. I love you more today than my self 7 years ago could have possibly understood.

happy anniversary

Five for Friday

1. This is the first week in I don't know how long that we haven't had somewhere to be any night of the week. It's been heavenly! A much needed break, for sure.

2. My kids are Star Wars obsessed, and Pat couldn't be more pleased. I walked into Sam's room earlier this week when he woke up and he sang Darth Vader's theme song to me. Then he said, "That's Darf Vader's song. On Tar Wars." He's also busy turning every pencil into a light saber. In the mean time, Addie's been explaining the family tree to me. "First there way a boy Annakin, and then he turned into Darth Vader, and he had two kids, Luke and Princess Leia." I don't think I knew those kinds of things until I was 16.

3. I was lucky enough to nab some perennial starts from a sweet friend this week. I should've looked at the forecast ahead of time- 100 degree temps are not good for stressed out little starts. Some of them are doing great, some of them I continue to water with hopes that they will somehow be resurrected. Not sure how likely that is.

4. I found out this week I have placenta previa. Hopefully this placenta moves in the next couple of months to let this baby boy come out. We'll take another peek at 28 weeks to see where things are at- 7 more weeks to go.

5. Yesterday the kids and I took a trip to DI and had a blast. I forget all of the treasures to be found there. I went in search of milk glass containers for my brother's wedding. I left with one little white pitcher, a stack of books, and a semi-flat ball that Sam couldn't part with. My favorite find of the day was a children's book on baptism from the 1960s. The illustrations were awesome. I think we may need to start going weekly. I can blame my trips there on my milk glass search, right?

Where we've been, where we're going

Summer is in hyper-drive around here. It's been a good, busy week, with another good, hopefully not quite as busy week in the future.

This week I have...
-had a fantastic committee meeting for Enrichment and gotten totally excited about our upcoming Swap Meet! Now I have a bee in my bonnet to do some cleaning out.
-taken a lovely trip to IKEA (with the best of company) and purchased a duvet cover/pillow case/flat sheet for a whopping $2.99 a set, with the inspiration of turning said set into quilts like this for Addie and Sam's soon-to-be shared room. Bunk bed shopping is in full swing and I'm hoping these quilts turn out fabulously (especially since I'm planning to hire them out- I haven't touched my quilt since I've been in this calling, and I don't really see that changing right now).
-watched Addie at gymnastics. Persistence isn't something she's mastered yet- she starts out strong in her exercises and ends up skipping through things by her 10th time around. Not quite sure how to improve upon that, but I think she's enjoying herself. She's been on my mind a lot these days, and I really hope I'm doing right by my girl.
-restaurant-hopped with two of my favorite people. So sad to be saying good-bye to one as she embarks on a cross-country move. But man we had a fun night- I don't know that we'd ever run out of things to say during all of our girl talk.
-ran into a friend while making a return at Target. She just had baby #3 a week ago, and was already looking great. Seeing her 3 kids in/around the cart made me realize that will be my reality in a while. I think I'm currently content for the baby to be inside for a while longer, because 3 is seeming overwhelming. What was I thinking?!?
-relaxed in the chair during my cut and color. Nothing too drastic (not supposed to make drastic changes when pregnant, right?) but all cleaned up which feels good.
-grocery shopped, cleaned, and readied the house for my brother, our house-guest this weekend. My step-sister is getting married tomorrow, and our weekend is full of wedding festivities. I hope we don't melt too much with the weather in the 100s.

Hope you stay cool and soak up some summer this weekend.