~Kimberly & Noah's birthday, Let's talk decorating, & CPYC~

Noah was born on Kimberly's 6th birthday.  She used to carry him around when he was a few months old...and since he weighed in at 10.6 he was a chunk to carry around.  I love it that they share a birthday, and they do too! 

Jesus truly Blessed our home when he sent both of them to us!! They both love Jesus with their whole hearts, and are so fun to be around! Great workers...and have been our right hand helpers all of their lives! 

Deanna Kennedy sent me these 2 pics of myself, baby Kimberly, and Stephanie...

~L to R: Deanna in chair, Stephanie, Heather and baby Kimberly, and Regina on the floor.~

~Little Sarah, Baby Noah, and 6 year old Kimberly~

~It has become tradition to go up to Grandpa and Grandma's house to celebrate Kimberly and Noah's birthdays.  

Kimberly made these adorable "melted" snowmen cookies.~

~Mary painted this cute picture of a sunset and Noah finishing a disc golfing game.~

Grandpa's nice shop makes a great place to gather!~

~And in which to play games!~

~And to drink coffee in.~

~Kimberly & Noah's birthday table.~

~It was Freezing that weekend!~

~A selfie at Grandpa's church.~

~For their birthday supper we just made a simple potato soup served with Green onions, 

Cheese, and bacon.

~The espresso machine looks great in Grandpa's shop!~

~Look at those tiny little Snap-on wrenches.~

~Uncle Michael and Aunt Beth bought their yummy

DQ ice cream cake~

~Grandpa's work-worn hands~

~The YOUTH had the service at our Church~

Elijah prayed

~Mary and Kimberly played their violins, 

Noah did the sound~

~Todd K. preached.~

~Phillip's Hot Sauce collection~

~Let's Talk Decorating!~

I love to decorate!  

I love to decorate for every season and nearly holiday!

Some people are minimalists, but I would be the first to tell you that I like to decorate every single dingle corner.  Lol! :-D 

~Cute little heart bells.~

~When it changes Seasons, 

I like to SHOP MY OWN HOUSE

to see what I have on hands

with which to use to decorate.~

(You can also find some quality things at 

Dollar Tree, 

or Dollar General, 

Thrift Stores, 

or end of the season 

Clearance Sales.)

~Our bedroom~ 

~In the Dining Room~

~The adorable Baby Booties that Josh & Sarah gave us to tell us about our 

PRECIOUS Grandbaby 

due at the end of July!!!

~My Valentine's tree.~

~Elijah made me this little cardboard heart when he was little.~

~Nathan, Connie, and Jessica were a Huge help to us with our Sarah's wedding...so I knew that when Jessica got married I wanted to help with her wedding.

Janie, Abby, Laura, Deanna, and I had fun decorating the reception hall.~

~Jessica sent out special invitations to Several ladies and I and invited us to have a time of praying with her before she became Mrs. Sams.

This was my prayer.

It was such a special time praying together!~

~Laura, Heather, Jessica, Janie, and Aunt Nesi.~

~I loved the backdrop.~

~Brittany, Andy, and Darla~

~Here Comes the Bride.~

~The Prayer~

~A Selfie during the reception. It was so fun to get to be with my sweet sister Laura, and nieces Darla, and Brittany and her adorable Natalie.~

~Adorable little Natalie.~

~Her Daddy told her to do the Monkey Face...and then we cracked up~

~Our cousin Martha, Laura, and I.~

~Martha, Janie, and I~

~Kimberly and Brittany~

~Since my family was gone to CPYC, I stayed with Chris and Kimberly and Kimberly made us some yummy meals! 

She made us Bibibop for Sunday dinner.~

~I have a great new Chaufferer!

Elijah is a great driver.~

~Jesus is so wonderful! 

I was shopping for some Maternity tops for Sarah, and ran into a thrift store that had 2 bins full 

and told me I could have them for $2.00 Each.  

I scored several cute tops for Sarah!~

~Central PA Youth Convention~

Phillip and the kids had to go to CPYC without me, due to me being a part of Jessica's wedding.  

I was sad to not get to go with them this year, but happy to be a part of her wedding!

Phillip and Sarah sent me some fun pics from CPYC!

God gave them some glorious services!!

Our nephew Bryan Hausman singing bass with the 

Hobe Sound Quartet!~

~Noah and Elijah got to play soccer there.~

~The youth choir...and Chris' sister Hannah sang the solo.~

~Sarah, Mary, & RaeQuelle!~

~Sarah and Mary~

~Sweet Bethany, and cute Sarah and her Adorable baby bump!  

She is 14 weeks along now!  

Praise Jesus!

~Josh and Sarah~

~Brittany and Mary~

~Phillip and Bryan~

~One exhausted Abigail on the last evening of CPYC.~

~A pic of Baby Abigail that came up the other day!~

~Enjoying the warmth of the fire and a yummy mocha coffee in my new-to-me 

cup I found at a Thrift Store.~

~This picture of a couple of my friends and I stays in my 

"Streams in the Dessert" devotional.

When my Daddy pastored in Ponchatoula, LA, these girls and I became great friends.

Kayla (Martin) and Kimberly N. and I were quite the threesome!

I am Glad that we are still great friends!~

L to R: Kayla, Kimberly, and Heather

~In my Kitchen and Dining Room.~

Phillip found this wooden Frame on the road in Argentina.  

We then took it to a shop and added chalkboard to it. 

I enjoy using it.

~It was so FUN to wake up to snow the other morning!  Our Mary has been PRAYING for snow...she was sooo excited that God had Heard and Answered her PRAYER!! 

~My Centerpiece~

~I literally go around my house and PRAY that Jesus will Inspire me on what to decorate, or how to decorate something!  Like this centerpiece, I prayed and then it fell together.~

~I made these white string hearts last year. 

(To make the hearts:

Just cut cardboard in the shape of a heart, and wrap with string, and put a dot of glue in the back to hold the last string.  I used 2 different types and sizes of string, 'cause I used what I had on hands.) ~

I LOVE HOW THIS TURNED OUT!!

I took printing paper, folded it in half

and then wrote I love you....over and over again, even writing it off the edge of the paper...

then placed the "I love you paper" inside this cute frame that I got in Argentina!

The kids made me the cute little grape vine wreath in front of the frame. ~

~I went with a lot of neutral decorations for Valentine's Day this year.~

~I had fun including this pic of Phillip and I taken on GBS campus, while we were dating!  1992 

~It was a SNOW DAY, and since the creek had frozen over, 

Phillip helped the kids skate on the CREEK!!~

~The kids made me this grapevine wreath too.

Enjoying hot chocolate in my "Sleigh all day" cup from Kimberly.~

~ICE SKATING on the Creek~

~On the piano~

~Levi came over to skate with the kids.~

~We were soooo excited when Pastor and Grammy came back to church.  Around the first of November, Pastor had a heart attack, and then had 5 blockages and had to have open heart surgery!! 

He is still healing, but we are glad when they can be back in church.  How we love and appreciate both of them!!~

~We made Indian Tacos the other day.~

~Nikayla was over for a visit.~

~Yummy Indian Tacos.~

~Abigail got so creative the other day and made the cutest little things with Play Dough.~

~A piece of Watermelon, 2 Macarons, a pear, an apple, a pink cake, a hamburger and a fried egg.~

As I said above, I love to Decorate! I love to make our home all cozy and fun for my Family and visitors that come.

I know not everyone has tons of confidence when it comes to Decorating.   

Just remember, that we all have different styles, and you can decorate your house in the style 

you like! 

You don't have to go all out, or decorate every corner, but you can do a simple centerpiece on the table, or on top of the piano, or by the couch, etc. Do things that make you happy! 

If you are struggling with decorating, I would encourage you to pray that God would inspire you to decorate with what you have on hands.  Decorating is so fun!

Thanks bunches for stopping By my Blog!!

~HEATHER~