Friday, February 28, 2014

New Picture Frames

It really does amaze me that more things did not break when we moved from our first home on Mulberry Court to our current place of residence.  We sold our house back in the spring of 2011.  We had to be out of our house by the end of June.  The end of June also happens to be a very busy time of year with exams, culminating projects, and report cards.  But we also did not get our current place until the end of July.  This left us in limbo for over a month.  

Being the sometimes organized person that I am, I started packing already at the end of April.  Many boxes were packed during May.  We then transported boxes and more boxes to Brian's work.  There he stacked the boxes onto wooden pallets and plastic wrapped them.  

When we finally moved into our house and unpacked that July, surprisingly the only thing that had broken was this picture frame. 


Here is a close up of the damaged frame.


This is the back of the frame.  Once I took it off the wall it basically fell apart.


So I had a broken frame hanging on the wall for over 2 years.  Recently Michael's had a Buy 1 frame get 1 frame free deal.  I just happened to be looking at frames and saw these sweet frames.  I instantly knew these were the frames to replace my broken frame.

Today I had a few minutes to spare before picking up the girls after school.  I decided I would take the pictures out of the old frame and put them in the new frames.  I was even able to use the same mats. 
Here is the finished product.


Sorry for the poor quality pictures.  I was using my cell phone and not my regular camera.  

One broken frame in the garbage and 1 lonely frame looking for a place to be hung.

Until next time...

Friday, February 21, 2014

Can You Believe It?


Can you believe that it has been six years already?  6 years ago on February 9th,  I  became a mom of twins, 10 weeks earlier than expected. Its Hard to Believe but... is a link from my blog 3 years ago.  It was a brief reflection on Jaelyn and Ava's first 3 years.  Much of what I posted then is still relevant now.  

Despite their bickering and fights, I have 2 little girls who also show so much love to each other. They also love their family and friends greatly.  But most of all, I love the fact that they both "love Jesus and God", as they put it.  
Ava's notes during church
I am thankful that I have blessed with 2 healthy growing girls with a super abundance of energy.   Even though it seems that everything involves a cartwheel, handstand, or roundoff. 

The girls had a party with school friends on the Saturday before their birthday.  Jaelyn's list comprised mostly of boys from her class while Ava's list was mostly the girls.  We decided to keep the party simple.They decorated cookies and cupcakes and we took them tobogganing by the creek by our house.

On their actual birthday, they invited some friends from church.  Again they got to decorate their cookies and cupcakes.

Jaelyn and her cupcake
Ava and her cupcake
Yummy 
Tobagganing
Jaelyn & Ava on their birthday
Each day we are given with our children is a blessing and  tomorrow will continue to be a new adventure. I look forward to the continuing journey in the days and years ahead.