Star Wars Day

Its fun to celebrate! So, just for the fun of it, I decorated the house up for Star Wars Day! I can't wait for Chris and Caleb to come home and see it!

The front door


Fun banner I made


Pictures hanging in the kitchen


Caleb's room


-Stephanie

Cool girl

-Stephanie

Word wall

We've had words on the door for awhile but I've been wanting to organize them better.

So, here's the new word wall:



-Stephanie

Wait! There's more!

We finally got the super hero pictures all hung in the toy room!



And we made an art area for Caleb in the kitchen to hang some of his cool masterpieces! Someday I'll paint the kitchen and it will look much better.


-Stephanie

Crafty weekend

I had a few projects I wanted to get done this weekend. I am very happy how they all turned out and that they were all really cheap!!

Getting decorations ready for the babies' party this next weekend. ($3)



Nameplates for the kids' rooms ($6)



A Valentine's decoration ($4.75)



It was a fun weekend!

-Stephanie

New words

Sadie girl is going to be a talker! Her new words over the last few weeks are "uh-oh" and "yay"! So fun!!


-Stephanie

Thankful

I had a million things to do yesterday.

Finish reading my book club book (with tons of pages left)

Get the kids to take a nap (not an easy or fast process with two babies in the house)

Go buy a book for a book exchange

Finish some presents

Wrap presents

Look for my next book choice

Get ready for the party

Etc.

I was really nervous about getting it all done.

Chris was supposed to go to a guys event that he looks forward to all year. And it only happens once a year.

But because he knew how crazy my afternoon was going to be, and because he knew there was no way I was going to get everything done without his help in watching the kids...he stayed home!

I can't tell you how thankful I am for his help and for his selflessness to put aside what he really, really wanted to do to help me out and make things easier for me!


-Stephanie

Hats

-Stephanie

The Power of a Note

I love people. And I appreciate so many things about people. Over the years, my heart has been full week after week from seeing dear people at church. (I am in a unique position in working for the church to see all the great things people do!) And I always thought I should write them a note to let them know they were appreciated, thought about and loved.

But I very rarely actually did it.

Then a few months ago, I finally decided I was going to do it! So I gave myself a rule that I would write 5 notes to people each week. I have now written 30 notes so far, and the results have been amazing!!

I have heard back from the VAST majority of people saying it was appreciated. People have even made special trips and phone calls to the church office to let me know this.

A number of people have let me know that they were having a really rough week or day, but when they got my note it helped them and they felt better.

Even though I wasn't expecting anything in return, I have been blessed by hearing that my notes meant a lot to people. And I've gotten notes, emails, phone calls and visits from people because of it also.

The weird thing was that the first week, after I put notes in people's boxes, I felt weird. And even embarrassed. "What are these people going to think about this?". I was very self conscious about it. But on the very first day that people started getting notes, I knew it was worth it because i immediately started hearing from these people. And I'm not self conscious about it anymore. Really it all makes me want to write even more!

I say this not to brag about myself but to throw out there:

I know we are all busy, but it only takes a few minutes to write a note, but I can attest to the fact that it does mean a lot to people when they receive one. What if we all let each other know how much we appreciate and love each other like we should?

-Stephanie