Fireman's bedroom

a few years ago we decided to finally do the fireman themed bedroom for Devin...Here are photos of our project as today we thought about changing his room, we have come to the fact that Devin still LOVES firetrucks and nothing else seems to truly spark is personality so we will keep this room for a few more years...He has a new bed that we are preparing to suspend from the ceiling, but the walls will remain the same. Hope these will inspire you to have fun and theme up your kids rooms.....

Tiger Cub Momma

well here we go kids.....Devin has signed up to be a Tiger Cub and me being momma Tiger, well that gives me the chance to lead a den of boys on a wonderful adventure. Have NO clue what I am doing since I am a girl scout, not a boy scout. Once I read the first part of the guide book and looked at what Boy Scouts is all about, it hit me "I have been leading Devin on this path since day 1". The honesty of it is that Devin has already earned most of the patches due to how I raise boys. That was such an awesome feeling to me. Now I just have to show 8 other boys what I have already been showing Devin. My guess is that since their parents care enough to bring them to such a wonderful organization that maybe they have already been taking these steps with their sons as well. Im so excited to learn more and being this new chapter in my life with boys.

Forgive and let go of Resentment

so its amazing how I can begin to do things in life and go through the ups and downs and figure out the lesson or analyze it by ripping through it to figure out the lesson of it all to walk in to church and hear a sermon on EXACTLY WHAT I JUST WENT THROUGH LAST MONTH or 3 months ago, whatever...its like reading a horoscope that applied to what happened "already" .... So I'm grateful for the things that God teaches me  and then the test He gives me at the end of the lesson to be sure I got it right....The lesson is this
You have situations in life where it can be you who is at fault, or you may be the one that is on the receiving end of someone else's fault, and sometimes others wont accept their part in a shared train wreck and so you take all the blame which is something I tend to do cause I don't mind it I'm ready to work through my problem and yours, I will let others of the hook and move on with the guilt and pain and heart break and as in the beginning of this I explained the lesson learned factor, I rather learn and not repeat than deny and make the same dang mistakes again and again wasting my life and energy...so you take all those "sins" and you don't ignore them, you fess up to them, sometimes you cant go back to those you have hurt or have hurt you BUT many times you can, and you ask for forgiveness or you give the person freedom from the pain they have done unto you. Holding on to resentment and anger only brings gray hairs faster ( I notice my husband at the age of almost 50 has maybe 3 greys in his goatee) and makes your life miserable. Those that accept or reciprocate in your efforts truly share your life for Christ and for doing what is right, they receive such a gift that money cant buy and that's "peace". It's "For Christ's Sake" that we forgive and are forgiven, this is how we represent Christ for we forgive then we are as Christ in His forgiven us of our debts towards others (And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors) My hardest part is when you are mocked for doing as God says and came to the conclusion that "its not my problem" I am on this earth as a test and my actions to the tests presented to me will be judged and graded by my Father, those that laugh at my lesson and outcomes will be judged by their laughter...Maybe learning something in each lesson instead of mocking or judging would be for the wiser...My friends if you don't believe that their is a God, and you do not believe you will be in front of Him one day for your own judgement but you DO believe in Hell, the Hell that was formed when Gods angel fell from heaven and crashed with a burning eternal burning flame that awaits all those that chose to deny Him, well I am praying for you, YOU are my biggest purpose YOU should be the purpose of many Christians, and if you DO know and you choice to continue to mock and destroy others Christians and even worse to do this to NON Christians..I pray for you EVEN MORE... I learned here to accept, to forgive, to let go and to move forward...how many times? EVERY TIME
I thank GOD every day for that Rascal of mine, He truly holds no anger, no resentment, no hate...He deals with what others or he has done he prays on it and he leaves it in Gods hands, EVERY TIME.....I prayed for a partner like him many MANY years and God has blessed me.

Monster TeePee

So I had this wild idea to create a MONSTER Tee Pee for my youngest son Devin and with this brain I have, there was  no stopping me. Luckily I have a husband whom is always on board with "most" of my ideas. So I set off to make a pattern
Create your pattern from anything large enough to satisfy your panel size. I used large pieces of craft paper that the schools buy on large rolls.
I taped 3 large pieces together and we measured out the size to suit our needs (that would be a size to accommodate the twin size bed sheets we would be using )
Measure it, make your marks, cut it out.
Lay your material one piece at a time and cut your pattern and fabric.
Once all your panels are cut (4 to 8 panels depending on size of Tee Pee you prefer) begin sewing your panels together by placing the first two pieces face to face, so that your seem is on the backside (inside) of your Tee Pee.
Be sure to sew your last panel only half way down so you can have an opening for all your little Indians.
You then need Grommets for your top and each corner to hang and anchor your Tee Pee...
We used 1/2" grommets for ours
once in place you are ready to hang your Tee Pee, find a tree with a sturdy limb and place a hook to hang your Tee Pee from, use tent stakes to anchor your sides in the ground and let Dancing little foot party begin.
Use your imagination in fabric, I used bedsheets I had hanging out in my craft room and this was as usual a wild idea that I didn't plan on, when that happens (which is often) we use what we have
You can use weather resistant material if you intend to leave your Tee Pee up and outside.
Our Tee Pee will travel and folds easily for storage.
Get your kiddos involved with this project, parents don't have to do all the work all the time. Put down the Xbox remote and plan an activity such as this, have them help measure, cut, even do the sewing, straight lines anyone can sew, My 6 year old boy can do it, so can my 49 year old hubby.
Have fun, take photos and make a memory or two or three or four :0)
I'm sure our next part in this creation will be our Indian names, I'm thinking "momma skipping beat" as my own :0)

own up

Its amazing that you find you have to apologize to so many people for things you are going through in your own life.....I am so exhausted of making life ok for so many others. I have done this my ENTIRE life it seems.....If someone is angry or fighting I stop and turn my thoughts, hopes and energy towards them to make their lives and situations more peaceful, I did this as a child....HOW, WHY...would I do this. Because it is who God made in me. I am a peacemaker, even if I am the fight I remove my anger fast, I can fall apart, blow up, break out and then I am sorry I want to make peace I want to make it all up, I want to hug it out, walk it out, fix it all and erase all the hurt that was created. I want a time machine and a back button to life and situations in it. Not that I always want to change the direction,  I do realize in life we go through situations by choices that God gives to us, its our free will...but I would change the words I used, I would remove some of the pain and try to make things more peaceful....WISHFUL THINKING...........
I cant make up any more, I cant apologize any more, I cant fix it, I cant take it away, I cant go back, I cant do a single thing but pray for those that are hurting in this life, I will not be the escape goat for the pain others feel. We are all adults and we have to answer for the choices we make, the chances we take and blaming others, even if they brought us to a fork, is no longer acceptable. So you came to a fork in the journey and you now have a choice as well, not a forced decision, you have a choice to make as well and either you accept your part in the decision making over a situation or you let it go....go in peace...Just go, in peace, with hope that the next part of your life is going to be more amazing, filled with more blessings... or you choose to fix the damaged road you are on. If you let a life go that you loved so much then I think you are a fool to be honest. If you loved it so much how did you lose that life, that situation. How did you not hold on to it, how did you let or allow someone else to take control and snatch it from you? Were you not looking, did you not notice or did you not care?....See Im trying to understand all of this on my own since no one will give me answers yet use my name as the reason their lives are so awful...and trust me I know Im used, talked about, obsessed about, if I wasnt than there would never be an argument, there would never be a conversation, there would never be an ill word...But there are, there is, there has been and probably will continue to be. If no one cares, then why am I stalked? why do others care about what I do, where I go, what I write, what I share or what I feel? If you didnt care then you would say who cares and ignore it, let it go and have peace. I have peace in my life, but I am a hawk with my sons. I have been told when I speak of my sons the passion in my words and attitude is so extreme. I have tried to calm it, lolololol...yeah, my mother instinct wont let me rest, I know when something is wrong, when something is going on and that keeps me and my momma bear attitude on guard. I am a peacemaker, and extremely analytical. I have such a passion and need to understand and help those around me. I have been told I care too much that I am way to nice, that I give way to much...God created me to be this way and I am just breathing through each step I take in life, I am  being my authentic self...there are days I hurt and Im fatigued but I refuse to give up, I refuse to give in, I refuse to turn my back on things that I believe in, and for one I believe in myself and then the tree limbs spread from there......so I ask "what is it I can do for you today, how can I help...." I pray for all those that suffer from this need to blame others, this need to deny their wrongs, their mistakes, their sin....