just words

Hi, Everyone!!! 

MISS YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I think I miss energy most off all :)

But... 

I still wanted to give a shout out to say we are still trucking along.

I feel like a truck, already at 25 weeks and I don't know where this baby is going to find anymore room. It's going to have to enjoy some tight quarters,

  BECAUSE expansion is not an option. 

This is what I tell myself at least.

Reality is kicking in and trying to get projects done has kicked into high gear. 

TRYING is the choice word. 

It is a chore just to get through the days most of the time.

Let alone search for baby clothes in the forgotten place, better known as our garage.

I am driving my girls crazy, I'm sure, with keeping up with the house.

But all we do is run around in circles of messes... 

Thankfully my older ones kinda know by now that this is all part of the process,

and in a few short months they will have their normal,

well normal to them,

Momma back...

OH LORD I PRAY!

Over all, this has been a great pregnancy, 

aside from growing huge, yet again, 

getting over morning sickness, 

heartburn..all my girls had beautiful heads of hair :), 

To the now very frequent braxton hicks.

AND of course the point of pure exhaustion at all times...

I am LOVEN IT! 

Crazy I know

That is all I have in me to put down on this screen right now, 

no prophetic words of wisdom, 

just rambles of a very pregnant momma :)

Take Care All, 

And as always... 

Thank you to everyone who has come by my side over these last months, 

your support has been so enjoyed and sooo needed.

Our Newest Blessing!!!

The Happy Day Project

Through out the world of Blogging
Some wonderful Ladies (Julie and Jeanette)
Have come together with a great idea to do something Good...
Not for themselves,
Or their homes....
But for others.

It is so easy to get wrapped up in yourself and your world...
ESPECIALLY as a stay at home momma...
It is the JOB...
But I have always said,
you have to get outside your head often,
cus if you stay in there too long you might get lost :)

The Happy Day Project does just that,
by focusing on others.
In a short and simple way.
and in unison...
Acts of service are blessed, no doubts in this...
God smiles down on his servants when they help his children...
How much more will his heart smile when so much good takes place,
In a 'community' effort.


Oh I'm in.....

What better way could help prepare us for the days ahead...
Not just thinking about others first, which is an amazing lesson in its self,
but putting priorities in order...
What truly is important?
Oh that lesson often hurts...

So if you feel so lead, please follow in along with this small gesture to do GREAT THINGS.

God Bless You all, and get ready for another amazing journey

Getting Back On Our Feet

It has been a long couple of Months.
And Honestly I could not even begin to say where they have gone.
With the news of our latest expectant delivery...

EVERYTHING has been put on the back burner.

My Girls, getting them back and forth to school, (and all that is involved with that), and sometimes feeding them more than cereal, has been my only allowable focus.

I haven't had the brain power to much past that.

Wow, babies really do zap your brain cells...No way around it.
Although, I have to say, it can... at times be a blessing...

Im in ADD remission...I say that with only humor...but there is probably a lot of truth in that as well.
The wheels just aren't turning like they normally do.
But...every once in a while, I get a glimpse of what it is like to think clearly and actually get something done... It comes in spurts.

I am doing much better as far as Morning sickness and that exhaustion...
That is a huge blessing.

If there has been a 'downside'... it is the lack of energy,

and the loss of time I have missed with my girls... 

My sweet, drive me crazy, girls.
They have been great through this all...
I cant wait to 'get back on my feet', and create with them again.

My Oldest has always loved to bake and such, now my second child has taken up the desire to cook as well... And there have been many times when they have had to make dinner start to finish.

We are all working on our 'desire' to clean and straighten up... Always a work in progress.
Another one of those times when not being able to think past go, has worked in my favor. I just cant sweat it :).

In the mean time we are all preparing for the Holiday's and I am so excited. I hope my creative energy will burst forth... through all the messes... because there is so much we would like to do over the next many months...

and that is not including having a baby :)

That is pretty big, but we will get there when we get there...

Oh my new biggest obsession, especially with having no oomph to do much,

is... 

              Pinterest

Oh Im sure that it has zap a lot of those thoughts out of me too.
But it is so inspiring to see all the wonderful things people are doing out there... And frankly Im tired of just pinning... I want to play...
So with the Holidays and Many Birthdays coming up and teacher's gifts and more...
We have got to get cracking...

Take care all.
Thank you for
Your support,
Prayers,
and Humor... It is what has kept us all going.

We are BACK!!!!

Explanations are in order....
I must start with a sorry...
Sorry for bringing you all here and then... nothing...
Sorry for promising to give you something to come back for, and then... nothing...

Well.... The Reasons are plenty, but the gist of it is...

WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER BABY...

For those of you that are keeping track,

Cus Lord knows it is hard enough for me to... :)

THAT WILL MAKE 5...

SO, with this wonderful blessings comes much sickness...

I really do not do well in that department.

It has been enough for me to get through the day.

With myself and my 4...

That unfortunately Oh The Fun We Have, has had to take a back burner...

My steam is just not at full speed right now.

BUT,

I am starting to feel better,

And my girls have been a terrific help.

As well as wonderful friends.

We will continue to post,
And continue to explore,
Just not at the pace I would have hoped for...

We already have so much to catch up on...from our summer explorations...
And our current and future things, like our Victory Garden...
Stick around cus this momma aint done yet :)

Thank You all who have decided to take this journey with us,

cus we just got a curve ball and this is how we roll.

Just Praying

Just Waiting out the storm...
Praying for all those in the path of Irene and her winds.

It is blurred a bit, but it reads...
"Don't Wait For The Storm To Pass
Learn to Dance In The Rain..."
This sign was a gift from a dear friend, whose family does not like storms...
So all Our Dear Friends Up and Down the Coast...
Be Brave... and take comfort in his care.

Sonny's Waterfront Restaurant, Hatteras Island

You Gotta Eat,
Where Ever you may be,
What Ever it is that you are doing...
You Have to stop and EAT...
If you are visiting Hatteras Island all the locals will point you in the same direction.

Heading to SONNY'S WATERFRONT RESTURANT...

Family owned and opperated for over 35yrs.

We had the wonderful opportunity to sit and chat with one of its Co-Owners,

Lee Ann Quidley-Cannin


But only briefly, because life in the resturant business is
NON-STOP.

Lee Ann took time out of her already very short lunch break to talk with Us.

It was very inspiring to hear of her commitment to

God, Family and her work.

Being a Mother of 3,
And running a business with such a name to carry is no small feat in its self,
But staying grounded in her Faith has allowed her to maintain a good balance.

Please, take a look at our video interview.

You can also find Sonny's Waterfront Restaurant on Facebook


We have more pictures to share with you courtesy of the wonderful and talented Resident Photographer, Jenn Johnson. However she like many residents in the OBX, heading off the island.

Please Continue your prayers for all those who

 will be affected by Irene.

From Sonny's latest Facebook Post:


Matthew 8:27~Who is this that even the wind and

 the waves obey HIM~




Sonny's Waterfront Restaurant, Hatteras Island


57947 hwy 12, po box 447, Hatteras, NC 2794 


2529862922