Baby Shower

My cousin Angela is expecting her 2nd baby in December and we just had a baby shower for her at my house. We have been so excited about having another baby in our family and just in time for Christmas!!! We can't wait to meet Addie!
Since the shower was at my house.. I wanted to decorate and make some cool projects for the shower... most of the things I found on pinterest.

#1 - Onesie Cupcakes

Here is where I got the idea:

http://pinterest.com/pin/32158584810312222/

 

 

 

 

#2- Addie's name to go on the wall in her room!!!!

 

 

 

#3- Banner to go at my mantle for shower

 

 

 

 

#4- Angela's corsage- that my mom and I made from bouquets I had left over from our wedding. Thank you Nancy for teaching me how to make these!!!

#5- Tile for Addie's room- I used my cricut, tile, ribbon and felt.

tile on the easel

Here is where I got the inspiration!!!!--- I love how this turned out!!!

http://pinterest.com/pin/32158584810521801/

 

 

 

Here is what my house looked like once decorated!!!!

 

 

 

 

We had a great time!!!

 

We can't wait to meet ADDIE!!! Only a couple more weeks!!!



And it is over!!!

Summer 2012 has flown by since school is going back so early this year. Our summer camp schedule at church was packed quite full..... In June we had Play and Praise Camp and Arts Extravaganza Camp which were back to back  and we had a great time at both. We ended our 2 weeks with a Family Worship Night which went great! Pictures will come later...

Then it was already July and the week of the 4th. The following week we took 5 kids to Camp Kid Jam in Winston. We had a great time and the Lord provided the perfect weather for us.  Once I came back from that camp it was full swing ahead for VBS. And this past Thursday, we had our finale for VBS at the Park. The highest total we had during VBS was 393 including all the kids and leaders and volunteers.

Now I know it has been a busy summer and it leads me to being worn out and sleep deprived but I would not trade it for anything because I love seeing all the kids having a great time and learning more about our AWESOME GOD!

Now I am starting off some vacation time with my hubby.... which it has been almost a year and 1/2 since we have been on a vacation.  I plan on catching up on that much needed rest!!!

SUMMER

Summer has come upon us very quickly and it is going to fly by as well.
Last week I spent every morning with 20 3,4, and 5 year olds at Play~N~Praise Camp at Woodlawn. We had a great time learning about Noah and then we ended the week with a FUN DAY filled with hot weather, water fun and a petting zoo.

This week, I am spending the whole day with some great kids that just finished Kindergarten thru 5th grade and after the first day, I know that the rest of the week will be great but HOT!!!

Will post again later with some pictures of summer fun!!!!

update on my "30 before 30...by the end of 2012" list

My list of "3o before 3o...by the end of 2012"
1. Have a game night at our house!-(February 4- and the girls won all three games)

2. Continue to grow my hair out... My hair has not this long in about 10 years or more. (went from December to March withouth getting my hair cut... )
3. Have ice cream for dinner (We had ice cream at Kids Praise the other night and that was my dinner...)
4. Try 4 Pinterest craft and gift ideas. I will try to do more.(here is the link of my projects that I am working on-http://dancindaisygirl.blogspot.com/2012/01/pinterest-projects.html)

5. Go a day without texting or internet. And that means Facebook as well!

6. To organize my scrapbook room---- I finally got the scrapbook room organized!

7. Start catching up on my scrapbook
8. To organize our office room, because even though we have only lived here 9 months, it has become a junk room. (I spent one of the last days on my christmas vacation cleaning and organizing the office. ---pictures to come later) Here is the post with pictures. http://http//dancindaisygirl.blogspot.com/2012/01/organizing.html
9. Enjoy a spa day
10. Make sugar cookies from scratch
11. Start exercising
12. Watch the sunrise with Adam
13. Start blogging more often. So far as good!!!
14. Enjoy our 1st Valentine's Day as a married couple. -We went to the movies on monday night and then spent the whole day together. Pictures of our gifts will come later.
15. Go thru my closet and get rid of some clothes.- I have one bag already. had a great yard sale on May 19th. I got rid of  about 6 boxes worth of items...

16. Begin planning our 1st vacation
17. Learn how to cook some new recipes- I have written down a few and tried one new one so far.
18. Have a PJ day.
19. Have a reunion with the girls from college.(Monday, January 2nd, I met Joanna, Sarah, Kathryn, Kelly and Susan and some of their spouses and kids. It was so nice to hang out!!!)
20. Write letters to friends that I don't see as often- I have written some letters to a friend.
21. Have pictures taken of Adam and I
22. Host a 31 party
23. Spend more time reading-I finished Tim Tebows book and now I am almost done with "The Wedding" by Nicholas Sparks. I have also read about 3 books for work since the end of April.
24. Start sending birthday cards to the close friends and family... the snail mail way. I have already starting marking the dates on my calendar.(So far so good with this one!)
25. To really take a picture a day for 2012. I have tried this the last two years and I do really good until the end of the year. I have not posted a picture the last month. So I am going to try my best!- I have completely failed at this one ...but oh well..
26. To keep my new car clean... I have been able to do this on a weekly basis.
27. Finally attend a Zumba class.
28. To paint our bathroom and decorate it
29. Spend a day with my niece and nephews..
30. Provide a meal for a family that needs it.- A family down the street from us had a baby a week ago and I fixed spaghetti for them today!

37 years

I am not believing that the time is here. But after 37 years of teaching my mom has decided that she is ready to retire. She has been at River Bend Middle for 12 years teaching 7th grade and before that she was at Oxford Elementary teaching 6th grade.   I am excited for her!
Tonight, her fellow teachers surprised her at the Crawdads game and she got to throw out the first pitch for the game. She was truly surprised and I know that she had a great time hanging out with the teachers and their families.  Thank you Mr. Sigmon for organizing it all!

Love you mom!!!!

Anniversary

I can not believe that a year ago tonight... we had just left from our Rehearsal dinner in Lincolnton. I went to hang out with Adam for a few minutes before the craziness of our Wedding Day. I had been sick and I remember praying with him and asking God to heal me for my Wedding Day. The wedding day had been a long time coming and I had been dreaming of that day forever and being sick was not on my list of things for my wedding. So I left and was in the bed  early anxiously waiting for the next morning where I would walk down the aisle to my soon to be husband!!!!

So now on the night of our 1ST ANNIVERSARY... TAKE A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE FROM A YEAR AGO WITH ME... ON THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE... BECOMING MRS. ADAM WHITENER!!!

 On the night of our rehearsal dinner, they had a music night on the square in Lincolnton and Adam's mom asked the band to dedicate a song to Adam and I... and we got called up to the front of the stage!!!!!

 Cindy did a great job decorating for the Rehearsal dinner!!!

 Our table at the reception!!!

Our cake!!

The ringbearers.... such a cute picture!

My hubby!!!

Love the sunglasses!!!

Cody and Taylor helping my sister and mom fix my dress!!!! 

My precious flowergirls!!!

They were waiting on me!!!:)

 My daddy giving me away!!!

 Our kiss!!!

 The Bridal Party!!! Love these people so much!!!

 Finally Mr. and Mrs. Adam Whitener

 With our parents!!!

 My college girlfriends !!!!

Leaving the church!!!

Thanks for taking a look down memory lane! It feels like yesterday and it was the happiest day of my life!

Worshipping with the Angels

Over the last week, our church family has lost two very faithful members and then today we lost a former staff member.

Mr. Ed Biernacki passed away last friday evening while sitting in his recliner at home. Mr. Ed had a special place in so many peoples' hearts. He had just turned 91 years old. He was a WWII survivor and boy could he tell you stories about it. He loved to take pictures and he would email everyone with them. He was always at church events with a smile on his face and always greeted me with a hug. He loved the Lord and made such an impact on many people. Mr. Ed will surely be missed but now he is worshipping with the angels!

Mr. Ed Moorehead passed away Sunday morning. I have known Ed for a long time. His daughter was one of my SS teachers when I was a little girl. He also served our country in the Air Force! He was always very faithful to attend church until his health started to decline. Now he is also worshipping with the angels!

Brother Gerald Reeves went to be with the Lord this morning. Brother Gerald was the Associate Pastor at WBC for awhile and  I was able to work for him for about 2 years I believe. He cared for and loved everyone that he came in contact with. He had impacted so many lives as a missionary, pastor, teacher, father, husband, grandfather and friend. I am so glad to have had the opportunity to have been able to know Brother Gerald. I know that he will be missed! But now he is worshipping with the angels and I am sure he is loving on his granddaughter, Faith, as well!!

It is sad that all of these men have left this earth, but I know that I will see them again because many years ago I placed my faith in Jesus Christ and will see them again in Heaven.

If you have never asked Jesus into your heart... what better time than the Easter season!!!! If you would like to know how or have any questions...send me a message!!!

Raising Godly Children: 30 Day Marriage Challenge

Starting on April 1st, I am going to begin this marriage challenge. I ran across this and thought that this is a great time to do this because on April 30th, Adam and I will celebrate our 1st year anniversary. It is hard to believe that it has already been a year. If you are reading this post... I welcome your accountability!!!
Raising Godly Children: 30 Day Marriage Challenge: Idea from IMOM. You can Print Here.

The things you do....

Several weeks ago... Adam and I went out to feed the dogs and well Buggz was in need of some medical attention(I will spare you the details of this). So we head to the Vet not really knowing how much it would cost... so they kept him and had to fix that "first problem" and then the Vet called and told us that when they did an xray that he had some things in his stomach.... they said it had to be wood.... but that they would watch to see if it moved at all and if he could pass them. So the next day the Vet called again and said that they would need to do stomach surgery to get the things out. He ended up having pieces of plastic and wood in his stomach. So now you can call Buggz ...THE CHEWING DOG!!! So after 3 days we were able to bring him home but he had a cone, could not have too much to eat at a time, needed to be fed several times a day, had to take 4 different medicines, and had to be let out all the time and could not be around the other dog "Hobo".

So needless to say after 2 weeks of that, I was more than thrilled when the Vet released him and said that he could go back to normal activities; however, we needed to get the wood chips out that we had as the foundation in their lot.

So that leads me to the title of this blog... THE THINGS YOU DO ....FOR YOUR PETS!!!

Today, Adam's parents, me and Adam worked all afternoon taking out the wood chips and then spreading rocks...in the hot weather for the 1st day of spring. But by 8pm we had finished spreading 6000 lbs of rock in the dog lot.....now "BUGGZ"  better not try to chew those!!!! 

UPDATE

Just an update....
The big 30 has come and I made it. I haven't updated much lately but I am working on a few post showing some of my pinterest projects!!!
OH AND I AM LOVING THIS WEATHER AND I AM SO READY FOR SPRING TIME!!

The BIG 3O and Birthday Cake

I am just a few hours away from my "BIG 30" BIRTHDAY " and I know that it is coming whether I like it or not, so I better just embrace it. And I think I am ready now, I am actually ready to leave my 20s behind and make my 30s the best they can be.

This week has been very busy as we are getting ready for the Upward Banquet, so I have been longing for Friday to get here... and that means MY BIRTHDAY! Since everyone is working on my birthday- I scheduled a massage to pamper myself on my birthday.

On Wednesday night, at our Kids Praise Choir program we had cake and ice cream for my birthday!!! I know I sugared up all the kids before they went home but I had to have a birthday party with my kids!!!!

Then today at work, we went out to eat lunch for my birthday and had another birthday cake.... BUTTER CREAM ICING AND CAKE... IS MY FAVORITE!!!

And Pastor Mike told our waiter that it was my birthday so they came to sing to me and put the sombrero on my head....

NOW BRING ON 30....WHICH IS NOW LESS THAN 2 HOURS AWAY!!! ALSO BRING ON THE WEEKEND AND MY DAYS OFF WITH MY HUSBAND!!!