I Was Born A Coal Miners Daughter....

Awana Bible Character

The girls go to Awana every Sunday night. (church thing) The other night you had to dress up as your favorite Bible Character. Sydney Ruth went as Ruth and Madison was Eve. Madison even won for best costume.

How does your garden grow......?

Today we started our seeds for our garden. Last summer we tried the garden in buckets and evereything died. :( Now that we have a bigger yard we are going to do a real garden. :) We are planting: cucumbers, jelly bean tomatoes, green beans, Big Boy tomatoes, pumpkins, red & green peppers and peas. We'll keep you updated on how it goes. I hope we have veggies out our ears this summer. Do you like my kitchen wall color? It's called Peanut Butter.

Happy Easter!!!!!

See What A Morning!!!!

by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend

See, what a morning, gloriously bright, With the dawning of hope in Jerusalem; Folded the grave-clothes, tomb filled with light, As the angels announce, "Christ is risen!" See God's salvation plan, Wrought in love, borne in pain, paid in sacrifice, Fulfilled in Christ, the Man, For He lives: Christ is risen from the dead! See Mary weeping, "Where is He laid?" As in sorrow she turns from the empty tomb; Hears a voice speaking, calling her name; It's the Master, the Lord raised to life again! The voice that spans the years, Speaking life, stirring hope, bringing peace to us, Will sound till He appears, For He lives: Christ is risen from the dead! One with the Father, Ancient of Days, Through the Spirit who clothes faith with certainty.Honor and blessing, glory and praise To the King crowned with pow'r and authority! And we are raised with Him, Death is dead, love has won, Christ has conquered; And we shall reign with Him, For He lives: Christ is risen from the dead!

Eggs!!!

We had some fun tonight coloring eggs. The girls wanted to glitter colored eggs. We bought the kit to glitter your eggs. We got thru 2 eggs and they hated it. YES!!! I hate glitter. One of my friends on facebook said she tye dyed eggs today with her boys. When the glitter bombed I thought we would give it a try. We colored our eggs and let them dry a little. Then we added oil to the colored water and dunked those eggs again.

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter!!!

Little Bakers

Today I let the girls make cookies. You may have heard screaming come from the house if you walked by. Ha! They both made their own full recipe. Madison made chocolate chip and Sydney made oatmeal raisin chocolate chip. Oh my gosh did they make a mess!!!!! I just kept saying your making such a big mess (over and over and over........again.) They told me that means they will be great cooks because Grandma Strunk is messy. LOL!!!! Anyone who knows my Mom knows she can cook......but.......the clean up is.......there are no words. If your reading this Mom we love you and your cooking and the girls think they will be good cooks just like you.

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!!

Happy St. Patricks Day!!! Have a great day and go eat and wear something green!

Happy Belated Heart Day!

Better late than never right??? Valentines Day was very busy with I think 3 trips to the dump. I had told the girls we would do a Tea Party. We didn't get to dress all fancy but we did have the party. The bottom picture of from our breakfast that morning. About 2 months ago we started doing a BIG breakfast on Saturday mornings. Of couse no pics of me. I had just made 3 trips to the dump and cooked for this tea.

Crock Pot Cooking

I had to share a new blog I came across today about Crock Pot cooking it is must check if your into cooking like this and don't have many recipes. She was just on Good Morning America. A Year of Crock Potting

House Update

I think back in October I said that we were trying to sell our house. When I posted I showed a picture of the house we wanted. Things changed and we didn't sell. Then we got a call that some people down the street from us wanted to buy our house. They are in one of the smaller houses and wanted a larger one. We set out on a house hunt. We went and looked at the one I had posted about before and kept it on the list. Then we looked some new ones. We decided that the original house we wanted was just too far away. We decided to stay in town. We are going to move into a smaller house. I know crazy! Doing this will help us meet siome of the goals we have. We also think it's a smart thing to do in these crazy economic times. We started to clean and organize everything over the weekend. I had a few crying moments as we got rid of things. Nothing huge just things that need to go. A baby/infant sled that we got Madison when she was little for her first snow. I've got pictures of her in it and it's just time. I'm tearing up just thinking about it. We will be moving from 2400 sq. ft. into 1600 sq ft. I'll be sure to share pics on how we do this. Our lot size will now double and that we are excited about. I thought I'd post a picture of our old house and two of our new house.

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Themed Thursday

Today I join Southern Whimsy for Themed Thursday. The theme is Furry Friends Real or Faux. I grew up in the country with pets all over living outside. I was NEVER going to allow a pet in my house. The idea just grossed me out. I have germ issues. This summer we met this little guy and my heart just melted. I had to forget about my germ issues. Baxter is our Real Furry Friend.

The only Faux Friend I decorate with right now are roosters. I just LOVE them and all the colors they have are just GREAT. I think the next animal I would like to add to my collection would be frogs.

I love this picture. I found it at my neighbors garage sale.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my real or faux furry friend.

Taylor & Ashley

I just wanted to share a couple pictures from their wedding. Don't you just love the red shoes? They are so darn cute! They remind me of the movie 'Wizard of Oz'.

Happy Groundhog Day!!!!

Groundhog Day is a BIG day for our family. When Sydney went to kindergarten her teacher was a HUGE Phil fan. She passed on that love of Phil to all the kids. So today if I feel better we will head to Raleigh to see Sir Walter Wally. Happy Groundhog Day!!!!!

Going To The Chapel And Were Gonna Get Married....

Today in New York my Nephew Taylor and his Bride to be Ashley will be getting married. I wish we could be there. I pray that they have a beautiful day!

Themed Thursday

Today I joined in my first blog even with http://southernwhimsy.blogspot.com/ for Themed Thursday. Today the theme was blue transferware . I LOVE my dishes.

My vase I got after we were married 11 years ago. The plate came from my Mom's China Cabinet and it is a favorite. I'm not sure what to call the smaller piece. The lid comes off and as of right now in this house I sometimes find a random toy. Don't they know they aren't to touch my dishes.

Another plate I just love. I love to decorate with plates.

I keep this cute little kettle on table in a little group. That is my little collection and I hope to someday make it larger. Thanks for stopping by.