This Moment

this moment
one image
no words
a tidbit from the week
held close to my heart

Church.

I don’t know if many of you know this but my husband and I have been attending a house church ever since we got married. It was Peters parents who started it and people have come and gone and it is down to just family. Which has been really great especially with having Nonah the kids can just play while we do church. For the past few months I have been longing for more though. For something different, for fellowship with other believers and other couples our age. I’ve just been ready to go to church. Peter on the other hand has not been ready. We started going to house church for reasons like wanting less structure and more freedom to share and take part and be able to bring something to the meetings which usually you can not do in a typical Sunday morning church setting. So Peter didn’t really want to leave our comfortable home church setting for lack of knowing where else to go.

Long story short Peters parents are moving out of state so we will no longer have a house church to go to. We have visited 2 churches so far and the one we visited this past Sunday might be the one. Peter and I really liked it. It was pretty casual, they are all about Love which is something that God has really placed on mine and Peters heart when we were at school. It just felt right being there. I felt the holy spirit and just really loved everything about it. I am so excited to be going back this coming Sunday and maybe even checking out some of their “Love groups” that meet during the week.

Gods timing is just so perfect. We went to house church for 5 years and really grew and learned so much from it. There was so much one on one time and questions answered. You have to be real when you are in such a small group so I was able to give a lot and receive a lot which is what church is all about. I know Peter and I would not be the Christians we are today without our house church experience. It has been amazing but God has also been preparing us for this transition. I was ready but Peter wasn’t but we were talking about it months ago and now here it is. Now we are ready. I guess even if we weren’t ready it’s not up to us but God’s timing is perfect and it has all worked out. Thank you God.

Fall Festiveness

Although I am not really the kind of woman to decorate my house according to the season I do love being festive. My favorite colors are green, orange and brown so my decor works perfect for this fall season. I end up being festive without even trying. But sometimes I do try. These are our simple touches of FALL.

Hand me down pumpkin bib.
Yummy Gala apples from a local farm.
In season veggies from a local farmers market for a really great price.
Noni picking the few tomatoes that are still growing in our garden.
This week I am looking forward to making some yummy pumkin dishes. Pumpkin oatmeal and Pumpkin Penne. Mmmm!
HaPpY FaLL!!

this moment

this moment
one image
no words
a tidbit from the week
held close to my heart

Pumpkin Patch and Playgrounds

Noni and I had a blast today. It was a beautiful day and we were able to soak it up with some fun fall activities. It all started with a trip to the pumpkin patch with some friends. Noni experienced her first hayride and my first one in a long long time which took us to our patch. Now I know 13 months sounds a little young to be picking pumpkins but she did great. I pointed to the pumpkin and made sure it was off the vine then she picked it up and put it in the bag. She liked carrying the bag more than the pumpkins.

Then we went through a corn maze. It was a good one not just a lame kiddie one. Four of us adults with our kids got lost. Once we made it to the end there was a slide you had to go down in order to get out.
And to top it all of we got ice cream. Yum.




Then I decided to go to my favorite park. I am in love with this park. Its right down the road and just so beautiful. Its huge. It has tennis courts, 3 volleyball nets, soccer, and a baseball field. And two playgrounds. One is absolutely perfect size for Noni, only 4 steps up and mini slides.

Playgrounds are our new pass time. Noni totally loves to climb and isn’t afraid of anything so the higher the better. I actually enjoy climbing around with her. To see her find new textures, colors, challenges and adventures. She is just so much fun! The pictures tell it all!

Weekend tidbits!

So are cute little garden is still producing. We have 2 grape tomatoe plants that are pushing like crazy. I keep forgetting about them and go out and find lots of plump red mini tomatoes. Also we had planted parsnips and they took forever to become anything. But I dug them out this weekend and we got a pretty good amount. I am going to look up a recipe on line for a "Root stew". Sounds nice and festive for this time of year don't ya think?

My Noni girl was helping the whole time. More like digging in the wet mud trying to copy what I am doing, picking up rotten tomatoes, and picking green tomatoes. Although she did carry the bowl for me. She is a piece of work and makes me laugh. She is getting so sharp and understands a lot of what I say to her. She can follow simple instructions (if she wants to). She waves, sort of blows kisses, knows sign for more and please, shakes her head yes or no, and knows who mama and dada is. She said hello today and she says hi but thats all. She is such a handful and tires me out every single day but she is just so fun. I love seeing her and daddy play together. She hates her stroller but loves her little monkey leash so we go for walks all the time.

So I went to a bridal shower on sunday and wanted to look a little fancy so I did a little dread up do. I thought for doing it myself it turned out pretty good.


We have had a couple showings on our house and still no go. Its only been 3 weeks so we are trying not to get discouraged. If it is meant to be God will make it happen. It is hard though when you feel ready to do something and can't. So I have pretty much stopped allowing myself to think about what we would do next or where we would go until we actually get someone interested. I don't want to get ahead of myself. Still trusting in Gods timing though.

This song makes me smile!!

Turning over a new leaf!

No punn intended. As I am getting older I have realized how much the weather affects me. Can any of you relate? When its dreary out and cold or rainy then I get in a very dreary mood. I dont feel like doing anything. I usually eat more when its cold out and I already feel like I've gained some weight and its only October. But when its sunny out all is right with the world. I am happy and have energy to do things. I even feel inspired by beautiful sunny days. Maybe you are the opposite and thrive on cool cloudy days.

All that being said I am rebuking it. I think it is totally valid and even understandable to be affected by the weather. But I want to be able to overcome the mood swings and embrace the rainy days. Embrace the chill in the air and find inspiration and satisfaction no matter what its like outside. I want to find things to do inside when we can't go out and to make the most of my days. I want to be able to motivate myself when everything in me wants to stay in bed all day. Or to just stay in bed but not feel guilty about it because lets face it sometimes we just need to do that. So thats the new leaf. Im going to embrace the "rituals of the season" and be present in the moment. Not wish away the fall and long for summer.

I write all this here so that some of you will hold me accountable and remind me to enjoy the rain. So wish me luck!!!
Happy Weekend!!