Dinner!!!

How does blended green beans and sweet potato sound ya all???!!! That's what Miss Clara got to try out tonight... went quite well!

Hanging Out With Daddy!

Too sweet to not share! - Gracie

Pictures From Today!

A MUCH More Important Birthday...!!!

Happy Birthday "Thoughts From The Two Of Us"

Well, today is our blog's first birthday!!! Wow! A year can sure fly by! In honor of our blogs birthday we're doing a special post... to see just how faithful you readers are! :-) Here's a little "How well do you know us" test! It's an on-your-honor-no-peaking-closed-blog test! Ok??!!! Here we go. Those who get at least 6 of them right get warm cookies the next time they visit us! :-) Those that get all of them right earn the distinguished title "Champion 'Thoughts From The Two Of Us' Reader"!!!

1. How many sets of stitches has Stephen had over the course of his life?

2. Name one of Gracie's favorite movies.

3. We recently took a trip across the "big pond". Where did we go?

4. Before Clara was born, Gracie took a class that she really enjoyed. What was it?

5. Name one activity listed in our profile that we enjoy. Remember, no looking!

6. We were married on what day? (month, day AND year)

7. Over Labor day this year we stayed home, hung out and worked on putting up the pool fence. True or false?

8. Clara currently weighs <16 lbs or >16 lbs?


Happy answering and if you're confident you got at least 6 of them right you can go ahead and tell me what your favorite kind of cookie is!

Gonna Be Crawlin' Any Day!

Baking With Momma!

Whoever came up with the idea of making those little cookie dough scoops (like an ice cream scoop, but smaller) should get an award! I used to think they were fun to use and it was neat the way they made uniform cookies... but honestly, even though I owned one I would usually forget about it when I made cookies and just do the old, ingrained, two tablespoons method. However, after using the special scoop today to scoop several dozen cookies with one hand, I can appreciate those handy devises even more!!! Children change your perspective on life in more ways then one! :-)

Fireproof!

My hubby took me on a date last night while some very kind friends watched our little munchkin! We went and saw the new movie "Fireproof". I LOVED it!!!! I wish there were more movies out there like it... that have a truly POWERFUL and GOOD message and are well made. This is a movie that has the potential to change lives! It seems like so many truly good movies are either not that well made or they water down their message so much that there really isn't that much there. If you can, go see it! It was a limited release so it is only in about 800 theaters, but do try to find one in your area while it's still available!!! Go to: www.fireproofthemovie.com and check out trailers and theater locations!

When you know some of the factors about this movie, like the fact that they only spent $500,000 making it and NONE of the actors were paid and they shot it with only 1 camera, and it was basically a church that made it... it makes it that much more impressive! And it's now on my favorite movies list!

What'cha doin' Momma?

A Little Dose of Reality! :-)

Sometimes we think we have an angel baby... and sometimes we don't. Either way, we love her! Just be assured life isn't always peachy around here! She is still cute though, even when she's upset.

More Work!

Stephen works soooo hard and he was sweating buckets out there! I mixed only one bag of cement and that's some serious work there!




Daddy's two assistants!

The Big Project!

When my family was here in the summer, Stephen, my Dad and some of my brothers sweated buckets as they started building a wall / bench in our back yard! Dad and the brothers were a ton of help!!! Thanks again you all! (yes, our pool was as nasty as it looks at that point. It was a battle most of the summer for Stephen) The plan had been to make the wall part of a fence. However, now that we are leaving, we are no longer planning to put up a fence and instead, Stephen is just finishing up the wall / bench sections that go between the two columns. Our friend Julio helped out a ton with it the other day and Stephen's done a lot of work since then. Clara and I have even been able to help a tiny bit and I'm learning stuff like what a "cold joint" is! Here are some more pictures of progress since then and there will probably be more to come.


Does it get any cuter then that?!

Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Let me help Dad!"



"Sweet potatoes and apples! Does it get any better?!"



"Don't let that bowl get away!"

Clara

"Don't I have a sweet little foot??!!!



Very red eyes, thanks to the camera, but still a couple cute shots!

Snap Shots Of Life!

The handsome "interviewee"... who, Lord willing, will be making his final decision on job offers tomorrow! Life is exciting around here!!!!!!!


Yummy Sweet Potatoes!!! Clara's been doing so great with eating sweet potatoes! And I love the highchair! Great gift!


Grab those feet! That's one of Clara's cute new tricks! She even sticks her toes in her mouth! It's so great to have toys that are always with you! :-) It's so adorable the way she pulls in her lower lip!

Daddy's Home!

Clara's Daddy, also known as my handsome husband, arrived safely home today from his latest, and probably last, interview before deciding on a job. We went to the airport and picked him up. Sure miss him when he's gone!

I was able to get a lot of painting done on the kitchen cabinets, but there is still much to do! It already looks so much brighter in there though!

Going leave this as a short one and run along and finish dinner!

Give Us Some Feed Back

I'm having fun trying out a new element on my blog! You'll find a poll on the left side of your screen! Please give us some blog feedback! Happy Voting!

Quotes

My Mom emailed me these neat quotes today! Enjoy!

“Faith is only as good as the object in which it is placed. The secret is not in the phrases we utter but in coming to know ever more fully the One to whom we pray. Since God is awesomely revealed in His Word, the prayer of faith must always be rooted in Scripture. Prayer becomes truly meaningful when we enter into a relationship with God through Christ. We can then build on that foundation by saturating ourselves with scripture.”



R.A. Torrey expressed it this way: “To pray the prayer of faith we must, first of all, study the Word of God, especially the promises of God, and find out what the will of God is… We cannot believe by just trying to make ourselves believe. Such belief as that is not faith but credulity; it is ‘make believe.’ The great warrant for intelligent faith is God’s Word. As Paul puts it in Romans 10:17, “Faith comes by hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.” Jesus summed up the prayer of faith with these words; “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.” (John 15:7)

Madam Chunky!

Our little lady weighed in today at about 16.5 lbs!!!!

She did quite well today with her sweet potatoes... seems to be getting the idea!

For Your Tasting Enjoyment...

May I recommend McDonald's Iced Carmel Coffee... tried one today! Pretty nice!