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Here they are!! I have finally had a chance to post the pictures of the flowers from the wedding that I did this past weekend! Hope you enjoy! I forgot to get pictures of all the extra arrangements that I did and the corsages, but this will give you a general idea of what it looked like!

Bride's Bouquet

Vase arrangement

Bouts

God provides

The wedding was yesterday and it all came together and it was absolutely beautiful! Jenna looked gorgeous and the flowers looked beautiful if I may say so myself. These flowers by the way were what I called calla lilies on steriods. They had to be the prettiest and biggest callies I had ever seen and they were formed just right. Anyhow just right was the term that comes to mind. Let me tell you at first I wasnt sure it was going to be just right, I think I was having a melt down, what a crazy day it was when I picked them up and started the preparation. Praise God he provided just enough smaller ones for all of the bouts and corsages, and I say just enough. If I had messed up just once I would have been in trouble :) Praise God for His provision, and I can say that now that I look back on it all. At first I was asking Him, Why God? Why? I guess the real question should have been why not? but like I said I was having my meltdown and nothing seemed to be going right! But little did I know he had a plan in that large box of flowers and it turned out beautiful!!! I know it was much to do with all the prayers that were going up to Him that day by everyone! Anyhow Praise God for providing, all GLORY must be given to Him because I know it was not about anything I did but about his provision! Well today I am off to help my mother in law with a baby shower for my sister in laws. Look forward to meeting all of these little babies soon! One should be here anytime at the first of the month! Blessings to all!

I promise

I promise that my life will slow down again someday and I will get to write on here more often. I was up just a little earlier than normal today as I am preparing to spend my day designing flowers for a wedding that is tomorrow. Ahhh...what a catastrophe we had with the flowers but God is great and provide, hopefully something even better. As long as they get here when they said they would and they are calla lilies I will be happy! Anyhow a good friend of mine is getting married tomorrow, it seems so weird because when I first met her she was just a young girl, well she is still just a young girl to me but she is making that leap of faith into marriage. I pray for them and wish much blessing on their union tomorrow! Congrats Jenna and Jonathan...okay I'm going to cry just sitting here thinking of it...I'm such a sap! Well I better go get my daughter up from her slumber and get our day rolling, hopefully in the right direction! :) Kaihtlyn is going to be excited today she gets to spend the whole day with Nana! What a treat for her, she LOVES her Nana! Have a great and blessed weekend all!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Okay so it has been a crazy crazy busy week and I only have a couple of minutes here so I am going to say Hi to all and hope you had a very special Valentine's Day. My sweetie and I are going to celebrate tonight without our daughter! I actually get a date night with my honey! I'm so excited! I will post later but until then here are a couple really cute pictures we took last night!

Valentine's Day Kisses with Momma

What a sweet heart!

A sweet smoothie treat from Sonic!

a time to tear and a time to mend

I kind of have two small thoughts on this part of the passage. A time to tear and a time to mend reminds me of clothing and once they are so worn you can no longer mend then then you tear them up and make rags out of them or if they can be fixed you sew or mend them back together. You may then get many more years of use out of them after mending them.
Here is my second thought, its a little deeper and I'm going to relate this passage back to relationships. In regards to a time to tear in a relationship I think of friendships or relationships growing apart maybe its due to distance between two people or maybe its due to other reasons. There are many things that could cause two people to grow apart from one another, but I believe as a friend the second part of this verse should be utilized to its fullest I believe as a follower of Christ it is my responsibility to mend relationships and try my hardest to make them the best that I can. Sometimes it is possible to mend those relationships and sometimes not. In Proverbs 27:6 its says,"Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses." No I dont believe that it means we can just be harsh to our friends but I think it does go along well with the old saying that sometimes honesty can hurt. Meaning that if we truely are friends that I can be open to what they are saying to me and being willing to hear what may be hurtful although it may be true and having an open mind and heart to change in a particular area if need be. Our enemies are those who may claim to be friends but are just willing to tell us what we want to hear when it may not be completely honest or true. I believe the best kind of relationships I can have are those that are open and honest. I appreciate my friends and relationships when someone is willing to talk to me about anything even if it does hurt or sting a little at first. For me the best kind of relationship is when someone is up front with me about a situation and will not dance around the issue. Lets hash out a problem and let there be change where need be and move on. I guess I'm just that kind of gal. Okay so thats my thoughts of how I can relate a time to tear and a time to mend back to relation issues. Remember these are just my thoughts and how they are processed. I'm always open to how God may change and form who I am to be more like Jesus! What an awesome God, I am blessed to call my Savior!

Muy Bien

Okay so today is a much better day! Just in higher spirits, maybe its because I have had the caffeine I was lacking yesterday or maybe its just because I decided to have a better attitude! :) Its definately not because the weather is better outside. I mean what in the world....the whole idea about global warming is a bunch of junk if you ask me. This is by far the coldest and most snow-filled winter I have seen in years where I live (and i have lived here my whole life). I bet those who love winter and snow are in heaven this year! This is like the 3rd or 4th time just this year we have had over 4 or 5 inches of snow! Yes its pretty on a day like today when the sun is shining down on it and its so bright outside you can barely see it, but I'm ready for summer! I miss the hot, humid, sunny days when we can get out and play and wear nothing but a tanktop, shorts and flip flops. Ahhh...can't wait!
So this morning as I was having my quite time I read in Proverbs. Proverbs 6 to be exact. :) Here are a few verses that made me think 6:2- 5 "if you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbors hands: Go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbor! Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids. Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler." This just reminded me that when someone is willing to humble themselves and talk to me about a situation or something they have said, I should be willing to listen and open hearted to forgive them. It also reminds me to humble myself daily before God and be willing to listen to what he is telling me and have an open heart to what he is teaching me. I need to be willing to be humble in areas of my life both to God and to those around me.
The second part of Proverbs 6 that stood out to me was Proverbs 6:16-19 "There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers." Now I know I have read this passage about a million times, okay thats an exagerration but I have read it alot and for some reason today I just made the link between these items listed that God hates and the willingness to be humble as I had written about earlier in verses 2-5. Maybe its not a coincidence that God placed what he hates in relation to being humble in the same chapter. Lightbulb moment....I need to be humbled before God and others in these areas and search my heart for any wrongs I have made against God and others in this area.

I was going to make a post today on the next part of the verses, but i'm just kind of having a bummer of a day and I am kind of wallowing in it right now. My daughter has been sick all weekend with the stomach flu and has been a little fussier than normal and is wanting to be with me all of the time. I told my husband yesterday as we were watching a commercial for the dirtiest jobs TV show that being a stay at home mom with a child that has stomach flu is right up there with some of the dirtiest jobs. On saturday night I thought I was going to loose it; as I was covered in vomit and my daughters bedroom floor was covered as well. Praise the Lord for hardwood floors! Yeah no grand thoughts today just an opportunity for me to vent a little bit about what I dont like. I dont like my daughter being sick and I dont like the stomach flu, I think it is one of the worst kinds of sicknesses next to the plain old flu. That of which I hear is going around and spreading rapidly. I pray that we dont catch it...ugh...oh and I dont like winter. I can't wait for winter to be over and for all of the nasty stuff to go away! About 2 more months of this stuff...I'm counting down the days for warm weather. Hope this finds you in better spirits than I am in today!
Oh on a high note one of my best friends gave birth this weekend to a beautiful baby girl her name is Kieran Milan. Sooo sweet and so tiny... I guess I forgot how small they really are when they are first born. Anyhow I spent a good hour yesterday just holding her, it was great!

a time to keep and a time to throw away

When I think of this part of the passage I think of the new year or right after Christmas, or maybe the turn of a season. When we have to get rid of the old and make room for the new. I usually do this about twice a year when the seasons change. I go through all my clothes and get the stuff out for the upcoming season and usually get rid of what I didn't wear the season before. I then take what I didn't want anymore and if its still in good condition I give it to family and friends or I donate it, the rest usually finds its way to the trash. I usually take my donations to the Rescue Mission, where I know that all of the stuff can be put to good use, since I don't need it anymore. It seems like with a baby now the job of going through clothing and toys is going to be quite the chore. So far I have enjoyed going through and cleaning out drawers and making them organized to make the best use of the space we do have for her.
This passage is an encouragement to me to continue to stay organized and make sure that everything that I own has a place. God has blessed me beyond measure with a home and all that I have in it and this reminds me to take care of my belongings and to keep them organized.