Beautiful Pictures + {Giveaway}

A few weeks ago I ordered an 8″ x 10″ canvas print of a black and white picture of Connor.  It came from Easy Canvas Prints.  They were so easy to work with and the quality of the photos on canvas is great!  Right now Easy Canvas Prints is offering 25% off and free standard shipping as well!
Isn’t it presh???

 (I think I am going to give it to Nana 🙂

Would you like to win a FREE 8X10 Canvas???
Just enter using Rafflecopter below:

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 Happy Friday Yuns!

Enjoy the long weekend!

 

I also wanted to link up with Kelly’s Korner!

 

It’s show us what you make week and my best friend Kristin back home in AR makes the cutest kids clothing!  She’s not very internet savvy, so I thought I’d share her site here on my blog 🙂

 

PS:  The winner of the Chuggington giveaway was Anne Luhmann!

&

Winner of the JBF Gift Certificate is Jennifer!

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Bible Songs to Sing with your Kids

My sister in law is awesome.  She’s started a great pre-school program with Connor and my niece Ellie.  She’s got a gift with children and we are so blessed to have her and the rest of the fam as influences in Connor’s life.
She found some songs that are easy and simple to sing if you have kids around Connor’s age.
Connor loves them.  We sing songs on the way to work every morning 🙂
Song: Do You Know Who Made The World?
(Tune: Do You Know The Muffin Man?)
Do you know who made the day (night, sky, water),

Made the day (night, sky, water), made the day (night, sky, water),

Do you know who made the day (night, sky, water)?

It was God who made the day (night, sky, water).

Verse Song
(Tune: Are You Sleeping?)
In the beginning, (2x)

God created (2x)

The heavens and the earth. (2x)

Genesis 1:1 (2x)

 Song: Seven Days of Creation

(Tune: Doe, A Deer)
One: the light from dark was made,

Two: the clouds and waters part,

Three: the sea, the land and plants,

Four: the sun, the moon, the stars,

Five: the fish and the birds,

Six: the animals and the man,

Seven: God rested, all was good:

His creation and His plan!

We also found the neighborhood cat the other night on a walk around the neighborhood. 
Connor loved it! Ha ha!  He kept saying “meow” “meow”
I guess he was trying to speak cat to the cat 🙂
Hope you all are having a great week!

Crafting: What Do You Need?

Everyone has one…or maybe not everyone…but you know what I mean.  A closet where you stash stuff.  Stuff that you know you’ll use someday.  I mean you have to use it someday right?  I love throwing get togethers and parties.  I’m always on the lookout for a good deal or something festive because I may need it someday.
Some may call this hoarding, but I call it thrifty!  Ha ha!
I like to craft and get creative, but I don’t have much time for that business these days.  Pinterest certainly doesn’t help that problem.  I have so many things pinned for “someday”. 
It’s easier to just pin it and forget about it….hopefully someday you’ll come back to it.  Unfortunately for me I just keep pinning more stuff.  You know because I may need to know how to do that craft or skill…..someday……
So…just curious.  What are the essentials you keep on hand at your house?   It seems like whenever I start to do a project I’m missing something.  It’s like baking a cake and forgetting the eggs constantly! 
Here is my messy closet, full of things I’m most certainly going to use eventually……

Everyone loves tissue paper pom poms.
These were a steal for $1 at Michaels 🙂
(And I don’t have to do anything but hang them)
I don’t remember where I got this?
But who knows when you’ll need a banner
Cute napkins from HomeGoods
Happy Birthday Garland
I love this company called Meri Meri
Cute washi tape
An array of ribbons

I got this cute card holder from Zulily
I think it would look good holding pictures too!
I think it’s TAG2U
Lots of fun straws
Paper Goods: Bags & Popcorn/Candy holders
Cupcake Kits: Also from Meri Meri

And someday my dream is to have a room like this!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
Well, we all dream 😉
Some of my favorite sites to get crafting deals on the cheap:
So what are you hiding in your craft closet & what are some staples you keep around “just in case”?

JBF Sale Fort Worth {$15 Gift Card Giveaway!}

I love going to Just Between Friends Sales.  If you have never been then you are missing out on some great deals!  They are the largest children’s and maternity consignment sales event in Texas. It’s 75000 square feet for 11 days and they are expecting 1200 families to bring their gently used children’s and maternity items to JBF to sell.

“OMG did someone say a JBF Sale???”

 
Just Between Friends sale days:
August 29 – September 10 
(closed 9/4 & 9/5)

Find out more about JBF Fort Worth HERE

Just Between Friends are such great folks they wanted
one of you to have a $15 gift certificate!

TO ENTER:
Just tell me something you love about buying re-sale items for your child?

 Join us August 29th through September 10th for our 2012 Fall/Winter sale with 75,000 square feet of children’s items at Will Rogers Memorial Center just west of downtown Fort Worth!

Delicious Fitness

Hi! I’m Jennifer!
Stats: 29 years old
Big sister in Big Brothers Big Sisters
Day job is as an accountant for a thrift store that gives part of our profits to charities!
I live in South Tampa, Florida I am married to a doctor that works 80-120 hours A WEEK on average
We live with 2 crazy dogs and a really mean cat I blog over at Delicious Fitness I’m a pretty simple gal I’m originally from the Midwest If you’d like to read the reasons and drive for my blogging, go HERE! Follow me, anywhere!
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I enjoy trying my best to live a balanced life, with a focus on fitness and health as well as motivating others, working hard, creating new recipes, trying to make familiar recipes healthier, and motivating others to get up and be active! I am hoping to have people join me on my ALWAYS evolving journey to being more fit, finishing ChaLEAN Extreme (CLX) on 8/20/12, and starting P90X on September 1st.
I post recipes, home spa treatments, motivational pictures, recaps of daily life, anything that appeals to me and that I feel others might enjoy or benefit from! I love this new journey I’ve begun with blogging and I’ve met so many great people already! I cannot wait to see what the future holds. Nice to “meet” you! Here’s a quick recipe for those gals on the go like myself!
Eggs are a great source of protein and part of a healthy breakfast and these are easy to take with you wherever you’re going. Egg Muffins (Revisited Again) (Makes 12 muffins, recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from The South Beach Diet book. 15 eggs (for silicone muffin pans, use 12 eggs for metal muffin tins. You can use less egg yolks and more egg white if you prefer.) 1-2 tsp. Spike Seasoning (optional, if you have food allergies or don’t have Spike, use any type of seasoning blend that’s good with eggs.) 1-2 cups grated low fat cheese (I like sharp cheddar or a blend of cheddar/Jack cheese, use less cheese if using meat) Optional, but highly recommended, 3 green onions diced small. Optional: chopped veggies such as blanched broccoli, red pepper, zucchini, mushrooms, etc. (Using veggies will reduce the fat content) Optional: diced Canadian bacon, lean ham, or crumbled cooked turkey sausage Preheat oven to 375 F.
Use regular or silicone muffin pan, 12 muffin size. If using silicone pan, spray with nonstick spray. If using regular muffin pan, put two paper liners into each slot, then spray liner with nonstick spray. In the bottom of the muffin cups layer diced meat, if using, vegetables, if using, cheese and green onions. You want the muffin cups to be about 2/3 full, with just enough room to pour a little egg around the other ingredients. Break eggs into large measuring bowl with pour spout, add Spike, and beat well. (I used to add a bit of half and half or milk, but lately I like the way they turn out without it.) Pour egg into each muffin cup until it is 3/4 full. I like to stir slightly with a fork. Bake 25-35 minutes until muffins have risen and are slightly browned and set. Muffins will keep more than a week in the refrigerator without freezing. Egg muffins can be frozen and reheated, but I like them best when they’re just refrigerated.
For best results, thaw in refrigerator before reheating. Microwave on high about 2 minutes to reheat. This printable recipe from KalynsKitchen.com.

I hope you all enjoy Jennifer’s blog as much as I do!  Thanks for sharing your info with us Jennifer and tips on living a healthy lifestyle! – Becky

Weekend Update {Fall Ready}

1.  This post title reminds me of Saturday Night Live.
2.  We didn’t do much this weekend but live like bears in a cave.  Connor’s fever finally FINALLY went down and I’m able to be back at work today!  Thank you Jesus!
3.  Having a sick kid at home is so draining.  The whining and crying and just seeing your child sick is awful.  It’s emotionally draining and tiring…cuddly….but tiring. 
4.  I was able to at least go to Target and get some groceries and do some laundry.
5.  We watched Despicable Me at least 5 times….such a cute movie.
6.  I put out some of our fall decor.  I am so ready!  I lit some pumpkin spice candles and I just felt better all of a sudden???  Bath and Body Works has the best candles evah!
7.  HomeGoods just opened up around the corner….this is probably not a good thing for my wallet.
Connor is so excited about FALL can you tell???
Pumpkin table thingy from Pier One last year
Wrote a fall message on our chalkboard….I know I don’t have the best handwriting, but I try!
My little owls are back 🙂
Yummy fall tea
I need to change this up a little:  A fall printable, and a fall saying instead of the LOVE one.
I love bling bling candles
Sicky face…so glad he is on the up and up!
Thank you all for the prayers we felt them!
Hope everyone has a great Monday!!!!
xoxo Becky

Diagnosis

We finally have a diagnosis for Connor boy:  Strep throat.
 
Ugh.
 
I’m so glad it’s not west nile….I have to admit I’ve kind of been freaking out about that.  It’s all over the news here and listening to that can be scary. 
 
He was feeling better for a few hours yesterday, but then his fever spiked last night.  Terence took him to the pediatrician today and now he’s on antibiotics. 
 
I took some photos yesterday while I was home with him 🙂
 
For the few hours he was feeling good….my sweet boy you are growing up way too fast! 
 
We love you!