5/17/14

My brother is married.  I had a lot of fun planning the rehearsal dinner, putting lights in big paper lanterns. Seeing my good friends after one whole month! Folding napkins while watching jostie flicks and beauty and the beast. Going to lunch to eat fish tacos.

 Getting dressed in my black high heels for the dinner. Having a circuit blown. Serving dessert. listening to awesome maid of honor and best man speeches.  Spraying whipped cream into our mouths. Drinking Izzie with paper straws. getting my hair done real fancy. Helping Adam move out of his bedroom. Having a dance party in the bridal room.  Waiting for 1:00. Playing with Aidan.

Walking down with two gentleman. ;) Holding a bouquet of flowers.  listing to a friend talk about bubble grenades. Enjoying my pearly whites.  Talking wedding party pictures. Being introduced as the wedding party.  Talking to all of my long lost friends and relatives.  Watching Adam walking to us.  

Drinking a strawberry shake and watching good friends eat cheese sauce with French fires.  The feeling of the wedding being over but there being another party after!  Running downstairs expecting to see my nephew but instead seeing my friends.  Eating chicken tacos at a long table. 

  Playing Frisbee golf for the fist time and getting a 78!! ;) Having the same exact score during Frisbee golf with my friend. Riding back in a mini van with the windows down and singing country music.  Hearing a friend tell about how he drove a stick shift for the first time and accidentally got it in 5th gear.  

Playing guillotine and bang at the same time!! Relieving stress as we played the piano. Being the outlaw twice in a row.  Eating brownies with powdered sugar on top.  Making jokes like "dis boy" and "hope you had a magical time." Laughing so hard my eyes got watery.  So thankful that my friends traveled 7 hours to be with us for this special weekend.  

Watching youtube videos and laughing all together.  Talking into the wee hours of the night,  Sadly saying goodbye.  But happily planning the next party.  I had a great weekend!!

Joyfully in Him,
   Diana<3

"I'll paint the walls some more, I'm sure there's room somewhere..."

I have been doing a series of different crafts lately.  I recently watched Tangled again, and I got inspired to paint a picture from the movie.

The original picture is on the left and mine is on the right.

Here is my desk while I was painting.  (kind of messy)  

I also have been decorating the back of envelopes.  I found the idea on Pinterest (where almost all good ideas come from?)

And I saved the best craft for last, I learned how to write in Elvish!!! I only know the basics but I know who to write sentences and names. 

Joyfully in Him,

   Diana<3

p.s. Last week, I had the chance to spend the day at friend's farm.  It was a nice experience. I saw things you don't normally see in the city. You can really see that the world is round out there.  moooooo!

hello spring

In this house, we do second chances, We do grace, We do mistakes, We do real, We do loud really well, We do hugs, We do love, We do family.  

 Family

like branches on a tree,

we all grow in different directions,

yet out roots remain as one. 

 I made some M&M oatmeal cookies last week.  I got a lot of compliments on them! 

Here is the recipe. 

 Yesterday I finally got out my pencils and paints and just sketched and painted. It's been a long time since I've done that! 

Joyfully in Him,
    Diana<3

"Just Feel that Summer Breeze..."

Spring is here.  The crocuses bloomed eight days earlier than last year.  All this 50 and 60 degree weather we are having is doing great for my flowers! Dad and I planted our garden this past Sunday. We planted spinach, carrots, radishes, and three rows of different kinds of lettuce: green leaf, red leaf, and spring mix.
(I didn't take a picture of our whole garden because I'm sure you don't want to see just dirt. So I added my feet and a packet of seeds.)

Dad bought me some lavender for my garden, so I have been waiting for the right day to plant it in there.

Joyfully in Him,
    Diana<3

A Special DAY for a Special Girlie! Part 1

This past Saturday was Marie's Bridal shower!! I had so much fun preparing and planning for this day!  We didn't forget a single detail!  I helped Mom with the cooking and Kelle and Christina did the decorating.

Joyfully in Him,
   Diana<3

Wash Day.

For Ma and other pioneer women, each day had its own proper chores. Ma used to say, 

Wash on Monday,
Iron on Tuesday,
Mend on Wednesday,
Churn on Thursday,
Clean on Friday,
Bake on Saturday,
Rest on Sunday.

This quote always reminds me of those warm summer days in the backyard, when Mom read to Kelle and I the Little House on the Prairie series. 

When I was little, I helped Mom hang up the laundry in the backyard on our clothesline. My little fingers handed Mom the wooden clothes pin as she hung up the lavender smelling shirts and socks. 

Those were such happy memories, I do it wash and hang up my doll clothes and blankets.  It is a memory I will always cherish. Thank you Mom!! =]

 The Lettuce and Radishes are growing rather nicely.

 Dad opened the pool today. I can't wait till it is all clear to swim in!!

 Joyfully in Him,
     Diana<3

The Flower Garden

I have officially started my 2013 flower garden!! Yahoo!! This year I have decided to grow flowers. (My Dad said that it is good to have a rotation with what you grow.) So the types of flowers I am growing are as followed.
1. Pansies.
2.Sweet Peas
3. Forget-Me-Nots
4.Wild Flower Mix
5. Canterbury Bells

Here is my garden.

 

The only flowers that started growing is the Wild Flower mix. 

 

 In Dad's garden, our radishes, onions, and lettuce are sprouting too!

Here are some picture of the flowers that are blooming around our house. 

 

 

 Joyfully in Him,

     Diana<3

May Day

This is my weather. The sunny mornings, the little green buds of all the veggies and flowers that are growing, the sound of the robins in the morning, and the actual thought of Summer coming along. "sigh"

It has been 80° for the past two days. Wow! And that mean it's time for me to start setting up my little house!!  This year, I decided to do something different.  I painted the inside walls of my house!!

 Before

 

After I painted. 

 

 And then the decorations!!

 Don't you just love blue mason jars? =]

 Joyfully in Him,
     Diana<3