little things {my thursday night}

 The weeks are FLYING by, aren't they?  My days are full of teaching and my evenings are jammed pack with lillypie, grading, cleaning, and small group.  Thursdays---they are  the do NOTHING nights.  They are family nights and I love them.  Thursday night is one of my favorite nights because TOMORROW is Friday--the last work day. Whoooeeeeee!!! I snapped some pictures with my phone this evening to document the little things that I love soooo much about my Thursday evenings with my family.

we play ponies.....a lot.

 

Baked some yummy pumpkin spice muffins for tomorrow morning.  My house smells delish.

 I had the most adorable little helper, too.

A little dose of Disney always makes for a good evening.

Relaxing and enjoying  my backed up DVR tonight.

Excited to find out what happened  with Chuck and Blair this week. ;)

Linking up with Lindsay!

little things {my backyard}

 We won't live here forever.  It's a small house.  We outgrow it a little more each season.  But we have a great backyard. I brought my camera along during one of our exploration walks this week.  I let Lilly explore and I snapped pictures of little things that I love. I felt silly at first, but looking back at my images I'm so glad that I have them. I'll enjoy remembering our first backyard one day when we've really outgrown this little home.

Linking up with miss lindsay again!

 and.....I shot  all of these pics on manual. WHOMP! A year later and I'm feeling like I'm getting the hang of it. :)  love to all, laura

It's the little things //pumpkins. cousins. time off//

Yay! Friday. Time to celebrate the little things this week that made me happy. I really enjoy reading lindsay's posts and everyone else's even if I'm a total slacker and don't participate myself.



This week I'm celebrating two glorious days off. I'm rested and rejuvenated and excited to sit down to write about what's makin' this gal happy.

{one} pumpkins. I mean really. How can a little vegetable be so flippin cute. I adore them and picked up a stash at the local orchard. I now have a cutie on my mantle, kitchen table,  school desk, entry hall, and dashboard of my car. All joking aside, if I could keep it from rolling I probably would. I love gourds!

{two} cousins.  especially pint sized ones who love their littlest cousin. even when she *insists* on holding hands at the pumpkin patch.

{three} a few days of rest. Working full time. Momma(ing). Wife(ing). and Lillypie(ing) gets to be overwhelming at times. Having these two days off has really lifted my spirits and given me a new HOORRAAHHH feeling. I can do this.