Matt's hunt, Branson, and the girls!

This has been an eventful past month! Bella is now 11 months old and just saying that brings tears to my eyes and joy to my heart! She has blessed us more than we could have ever imagined these past 11 months. She is so loving and tender hearted. She loves us and is the happiest baby I know! The Lord has truly blessed us with Bella Grace. She is growing so fast and we are just trying to take in every second of her! She discovered walking the past few months and has been working hard at it! She mastered walking at about 10 1/2 months. She is all over the place and into absolutely EVERYTHING!!

Alyssa is just getting more beautiful by the day. She is so smart. So funny! Her mind is going at all times! She has quite the personality! Her daddy thinks she acts a little like her momma!! Maybe, but I'm ok with that! I want to be a good mom for her. I want her to see Christ in me daily. In everything that I do. I know I fail miserably at times, but I am striving daily to be a Godly example that she can look at in years to come! She has a smile that can light up a room. I pray she is always a light. A light that shines Christ all over the world. She talks about the Lord a lot. Asks a lot of questions. I know even at her age the Lord is already working on her. We can see it! It's the best feeling in the world as parents.

Matt went to Kansas this past week to deer hunt. He and his dad put in for the Kansas draw last year and were drawn. Matt was pretty excited then, but nothing like after his kill! Matt got a huge buck! He has had several companies wanting pictures of his deer. For those of you that care, it was 15 points and scored 196 5/8. Apparently that is massive! This is a 1 in 4 million buck and the fact that the Lord chose him to kill this deer amazes me!! I am so proud of my deer hunter! I told Matt it kind of makes me want to get out there and kill one of my own! We will see! He said I have to climb a tree first! yeah right!!:)

While Matt was in Kansas I was in Branson!! My sweet mom kept the girls for a few days while Matt's mom and I went and did a little Christmas shopping! Well, a lot! I am almost done!! 2 more gifts and I am finished!! It was a fun time. We ate lots of good food and the girls were spoiled rotten with nana!!

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

quick update...

Ok so once again I am lacking in the blog world! Bella Grace has done so much and I have yet to inform everyone!! She is now walking. I mean walking all over the place. She has been taking steps for a while, but now she no longer crawls. ANYWHERE. Not that this has really changed anything on my part, because she got anywhere she wanted to go by crawling. Now she just walks. Its real cute. She falls a lot, but she gets right back up and keeps on going. She's a fighter. I can't help but think that's what Christ wants us to be like. When we get knocked down, get right back up and continue for His Glory. It amazes me the amount of life lessons that the Lord teaches me in the small things that my girls do!

Today Alyssa told me that she loved me soooooo much and I was the best mommy in the whole wide world. She continued with saying she had a great little sister and a wonderful daddy and the best family she could ask for! WOW. That did me in for the day. I was so proud of her at that moment. So proud to be her mommy. So proud that she gets it. Not always. But today!

A weekend getaway...

We decided a few weeks ago that we were going to take the girls to Branson for the weekend. We really wanted Alyssa to have a great time and just get to do anything and everything she wanted to do!!:) We also knew that taking Bella might make it a little more difficult for us to go and do as we would if it were just Alyssa, but we also knew the reward with totally outweigh the reward. We were so right! The girls had a blast and little miss sweet Bella did great! We started the weekend off in Rogers at P.F. Changs for my dad's birthday, then we headed to Branson. Alyssa had never been to Branson so she was super excited. I must say I was just as excited to see her little face light up when she saw all the lights!! She was thrilled. We stayed at Chateau on the Lake and had a perfect room overlooking the lake. It was so gorgeous. Alyssa got to go to Build a Bear. This was her first time and she loved it! We ate lots of yummy food and desserts!! She road tons of rides, swam in the pool, played outside, and we shopped a little!! It was a perfect weekend with the perfect family!

Here are a few pictures that sum up our weekend as a family!

First are pictures of some of the gorgeous trees that we saw. The colors were amazing!!
This is the view from our room! It was beautiful!

I love this one!!





Little Bella Boo! What a precious gift!

Daddy and his wonderful little girls!!




I love these two girls!!:)

Here are a few pictures that we were able to take around the Chateau.

She is a silly little girl!!

Those are our "Blue eyed beauties!!"


These were at the Track. She got an armband and road till her little heart was content!!

Check it out!!

Ok, so I have decided to separate my business blog from my personal blog! I have made a few different posts on my crafty blog so make sure you check out all my posts!! As always, if you ever have an idea of something you want just run it by me. If I can't do it, I will tell you!!:)

please visit my new site!!

www.laurengraceboutique.blogspot.com

The small things...

I just got through rocking my baby girl to sleep! My precious Bella Grace that has grown way too fast for me to handle. She is such a blessing. Both my girls are. I take them for granted so many times. I blink and Alyssa is 3 1/2 and Bella is almost 10 months. How did that happen? Not sure. But it did. It brings me to tears. Tears of joy and sadness that my little girls are growing up. As I rocked Bella to sleep, I thought about my love for her. I thought about how I would do anything for that sweet, smiling face. I thought about what it must have been like for Mary to hold baby Jesus. You know she thought the same things that you and I think when we hold our precious children Then I think of how it must have hurt her to the bone to see her baby die. On a cross. For the sins of the world. An ugly and mean world. I can't imagine! I am quickly reminded of How he loves us. And as much as I love Bella Grace and Alyssa Lauren, he loves me and both of them more!

Sometimes it just takes the little things in life for God to remind us of how blessed we are. Today it was rocking little Bella to sleep. I am so glad I took the time to rock her. So glad!

Bakerella Friday!

So, I love fall for many reasons, but I really love fall because it gives me a reason to bake up some real goodness! So, this week a friend of mine emailed me the link to Bakerella. Thanks you, Chrissy! So Bakerella is my new best friend. I saw this delicious dessert on her website and it looked fabulous from the first look! So I decided on this wonderful and sunny Friday I would make it. For some reason, Fall, and days like today remind me of living in Fayetteville. We know we are supposed to be here in Alma, but we sure do miss the fall and winters in Northwest Arkansas. there is just nothing like them! So, back to Bakerella....she makes all sorts of fun and yummy desserts. So if you get a chance check her out! www.bakerella.com

So here is the deliciousness that I made today! Haven't tasted it yet, but I will let you know the goodness when it hits my mouth!

Tutu's!!

So I have decided to venture out and make up some adorable tutu's! I have wanted to do this for a long time and figured why not while I am in the creative mindset! I LOVE these adorable things. They are great for just about anything!

Here are some great ideas:

These are super cute for Halloween. They can be done in just about any color or color combination to suit your needs!

Wonderful for Razorback attire!

They make super cute pictures! I mean ADORABLE!!!

They are perfect for Christmas!

Lastly, they make great gifts for precious little girls!

I can do them in just about any color imaginable. You can mix up to 3 colors, or just have it solid!

All I will need from you is the size of the child. (Ex. baby, toddler, or child)

Tutu's are 15.00 And sooo worth it!!
Tutu and matching embroidered onesie 25.00

Just email me and let me know if you are interested and we will get to creating!!



Here is an example of a onesie! I LOVE how this turned out!!





****Remember, these do not have to just be designed in Razorback! I can don any sports team, or any name or initials!!****