AWESOME!! We raised over $265 for CHD's!!!! Way to go everyone and thank you to all of you that participated in our fundraiser or donated directly to a CHD foundation!
We've been busy here getting the new shop ready to be up and running!!
...more later! Happy Hump Day!
Thank You and A Giveaway!
2.08.2011
I just wanted to send out a HUGE THANK YOU to my friend Megan, over at In This Wonderful Life for helping me promote bekima knits' helping hearts...one hat at a time!!!! ...and I know there are a lot more of you helping too...please leave me a comment and link below so I can recognize your awesome efforts!
Want to win $75 to bekima knits...head on over here and enter!!
Thank you Megan!!!
Want to win $75 to bekima knits...head on over here and enter!!
Thank you Megan!!!
Feel free to copy and paste to help spread the word!
Shop HERE to help hearts...one hat at a time.
Did you know?
2.01.2011
... that Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) are the most common birth defect in America, affecting approximately one in one hundred, or 40,000 newborns each year?
... CHDs are responsible for one third of all birth defect-related deaths and sadly 20 percent of children who make it through birth will not survive past their first birthday.
... that although a child is born every 15 minutes with a CHD, research continues to be grossly under-funded in America.
... of every dollar the government spends on medical funding, only a fraction of a penny is directed toward congenital heart defect research.
What is a Congenital Heart Defect? A CHD means a child is born with an abnormally structured heart and/or large vessels. Such hearts may have incomplete or missing parts, may be put together the wrong way, may have holes between chamber partitions or may have narrow or leaky valves or narrow vessels.
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I have come to know and follow, in the blogging world, some really great families (especially the mamas) and heart babies. Some, are no longer here on this earth with us, and some are living very wonderful and fulfilling lives here, even with their bandaged hearts. I hope to never have to endure what these children and families have and continue to go through, but peacefully realize that if I am ever placed in their shoes, I will have the BEST support group. These people are courageous, bare-to-the-bone, hopeful, faith-filled, all-loving, raw, emotional, loving, and totally real. And they make me cry and laugh and hope and dream...sometimes all in the same blog post.
Here are just a few that I follow, and I know there are SO many more out there.
Bowen, Cohen, Ewan, Joshua, Luke, Logan, Annabelle, Laken, David, Ella, Owen, Emma, Preston, Radcliffe, Field, are just to name a few...
I have so much admiration for these children and families and that is what I feel like I'm being called to help. Why do parents sometimes not find out there child has a CHD until after it's too late? Why aren't there 'sure' surgeries, since this is the MOST COMMON birth defect in America? Why isn't this getting the supporting funding it needs to find solutions to such a huge problem?
In honor and memory of all the children living and lost from CHD's, bekima knits' helping hearts will be donating 20% off every sale, now thru everyone's 'Heart Day' - February 14th.
bekima's helping hearts fundraiser will help benefit, The Children's Heart Foundation, whom's goal is to bring health, hope and happiness to children impacted by congenital heart defects, the number one birth defect in the United States. They accomplish this goal by funding the most promising research to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of congenital heart defects. And also, Bless Her Heart, an organization founded after their daughter, Taryn, unexpectedly passed away from 2 CHDs. Bless Her Heart is dedicated to promoting congenital heart defect awareness to families at the earliest opportunity possible, and all donations are used to maintain the website and for printing and distribution of CHD awareness pamphlets to various organizations, businesses, and doctors’ offices.
The Children's Heart Foundation is the country’s leading organization solely committed to CHD research funding, and dedicates itself to bringing health, hope and happiness to children and families impacted by a CHD. CHF has funded over $4.1 million of vital, life-saving CHD research since its inception, which includes approximately $400,000 in 2010.
I LOVE the work that both of these foundations have taken on, especially Bless Her Heart for bringing this birth defect into awareness before these children are born. Before hearing and reading of these families and babies, I would have had no idea that this devasting defect even had a place on this earth. God has definitely stuck this in front of me for a reason, and this is what is being called to me at the moment, and there may be more in the future. All in His plan...and I'm sure there will be more and all for a reason. And what better timing than our unofficial 'Heart Month'!! If anyone else is interested in more CHD events and fundraisers, check out this site for Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, which runs Feb 7-14, 2011.
I pray and hope that we can make a difference, and I know we can!!! I also have some super special knits that I would love to be able to give both parents that have lost children due to CHD's and also children that are living with their CHD's. Parents and/or friends and family...please email me and let me know about you and your child, and you will have a special gift from bekima knits at your doorstep soon. It's just a bit of what I can do to offer some comfort and joy to those most in need.
And as always, feel free to donate directly to either/both of these foundations. I can only imagine the benefits that these donations will bring the future of CHD technologies and awareness.
... CHDs are responsible for one third of all birth defect-related deaths and sadly 20 percent of children who make it through birth will not survive past their first birthday.
... that although a child is born every 15 minutes with a CHD, research continues to be grossly under-funded in America.
... of every dollar the government spends on medical funding, only a fraction of a penny is directed toward congenital heart defect research.
What is a Congenital Heart Defect? A CHD means a child is born with an abnormally structured heart and/or large vessels. Such hearts may have incomplete or missing parts, may be put together the wrong way, may have holes between chamber partitions or may have narrow or leaky valves or narrow vessels.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have come to know and follow, in the blogging world, some really great families (especially the mamas) and heart babies. Some, are no longer here on this earth with us, and some are living very wonderful and fulfilling lives here, even with their bandaged hearts. I hope to never have to endure what these children and families have and continue to go through, but peacefully realize that if I am ever placed in their shoes, I will have the BEST support group. These people are courageous, bare-to-the-bone, hopeful, faith-filled, all-loving, raw, emotional, loving, and totally real. And they make me cry and laugh and hope and dream...sometimes all in the same blog post.
Here are just a few that I follow, and I know there are SO many more out there.
Bowen, Cohen, Ewan, Joshua, Luke, Logan, Annabelle, Laken, David, Ella, Owen, Emma, Preston, Radcliffe, Field, are just to name a few...
I have so much admiration for these children and families and that is what I feel like I'm being called to help. Why do parents sometimes not find out there child has a CHD until after it's too late? Why aren't there 'sure' surgeries, since this is the MOST COMMON birth defect in America? Why isn't this getting the supporting funding it needs to find solutions to such a huge problem?
In honor and memory of all the children living and lost from CHD's, bekima knits' helping hearts will be donating 20% off every sale, now thru everyone's 'Heart Day' - February 14th.
bekima's helping hearts fundraiser will help benefit, The Children's Heart Foundation, whom's goal is to bring health, hope and happiness to children impacted by congenital heart defects, the number one birth defect in the United States. They accomplish this goal by funding the most promising research to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of congenital heart defects. And also, Bless Her Heart, an organization founded after their daughter, Taryn, unexpectedly passed away from 2 CHDs. Bless Her Heart is dedicated to promoting congenital heart defect awareness to families at the earliest opportunity possible, and all donations are used to maintain the website and for printing and distribution of CHD awareness pamphlets to various organizations, businesses, and doctors’ offices.
The Children's Heart Foundation is the country’s leading organization solely committed to CHD research funding, and dedicates itself to bringing health, hope and happiness to children and families impacted by a CHD. CHF has funded over $4.1 million of vital, life-saving CHD research since its inception, which includes approximately $400,000 in 2010.
I LOVE the work that both of these foundations have taken on, especially Bless Her Heart for bringing this birth defect into awareness before these children are born. Before hearing and reading of these families and babies, I would have had no idea that this devasting defect even had a place on this earth. God has definitely stuck this in front of me for a reason, and this is what is being called to me at the moment, and there may be more in the future. All in His plan...and I'm sure there will be more and all for a reason. And what better timing than our unofficial 'Heart Month'!! If anyone else is interested in more CHD events and fundraisers, check out this site for Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, which runs Feb 7-14, 2011.
I pray and hope that we can make a difference, and I know we can!!! I also have some super special knits that I would love to be able to give both parents that have lost children due to CHD's and also children that are living with their CHD's. Parents and/or friends and family...please email me and let me know about you and your child, and you will have a special gift from bekima knits at your doorstep soon. It's just a bit of what I can do to offer some comfort and joy to those most in need.
Feel free to copy and paste to help spread the word!
Shop HERE to help hearts...one hat at a time.
"For nothing is impossible with God" ~Luke 1:37
You guys ROCK!
1.31.2011
I just wanted to let everyone know that a week ago, for 4 days you guys helped bekima knits donate $245 to Nella's ONEder Fund for Downs Syndrome!!!! WOO HOO!!!
...and a something new will be announced tomorrow...stay tuned!!
...and a something new will be announced tomorrow...stay tuned!!
In His Time
1.20.2011
I listen to the radio. A lot. What else is there to do in a house with 3 little people under 5, besides watch reruns of the same kid shows you watched yesterday. And I'm not one to put on a 'nasty' station, at least when the kids are present. Let me tell you, 4 year olds remember stuff...a lot of stuff, and not always at the most timely moment you want them to. So here, it's always on the Christian radio station.
And I love it! I love how the kids know the words to the songs and every song is their favorite song. And I always hear listeners talk on-air about how the right songs are always playing at the right time, just right for them. Well, I never heard the right songs for me?! I mean I love every single message that is portrayed in any Christian song and I love them all...I actually do. But, I never felt like that person that heard what they needed to hear from God at just the right time. But in His time it happened today. On my way home from a last minute husband-going-on-a-fishing-trip grocery run and what else, but Mickey-D's for the girls' supper. He totally hit me and every song on my drive home was just for me. First is my New Year's Resolution song...the one that hits home and is going to help me stick to it this year, You Are More by Tenth Avenue North
...and then our wedding song (only we had the Rascal Flatts version), Bless The Broken Road by Selah
Then a new one, I hadn't heard before, shot right to me like it was written for MY LIFE. Thank you God for writing this and bringing this to me...I LOVE IT!! ...and thank you Francesca Battistelli for singing it beautifully!
And I love it! I love how the kids know the words to the songs and every song is their favorite song. And I always hear listeners talk on-air about how the right songs are always playing at the right time, just right for them. Well, I never heard the right songs for me?! I mean I love every single message that is portrayed in any Christian song and I love them all...I actually do. But, I never felt like that person that heard what they needed to hear from God at just the right time. But in His time it happened today. On my way home from a last minute husband-going-on-a-fishing-trip grocery run and what else, but Mickey-D's for the girls' supper. He totally hit me and every song on my drive home was just for me. First is my New Year's Resolution song...the one that hits home and is going to help me stick to it this year, You Are More by Tenth Avenue North
There's a girl in the corner
With tear stains on her eyes
From the places she's wandered
And the shame she can't hide
She says, "How did I get here?
I'm not who I once was.
And I'm crippled by the fear
That I've fallen too far to love"
But don't you know who you are,
What's been done for you?
Yeah don't you know who you are?
You are more than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.
Well she tries to believe it
That she's been given new life
But she can't shake the feeling
That it's not true tonight
She knows all the answers
And she's rehearsed all the lines
And so she'll try to do better
But then she's too weak to try
But don't you know who you are?
You are more than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.
You are more than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.
'Cause this is not about what you've done,
But what's been done for you.
This is not about where you've been,
But where your brokenness brings you to
This is not about what you feel,
But what He felt to forgive you,
And what He felt to make you loved.
You are more than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.
You are more than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.
You've been remade
You've been remade.
You've been remade.
You've been remade.
You've been remade.
...and then our wedding song (only we had the Rascal Flatts version), Bless The Broken Road by Selah
I set out on a narrow way, many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you
Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
Yes He did
I think about the years I spent, just passing through
I'd like to have the time I lost, and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there, you understand
It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true
Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
But now I'm just rolling home into my lover's arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
Then a new one, I hadn't heard before, shot right to me like it was written for MY LIFE. Thank you God for writing this and bringing this to me...I LOVE IT!! ...and thank you Francesca Battistelli for singing it beautifully!
You have to check this out!!! Click HERE!!
...if you just passed over that link, go back up and listen to it.
God is GREAT and oh how his timing is perfect in His every way! Have a great Friday everyone!
Sweet Nella
1.17.2011
I have been following Kelle's blog for almost a year now, right after sweet Nella was born. And Nella was born with a magical extra chromosome, along with the other 400,000 Americans living with Downs Syndrome. And it hit my heart like a rocket. I have to help. The first words that mumble out of my mouth, I just have to help.
So the Hampton's are hosting their very first fundraiser to raise awareness to Downs Syndrome with Nella's ONEder Fund in honor of her FIRST birthday this Saturday!!
And...I just have to help. So, all (and I mean ALL) orders from now thru Midnight on Friday, January 21st I will be donating 47% off ALL sales to Nella's ONEder Fund from bekima knits. I can't wait to see how we can help out not only sweet Nella's family but ALL families affected by Downs Syndrome.
*Why 47% Tanya?? Oh, because I just roll like that...and read Kelle's words below if you're not familiar with Downs Syndrome...
A First Birthday Fundraiser for Nella's Rockstars
One year ago, on January 22, 2010, we welcomed our second daughter, Nella Cordelia Hampton. The thrill of her slippery little body being placed in our arms was quickly jolted when we were told she came with a little something extra...a 47th chromosome. And like many others who set out on this journey, we struggled through a range of emotions the following weeks. Support came though--through loving friends and family, through education, through falling in love with our daughter who turned out to be the greatest blessing and just what our family needed.
We are learning more every day, and, through Nella, we've discovered a new world of acceptance and opportunity for the many individuals in our world with Down syndrome.
To celebrate the anniversary of the beginning of this beautiful journey and our enchanting little one, we are asking you to join with us in supporting the NDSS. Please help spread awareness and create more opportunities for the world to understand that we are more alike than different.
The National Down Syndrome Society works to create a culture that fully accepts and includes the 400,000 Americans with Down syndrome. Your tax-deductible donation will help support the vision of a world in which all people with Down syndrome have the opportunity to enhance their quality of life and realize their life aspirations.
Rock it out Nella's Rockstars!!
So the Hampton's are hosting their very first fundraiser to raise awareness to Downs Syndrome with Nella's ONEder Fund in honor of her FIRST birthday this Saturday!!
And...I just have to help. So, all (and I mean ALL) orders from now thru Midnight on Friday, January 21st I will be donating 47% off ALL sales to Nella's ONEder Fund from bekima knits. I can't wait to see how we can help out not only sweet Nella's family but ALL families affected by Downs Syndrome.
*Why 47% Tanya?? Oh, because I just roll like that...and read Kelle's words below if you're not familiar with Downs Syndrome...
A First Birthday Fundraiser for Nella's Rockstars
One year ago, on January 22, 2010, we welcomed our second daughter, Nella Cordelia Hampton. The thrill of her slippery little body being placed in our arms was quickly jolted when we were told she came with a little something extra...a 47th chromosome. And like many others who set out on this journey, we struggled through a range of emotions the following weeks. Support came though--through loving friends and family, through education, through falling in love with our daughter who turned out to be the greatest blessing and just what our family needed.
We are learning more every day, and, through Nella, we've discovered a new world of acceptance and opportunity for the many individuals in our world with Down syndrome.
To celebrate the anniversary of the beginning of this beautiful journey and our enchanting little one, we are asking you to join with us in supporting the NDSS. Please help spread awareness and create more opportunities for the world to understand that we are more alike than different.
The National Down Syndrome Society works to create a culture that fully accepts and includes the 400,000 Americans with Down syndrome. Your tax-deductible donation will help support the vision of a world in which all people with Down syndrome have the opportunity to enhance their quality of life and realize their life aspirations.
Rock it out Nella's Rockstars!!
New Freebie Giveaway!!
1.04.2011
FREEBIE GIVEAWAY 2011 - Here's the scoop!
When we reach 400 fans (likers) on Facebook, everyone will go in the pool to win a newborn beanie like this one, but you get to choose the color)
Even better..when we reach 700, a free hammock (again, in your choice of color)
AND at 1000 fans - a FREE newborn nest!!!
Start callin' all your friends and photographers, they're not going to want to miss this one!!
When we reach 400 fans (likers) on Facebook, everyone will go in the pool to win a newborn beanie like this one, but you get to choose the color)
Even better..when we reach 700, a free hammock (again, in your choice of color)
AND at 1000 fans - a FREE newborn nest!!!
Start callin' all your friends and photographers, they're not going to want to miss this one!!
New Year - New Projects
1.03.2011
I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Years and didn't go too (oops) overboard on the eve of the new year! Not that I know from experience, but a bottle and a half of wine gives a major headache the next morning, and all day for that matter.
Here's just some of the new pics I have to share from some new projects that I have going on...more to come!
It's been just a bit busy around here and some days I have to move new TOYS before I can even enter the family room. Yea, 3 girls under 5 and their gifts, after Christmas, is a sight to see...
Wishing all of my readers a very blessed and bountiful 2011!!!!
Check it out this week for my new resolution list...
Here's just some of the new pics I have to share from some new projects that I have going on...more to come!
Thank you Lisa!!!!
It's been just a bit busy around here and some days I have to move new TOYS before I can even enter the family room. Yea, 3 girls under 5 and their gifts, after Christmas, is a sight to see...
Wishing all of my readers a very blessed and bountiful 2011!!!!
Check it out this week for my new resolution list...
New Look
12.11.2010
Do you like our new look?!
Check back...lots has been happening, but having 3 girls rotating coughs and having one with pneumonia has put the blog on the super back burner for a while. I'll be back soon!!!
Check back...lots has been happening, but having 3 girls rotating coughs and having one with pneumonia has put the blog on the super back burner for a while. I'll be back soon!!!
Shop Update and Coupon Code
12.02.2010
Enter COUPON CODE: IRSWINTER2010 at checkout for my Inventory Reduction Sale to receive 40% OFF all Ready To Ship Items NOW thru the end of the year!!! These are all one of a kinds items...when they're gone they're gone!
Right now only ready to ship items are available. If you'd like to be put on a waiting list for custom orders, feel free to email me at ktfriesen@embarqmail.com with your order and I'll put you on the list. Custom items will not appear in the shop again until after Christmas. Thank you and Happy Holidays!!!
Right now only ready to ship items are available. If you'd like to be put on a waiting list for custom orders, feel free to email me at ktfriesen@embarqmail.com with your order and I'll put you on the list. Custom items will not appear in the shop again until after Christmas. Thank you and Happy Holidays!!!
Blog Special Coupon Code
11.24.2010
Hello to all of my followers!!
You're going to be glad you stopped here first...because you (yes YOU) will receive an extra 10% OFF of your entire order (even after the extra shopping discounts!) with a special coupon code starting at 12:01a on Thanksgiving day and running through 11:59p on Cyber Monday!!! Aren't you excited?!?!
...and the code is GIVING2010...happy shopping!!
*This coupon code is only available online, through our shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop/bekimaknits from 12:01a on 11/25 thru 11:59p on 11/29*
You're going to be glad you stopped here first...because you (yes YOU) will receive an extra 10% OFF of your entire order (even after the extra shopping discounts!) with a special coupon code starting at 12:01a on Thanksgiving day and running through 11:59p on Cyber Monday!!! Aren't you excited?!?!
...and the code is GIVING2010...happy shopping!!
*This coupon code is only available online, through our shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop/bekimaknits from 12:01a on 11/25 thru 11:59p on 11/29*
Black Friday Extravaganza
11.22.2010
Our Holiday Boutique this past weekend was great! But if you missed seeing bekima knits, you can check us (and our great deals) out this Friday at Elm Salon in Hastings!!!
Holiday Boutique 2010
11.09.2010
I hope you can join us!!!
...please pardon my absense in the next couple weeks as I am workin my tail off to get as many things knitted as I can.
...please pardon my absense in the next couple weeks as I am workin my tail off to get as many things knitted as I can.
Happy Halloween
10.31.2010
Ah, I am so utterly relieved and just a wee-bit sad that this weekend is over.
We had Bella's (early) 4th Birthday party...with friends this year...this past weekend and it.was.a.blast...to say the least. And trick-or-treating today...I cannot even describe how much candy is in this house right now.
More to come, but to be honest; a) I don't even have the pics on the computer yet, b) I'm tired, and c) I have absolutely no ambition to do anything that requires any more brain activity this weekend.
I'm pooped and going to bed. I can't wait to share the fun with you all though!!
me
We had Bella's (early) 4th Birthday party...with friends this year...this past weekend and it.was.a.blast...to say the least. And trick-or-treating today...I cannot even describe how much candy is in this house right now.
More to come, but to be honest; a) I don't even have the pics on the computer yet, b) I'm tired, and c) I have absolutely no ambition to do anything that requires any more brain activity this weekend.
I'm pooped and going to bed. I can't wait to share the fun with you all though!!
me
New Look - For Both of Us
10.22.2010
So, hopefully you've noticed the changes...and like them :)
Have you ever tried or aspired to be something that just wasn't in you. God just didn't give you those genes, and probably for a good reason. I think that's what I was trying to do with the 'old' blog. Not that is wasn't me, but I was holding back, afraid that you'd all think I was crazy for blurting out my every day happenings. In reality though, isn't it comforting to hear that someone else's life is just as crazy, or can-you-imagine crazier, than yours?! Food for the soul possibly. Someone else on this great big earth is probably in, has been, or will be in my shoes, and maybe my words can be of comfort to someone at sometime in their journey on this earth.
You can say I have a new passion burning deep in my soul. I've been touched by a lot of things lately and I can brutally tell you I am seriously stuck on a lot of things going on in our lives right now. But we'll be ok, we'll make it through, we have Him on our side and we're gonna kick this journey into some serious fun (and probably more craziness). I totally feel like I'm freaking you all out right now, but I do have some purpose to this...there is an ultimate goal and although it's still in the play books, it's soon going to be released out in to the field of play. And we'll just see how it goes.
So welcome, new and old, to the new bekima knits...behind the scene. Random chatterings of owning and operating a home based business with 3 kids under the age of 4, and our life adventures that are going to take us places. Oh, they are going to take us to some great places.
Oh, and if you're wondering who the other is in the 'both of us'...that would be me, I got a drastic new hair color yesterday (thank you Britt and I LOVE it!) and I feel like a whole new woman, ready to conquer the world. Watch out world...here I come!
Peace and Goodnight :)
Have you ever tried or aspired to be something that just wasn't in you. God just didn't give you those genes, and probably for a good reason. I think that's what I was trying to do with the 'old' blog. Not that is wasn't me, but I was holding back, afraid that you'd all think I was crazy for blurting out my every day happenings. In reality though, isn't it comforting to hear that someone else's life is just as crazy, or can-you-imagine crazier, than yours?! Food for the soul possibly. Someone else on this great big earth is probably in, has been, or will be in my shoes, and maybe my words can be of comfort to someone at sometime in their journey on this earth.
You can say I have a new passion burning deep in my soul. I've been touched by a lot of things lately and I can brutally tell you I am seriously stuck on a lot of things going on in our lives right now. But we'll be ok, we'll make it through, we have Him on our side and we're gonna kick this journey into some serious fun (and probably more craziness). I totally feel like I'm freaking you all out right now, but I do have some purpose to this...there is an ultimate goal and although it's still in the play books, it's soon going to be released out in to the field of play. And we'll just see how it goes.
So welcome, new and old, to the new bekima knits...behind the scene. Random chatterings of owning and operating a home based business with 3 kids under the age of 4, and our life adventures that are going to take us places. Oh, they are going to take us to some great places.
Oh, and if you're wondering who the other is in the 'both of us'...that would be me, I got a drastic new hair color yesterday (thank you Britt and I LOVE it!) and I feel like a whole new woman, ready to conquer the world. Watch out world...here I come!
Peace and Goodnight :)
Just a Few of My Favorite Things
10.12.2010
...that sounds so totally Christmasy right now, which by the way is less than ELEVEN weeks away! Slow down time warper!
But really Autumn, a.k.a. fall, is my favorite season of them all. So here are a few of my faves from the season.
Scarecrow Makin'
Every year, when the wind has blown enough leaves off the tree, we take out this old mechanics suit, rake some leaves, trying to avoid near collisions with littles and the ends of rakes run by other littles, and stuff this dude till the beer gut shows. It happens every year, and the guy just looks...well like a stuffed, ridiculous looking man...with a fake pumpkin head. And we love him. Well, most of us love him, Kira thinks otherwise of him.
But really Autumn, a.k.a. fall, is my favorite season of them all. So here are a few of my faves from the season.
Scarecrow Makin'
Every year, when the wind has blown enough leaves off the tree, we take out this old mechanics suit, rake some leaves, trying to avoid near collisions with littles and the ends of rakes run by other littles, and stuff this dude till the beer gut shows. It happens every year, and the guy just looks...well like a stuffed, ridiculous looking man...with a fake pumpkin head. And we love him. Well, most of us love him, Kira thinks otherwise of him.
Fun in the Sun...without the heat.
Don't get me wrong, I do love summer, but when you've had enough, you've had enough. Anticipating that time when the air turns cooler and sweatshirts welcome me back with open arms. Love. Cooler weather gives outdoor activities a bit more flare, no more need to worry about burning hot slides, slathering the sunblock, or opting for the indoors just so Mama doesn't have to bear the heat...for yet another day.
Yes, this girls is as chill as they come...not a care in the world
Outdoor Learning
This girls continues to amaze us. She rocks at letters and is slowly learning numbers, and I think she knows more than she lets on to me. Last week we were getting ready for our party and I had, just prior to this, made her a hopscotch game on the porch...up to 10 like usual. She kept coming up to me and asking me how to write the numbers that follow Mr. 10 and I would tell her...didn't think much of it and was too busy (shame on me!) to go and see what she was so curious about them for anyway. Coming home later that night from errands I peeked at the porch before going in and she had written numbers 11-16 (15 and 16 were slightly illegible...not the point though)..and the girl doesn't even write the numbers 1 thru 10 for me! Apparently something we're doing is right...
Halloween Prep
Ah, one of my favorite holidays! The girls went all out (and probably D & A too) a couple weeks ago trying on all kinds of halloween get-ups. Party planning is in the works...Miss B's having a Halloween Birthday Party this year and she.is.so.excited.she.can.hardy.wait! More to come...
Sorry D...had to do it :)
Baby, Oh Baby...Lake that is.
10.10.2010
As I sit here typing, watching my dimly lit reflection from the computer screen in the girls' beauty salon...I'm stuck. Not sure what to write about, but know that deep down inside there are so many words, stories, and things that I want to bring to life in this space. I still don't know; but what do we really know?
I know that these people are my lifeline (along with several others), but these are my core, my rock solid team, if you will, that we can count on for anything...
Grandma!
Uncle Brooks and Brittney!
Uncle Brady and Courtney!
Grandpa!
I cannot say enough about how much I love my team...my parents, brothers and their ever-adored girlfriends. They are truly the best and thank you for enduring our family for 6 days in ONE cabin! And we're actually thinking of doing it again next year...crazy! I have to say though that we had a blast and up north on labor day weekend, after most of the schools were already in session, we basically had the place all to ourselves.
Wanna see some of our highlights?! Good, I thought you'd never ask...and better late (by over a month) than never right?!
Can we say...collision is in the near future?!
I think they did actually catch a fish...maybe...
Not a fan of the life jacket...not a fan at all.
'Big' boy canoe races
They can seriously talk him in to A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G
Wilma the HUGE pet muskie
No nap makes Miss K a tired little chica!
Not all of my pics need an explanation...
and this, this would be the one that falls into the 'needs explaining' category.
Through this rainy covered window is my hubby, the water-filled boats owner, and my dad (he'd be the one on the right, standing in the front of the boat so no water continues pouring over the back of the boat). Needless to say, this exact thing happened LAST year in the SAME town (different lake)...after both times myself suggesting that maybe they should take the boat out the night before we left, "nope, we might go fishing in the morning". At least this year fared better than last when the ENTIRE back end of our boat was under the water, involving half a dozen guys bucketing water out of the boat, a tow to the boat landing and a water logged motor.
This here...would be what last year looked like.
Ah, the lessons of life...never trust the weather, who knows what God has up his sleeves. And maybe next time, someone will listen to the wife...third times a charm right?! Love ya Buddy!
I just have to share, totally different subject...you know me...I have huge plans, great ideas and super-uber-duper awesome things in the works for bekima knits and our family...stay tuned!
~me
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