Birthday Girl 

southern_bygrace is turning 17 today!!! Please send her a Happy Birthday!

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{this moment} - A Friday ritual. capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

 

I scream you scream we all scream to lick off the rest of the ice cream!

 

Have a Great Weekend!!!    ~Jill~

Guess what Xanga buddies, my Avon link is  www.youravon.com/js7544  Check it out!!!   It will have a little box pop up that will ask you if you are looking for Andrea Smith of Blountstown Fl.  and YES thats me!

Outside my window... Sun is shining and promises to be a WARM day

Sitting beside me....in her swing baby Faith is being my bloggy buddy!

Why I haven't blogged lately....I can't seem to settle down long enough with enough quiet  things aren't going so well for me emotionally lately, I sure could use your prayers!

My agenda for today....never ending laundry  clean out drawers with the 5 year old and 9 year old  school of course, and whatever else my hands find that needs done!

Something exciting.....I'm now an Avon Rep!!! i'm turning in my first order this week!  

Guess who's B-day is this week.....Leah Marie Smith, my firstborn will be 17!!! Thinking on what kind of cake or dessert to make her.

And Later in the Month another little Birthday is coming! Faith is turning 1 year old! NOT possible!

these are pics from our (MAMA had to get out of the house for a while) Day this past Friday

can you guess where we were at?

Chic-fi-let!!! It's such a wonderful place for the kiddos to get thier energy spent!

Our first stop was at

Books a million

where we stayed and browsed

and sat on the floor

looking at books

until we were starving for lunch!

I bought just one book this time, not that I have time to do

anything with it right now, but I LOVE to look and read at these

type of books and SOMEDAY I will!

One Yard Wonders is the book I bought there, the other book is from dollar tree.

don't be alarmed! the snake was from dollar tree too!

Hannah Grace is my nature loving girl, including snakes! I get so tickled to hear her tell me all the stuff she's read about snakes!

I had a gift cert. to Starbucks which was the perfect end for one tired bunch of girls, especially mama!

Now I will share a few prayer requests.....I'm praying for some much needed mothering wisdom, for some physical and emotional health issues I'm having, for a more funtionable living area, for my M-I-L tests results, For my Husband and Girls.

Thats all for today, daylight is burning LOL        ~Jill~

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     Hey there friends, wondering if you can help me out.....I'm looking for everday type skirts for summer, where do you find them????

Please pray for us, Baby girl woke with a fever again yesterday  I had tried to be hopeful that it wasn't her ears that were bothering her the last few days, but the fever and the clingingness and the batting of the ears....I took her back to the Dr, and yes an ear infection in the same ear as last time.

Then, this morning, DD#3 woke up with fever, and I'm not sure what is going on with her yet.

I'm feeling a bit descouraged in general anyway about how I can't seem to get a hold on cleaning up this messy house! I get envious of ladies that are able to say"I'm going to clean my house today" and actually get it accomplished! I start... I start a project or cleaning, and get in the middle of it and get interupted. I think that's whats on my nerves right now, there are those "started" cleaning sessions or projects all over the house!   But I know that God cares about each and every need of mine, for his eye is on the sparrow...so please agree with me in prayer that things will get better.

I have a trip to get ready for, sick children to get well, and all the other responsibilites of being wife and mommy       Thanks for your prayers  ~Jill~

 It's wet dreary Monday here, but I don't mind, because it is a stay at home day!

I'm going to start packing one person or thing a day this week for our trip that we will leave for next monday night! Baby's bag is first, HG's 2nd, HD's 3rd, then stuff, then mine.

I NEED to re-organize the girls' school work and school room!

We went to Barns-n-Noble over the weekend as a late Valentine's Day treat for our family, Everyone got a book, except Daddy who read one while we were there! LOL  I also read some while we were there, a little on sleep training for babies and little children, and some on baby signing, which I bought a book that has flash cards with it! I also bought a sewing book, that EXPLAINS how to read patterns! I was so excited, because thats my problem, I can sew fine, but when I look at a pattern, I'm usually like "WHAT the WORLD are they talking about?!

I think Baby Girl will walk before she crawls  she turned nine months this past friday

DD#1 started her first J O B a few weeks ago, she's enjoying it, and I am so proud of her!

Her first day~

Creations this month...

I am not on pinterest for a reason, THIS is it, I can't resist! My friend showed it to me, you can find it at website fhttp://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/09/fluffy-chiffon-skirt.htmlor dress

http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/09/fluffy-chiffon-skirt.htmlor

www.makeit-loveit.com

and this

 

the red dress I just used heat bond paper to some valentine material and then added puffy paint around it, I made it from an adult size shirt that I cut down and re-set the sleeves.

neither project is perfect, but I had fun making them and learned alot, and my little girls loved wearing them! (AND they were supper cheap to make! I only had a few dollars in each one!)

 

I am creating NOW....

 

Once again SUPER cheap! made from old jeans and material i had and recieving blankets

 

One of my latest thrift store finds

 

 

 

my bed ruffle, My M-I-L made for me!!! I'm planning on making some pillows for the bed with the leftover material, there isn't enough for curtains

 

We did a photo shoot this past Friday on these three girls, I posted them all on my facebook page if you want to friend me and look at them there. ~Jill Smith~

The girls were getting ready to go to a B-day Party and a Valenteen party here

Sorry its not turned right, I tried 3 times and it won't go this time!

As for today....I've got laundry of course, and I want to focus on de-cluttering the little girls room, I'm starting a nightly routine of reading to them in thier bed, and I want to be able to walk thru it!  I'd also "like" to work on my quilt. but we'll see. I'd like to go in ever room and pick up all the things thats "bugging" me! I'd like to have that done outside as well! ONE day at a time JILL!

Something I'm Happy about!!!  I've got my groceries bought for the week and a menu made!  Another something... DH might get off early tomorrow, this is his long day, so I will be missing Him

Thats all for now, it's time to feed hungry bellies         ~Jill

Five of my beautiful Valentines! 

This was Hannah Grace's 9th B-day party where she requested that everyone come dressed in thier favorite time period.  She was dressed in the 50's

little sis here

Hubby here is 50's, baby and me are 90's, you can tell here but my hair was big for the nite! That jacket I'm wearing was actually from my senior year in HS!!!

sorry I didn't get this one turned around! oops!

these two are supposed to be Barney Fife and Thelma Lou!

Hope you enjoyed the Party!!!