1st day of school

The kids have all headed back to school. Even miss Penny is going to pre-school a few days a week for a few hours. It's the oddest feeling be all by myself. I realizing that I don't really know who I am with out the kids. 

xxoo

hello again

It has been well over an year since my last post, sorry. The real world has needed me.  But today and maybe just today I'm back. Some other time I will fill you in on the past year.  

Today, I am resting in the grace and glory of Christ's love and compassion.  
   
xxoo

bath makeover

About two months ago Mr. Tripp went to Texas for 5 days. So well he was out of town I gave our upstairs bathroom a makeover. New paint (surf city), shower curtain ($15 from Target), rug (gift from a Friend) and new vanity mirrors (to cut the clutter).

It cost about $150.00 for the paint, supplies and new shower curtain. The mirror about the toilet was one of the old vanity mirrors I spray painted white and the wreath came from my dinning room, they got a white paint job too.

Mr. Tripp was impressed and really liked the color.

xxoo

NUMB3RS

2 hight school sweet hearts

1 teenage wedding

2 houses

4 jobs (3 were mine)

13 vehicle (wow)

1 moped

2 churches

4 dog

2 cats

1 set of crushed toes

4 c-sections

1 adoptions

5 kids

53 birthday(between the 7 of us)

4,382 days

6,311,385 minutes

378,682,122 seconds

all those numbers equals

the 12 happiest years of my life!

July 10, 1999

July 2011

Happy Anniversary Mr.Tripp!

xxoo

sunny days

I have had a ton of stuff on my plate, on my shoulders and on my heart these past few days.

When I first started my blog I decided to ALWAYS keep it on the sunny side. I have no intentions of passing my burdens on to you. God can handle them. So I give then to him.

Nothing helps me to see the silver liner in my clouds better than my kiddos.

Remember friends words can't be taken back, action can't be undone and bells can not be unrung.

Speak the truth but only in love.

xxoo

Happy Fathers Day!

Have I mentioned that Mr. Tripp is not only a great husbands but he's the best dad I know.

Oh yeah I have a really great dad too!

Happy Fathers Day!

xxoo

2

TWO, TWO, TWO, TWO, TWO.

My baby is two today.

Each of my children brings so much wonder and joy into my life. Penelope is my funny girl. She makes me laugh, so hard. She is my cuddlier too. Penny was well worth the 42 weeks of pregnancy and c-section it took to get her out. I can't begin to express how much I love her.

I am so thankful that I have gotten to be with her every day over the past two years.

Happy Birthday Penny!

xxoo

momma

Graduation

My miss Ella did it!. She graduated Pre-school. I'm was not one of the moms crying at her graduation. Lets get real, It's Pre-school. I am very proud of her, the work she did and what she learned, I just didn't think it was a water shed moment.

By the end of this week I will "officially" be a momma to a 4th graded, 3rd grader, 1st grader and a kindergardener. Thats right, ALL four big kids will be in school all day long next year. What will I do with myself with just one kiddo at home with me???

Yeah Ella! Momma & Daddy our so proud of you.

xxoo

summer do's

Well it's that time of year. HAIR CUT'EN TIME! Mr. Tripp pulled out his handy dandy buzzers and went to town on the boys hair.

xxoo

Oh the sales

It's Garage sale season. And the seasons is off to a great start. In the past three weekends I have found some GREAT deals. Today alone I when to two Church rummage sales and about five other sales.

I'm always on the look out for a few big items like a king size head board, large picture frames, white dishes and bowl and kids cloths. I have also had my eyes open of a new coffee maker, lamp shades and anything farm related for the girls big "down on the farm" birthday party this summer.

1. LL Bean tote $2.00

2. Pants for Ella & PJ $.25 each. The brown pants are from the Gap.

3. Mr. Tripp found this lamp on the side of the road. FREE! It need a new shade but other than that it works great and the base is the prettiest shade of aqua.

4. old globe $2.00

I scored this great back yard roller coaster for $10.00

1. Wooden barn shelf, for the girls party and bed room $3.00

2. Plush rocking horse, FREE from a friends sales.

3. Sewing hoops $3.00

4. Two rosters FREE! they are going to be getting a makeover with a can of white spray paint.

I saw this HUGE wooden truck at a sale and there was no price on it. That usually means that they want WAY TO MUCH money for it. I have seen trucks like this at sale before for $100-$200.

I asked the man at the sale how much he wanted for it and he said $50.00. He sold it to me for $47 (that was all the money I had on me). It is now Penny's living room toy box and our coffee table when company comes over.

I found my coffee maker today. New in the box $5. I also got a wooden meat mallet $.15, a salad spinner $1.50, two brass candle stick $2.00 and a cake pan $.25.

Penny got a little wooden hight chair for $2.00 and a FREE elmo doll.

My three weekend shopping total was $78.35. Yeah I know that a lot for garage sales but I couldn't be happier with all my finds.

xxoo