Some Much Happening

Okay AMBER here it is...
So much has happened in such a short amount of time. You know God does work in mysterious ways. We have prayed for about 2 years now for a different direction in our lives. And God has answered our prayers. Back in November my hubby applied for a job in Ft. Worth, TX. We didn't hear anything for a long time, and then in December we got a phone call & was told that the position had been put on hold. We were disappointed, but continued to pray. And in January we got another phone call & hubby was offered the position. So...we have been on a journey to get things together for us to move to south Ft. Worth. God has blessed us in many ways, first of all, we put our house up for sell. It sold in 5 days! WOW! Then hubby had to start new job January 26Th. So January 23rd, we went to south Ft. Worth to look for a house. And once again God blessed us. We found the most beautiful home, great price, great neighborhood and close to a creek. We made an offer on this home and we will be able to move in March 1st. We wanted to be closer to our kids & Grandkids & now we will be. We will be within 2 1/2 hours of both our kids. Yippie! We will get to see our Grandkids much more often than we do now. Below are photos of our new home.

This is the front of the house. So pretty. Can you believe that the front door is 8 foot tall? Too cool.This is the back of the house, great porch & deck. And see the window on the far right side? It slides open side to side, love that window. I'm sure that is were the "studio" will be!
And look at these beautiful kitchen cabinets. Love the trim work at the top.This is the breakfast area, what great windows, they are 7 feet tall. Amazing natural light.Yes that's me trying on the tub for size, oh la la, so comfy!!!!!!!!

I have lived here most of my life. It will be difficult for me to leave my family and friends. But I do believe that God wants us to be there. We are so Blessed.

If any of you great blog friends live near Ft. Worth TX please send me an email. Hope you all have a great week. Hugs***Renea

FUNKY FINDS

Funky Finds is coming April 25th, 2009 to Fort Worth Texas, and I will be there! You too can join the fun. Just go & check it out. I'm so excited but have so much work to do before then. My best friends will be there too, http://funkyartqueen.blogspot.com/ and http://www.wildoverwine.blogspot.com/. We are making it a girlfriends weekend. I will have lots of my collaged blocks available & star & heart wands available too! Be sure & check out all the great artists that will be there. Let me know if you will be there so that we can meet! Hope to see you there! Hugs***Renea

Making Valentine's

Do you want to be my Valentine? I am having a Valentine Swap, see previous post for information. If you are interested email me your name & address.

I have been working really hard on some sweet little Valentine's. The Valentine's below are in a shadow box. I love Valentine's Day, it is so much fun.
Are you making Valentine's?
Have fun with your Valentine's. Hope you all have a great week. Hugs***Renea

Will You Be My Valentine?

If you are participating in the Valentine Swap please email me your address. You can find my email on the side bar, click on view my profile & go to email from there. Thanks!!Valenine's Day, what a fun day! Will you be my Valentine?
I thought it would be fun to do a Valentine's Day Swap. What do you think? It will be fun & simple!
If you would like to swap Valentine's just leave me a comment. The only rule is your swap must include one handmade item. The rest is up to you, cookies, candy, hearts, teddy bears, flowers, you get the idea.I will randomly pair up swap partners.

If you would like to use the photo to post the swap on your site feel free to use the one below.

The dead line to sign up will be January 31st. That should give everyone time to get there goods together for their Valentine!

Valentine swap packages should be mailed by February 6th. That way everyone should get their package by the 14th!
I hope everyone has fun, get your Valentine package ready. I will let everyone know who their swap partner is by February 1st. Let's have fun! Hugs***Renea

Finally ART!!!!

I finally got to do some art today! Yippie! It has been awhile, I've been sick, Miss Kennedy was born, we've been out of town ALOT, and finally a weekend home. So today I worked on a little keepsake box, and I think it turned out really sweet. I was just so excited to sit down & actually get to work on something in the art room! Well that was after a little mandatory cleaning. I had to clean the art room in order to find the desk! Yikes! It was such a mess! It is much better now, not great, just better. That room could really use an overhaul but that will not happen anytime soon.We went to my parent's on the 25th for Christmas. My sister & brother were there. My in-laws were also there. We had loads of fun and laughed all afternoon.

This is my sister and me, we were having so much fun.
This is my sister, me and our Mom, we were just being silly for the camera.

My sister, Roy and our Mom.
This is my neice, Roy & my sister. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! We had a lot of fun, food & laughter! Hugs***Renea

Christmas with our family!

We spent friday, saturday & sunday with our son & daughter & their sweet families. We haven't had but 1 Christmas with our son in 9 years, so this was a very special time for all of us. Plus we had a new little baby to love on and Miss Kennedy was getting plenty of attention. My heart was so full, God has truly blessed me. I've been blessed with great kids & Grandkids. We had the best time & we took many photos. I hope you enjoy the photos, some of them are blurry, I just couldn't get the camera to cooperate. My hubby said it was the operator not the camera. (hum imagine that)!
Our daughter & her family. Plus Snitzel the weiner dog!
Our son & his family with little Miss Kennedy & 2 dogs, Macaroni & Logan.

Our kids & Grandkids! Aren't they a good looking group?

Uncle & nephew picking at each other! Just having fun!

Aunt Briskit & Miss Kennedy joined in on the fun!

Papa & Tyler taking their own photo with the camera! Look @ Tyler's booty. Ha! What ham's!

Here is Hubby with our daughter, she was laughing @ her Dad's lack of hair. Hee Hee!

And here is Miss Kennedy, she looked like a little Christmas package!

Here is Papa with Miss Kennedy, she has her eyes wide open looking around.

Here she is again, so alert and sweet!

Me & Hubby with all our wonderful Grandchildren! Aren't they adorable? Here we all are! I love each & eveyone of them!

My Hubby and I were on our way home & we had bought some candy sticks at the Cracker Barrel. We were eating these & our silly dog (Tinkerbelle) started barking at us. Then all of the sudden she grabbed the candy stick with her teeth & took a big bite! That was so funny! She just wasn't going to be left out! Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! Ours was early with our kids, but so wonderful. That was my gift, for us to all be together! Hugs***Renea

Miss Kennedy Update

Ta-Da here she is MISS KENNEDY! What a sweet little bundle of joy!
How blessed we truely are...Miss Kennedy is doing great! She may possibly get to come home today. Mom is also doing great, she is getting around very well and very little pain. I got to hold Miss Kennedy yesterday for the first time, and what a little piece of heaven! She is so small, tiny little lips, tiny hands but has very long feet. She only weighs 6 lbs 5 oz, and is 20 inches long. We are so thankful for this wonderful outcome. I'm so excited that she may get to come home. Our daughter & her family are coming on friday or saturday so that we can all be together & have an early Christmas. What a blessing that will be, as our son is usually oversea during the holidays.

NaNa with sweet little Miss Kennedy. What a little sweetheart!

Dad & Miss Kennedy.

Dad with Miss Kennedy. She doesn't look too happy at this moment!
Happy MOM with Miss Kennedy.

Here is the happy little family.

Welcome sweet Miss Kennedy, there are many who love you & many who have prayed for you. Thanks to everyone for your prayers in our time of need. God bless you all. Hugs***Renea

Miss Kennedy has arrived!

Finally we have the arrival of Miss Kennedy! It was a long, long night & I still haven't gone to bed. I drove 4 & 1/2 hours last night to get here, and I got here at 7:30pm. However, we still didn't have a baby until 10:12am this morning. And poor Grif, she tried her best to deliver Miss Kennedy but things weren't in her favor, Kennedy was turned with head to the side & Grif just wasn't progressing well, and Kennedy's heart rate kept dropping. So we had a c-section, and during this time Kennedy went into distress & had a meconium birth. My son went into the o.r. for the c-section and it was really hard for him b/c Kennedy had to have CPR and was put on a respirator. Grif asked him how Kennedy was doing & my brave son said, "she's doing great", I couldn't have done it! What a trooper! We sent out prayer request to everyone, and indeed God did answer our prayers, Kennedy was extubated & now on oxygen, has an IV, and a small tube down her throat. She is doing so much better. She will be in ICU tonight & probably all tomorrow. But God is so good. We have a beautiful baby girl, blonde hair, pale blue eyes (just like my son), 6 lbs & 5 oz, and 20 inches long. What a little beauty! And MOM (Grif) was so tired, but she did a great job. Please everyone keep Kennedy in your prayers for her continued progress. What a little sweetheart, thank you God for our sweet little baby. Hugs to our Baby Kennedy! Renea