Guns and great weather!

I just HAD to post a quick note about our BEAUTIFUL Georgia day!  It reached a whopping 70 degrees!  It was absolutely gorgeous outside.  It felt like a glorious spring day!  According to the weather man, it's going to be beautiful again tomorrow.  I am so ready for the gloominess of winter to be over with.  Me and the kiddos enjoyed some much needed time outside while daddy was away rabbit hunting.  I think Liberty would be happy if she could live outside!  She just loves it! 

In other news....my dear husband did a video of endorsement for H.B. 54.  In a nutshell, it will allow people to carry their guns in church/worship facilities.  It is against the law in the state of Georgia to carry firearms in worship facilities, although it is legal to carry elsewhere.  Yet more often we hear on the news of another lunatic coming into a church and open firing on unsuspecting parishioners.  The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.  Our rights as lawful citizens ARE being infringed upon, and we must act now.  Call your local Representative and tell them to vote in favor of H.B. 54.

Review opportunity!

I've recently been given the opportunity to review a product from CSN Stores online.  They sell everything from toys, kitchen wares, shoes, modern decor, furniture.... You name it, they just might have it!  

When I receive my item, I will be posting a review and who knows, there might be a giveaway in the near future!  Until then, go and browse their website, I'm sure they would appreciate your business!

Teens and pre-teens OH MY!

Well, we have 3 teens in our house so far, and over the weekend our Katie-did turned 12.  She will soon step over the {teen} threshold...yeah, that one...but I'm going to enjoy her being "just 12" for now!  She is such a delight to be around.  She is our "happy" girl, {at least most of the time} always laughing, always teasing or being just plain funny!  She's a true "Daddy's girl"...she loves what he loves...  She says she is NEVER going marry.... that she is always going to stay home with us.  I'm sure she'll probably change her mind about that....but I can hope, can't I?  

Happy Birthday, Katie!

A time to be born

 

Life is a blessing....which most of the time we take for granted.  As you know...I love babies.  This week has been an extra special blessing in our family...one of my sisters and one of my sister-in-laws had beautiful baby girls...just a few days apart.  God has been good, God IS good, and God will ALWAYS be good!  I am so thankful for the blessing of these precious little girls.  May they grow up to bring Him glory!

Be sure to check our Etsy shop this week....we plan on adding a few new items.  With warm weather still a ways off, {for some of you anyway} we have a variety of hats and scarves to meet your winter needs :)

Also if you get the chance, 3 of our daughters have blogs that I'm sure you will get a blessing from.  Covenant Maiden, Graceful Maiden, and Covenant Daughter.  

Sola Deo Gloria!

Christmas, and New Years, and Birthdays, OH MY!

Have you gotten used to writing 2011 yet?  How long does it take before it sinks in?  Don't you just hate it when you write a check and put the wrong year on it  :) 

Well the holidays are over...it seems to put a hint of melancholy over everything yet at the same time everything seems new with a hint of freshness in the air...like spring is lurking just around the corner.  That is a good feeling.  It reminds me of my favorite verses in the Bible, Lamentations 3:22-23: "It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."  If it weren't for His mercies, we would be consumed.  I am so thankful for a merciful and compassionate God, aren't you?  We can rise up every morning knowing that His mercy is new every single day.  That is such a blessing to me!

If your hoping to see a bunch of Christmas pictures in this post....well...there not here. sorry.  I hope to have some pictures up by early next week at the latest.  Since the busy-ness of the holidays, and the endless hours sitting at the sewing machine, I think my brain has went on a vacation and forgot to mention where it went or when it will return.  So you will have to bear with me as I try to regroup, recoup, and re-adjust to life in the normal lane.

On top of all the holiday festivities, our little Clara Mae had her 7th birthday!  She was so excited to turn 7, ... and I can't believe she is 7.  Before Liberty came along a little over a year ago, Clara was our baby.  THAT makes me feel my age.  I told my husband the other night, having Liberty has made me feel young again...{at least at heart..}  And then Clara had her 7th birthday.... which in turn got me to thinking about all the kids moving up in age this year...our oldest will turn 17.....OKAY, enough of that already!

Anyway, Clara wanted a real tea set this year and as I got to looking around at some on-line, I knew that to get her a nice one was going to be out of the question....most of them cost more than what my dishes cost.  So, I went to Goodwill, and I found 4 beautiful matching rose tea cups, a green sugar and cream set, a tea pot that looks like a little rose cottage, and a cute picnic basket that closes in which all her tea set fits inside.  She LOVED it!  She was so water-logged at the end of the day, but she was so happy!  She shared her cups and saucers with me and her daddy as we ate birthday cake.  I loved the joy on her face!  It may not have been the worlds best tea set, but to her it was, and I don't think she would have been as happy and ecstatic if it had been new.  She has been boasting about it all week now, even saying she wants to save it and use it for when she is married......you know, when she is 40 or so  :)

So, now you know a little bit of what has been going on at the Brown house.  Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas {the 12 days are officially over now} and a Happy New Year.  May we all resolve to make 2011 a year to glorify our Lord and King Jesus Christ even more than we did last year!