Happy Baptism Birthday Annie.

A year ago today our little Ms. Annie was Baptized at Sacred Heart Catholic Church! We love you and are so happy and thankful you have your first Sacrament in the Church. You are such a joy and a blessing and we thank God every single day for giving you to us. We love you Annie.

craft show crazy.

Hanger Holiday was a busy place Saturday and Sunday. I was able to get a few shots of our booth with my phone but no other pictures were taken!

Kind of blurry and crappy but there ya go! All the sisters and Granny had a great time. I think Clair at 8 months prego is a little wore out but we all managed to survive! I'm not sure I'll do next year but it was worth the experience for sure! Thank you everyone who supported our little shop!

craft show time.

My two sisters, Granny, and I are going to have a booth at the local craft show, Holiday at the Hanger, this weekend! I have most of my stuff finished but still have a lot to do before Saturday. I will have house hold things, fold over clutches, coasters, Locally Grown shirts and onsies, and these really cute neck tie screen printed shirts for the little mr.'s.

I've been to craft shows with some of my friends that have boys and it is hard to find them anything! Baby girl stuff is everywhere! Our booth is going to have tutu's and other girly stuff made by Clair and Granny so I made something for the boys! I have multiple colors so come check it out! Neck tie onesies and shirts range from 3 month to toddler and youth sizes!

Holiday at the Hanger is free admission so no excuses!!

 

At this point I realized he may not have wanted his picture taken...mean Aunt Kathryn!

 

But the he found is thumb and was much happier. :)

Hours are Saturday 9-6 and Sunday 12-5 and is located on the MPEC in Wichtia Falls!

Others items in our both include but not limited to: Tag blankets, really cute hooded towels (boy and girl), burp rags, blankets, nursing covers, fleece blankets, tutus, very unique stitched hoops, coasters, locally grown onesies and shirts, tea towels, and other screen printed items, cute fabric fold over cluthes, and much more!

our evenings this week.

This week has been a little busy. As most of you know, Ryan and I own and operate a screen printing shop. We decided a few months ago to put the printing on hold but events have come up that we are very passionate about and are printing just a few orders.

We print in the evenings since we both work all day. The weather has been so wonderful which makes the hole process much better for Ryan, Annie, and I. Ryan is such a hard working wonderful man and I am so thankful for him and his efforts with the printing. One more order to complete this month and I think it's about all we could handle.

Ryan printed tonight while I played and entertained the littlest. She loves being outside so it's fun to just let her run around.

She was in the process of a sneeze! Hah, so cute!

She is also in a phase were she hands us everything. Cups, food, rocks, dirt, dirty diapers, you name it...she won't stop until you take it and then hand it right back to her.

 



I read something recently about Mom's who take tons of pictures of their kids yet aren't in any of the pictures. I agree, so this gal is going to put the self timer to some use and start getting in the picture!And of course Lucy had to see what's going on. Annie squeals with delight for this dog and that makes my heart smile.  

 



Family of 6.

I took pictures of my brother and his family on Saturday and it was fun! Trying to get all four kiddos to look at the camera and be smiling or something that looks like a smile is hard! I will also say that Jacob is not the best at pictures. Lauren is beautiful, photogenic, and patient. Jacob...well, not so much. We met his request and took the pictures right near his deer stand so he could go hunting afterwards and he was still very impatient with the process. That's ok! We got enough good ones to make it all worth it!

Here are a few of my favorites...

 

2 things.

Ok, there are many things in this world that I don't understand. Many of these things that I worry about it I feel into the category of just a few years ago.

What are the two things people say you are not supposed to talk about? Religion. Politics.

Why?

Is it because we are scared of what to say. Is what we say about these topics going to offend someone? Are we worried about what "people" are going to think of us?

For me, especially religion, was that I was scared of being wrong or not knowing the answer. I wasn't able to defend my faith so I, no matter what, was not going to talk about it. Not just that but I can vividly remember not wanting to say, "Jesus", "Holy Spirit", "God", in front of people because I might offend them or they might think I'm crazy. But this is what I don't get, we are so quick to say "pray for me", or talk about our Faith and Spiritually but in the same sentence can't say "Jesus"?

In today's reading, found here, Phil 2, 5-11 says,

"Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father"

I am so thankful for the trials that made me stronger. I am still weak in MANY areas but one that I consciencly work on is proclaiming and not being scared to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. My Savior. My Hero. My God. The one who gave me life and blesses me every day.

So often we want to see a sign or blessing or what something good to happen before we return to church, to God. But most often I feel like it's a trial, a death, or something really hard that brings us back. We need to see everything as a blessing and a sign from God, not just the good but also the bad.

For me, I was angry and upset with the Church (but in my heart knew I couldn't stop attending Mass)and by the work of the Holy Spirit I was transformed into not angry and confused but happy, overjoyed, humbled, and thankful that I get to wake up and breath everyday. For the gift of life, I owe God all of my time. No execuses.

This was long and if you read all of it I am truley humbled. Today is a big day. I have so much going through my mind. This election has been a long one and we will see the outcome this evening. Blessings to you and our country.

-Kathryn

a little climber.

The weather has been so nice in the afternoons and we have been soaking it up! Ryan built Annie a mini picnic table for her birthday and she loves to climb up on it! She actually likes to climb on everything! She has been hearing the "No" word quite a bit more lately. I will say it's not easy, just look at those eyes.

I love those legs!

Ms. Annie is also quite the face maker as you probably already know. She spits, smiles, makes bubbles, grins, and is one onry little girl. I love her so.

 

And a happy Friday to you all!