Wordless Wednesday...almost

I just love this picture of Mackaylan and her 2 cousins on Christmas! She is very lucky to not only consider Boyce and Eli family, but also friends!

Project Life- Week 1

This year I have decided to participate in Becky Higgin's Project Life. The basic premise of this project is to take one picture a day for an entire year. Taking the pictures is not the challenge for me, the scrapbooking and/or journaling about each picture will be. However, with the use of Becky's kit, I am hoping to accomplish this goal. I didn't actually decide to begin until the week of January 10th. Here are my pics so far:

Sunday, January 10th we enjoyed a birthday lunch at my in-laws. Mackaylan and Pop-O had a fun time reading books by the fire.

On Monday, we announced to our faculty that our school was one of three receiving a visit from the SC Literacy Spot Award committee.

Tuesday, January 12th, Mackaylan and I had a fun time before bed writing notes to each other. She is SO excited about starting Kindergarten next year.

In April, Mackaylan will have the honor to be a flowergirl in my cousin's wedding. On Wednesday, we went to have her measured for her dress.

Mackaylan went to spend the night with Grams on Thursday. With her crown and her snuggie, she was all set! She is definitely a little princess on the go!

Mickey was at a work retreat for the last half of the week. On Friday afternoon we made a "Welcome Home" sign to hang on the door to let him know we missed him like crazy while he was away!

On Saturday, we finally took down our Christmas tree and the rest of the Christmas decor. Mackaylan was sad to see the tree go, but now that the Valentine's decor is up (and it includes lots of candy) she is a-okay!

Project Life to be continued......

D-I-S-N-E-Y W-O-R-L-D

D is for dance! Mackaylan and I both thoroughly enjoyed the HSM 3 show at Hollywood Studios.

I is for insects. We all had a fun time in the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids playgound.



S is for silly shot. This is how Mackaylan and I spent our time while we were waiting for the bus to take us back to our resort.

N is for uNbelievable! We all stood in awe as the castle at Magic Kingdom was lit up with thousands of Christmas lights!

E is for Epcot. On Monday we had planned to go to Magic Kingdom, but by 11:00AM they were already at capactity so we ended up at Epcot. We had a lot of fun getting pictures made with lots of characters and we all loved the Finding Nemo ride and Turtle Talk w/ Crush.

Y, of course, is for who else? MickeY Mouse.

W is for "What's next?" Over the course of our trip we became very good at navigating our way around the parks and the Fast Pass became our best friend.

O is for Grams and Pop-O. We had such a fun time sharing this experience with them! Have I ever told you that I have the best in-laws in the whole entire world?!

R is for rides.....lots and lots of rides!

L is for the lights. At Hollywood Studios they had one entire section lit up with lights. Snow was blowing and the lights were synchronized to the beat of the music. On Tuesday, we had a very long day at Magic Kingdom, but we are so glad that we stayed for the Light Parde. It was absolutely amazing!

D is for Disney characters. Mackaylan had her picture made with as many characters as possible from Maria from Aristocats to Snow White to Buzz Light Year!

As you can see, we had a fantastic time! Mackaylan is already counting the days until we can go again (and truthfully, so am I!)

Good Morning Girls

One of my goals for 2010 is to spend more time daily in Bible study and prayer. In order to hold myself accountable, I have decided to team up with Courtney over at Women Living Well to coordinate/participate in a "Good Morning Girls" group. This is how it will work:

1- Our group of "girls" will use email to keep each other accountable for our daily quiet times (M-F) for the next 3 months.

2- After your quiet time, you are asked to email the group to share what you have read and how you will apply it to your life. Feel free to also share any prayer request as well.

3- That's it! However, just like anything else, we will get out of it what we put into it.

If this is something you are interested in let me know by leaving a comment or emailing me at lanagamma@gmail.com. We will begin next Monday, January 11th. I am looking forward to seeing God work in wonderful ways!

*Please note: Your quiet time doesn't have to be first thing in the morning. I prefer to do mine in the morning and will strive to start our email thread each day. However, if you prefer to wait until your child's naptime or even bedtime that is a-ok!

Need a Laugh?

We have been very busy the past 2 weeks- celebrating Christmas with our family and friends, a wonderful trip to Disney World (more on that later), cleaning and organizing. Today Mickey hauled off our 2nd load of items to Goodwill in 3 days. While Mickey was loading the items into the truck I scanned the house for any other items that needed to go. In the living room, I happened to see a little blue bunny stuffed between the pillows on the couch. I snatched up the bunny, turned to Mackaylan and asked, "Honey, do you want to keep this or give it to Goodwill?" "Goodwill," she replied. Then after a few moments she turned to us and asked very matter-of-factly, "Who is Goodwill? Who is he?"