My New Do.....growing it out AGAIN!!!

Well, I have decided to grow out my hair again.....for the reason #1 I am going on my mission trip to Peru and need low maintenance hair. I am trying to pack light & also I have a feeling I will not have all the time in the world to do hair & make-up.

Each time I wear my hair this way everyone just LOVES it....I was looking back at a album the other day. It is me & B and the last 10 years together....it actually goes back to dating so I guess that would be 14 years. Anyway.....he has not changed much......but, oh my the hairstyles Mollie has had. It is funny....straight, curly, flipped out, long, blonde, brown.....you name it- I have had it.

I asked B the other day....how he likes my hair best. His response, "Babe I love you for you- not your hair....I'd love you if you were bald!!" Gotta love it!!! I love him!!

So what do you think of my Hair??

Mollie

Priority Mail.....

Well, lately you can probably tell I have been absent. I am doing a 10 things on that soon....on the 10th!! Seems like each week that last few weeks I am the stay @ home mom.....who is not @ home!! Ever feel that way??


If it is NOT one thing it is ANOTHER!!! In fact T has asked every night at bed time...."where do we have to go tomorrow??" Ugh how frustrating is this that my child feels I am dragging them around from here to yonder.....(oh that was bad....I have lived in the south too long when you say yonder when your typing!! HA!!)



Ok remember that MOM's HEART conference a few months back that CHANGED my LIFE FOREVER!!! I cannot stop thinking about every thing they said....I second guess every thing I do each day and whether I am making good choices??


So the other day I was thinking....just in case you smelled something burning....it was my brain!! I remember Sarah one of the speakers talking about how your life is a STORY.....you are the characters and you write it.....you determine if it is good or bad.


Then I thought back when I was a child, I LOVE to be creative and paint. I would set up an easel and paint....painters cap and all.....I have always been EXTREME in all I do!! HA!! So, I thought well if life could be a BOOK....it could also be a PAINTING???

Just as you paint you put color in you creation- it might be a sad painting or a happy painting?? Either way you are responsible for the brush and you control it.....when you are painting you have to take a step back and look at WHAT the outcome is every so often. When you do that you may see something that needs a little more color- or see something that needs covering up.

Life is the same way- when stop and step back and look at your to do list or look at your calender...you might see somethings you need to remove or add to. Priorities!! What is MOST important and WHAT do I need to do to make it work the BEST!!



I will tell you that the last two weeks I have woke up before the kids and got myself dressed- then dressed them as soon as they woke and we were OUT of the house in no time. Kudos to ALL YOU MOMS who work OUT of the HOME each day.....I have no clue how you do that- two weeks for me was enough.....what was I doing?? Like I said stay tuned on the 10th of April you can see my list!!


So after I looked at my painting in life- I then thought if I had a job description and had a PAYING job with money.....how would I be doing?? So if my husband and kids were to pay me with MONEY would I deserve my pay.....yes I know kisses and love pay a LOT more than anything GREEN.....but do you see my point.



Was I doing my job to the BEST of my ability?? Let's see.....hmmmm.....Can you yell at your boss if you get mad and NOT get fired?? Can you be behind on a deadline and not have dinner so you must order out and not get fired?? Can you put one thing off to do something less important and NO ONE has any clean clothes to wear?? Then you will find yourself working over time.....that's the case in my JOB.....means lack of sleep- therefore the RAT RACE is even harder on less gas!!


Yes, I definitely have appreciated my family a lot more and been a lot different since I have gotten fueled at the Mom's conference....but it is so easy to run on empty or low fuel.....and you cannot do that long- you will eventually have to get out and PUSH your self to the side of the road. Which is where I am at!!



I have found myself once again putting house work before my kids and husband. I do in fact think that taking a break from the computer mostly facebook- for Lent, has proven to be VERY rewarding. I am strictly using it for communicating with friends and QUICK check-in's with those in need.....prayer request things like that. Otherwise I will get so caught up with who sneezed and when.....and how loud it was.....and where it was......get the point!!



So my friend when it comes to priorities- this poor little blog I have had for a year now....it is getting added to the lower part of the list. I just love writing and telling funny stories- but most of that time when I am.....some thing is lacking in other places.....house work usually. When my kids are sleeping....I am blogging....and when they are awake....I am cleaning.



This month however I am SUPER CLEANING....stay tuned for those QUICK CLEANS!! HA!! Oh My....I didn't even get through with this post and lost the point again....when I am not spending time with my family....I AM SUPER CLEANING!!!

I have found it VERY VERY VERY rewarding also to wake before every one in the house on these busy days.....and read my bible, talk to the Lord about the day- and look to him for guidance. I love that Proverbs has 31 chapters.....and most months have 31 days....so that is a chapter a day!!


I do love my husband and I have found the last few weeks.....he still loves me too- especially when I don't have a computer in my lap!! HA!

And my kids.....well those times are few and far between....I told B the other day- T grew up so fast I feel like I have missed parts of his life......C is just 2 but it has gone by so quickly too!! I want to walk in the park slowly, take time to smell the roses.....when there not covered in POLLEN!! Pick up rocks and skip them in a pond.....feed the ducks while we are at it.


Just like my theme song says.....wear your red dress, use your best dishes, makes a BIG mess and make lots of wishes.....have what you want but want what you have!!!


So here I go again....


Thank you all so much for reading so faithfully- I love to share my thought and my heart!!

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed!

Proverbs 3:18

Mollie

Play Date @ the Park

Here are some picture from our Easter play date @ the Park. We had a Picnic & Easter Egg hunt!! Lots of fun and lots & lots of SUPER CUTE KIDS to take pictures of...... I am so thankful for such good friends and great kids for my kids to play with. I wish we would get together more often.....but it seems like we are all so busy!! Glad for the moments we have together as friends!! God has truly Bless us a lot!!

Mollie

Easter Fun @ our House....

We had a great Easter Sunday- starting with a WONDERFUL church service. As far as I was concerned I could have left after the singing was over- it was so good!! I woke up singing "UP FROM THE GRAVE HE AROSE!!" That was the first song we sang in church. Then Brother Steven preached and AWESOME message. Easter is so refreshing to know that someone who lived long before I did- yet knew of all my sins and short falls before I ever was born....to die FOR ME!!! I can celebrate everyday not JUST Easter but each day for my Eternal LIFE with my Heavenly Father!!

Then back to our house we went to enjoy a lunch and fun games with the kids. We had a FULL house of family & friends. 12 adults and 3 kids....we had chicken, ham, twice baked potatoes, green bean bundles, fruit salad, green layered salad.....and desserts GALORE!!! Needless to say the DIET was OFF!!

I just love entertaining....I LOVE using my china, crystal & silver. This year I used my Mamaw's dogwood China and then some of mine. It was so special and I knew she was looking down smiling seeing her dishes on my table!!

Every chance I can get to use my China & Crystal!! That is what it is for right?? The only thing is it takes forever to clean it all BY HAND!! That is why I am glad I just use it for special occasions. I got my centerpiece at Hobby Lobby- it is a scene of a stone rolled away with Jesus standing outside....it is kinda hidden by the salt & pepper shakers in the picture. T loved it and loves to talk about Jesus and how he died for our sins!!

The kids decorated a cake with Aunt Vickie....it was on the cover of a local grocery store add. It was a chocolate cake with chocolate icing....then add yellow peeps and chocolate chips in the middle to make it look like a sunflower!! They did great- C although got a little chocolate on his hand and could not figure out how to get it off.....so he wiped it on anything he could find! He had an immediate wardrobe change...how he got it on the BACK of his shirt I will never know?? But the CAKE was great!! Thanks Aunt Vickie for your help....you did great!!

Yes, I forgot to take an AFTER picture...I was busy with the chicken that didn't cook all the way...Thanks to Pampered Chef and my new covered stone- I finished baking it in the microwave for 15 minutes!! It was my first time to fix 3 WHOLE chickens at the same time....I did not judge the time and degrees right......but it baked perfect in the stone!!

So how hard to do think it is to get three kids to stand and smile in their Easter outfits......TAKE ONE..... TAKE TWO...... TAKE THREE- FORGET IT!!!

C would not put his gun down- or stand still and AG would not look up- Good Ole T stood and grinned the whole time.....I know 20 years from now on Easter Sunday we can pull these pictures out and laugh!! But at the time we were all sweating trying to make kids smile!!

So on to what they really wanted to do.....hunt some Easter Eggs!!! The older ones really were into it. And the both are VERY competitive too!!! C was ok with it but eventually got tired of it. He got some help from MiMi on a few eggs- because he was getting tired of getting run over!!

Okay truth be known they were ALL empty eggs.....I am not a BIG fan of candy or JUNK that comes along with holidays......so I was going to fill the eggs with spare change. Well, then I thought what if it all fell out in the yard.....so I told them whoever found the MOST eggs wins a DOLLAR!!! After about a half full truck load for T he looked up and said "this good- do I win a dollar!!" I ended up giving all the kids a dollar for all their hard work!! They had a fun and it shows too!!We did give the kids a bag of goodies with books, and a few small toys. Pretty sad when you are done eating lunch and T walks up and asks...."when do we open presents??" B told him this is NOT Christmas....this is Easter!! So funny how kids think and then funnier when the say it out loud!!

We had a great weekend....How did you celebrate Jesus this weekend with your family??

BIG thanks to Jill & Charlie for the Roses for my table....they looked good again today and I am enjoying them!!

Mollie

Happy Easter

Today I have dedicated this post to my Savior Jesus Christ.....click HERE and watch this video to know more about him.

Luke 24

God Bless you,
Mollie

Just Reflecting

I have found this video HERE to share with you today.....can you imagine what his mother might have felt.....what if this was your child.....he did this for YOU & YOUR CHILDREN!!!

Luke 23

Mollie

WHY??

I have been reflecting over the last few weeks of my friend.....I have a few videos over the next few days to share with you.

When I saw this one.....oh my....it touched my heart so much, I had to share!!

Click HERE to watch.

Enjoy, I hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend!!

Mollie