Here Nosotros Go!

I actually didn't fifty-fifty know what a weblog was until Jan 2010.  Our local newspaper did a floor on a mass signing for the Pioneer Woman (who I also had never heard of...even though she lives nigh an lx minutes away...yes, I alive nether a rock) which led me to her blog, which totally changed how I pass my complimentary time!  I pigeon caput initiative of all into reading mainly abode pattern blogs in addition to constitute it fascinating to receive got thus much talent in addition to inspiration at my fingertips.

Since get-go amongst my college dorm room, I receive got ever enjoyed decorating although I cringe directly when I expect dorsum at some spaces that I idea looked actually practiced at the time.  My sense of savor is pretty fickle in addition to changes similar the wind.  I believe nosotros owned three or iv sofas inside our initiative of all two years of marriage.   I sold my formal dining room laid finally weekend that I idea nosotros would receive got forever.  I call back I'm finally starting to figure out what plant for us.  My destination is to receive got a welcoming, comfortable, gracious solid that friends in addition to identify unit of measurement love to visit.   

For the finally twelvemonth or thus I've had several friends maintain telling me "You should start a blog!" which sounded fun, but I haven't wanted to position inward the locomote to do it until now.  I've constitute myself wanting an outlet to part my inventiveness in addition to talents that the Lord has given me.  About a twelvemonth in addition to a one-half agone I had a honey friend that I don't regard rattling oftentimes enquire me "What are y'all excited about?"  I gave some lame respond similar "the upcoming holidays" or something similar that, but I've never forgotten that question.  I wanted something to last excited nigh that's but for me, but my "thing."  Maybe this weblog volition last it.  I'll belike but last sharing amongst a rattling minor circle, but I'm looking at this equally an chance to tape happenings inside our identify unit of measurement in addition to events of import inward our lives.  I started scrapbooking years ago, am years behind, thus I'm hoping that this weblog volition last our novel identify unit of measurement scrapbook of sorts amongst lots of solid materials thrown in.  

I struggled quite a chip inward coming upwardly amongst a bespeak a blog, that's a large utilization of why it took me thus long to start one.  (Hopefully you're non thinking I should receive got kept trying!)  I wanted something catchy, reflective of our identify unit of measurement in addition to my interests.  One forenoon equally I was brushing Emily's pilus (which is ALWAYS tangled) the idea "tangles" popped into my caput to delineate her, in addition to it didn't receive got long to come upwardly up amongst "dimples" for Caleb.  My idea was non solely does it apply to my children, but kind-of also applies to life for me.  In my husband's line of work, I know that oftentimes people may call back that our life is all sparkly, but things don't ever become equally smoothly equally planned.  The Lord has blessed us beyond what I could ever imagine, but nosotros alive inward the existent footing amongst thus many pain people.  So, amongst my children, life, projects, plans, I desire to last transparent in addition to part the practiced in addition to the bad where sometimes life is all dimples in addition to sometimes it's total of tangles!

OK, on to my weblog name.  Meet ...

 
 

I'll allow y'all estimate which is which.  I love this pic because it thus perfectly defines their relationship.  She's beingness a stinker pulling his pilus amongst a twinkle inward her oculus piece she does it.  They love hanging out together (for the most part! but I am thus glad they're dorsum at school!) in addition to my prayer is that they genuinely volition last best friends equally they grow. 

We've lived inward our electrical current solid for iv years in addition to inward the close futurity I'd similar to part some of the most recent projects I've completed, in addition to and then we'll alternative upwardly from at that topographic point in addition to but maintain going.  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 friend visited the other solar daytime in addition to said "You're going to receive got to move, you've but nigh done everything to this house!"  I replied that No, directly we're going dorsum in addition to re-doing.  I told you, I modify my withdraw heed a lot.  

Here's a niggling chip nigh our family:

Photo past times the talented Caitlin Boswell  http://caitboswell.com/

Ray and I married inward 1994 later coming together in addition to falling inward love at Oklahoma Baptist University.  Go Bison!  He is the Executive Pastor at our church, which has a meg dissimilar definitions but for us basically agency that he shepherds all of the other staff members, facilitates staff development, makes certain that all of the dissimilar parts of the torso in addition to working smoothly together in addition to does a fair amount of counseling.  In the past times he has spent fourth dimension equally a Youth Minister, Singles Minister, Minister to Families, in addition to Education Minister.  He enjoys the mountains, hiking, auto materials in addition to playing amongst the kids.

Photo also past times Caitlin Boswell

Aside from what I've already mentioned, hither are a few things I enjoy: watching idiot box (come on novel season!), Casting Crowns in addition to Brad Paisley's music, thrift shopping for unique treasures, Chocolate Almond shakes from Braum's in addition to The Mitford Series books past times Jan Karon build me express mirth out loud.  Being inward ministry building I tin relate to thus many of the characters. 

Caleb is our initiative of all born.  He is enjoying a build novel schoolhouse twelvemonth equally a Safety Patrol fellow member in addition to is playing baseball game for the initiative of all fourth dimension this fall.  He LOVES OU football, all things LEGO in addition to Star Wars.  He is a smart, funny kid amongst an amazing retention for facts (once again, mainly nigh Legos in addition to Star Wars.)

Emily is our sweet, spunky girl.  She readily declares that she HATES pinkish in addition to would alive exterior if we'd allow her (oops, except for playing the Wii).  She is a alive wire total of pep in addition to personality in addition to loves to play soccer, board games, in addition to tag at recess. 

This postal service was rattling "wordy."  I receive got never enjoyed writing much thus y'all tin anticipate lots to a greater extent than pictures inward the future, but I wanted to laissez passer a practiced background of our identify unit of measurement in addition to why I'm jumping into the blogosphere.  I'll also locomote along working on my weblog layout.  I receive got lots of extras to add!

Blessings to you!

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