Book review.

For the first time since Jaxon was born (yes, he is 17 months old...) I finished a book!

My mom recommended this book to me and once I picked it up I literally couldn't put it down.  Jaxon even sat on my lap one day while I read a few chapters, he must have known how bad momma wanted to keep going with this one!

Sparks’s novel, “The Lucky One”, is the story of a Marine who survives three different tours in Iraq.  Convinced that his good luck has come from a photograph he carried with him at all times of a girl he never met, he sets out to find his “good-luck charm”.

If you get a chance, definitely check it out!

What's another good summer read that you can recommend to me?

Diggin’ for gold.

Look what Jaxon found ...



Finders keepers, I guess.

Fashion FAIL.

And this, my friends, is why I do not attempt to be fashionable...



Because even when I try, I fail.  No one told me my leggings looked like that ... dear Lord I hope they were not that way the entire night.

Encouragement.

The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him.

- Lamentations 3:25

Laundry day.

Everyone has that dreaded chore that they hate, and for me it's laundry. I don't know why, because lets be real. It's not that bad. I don't have to go down to the river and use a washboard to scrub each piece of clothing. I don't have to hang them on a clothes line and wait for hours for them to dry.

I just sort them and stick a load in these pretty things ...



Then after they're dry and fluffy, throw the load in this pretty basket ...
{because any excuse to use my Longaberger laundry basket makes even my most dreaded chore a hair better}



And then fold the soft lavender scented items, only to find these things among the clothes ...



It always amazes me why I find things like binkies, dry wipes, and teething rings in each load, and then I remember... I have a 17 month old boy, whose laundry basket is just at his height and arms reach.

If nothing else, it makes me smile and count my blessings. I have chores and I have laundry because I have the people I love around me.