Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Max!


This sweet little guy turns 9 today!  Where has the time gone?!  
What a gift he is!  I feel so lucky to have Max in my life.  He has such a compassionate heart and is always thinking of others.  He is creative and smart and just makes me laugh each and every day!  We are so proud of him and the young man he is becoming.  God has a great plan for him and I can't wait to see what that is.  Happy Birthday Max....we love you VERY much!











Sunday, May 12, 2013

10 years!

How did this sweet baby girl get to be so big so fast?!

 I can't believe that 10 years ago TODAY, I became the mother of this cutie pie!
The time has flown by!

 











I'm so lucky to have this awesome girl in my life....she is the best daughter a girl could ask for!
Happy 10th birthday Maggie
I love you with ALL my heart!
 

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Project 40! {Sharing Pictures}

It's only a month late...but I'm finally sharing a few of my favorite pictures from my Project 40!  
Hope you enjoy!

 Placing $1 bills through-out the dollar store...inside this 40th Birthday card was my favorite!

 Outside the dollar store, this sweet lady found a post-it note on her car window...I loved watching her reaction.  She got in her car and stuck it to the inside of her car window...doing it with a great big smile! 



 Getting and Giving coffee (or if you are under 10...hot chocolate)  Great to see so many smiles from the people at Eli's! 

 A huge "Thanks" to Johnson's Floral for the discounted price for 40 carnations!
  I wasn't expecting that at all!


 An interview with Phil Luciano from the Peoria Journal Star...another unexpected surprise!  

 We followed these ladies into the parking lot of the Post Office...I jumped out and gave them each a book of stamps!  They were just the sweetest ladies ever!  

 So glad this guy was able to share the day with me!  

 The folks at Kroger found out what I was doing ( I ordered my 40 balloons through them..wink) and tracked me down inside the store.  They gave me a 40 balloon, a bouquet of yellow flowers and a gift card!  Oh, and they sang "Happy Birthday" to me....right there in the store.  It was really sweet!

 This sweetheart was so happy to receive a carnation, she even wanted to get her picture taken with me!  
Isn't she darling! 

 Paid for lunches at McDonald's, this was the thank you note Kevin wrote me before he found out I was sitting behind him watching the entire time.  He was the sweetest guy and so appreciative!  

 Day 2 with a great group of little people!  We drug them around ALL day and they were troopers! 

 Taking 40 balloons to the cancer center!  I think my MOST favorite event of all.  Everyone was SO nice and I think it made a lot of people smile that day!

 It was totally fitting to get behind this car as we traveled around town!  
Express Joy!  That's just what we did!

One of our final stops was at our favorite local ice cream shop...paying $40 for people in line!  A great treat for them and for US! 

There are a TON more pictures, wish I could share them all.  Just a HUGE "Thank you" to my pal, Polly for letting me drag her around for two days and having to capture ALL these amazing images so that I will remember this always!