Sunday, May 15, 2011

WOW!!! Has it really been almost 2 months??

Rewind to Easter 2011
We had a positively delightful Easter! I was so thankful for being able to celebrate with great friends and family. This year Easter seemed to mean a little more for us. We have had a pretty rough past year. We have had some crazy ups and downs that seemed really hard to get through at times. Keeping in mind the ULTIMATE sacrifice that changed EVERYTHING for us as Christians, I feel like our sacrifices and tough times are all so minor. Because of His suffering, I know that His mercies are new everyday and through all our yuckiness we can feel confident that His love will see us through it all. It helps us to have a sense of newness and a fresh start...much like that very first Easter!

HAPPY EASTER from What's Bakin'?

Easter in pictures...

The Easter Bunny came!!!!
The best things come in small packages (What could it be??)

My Big Boys in their Easter bow ties from Muzzy


 Ready for the hunt!
 Wacha-got, Ollie?
 Fu is an ol' pro at this!

 Sam's hittin' the hot spots!

The Baker cousins at the lake
What's Bakin'? Family

Church Easter Egg Hunt at Still Hope


The Baker Boys with their BFF's
Fulton's class Egg Hunt got rained out...so they moved it to the library! Precious!!!

Good Friday with the Kelley Kids
Playing with their baby ducks
Dying lots of eggs!!!!


Wednesday, March 23, 2011

trying to win this...

it has been ages since we had a family portrait done. to be exact, it was back in 2006 for our church directory and it was terrible. we now have precious little oliver and sam and fulton have gotten sooooo big. i think we are long over due. so i'm really hoping i win!
wish me luck!!!

http://hopskipjumpkids.com/archives/941

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

-ness

i've gotten a couple of emails from people who miss me!!!!
it's always nice to know you're missed. so by 2 of my 5 readers...i'm missed!
awwwww!

well. the last couple of weeks have been completely cah-ra-zy.

some fun-ness.
some busy-ness.
some scariness.

so i'll try to get you up to date...

scariness-
not last week but the week before, my mom went in for some medical tests and ended up having a pretty big surgery. blogging was the absolute last thing on my mind. i am happy to report that she's doing great and getting back to herself. so needless to say... i continue to "rejoice always [and] pray without ceasing"- 1 thessalonians 5:16-17. i am incredibly thankful for very VERY smart doctors. GOD is so very good!

busy-ness-
it is that time of year when people start planning those fun outdoor parties and getting ready for weddings. for me, that means cranking out some really cute invitations. i just love designing for clients. it is so much fun!
i have lots of new designs to post, but first...i have GOT to think of a new name for my business. i may do a survey so y'all can vote on it. (you know i love me a survey).

the reason for wanting to change? i chose the Letter Bugz name waaaaaaay back in '02 when i was embroidering monogrammed gifts and doing personalized stationery---all the time. since i have pretty much moved over to doing custom invitations and party packs, i kinda want to change it. i'm wondering if i should bag my website all-together and go straight blog while i'm at it. i rarely have online purchases any more. mostly, i get emails for design requests and send paypal bills. sooooo... i just don't know...

fun-ness-
this past weekend, i went to the beach with these people...


i love them!! we usually make our annual trip with kids in tow but this time we decided to go sans littles!!! they provided a weekend full of comic relief and fellowship for this tired-out ol' momma. this is the first time shan and i have been away by ourselves in SIX...yes, i said 6...YEARS...yes, i said years.. it was much needed and appreciated. the best part was sleeping in until 10:30!

and when i finally woke up, i threw back the curtains to see this...


the peaceful marsh of edisto.

the weekend of r&r made me thankful for fantastic friends and our beautiful coast, my precious husband who i don't get to spend near enough time with, my sweet boys who were so excited to see us after a measly 48 hours, and for shan's parents who kept them safely and soundly while we were away, and for my parents who kept sweet dixie from being lonely (this was our first trip away since we lost linus).

any who... that's what's been bakin'
xo
the manager