Things I’ve Really Wanted….

November 17, 2011September 30, 2015 Lindsey P. Brackett4 Comments

…to blog about but haven’t had/made time.

We’ve been making too much homemade pizza lately. Our beloved (free) pizza cutter broke in half the other night. The fact that is was a Habersham Bank pizza cutter might have been symbolic if you want to be that deep a thinker.

These awsomely handmade/hand-me-down Halloween costumes. We spent no money and used items we found around the house. That’s electrical tape making Madelynne’s Tigger stripes.

Joshua and the girls made these cute turkeys as a Saturday project a couple of weeks ago. He’s way better at projects than I am. I look at that and see frustration. Guess that’s why we’re a good team.

I think this turkey got eaten soon after. Oh, well. The short life of a turkey at Thanksgiving.

My cousin Heather is having a girl soon, so we spent Saturday afternoon making sweet onesies at her baby shower.

Belle went with me and since she is all about scissors right now, this was the perfect activity for her.

She even showed off her ironing skills when we got back home.

Here’s my onesie. We’re into owls lately. It needs buttons for eyes and then it’s done. Maybe no Kim Reed, but endearing nonetheless.

These two have been big buddies lately. I suspect that means I’m in for it .

Oh, and guess what? We’re having a boy. What do you do with boys? Do they like pizza and Pooh Bear and candy turkeys and baby showers? Maybe all but the last.

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Weekend Wrap Up

August 21, 2011September 30, 2015 Lindsey P. Brackett1 Comment

Busy weekend for us Bracketts

with two gals off to school on Friday

and daddy home for an errand run-around

that would make any mom cringe.

But of course celebrated the first day of school

with a little Sonic love.

Dinner at one of our favorite places, Hawg Wild Barbecue, and

a drive home under this sky.

Leftovers and paci

in the fridge.

Yeah, I don’t know either.

A little Saturday laziness

and a summer cold for Madelynne.

Sunday dinner on the stove

and in the crockpot

visits from faraway family

like “uncle” Ben and

more nearby like great-grands.

Happy almost Monday! So the chaos all begins….

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Multitude for Monday

July 19, 2011September 30, 2015 Lindsey P. Brackett5 Comments

Moments of quiet

and serenity

and moments

of gifts

given even in the hard times

the long times

the beaten down times

the “are we ever going to get there”

and “pay attention to me”

times that frazzle

this mommy

into forgetting

that in constant thankfulness

for even the hardest moments

I can see God

over the water

in the sunlight

among the flowers

and the sand dunes

and the animal crackers on the carpet.

We’re back from our jaunt away with Marmie and a couple aunts…and I’m learning hard everyday what it means to live under grace.

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What Sunday Looks Like

July 4, 2011September 30, 2015 Lindsey P. BrackettLeave a comment

A day of rest and rejuvenation, of just us and nobody else, a day to remember that sometimes it’s okay to slow down and eat a homemade Sunday dinner, take a long nap, trek through the woods, find the glory in everywhere we are.

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Project 52.May

May 16, 2011September 30, 2015 Lindsey P. Brackett1 Comment

We spent another busy weekend reminiscing at Annabelle’s preschool graduation held Friday night and then we trucking it over to Augusta to help celebrate “Jackson Cousin” and his 4th birthday on Saturday.

Exhausted again. But in a good way.

Friday evening was very special for our family and others who have been taken care of by Little Dreamer’s Academy for a long time. We missed Madelynne’s graduation last year because my sister was graduating high school the same night, so Belle’s was our first and our last for a few years. LDA has been a second home for my girls while I have worked full-time for the past six years and it was both joyful and sad to see them graduating from this place of security and love into the whole new world of big school. I broke when a video of the children sharing what they would miss most about pre-k featured this sweetheart saying, “Annabelle.”

Sob. And Madelynne put her arms around me and said, “It’s okay, Mommy, it’s okay.”

We perked up early on Saturday morning and once fueled by the chicken breakfast burritos from Chic-Fil-A (so yum, oh CFA, when are you coming to my hometown?), headed south to one of my sister’s bigger-is-better birthday parties for my nephew who apparently has an obsession with Sharkboy, which I evidently am depriving my kids of since we haven’t NetFlixed it yet. Wow, run-on sentence.

It was great fun and even more fun to try to capture some of it creatively through the lens. I’m pretty pleased with some of the shots I got. If you’re interested in all the fun, check it out via my Picasa album. And viewing it will make #65 make sense.

One Thousand Gifts…
65. quiet house after a chaotic day