Happy Birthday Samuel

Inside you boy
There's an old man sleepin',


Dreamin', waitin' for his chance...


So keep on playin',

Keep on runnin',

Keep on jumpin', til the day

That those old folks
Down inside you
Wake up... and come out to play


Poem adapted from The Folks Inside by Shel Silverstein (book: Falling Up)

Too Country

I love me some country music. I mean, I really love it. The lyrics are refreshing, original, and down-to earth. My favorite love songs come from country music.

I know country gets a bad rap - but I bet most of you are country lovers, even if you don't want to admit it. And people like to say that you don't have to be able to sing to be a country star, but some of the best singers are country. Besides, do I need to mention rap?

Summertime brings out the country girl in me - so here are some of my favs. Now all I need is some fried chicken, okra, and lemonade. Yummm.

Before & After

A couple of pics of our house. I got the kids rooms done except for wall decor. Here is the before:


Samuel's room


Lillian's room

And after (we painted Samuel's a light blue and Lillian's a light pink - I'm in love with the colors).



Samuel's room


Lillian's room

Samuel goes to a Mother's Day Out program once a week and he made me this:

My first homemade Mother's Day gift!

And just a little picture of my beautiful family:

Happy Mother's Day everyone!