After our wedding I had always dreamed of taking my wedding dress and making it into a blessing dress if we were lucky enough to have a little girl. Fast forward six years and my dream came true. My sweet aunt was kind enough to take apart my wedding dress and sew Nova a blessing dress. It turned out beautiful- the dress as made from the bottom half of my dress and she even transferred over some of the beading. Then I made a headband with some extra beading and dress material- she looked beautiful. She was given a wonderful blessing by her Daddy the first weekend in March. Afterwards we had breakfast at Grandma's for everyone who came to support us. I'm so thankful for this little girl. We are so grateful Heavenly Father trusted us with such a sweet little spirit. We feel so blessed that she is ours. 

Have you read the enjoying the small things blog? If you haven't you are defiantly missing out. She is a wonderful photographer and writer but she also finds beauty in all parts of life. Her blog inspires me to document more of our life (so we never forget these moments) and to really find the beauty in life- and enjoy it. So yesterday when i was involved in a car accident (which was not my fault) and things could have been much worse then they are- i'm fine, mr. dog is fine, the other driver was fine, and the car- well not so fine. But it shook me and made me realize there are some very important things in life... like the drover who shows up unannounced to scene of the accident even after assuring him multiple times that we were ok and could handle everything (i tell you that man makes me weak in the knees). And dog seat belts- even though mr. dog wasn't wearing his we learned an extremely valuable lesson about taking the time to buckle him in even if it is a quick trip. And a doctor coworker who came to get mr. dog check him out because he knew thats what i was most worried about. Life is unpredictable and scary but i have so much to be grateful for so i'm going to take the time and enjoy the small things. So tonight when the drover asked if i wanted to go hit a bucket of golf balls I typically wouldn't have gone (golf is not really my thing) but tonight i said yes and i'm really glad i did.  

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Mothers Day

To all our wonderful mothers, amazing grandmothers, spectacular sisters, and all the other mothers that have left footprints in our lives. We are truly blessed. 

 

i was sitting on the front porch today with mr. dog reading of all things my camera manuel (never hurts to brush up on things- right). when our neighbors who happen to be the cutest little old couple came wandering over with a bushel of apples for us. the mr. has a soft spot for mr. dog and his ball (the minute they see each other its like long lost friends reuniting) and the mrs well she is going to teach me to make then can applesauce. and i really love cinnamon applesauce.