Favorite Foto Friday #68

Almost ready to go and my precious Bug has a fever... oh, it makes me feel like curling up around her and snuggling until she feels better. This has to be one of the hardest parts of any trip... rushing around to get things done and not being able to stop and spend time with your kids and then all of a sudden, it is time to go and they are sick! sigh...

So, my favorite foto friday for this week is just a little Bug cuteness from last night when she rediscovered some old dress up clothes in a bin we had hidden behind some boxes... she was such a character! My sweet CUDDLE BUNNY! (Yes, she did this all by herself.)



I will try to link up a FFF post from Guatemala next week. If it does not work, we will see you back the next week!!

Here is this week's Mr. Linky!!



Next post will be from Guatemala!!

48 hours...

Holy cow... in 48 hours, I will be on a plane to Guatemala! I am so excited about this trip yet so nervous about leaving little Bug behind. All the what if's go through my head and I stare into those beautiful brown eyes and just sob. I know that everybody who is a mom that reads this knows exactly what that feeling is like. Leaving your babies for even an overnight can be hard... I have never left her this long before. She is staying with Nana and I know she will have a ball! They already have big plans!!

BUT!!! What an adventure for me! And, how honored I am to be traveling with Tricia. She has so carefully planned out all the tiny details and I just know that this will be such an awesome opportunity for both Morgan and me.

Not only will Morgan and I be able to work side by side in the country that gave our family one of the greatest blessings, we will also have an opportunity to share some mother daughter time that we will hopefully look back on as being one of those times that defined us and changed us for the better. But of course, that is not the only reason we are going. We are going to BE THE CHANGE.

I will try to blog from Guat but know that Morgan and her facebook friends will be hogging the laptop as much as possible - LOL! Tricia will be blogging daily and our big group Helping Mayan Families will be blogging on their website as well, so please follow along!

Also, I have a private prayer request for a very special friend of mine, Many Blessings. Would you kindly hold this beautiful mother up in prayer next week while she is also in Guatemala visiting her two precious babies? Prayer WILL bring these children home.

Love, hugs and FROG!

...now off to finish the third book in the Twilight series. Anybody else hooked, besides Angel?

Wordless Wednesday

Favorite Foto Friday #67 - THANKFUL

This week's FFF is to post pictures of what I am truly thankful for:

I am most thankful for three of the most awesome kids in the world... my little family!


And, while I don't have pictures, I am also thankful for my family of friends... I am blessed beyond measure with some of the most wonderful friends who ARE my family. And, I am still amazed at my community of blogger friends (yes, you)... a blessing more valuable than I could ever imagine! Meeting some of you in person has felt like a reunion with a friend you haven't seen in ages... our bond is amazing and powerful. Thank you so much for always being there and for commenting and sending cyber hugs just when I needed them!

I am grateful for us coming together each Friday to share our families and lives with one another. This has truly been fun over the past year and I look forward to it continuing for as long as we all want to keep pulling together!

With that note... here is Mr. Linky!



No theme for the next two weeks... just post your FFF and link yourself here!

My Littlest Turkey

Here are some pictures of my little Turkey-Bug today!!

She is actually saying "Gobble Gobble Gobble" here and flapping her wings.

Hopefully, I will get some pictures of my big turkeys tomorrow... they spent the day with their dad for Turkey Day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wordless Wednesday

Do you like my new hat?

Bug came up to me today carrying her new hat that I just bought her... and proudly told me that it "matched" her blouse! Yeah! I have created a color coordinated monster.

Cute monster, however....





And... I toyed with a natural light picture... not sure what I am doing wrong, it is out of focus, but I love it... anybody know how to put your camera settings at the right ISO, etc to get it just right? I have to venture out of my auto mode, even though it does such a great job...


And, hatless... just because she is so darn adorable!

And... BRRRRR... did I mention that it is f-f-f-freezing outside! Winter hit here with a vengeance after our mild fall.