Hello!! Sunday & Monday Photo Challenge~ Grass & White

Hello friends. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Today I am sharing Sunday and Monday's photo challenge combined. Let's start with Sunday which was GRASS!

We have a lot of ornamental grasses in our yard for landscaping. I knew it would be the easiest form of grass I could capture. I love how it lines a little walk in our backyard.

Now on to TODAY'S CHALLENGE which is WHITE! This one was little trickier. I was trying to be creative. I have all kinds of white in my house from cabinetry, dishes and decor. Then I thought about how I love our white columns that our home has. So, I thought I would capture one of the columns surrounded by a lot of my plants!

I thought the photo turned out neat. If you would like to jump in the photo challenge is below. Just a reminder... this is not my creation. I found this with no link or information on Pinterest.

I hope you all have a wonderful day and week ahead. See you all tomorrow!

ALSOOOO... starting NEXT MONDAY, Mrs. Patsi from A Working Pantry will be starting the $5 Pantry Challenge. I will be sharing the weeks I participate on Mondays as well. For more information check it our HERE!

**BLOGGER ISSUES~ most of you are aware that blogger is having glitches or some issues that are not being fixed since May. I am not getting updates on some of the blogs I follow. I have to be intentional to check all the blogs because updates are not showing up in my feed. Especially, if you are WordPress or have your own website. I am trying to make my rounds and be intentional to see if blogs have new posts. Also, I feel that if I am having this problem then my new posts may not be updating. 

Unless I feel too bad or it's a weekend I will be posting regularly daily during the month of July for the photo challenge. That way you know I am actively daily posting. I love when you visit and comment. I love visiting your blogs too. Hopefully, blogger will fix itself soon.

With  Love,

Chrissy T

Saturday Recap ~ Sparkle & Family

🎇 Hello everyone. I hope you all have had a lovely weekend so far. We had a nice day with our adult kiddos as well as their "significant others." Saturday's Photo Challenge was SPARKLE! Here is my ONE DECENT SPARKLE photo. You all this photo challenge will not be producing amazing photos. It is simply to give me a little fun thing to do while recovering from surgery. I am still pretty limited with movement, bending and lifting. So, my photos will be quite simple. 

Our kiddos came over and spent the fourth with us. My husband grilled up a lot of food. They all went and bought a few fun fireworks then we just ate, laughed, and did fireworks at our home this year. They put me a chair outside to watch them have fun! This was one of the fireworks! 

I did a few "sparklers" but the quality of them were not the best this year. Nonetheless, it brought me childlike joy! 

I kicked off my day with a surprise. My husband got up early and went to the church to prepare for Sunday's message (he is a Pastor) because he knew his normal evening routine would be at home and not at the church as normal. When I woke up, I headed to the kitchen to find that he had left me this sweet note and my fixings for a little "cappuccino" that I have been craving for two weeks. 

It made my heart smile! I am so thankful. He has really taken on a lot with me being down. 

Then our oldest son surprised me with his FUNNY PATRIOTIC attire. Our oldest son is Ethan (26) loves the Fourth of July! Besides Christmas it is his favorite holiday. When he was young, he would sit under trees and read all kinds of books on presidents, wars, and he loved a show called Liberty Kids. He grew up with a true love to studyhistory, politics and worldviews. So, to see him so excited about the 250-year Birthday of America was not a surprise. We love his enthusiasm. I put it this way... when he graduated his Senior pictures had an American flag in it and his backdrop for his Senior Table was patriotic decor. 

And yes, those are his house shoes! He had me cracking up!

Our daughter, Hannah (21) was next to arrive. She made a fourth of July cake I had asked her to make and it was very good!!! Here are her and her bub (above). We all call Ethan Bubbe or Bub. He is the oldest! :) 

Watermelon and corn dip was our pre dinner snacks. Clayton (Hannah's boyfriend above) made a delish corn dip. They are snacking away.

Eventually our youngest (Kyle-19) showed up after celebrating lunch with his girlfriend's family,

The siblings all together finally. Now, after this they headed out to go get fireworks. That is our tradition. LOL! We get fireworks ON fourth of July. They are always 50% off and less crowded. 

My husband cooked a lot of great food. He helped me make some sides. I had to sit to do most of them. My abdomen still isn't strong. We had chicken drumsticks, grilled chicken breast, hamburgers, deer sausage, and brisket for meat. He grilled a long time. :)  For sides we had pasta salad, deviled eggs, mac and cheese, baked beans. Dessert- cake, cookies and ice cream 

Oh, this cake was so good. It had fresh blueberries in the cake and homemade cream cheese icing. IT WAS SO GOOD. Hannah did a great job.

After clean up we headed out and did fireworks. Well, I sat and watched praying none would land on me. I loved watching our adult kiddos laugh, have fun, and just be filled with simple joy!

Hannah decided to change and put a shirt of her dads on because she said she was too full for that other shirt. LOL! We ate well. 😆😆

This is Carleigh (Kyle's girlfriend of 3 years) we are hiding from the bottle rockets in the garage. I eventually decided to sit in the driveway far back and enjoy seeing the full view of it all. 

I love this. I caught them in full run mode!!! They had lit it and were trying to run far away fast. 😅

We all giggled at this photo because it looks like Hannah is holding a light saber from Star Wars!

This picture is one my favorites. I love how they are all so into the fireworks! 

Kyle just had to get smoke bombs! LOL! His favorite! Yes, the four-wheeler had a little American rip down the road for celebration. I mean we are southern it is just the way things are done. 😆😅😏

I am looking forward to doing my photo challenge today~ GRASS. I will post it along with Mondays (WHITE)  photo challenge tomorrow. 

Here is yours truly! I don't look the best and truly didn't feel super but I was so happy to have all our children home. They could have chosen to be anywhere else, but they spent it with us and for that we are so thankful. 

Have a good rest of your day!

With Love,

Chrissy T

Happy Fourth of July! Happy Birthday America!!

 Hello everyone. I will be sharing my daily photo challenge of SPARKLE (todays) and GRASS (Sundays) tomorrow. 

Until then.... If you are from the USA... Happy Fourth of July! Let's take time to thank the Lord for blessing us to live in this country as well as prayers for our future as so much has changed in 250 years (not all for the best). No country is perfect and putting politics and other things aside we live in a BEAUTIFUL FREE nation, and I am thankful for that. 

This verse RIGHT HERE!!! Let this be our desire and purpose!!!!

With Love,

Chrissy T

Photo Challenge ~ FOOD

🌞Hello everyone. I had a hard time today with this theme of FOOD. I can't cook really right now. I am truly at the mercy of others. 😇 I ate my normal eggs and bagel this morning and I wasn't going to share that AGAIN. My husband picked up these cookies for our family gathering tomorrow. I love these UNHEALTHY LITTLE things! 😏 Nonetheless... while it may not be healthy FOOD or really TRUE FOOD...😆 it will work for today! I ate it as an afternoon treat! 

Here are the daily themes for July! Again, this is not my creation. I found this on Pinterest. 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I will be posting my daily photo challenge still throughout the weekend. 

With Love,

Chrissy T

A Little of This and That...Flowers~ Photo Challenge Day 2

 Hello everyone! Day 2 of the July Photo Challenge that I found on Pinterest is FLOWER!

I will say that I cannot just do ONE FLOWER!!! I mean HOW COULD I?!

I ate my breakfast (well....brunch) outside. I did eggs and a bagel again. It seems to just do my stomach well for now. I strolled over to my roses to capture their glory!

Here is the photo challenge list if you would like to join along on your own blog!

Now.... what is going on here? A little of this and that. I am really still limited with activity so it has been a lot of reading, coloring, blogging, resting, watching a little of this and that. Oh, I have also been doing my crossword puzzle book and sticker book fun. 

This week I worked on our seasonal newsletter for our ladies at our church. The theme is on Freedom, Fullness and Fruitfulness. It was a fun one to create, write and stuff the envelopes. I had to work on this a little at a time  every single day for energy sake. I did get them all mailed yesterday. I always put a little surprise in the envelopes. Winter/Spring I added a sticker verse and for Summer I did a neat tea bag bookmark with flowers embroidered on them. 

I love the color! It is so summery like. I will have to share the bookmark later as I forgot to get a picture but I had some leftover so I will share later on. 

Today, I started working on thank you cards for those that have brought meals, gifts and blessed me with mail. I found these cute cards that you can color. I felt this would be a way to be creative and fill in lots of this TIME I have on my hands.

I was also so surprised by a wonderful friend with a package. I couldn't believe this treasure she sent me. You all know how much I love Anne of Green Gables!

She sent me this bag and an Anne of Green Gables Cookbook. I love it.

I am so excited to read through this and maybe this fall I can make some of the recipes!

I will leave you with this quote above! I hope you all have a beautiful day!

With Love, 

Chrissy T

Outside~ Daily Photo Challenge

Hello everyone. For those that visited last I shared a little simple daily photo challenge I had seen on Pinterest that I thought I would try here and there this month. These will not be fancy photos or anything as most of you know I am limited physically for the time being. I am just going to share my day to day life that fits the daily challenge. 

Today's Challenge is OUTSIDE. 

So, this is me eating OUTISDE! I was able to make up some scrambled eggs, and I could do a bagel easily because it was easy to reach. My toaster was not and I could not stretch to use it, so I had to make do. :) While it definitely is not picture perfect and looks extremely bland it was good for me. I am still eating sort of bland foods still. I enjoyed sitting OUTSIDE for a few minutes to eat my breakfast.

I could not stay out there very long because of the heat. Oh, but it was nice getting outside and listening to the birds, feeling a very and I truly mean very light breeze, seeing the sun and sky. It was a truly felt like a treat. 

Yes, I could have shared so many other BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE photos. I could have been more creative and took a picture of the sky or what have you BUT I felt this was just right. 

                                          (Reminder~ This is from Pinterest and is not my creation)

You all have a wonderful day!!!

Love, 

Chrissy T

Made It

🌻Well, hello everyone. I made it just fine yesterday being alone. I actually slept in really late. Well, really late for me. My body needed it. I had a hard time getting to sleep the night before. I have been still pretty uncomfortable today but not terrible.  Our daughter popped in for a few minutes on her lunch break. I was thankful because a package was delivered for our oldest son that I was unaware of and it was perishable. We had a heat advisory. There was no way I could get it in as it was over 10 pounds, and I can't bend down at the waist and lift anything yet. 

This spot at my kitchen counter is about the only other place I can sit beside my bed. The chair is the right height and firmness for me to get up from and sit down on. After my shower (it was adventurous) and my bowl of soup at 11 and medicine I started my Bible study. I am also working on our Ladies Newsletter for our church. Something new we are trying this year. We are bringing back some nostalgia of the good ole days. So far, the ladies love it including the young ladies as well. 

I came across this photo challenge for July on Pinterest. This is not my graphic or idea. I love the simplicity of it. I think it would be a nice thing that gives me a creative boost while I am not able to be very active and I will have a jumpstart for having something to share here on the blog. I can only talk about my recovery so much. :) 

If you would like to join in feel free to do so. I don't know if I will post daily or at the end of each week.

Again, another Pinterest graphic. I love this and thought I would share. It is fitting for me at this moment. 

Have a good day!

Love,

Chrissy T