A Nice Weekend

We had a nice fall weekend. Donnie helped a family move yesterday morning and Lily and I worked/played around the house while our porch was being worked on. I'm quite excited about our new porch. Hopefully next summer we'll paint it. Donnie and I love big porches and it was one of our "wants" when looking for a house. We use to host a lot of parties in the summer on our porch, but it's been a bit of a hazzard as of late. It's always nice to cross off projects off the mental work list. :)

I was craving a hot dog of all things yesterday evening. In fact I've been craving one for about 3 weeks, so last night we went to Fast Eddies, a local dive, and I had the best grilled hot dog. :) It was all beef and very tasty.

Then we went to a local mall and walked around outside. It was a beautiful evening, and Lily loved walking, running in circles, and jumping. Donnie watched her while I browsed through Anthropologie. Such a fun and inspiring store.

We managed to keep Lily up until 9 PM so she'd sleep until 8 this morning. We've been working on it for the last week and a half. Ha! We've had issues with time changes in the past with her, but this actually worked. I guess I should have done the same with myself since I woke up at 4:45 AM. A bit, okay actually, a lot too early for me, but it was nice to take a peaceful and quiet hot bath and chat with Donnie before starting the day.

Church, homemade lunch, a little nap, relaxing with my family....a perfect Sunday. I'm so thankful for the family God has given me. My husband is super sweet and so good to me. Lily is adorable and extremely funny. I enjoy just hanging out with them and look forward to our new baby being added to the mix. I'm 4 months pregnant now and I'm starting to feel a little better. This pregnancy seems to be flying by compared to Lily's. I guess that's normal with a second pregnancy.

I'm working on a meal plan for the week. I'm trying some new recipes from allrecipes.com. I like seasonal recipes so we're having acorn squash one evening with ham. I've never fixed a ham before, but for some reason it sounds yummy to me this week. I bet it will smell good cooking in the oven. MMMMM

I hope you also enjoy the simple pleasures of life, just a taste of our eternal life with Jesus!

Maria