Blessings

God is beginning a new journey in the Burton Family.

After many hours of persuasion and prayer, the dear people below have graciously agreed to leave familiar surroundings and join us in TN. Please keep them in your prayers as they make this journey. We are overjoyed with the opportunity for us to spend quality time with them, no traveling required!

In order to make this transition as easy as possible, the attic space in our bonus room is being converted into a walk in closet. I am putting all pride aside when I show you the "before" photos. When we moved into this house, I'm afraid we were in a hurry to get settled and "dumped" the things we had no idea what to do with in this space. UGH!

This shot was taken as you first walk into the space and to the right.

This photo gives you an idea of the left side of the attic.

There are a lot of memories in this space. See that "My Size" Barbie? I can remember the Christmas Santa brought that doll. She really was the same size as the little girl that received her. Where has all the time gone? (I realize I ask this question a lot. ) That same little girl will be going back for her 2nd year of college life in just a few weeks.

Two very gifted and generous men in our church family( C., A's boyfriend, & his grandfather) began the tedious work this morning of turning that attic space into a closet.

I will show you those pictures later. They began at 9:00 this morning and didn't stop until after 6:00 this evening. I am worn out and all I did was make them a peach pie!

This story will continue for several days/weeks. We are hoping to have the major portion of the renovations completed before DH and Middle Son leave for Israel on a mission trip. Say a prayer! Pray for the people that are working, for God to give them good health, energy and strength. A million (ok, I'm exaggerating) trips have to be made up and down the staircase in order for the project to come together. I'm hoping that counts as exercise. LOL

Sending

XOXO

Theresa

Wonderful, Wonderful Vacation

We're home! I wish you had been with me this week. It really was the most wonderful vacation. Several years ago, my DH went to a minister's conference on Daufuskie Island.

He came back and shared how beautiful this place was and that we both were going the next year. I did, fell in love with it and we have made an effort to return each summer for rest and relaxation.

One of the cool things about this Island, which is just off the South Carolina Coast from Hilton Head Island, you can't drive to it. You park your car at HH and then ride a ferry for about 45 minutes.

My handsome husband on the ferry ride to the island. Once you sit down in that ferry you begin to automatically relax. You can see dolphins swimming in the water on this ride. We arrived on Monday evening, on Tuesday, the two beautiful people below came over.
We swam, the guys played golf, I read two books, I'll tell you about them later, and basically, relaxed. It was WONDERFUL!
They had to catch the trolly to catch the ferry on Thursday evening. DH and I didn't leave until Friday morning.

Did I mention how wonderful this was?

A and C are still in HH with his family and will be coming back tomorrow. She has her camera which has most of the photos we took.

I'm back on the homefront. I have a few days left before school begins. They are already filled with things to do, but that's another story.

God Bless,

XOXO

Theresa

Happy Birthday America!

I hope you are celebrating America's birthday in a fun, relaxing way.

The best gift we could have been given for this birthday party was rain!

Rain it did!

Thank you God for this beautiful gift.

My sweet DH decided we should have an interesting view from the kitchen window.

Feed the birds!

He brought a shepherd's hook home and hung the bird food from it, thinking the squirrels wouldn't be able to climb it. Well, I'm not sure if they climbed it or jumped up, either way, the squirrels ate the birds food.

Silly squirrels!

When my Dad was here he suggested we feed the squirrels and they would leave the bird food alone. We now have another shepherd's hook, this one placed more towards the back of the yard. I'm looking forward to watching how the squirrels respond to their own food source, or if they, like many of us, think the "grass" is greener on the other side.

Wishing you a Blessed Day.

XOXO

Theresa

Summer Sewing

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful summer! I know I am.

I always set sewing goals for myself for the summer time.

This is a project I began a few months ago. Unfortunately, as with a lot of my "projects" it got put on the back burner.

A sweet baby was born in our church this past spring. I wanted to make her an outfit. When I saw the lady bug fabric I knew this was IT. Hopefully, you can tell from the bottom photo, the top is a halter, type. Instead of using a button to keep it in place, I chose to use red ribbon. I love red ribbon on babies!

I had forgotten how much fun it is to sew for babies. Actually, it is a lot more fun now, I don't have to sew while the babies are sleeping. LOL

I think I am going to invest in ribbon tags.

I've been using the fabric paper that you run through your computer printer and then iron onto your projects. While these have served the purpose, I think I'm ready to invest in my new adventure.

I have several projects I need to finish.

It will be time for school to start before I know it!

God Bless!

OXOX

Theresa