Charles and Uncle Anthony

Charles loves his Uncle Anthony. And I am pretty confident that Anthony loves his Charles too :)
It's fun to see them interact and imagine how they will get along in the years to come. I predict that Charles will continue to look up to his uncle and that as they get older a strong friendship will form. It's important to pray for the children in our lives and we pray for both these boys.

He might not want to admit it, but Anthony looks up to Chris, and Charles looks up to Anthony (and his daddy too of course).
Here are the three of them. Chris was showing Anthony some yo-yo tricks while they were both listening to their iPods, so of course Charles wanted to do the same. Chris gave him a yo-yo I gave him my earbuds so he could be part of  the action too.

Back in the saddle

I know, I know.. It's been a long time since I have posted. Lets just say that being exhausted and throwing up every night really takes away the desire to blog. But, I am happy to say that I have felt much better the last week and a half and am now ready to begin posting again.

I'm not going to attempt a 'catch-up' post.. that would be overwhelming for both of us. I will however show you a little project I did.
A few months ago I bought this lovely, yet a bit gaudy, mirror at goodwill thinking that I would paint it a fun, fresh color to give it new life and make a cool piece to hang in our home. I envisioned turquoise.

However, after perusing through the colors of spray paint at Michaels I saw something that caught my eye. It wasn't turquoise, but it made my heart flutter. A little more vintage looking. A little more throw-back. Would it work??




You bet it would. I love it. It looks great on our mantle (even though the lighting in this photo is awful)  and although we are moving in a few weeks and will no longer have a mantle or fireplace (sad face) I just know that we will find a perfect spot for this beautiful mirror.



And a little note about spray painting.. once you spray paint one thing you are hooked. Since this mirror I keep thinking about things or seeing things that I want to revamp with a can of spray paint. My almost weekly trips to goodwill with my friend Rebecca are probably not helping this cause. I haven't bought anything else yet, but let me tell you, I can see a whole lot more spray painting in my future.