Christmas Blessings from our home....

We have snow...

It's gonna be a White Christmas!

No Tears Past The Gate...

Thirteen years ago today our son

Jess Alexander Babcock

went home to be with our

Heavenly Father.

A good Friend sang these

songs at his funeral

I hope the words bless you

as they continue to do so for me.

Home Free

By

Wayne Watson

I'm trying hard not to think you unkind

But Heavenly Father If you know my heart
Surely you can read my mind

Good people underneath the sea of grief

Some get up and walk away

Some will find ultimate relief

Home Free, eventually

At the ultimate healing we will be

Home Free

Home Free, oh I've got a feeling

At the ultimate healing

We will be Home Free

Out in the corridors we pray for life

A mother for her baby,

A husband for his wife

Sometimes the good die young

It's sad but true

And while we pray for one more heartbeat

The real comfort is with you

Home Free, eventually

At the ultimate healing we will be

Home Free

Home Free, oh I've got a feeling

At the ultimate healing

We will be Home Free

You know pain has little mercy

And suffering's no respecter of age,

of race or position

I know every prayer gets answered

But the hardest one to pray is slow to come

Oh Lord, not mine, but Your will be done

Home Free, eventually

At the ultimate healing we will be

Home Free

Home Free, oh I've got a feeling

At the ultimate healing

We will be Home Free

In my Brokenness

By

David Meece

In my brokenness

In my hour of darkness

I will lift my hands

And worship You

In my brokenness

In my time of sadness

I will lift my voice

And praise to You

Time stands still

As I kneel down before You

Life draws near

Like waves upon the shore

You touch me

In my brokenness

In these whispering shadows

I will lift the pieces

Of my heart to You

Time stands still

As I kneel down before You

Life is here

Your waves of power

And glory touch me

In my brokenness

In my hour of darkness

I will lift my hands
And worship You

I will lift my hands

And worship You

Thank you LeAnn...

My good friend LeAnn over at

her wonderful blog

My Vintage Modern Farmhouse

hosted a decorate your Christmas Door contest

and I was so excited to be the winner!

There were 9 beautifully decorated doors

and it was so much fun participating!

LeAnn graciously offered a

$25 dollar gift card for

Homegoods to the winner.

So, thank you so much LeAnn

you are the best!

Are you up for a post

Christmas trip to

Homegoods with me?

If you have never visited

LeAnn's blog, be sure to check it out.

http://www.simplydandy.blogspot.com/

She is a very talented lady

who loves to switch things up!

Christmas Blessings~

Christmas Door Contest....

Welcome to our home....

My friend LeAnn is hosting a

Decorate your Door Contest

over at her blog

My Modern Vintage Farmhouse

here is her link:

http://simplydandy.blogspot.com/

Won't you please stop by

and check out the beautiful doors?

Be sure to vote for your favorite.

My door is # 5...

Thanks to LeAnn for hosting

this contest!

I had fun participating!

Christmas Blessings~

Deck the Halls...

I finally have

the tree trimmed and

I've decked the halls too.

I'll be posting snippets

of my Christmas decor

throughout the month.

Another beautiful tree

grown right here at home.

I had to purchase some red and

green ornaments this year.

All of my kids have

an ornament collection

that their Great Aunt Sandy

has given them every year

since they were born.

Well, last year both of

the boys moved out, so

I gave them their ornaments.
That was 36 ornaments total.

I'll have to say I miss all their

Santa's and Snowmen,

but I do like the way the tree turned out.

The girls have collections too.

So I still have little angels throughout the tree.

Tomorrow I'll be entered in

a "Decorate your Door" contest

hosted by LeAnn

At My Vintage Modern Farmhouse

www.simplydandy.blogspot.com

She needs 10 people to

sign up, so If you would like to join

you only have a few hours left.

She is giving a $25 gift card

to Homegoods! How awesome is that!

Anyway here is a sneak peek of a little

portion of my door decor.

Christmas Blessings~

Birthday celebration in Heaven...

Today is Jess's 13th Birthday.

He was our Christmas baby.

He spends his birthday's in Heaven.

I miss him more than anyone can know.

Happy Birthday Jess Alexander!

Can't believe you are 13.

Have fun celebrating

with Jesus and the Angels!

All my love~

Mommy

Our Christmas tree from the back 40...

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

We have so much to be thankful for.

We did some shopping on Friday

and then Saturday we

headed out to find our tree.

Tom's Grandparents had a Christmas

tree farm for over 40 years.

After they both passed away

and the farm was sold, we made sure

to plant trees on family property.

We all love a real tree and Tom

loves to get the tallest one we can.

This one is about 11-12 feet.

It is a Black Hill spruce.
Bekah was Tom's helper to
get it in the stand. :)

Tom strings all the lights also. :)

It's my job to decorate it. :)

Bekah was especially happy

with the choice this year.

Check back soon to see all

the trimmings!

Blessings~

Bathroom~before and after....

Hello and welcome to the post

that is linked to Donna at Funky Junk.

She is hosting a Saturday Nite Special

where anything goes so I'm

adding my bathroom redo.

Bathroom before...

after....
We used bead board wallpaper on the
front of the cabinets, trimmed
them out and painted them.
I'm very happy with the cottage
feel it gives them.

I spray painted some pulls,

the light covers, a shelf and the TP holder

with a hammered bronze spray paint

to match the new faucet.

Faucet before...

after...

Linen closet before...

after...

New window treatment made

from painter's drop cloth.

I love my new room.

Dishes I found to compliment

the shower curtain.

Painted the floor with

a "Hint of Cream" and

then sprayed it with

Spray Stone.

I love it!

We still have crown molding

and new hanging light fixtures to put up.

I already started putting up

some Christmas things in here.

It is always fun to have a

new space to decorate!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings~

Yes, you can paint a vinyl floor!

Before~ coat of primer...
2 coats of paint...


American Accents
Stone spray paint,
color ~ Bleached Stone
2 coats


2 coats of varnish....

After~
I love it!

It really looks like a stone tile!

I want to put on 2-3 more coats

of varnish. After that, I'm making curtains

out of painter's drop cloth and I'll be finished.

I am happy girl!

:)

Blessings~

All work and a little play...

I've been working on the

bathroom floor today,

S L O W L Y !

Trying to give the coats of paint

plenty of time to dry in between.

That really tests my patience.

I just finished the last coat of

spray stone! I think it looks good.

I am going to let it dry really

well for a couple

of days before I varnish it.

This is a picture of the floor with just

a coat of primer. Check back later for

the final results in a couple of days. :)

I bought the bird toile shower curtain

from Target that so many in blogland

have loved in the past

quite some time ago.

Finally getting around to

getting this bathroom done!

I stopped in to a favorite store of mine

where I had purchased some small

pictures, wanting to get a 3rd one

to hang as a group in the new bath.

Well....Look what I found

and fell in love with!!

Bird toile dishes!

Well, I was in love at

first sight.

The plate will go above a shelf

and the bowl is wanting to be filled

with small blue egg shaped soaps.

I'm on the look out for soaps

so if anyone knows where I can

get some please let me know. :)

Perfect shade of brown toile!
While I was busy in the bathroom....

there was a whole lot of fun
going on in the other room!

Blessings~