Oh, The Places I've Been!

Hello, Friends! I know it's been a while since we last visited. Let me show you were I've been!





My sweet daughter got engaged this spring!

On the campus of the University of North Texas

where they first met he popped the question.


Isn't that cute? He had one of his classmates from Dallas Theological Seminary follow them around and capture the whole thing! That poor kid was creeping around, duckin' under bushes! Bless his sweet heart! Anywho, since then I've been here







And watched her try on this

this

this

and this

And about a million others before she found her dream dress. Of course it's TOP SECRET.;)
Then I've been scurrying about looking at cotton mills

flour mills


And any other venue in the DFDub!
before she decided on Howell Family Farm

Super cute venue

with the sweetest little stone cottage for the bridal party.

Whew!!! Glad THAT is taken care of. Next week I'll share some save the dates we are considering.
I'm going to spend this weekend catching up with all my blog friends.
Hope you all are well and having a good May.

Tucker Hill Home Tour

Happy Saturday! Hope your weekend is going well! Thought you peeps might enjoy a little home look-see.I'll let the pictures do the talking.














Soooo cute isn'a it? To see the listing go here.
To read more about Tucker Hill go here.

Say Whaaaaat?

It seems that one can not give birth at Downton Abbey without the grim reaper casting a long shadow.

Just saying...

I'm kinda liking Thomas now. The beat down last night put him over the top in my book.:)


Happy Monday!

Valentine's Day is For Girls

A good friend was making homemade valentine's with her youngest daughter when the wee one asked amidst the cloud of glitter,"Mom, how come we're always the ones making valentines for the boys and they never make any for us?". My friend shrugged her shoulders, "Get used to it. Boys don't like crafts."


Oh, you'll get flowers and maybe jewelry if you've been good (or he's had a good month), but to get a real valentine


The kind with glitter and glue



you need your BFF for that. Only she will understand how that red toile heart makes your heart go pitter patter.


Your hubby won't even know what toile is.


My suggestion? Why not have a girls craft night? Invite your best friends and their daughters and craft yourself into a hot glue delirium!


PS. Enjoy the roses.:)

All images BHG

A New Year, A New Adventure

Langston Hughes once begged the question, "What happens to a dream deferred?" and speculated that it might dry up or explode.Even King Solomon stated that, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick".
Women often defer their hopes and dreams to the needs of others. When we are raising our children it is hard to imagine that life will ever be any different. Our role seems to be that of facilitator for the lives of those we love. We make the hopes and dreams of others come true but often neglect our own.
Like many of you, I spent years and years up to my eyeballs in diapers and wet wipes, basketball practice and carpools, vacations with Mickey and Minnie. In that season of my life I knew I was where God wanted me to be. My husband was my destiny, these children my calling. Raising them to be Godly, productive, caring adults was my ministry. But what happens when your ministry ends, when your calling grows up? I found myself on some days barely hovering above despair. Surely, God, there has to be something more. You have to have something just for me. Like King Saul, I discovered there was a portion reserved just for me.
I had always enjoyed writing so I started a blog and made plans to publish a story that I wrote 10 years ago in a creative writing class. My dear friend Linda began this adventure with me, beautifully illustrating, Mismatched Moira.
We are thrilled with the results!


The second half of my life promises to be the best half of my life. I know for certain that women can have it all, but at 54 I have learned that we can not have it all at once. If you are where I once was take heart. Seasons don't last forever. That is the beauty of life. The seasons change, each one beautiful in its' time.God does have something for you that is yours alone. It is reserved just for you and it has no expiration date. If you look out of the window of your life and see that your season is changing, know that age or gender does not disqualify you from the blessings of God. Like Moses or Abraham, God will speak into your darkness and give you new purpose.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,but when the desire is fulfilled it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12 AMP

I'm linking today with Spiritual Sundays! Thanks Charlotte

First House Tour of 2013

Hello Friends!
Hope 2013 is off to a bang for all of you!
Here's home in the great city of Ft. Worth that I thought you would enjoy seeing.


Amazing curb appeal!





Great studio space








Adorable!


To see the listing go here.

Happy New Year!