Disney album.

I found the inspiration I needed this past weekend from a few blogs out there {thanks girls!} and was able to finish our Disney album. I truly love how it came out and that I was able to journal about every single day we were there. It was a really fun trip!!!! I took apart the album to photograph because it was easier this way!

So while D&A went shopping last Saturday, I got out my supplies and created! It felt great to do so and hopefully jump started my mojo and creativity!

Mother's Day was a very nice, relaxing, and interesting day all rolled into one! Alyssa got me this book
I had been wanting to read this book. I am 1/2 way through it and honestly its opened my eyes to a lot of things. I decided to take Alicia's challenge and not eat any meat for 4 weeks. That isn't going to be really hard for me since I don't often eat beef. But I was set to just eat chicken and ground turkey meat or turkey bacon. But.. decided I'd go all the way after the images I've gotten in my head about meat period. I know this isn't for everyone {I've already had someone at work try to lecture me} and I am sure that someone out there will tell me I need meat, but its my body and my life and I've decided to try it because I want to detox from all the junk. I am not too sure I can totally go vegan, the whole not eating egg thing is something that would probably kill me!!! I can do without dairy in most things. But for right now, my focus is not eating meat of any sort. I can do this, and if I do then I'll look at dairy and eggs... Yesterday was my first day and it went well. Although I have to admit, I need more to eat at work. Being in the smell of coffee and those pastries staring at me for 6 hours doesn't help a girl out. It wasn't that I was starving myself, I just didn't bring enough food! LOL. Today I will manage better of course.

And on top of the book that Alyssa got me, Dayv bought me two beautiful trees for our front yard. This was the perfect gift along with the book!!! I got a
Krauter Versuvius flowering plum tree that right now is just smaller than this one.

And I also got a Acer palmatum Hogyoku Jewel of fall maple tree which is a sapling right now. But here is a good picture of what it will be like!

Aren't they both gorgeous? I am very excited to have trees in our yard! I don't know if we'll ever see the outcome of their full growth, but man those are some beautiful trees.

Like I said it was a relaxing day and I am blessed!

sidenote: D was supposed to leave on Monday. We went through the entire emotional roller coaster that morning of him leaving. I bawled my eyes out, we prayed, and just plain sat in the quiet together after dropping A off at school. We were on our way there, almost to his work when he got the call that he wasn't going Monday. So here we are at Tuesday and he is supposed to leave today. It isn't that I don't mind him being here because well you know I'd rather him not go at all, but the emotional roller coaster is a bit much to go through 2 days in a row. Please pray for us as we embark on this 4 month journey. It's amazing to me when you tell people he is leaving for 4 months. Those not connected to the military will think its simply horrible. And the one's connected always say, oh that's not long at all! Well honestly... It is long. It's 4 months of our lives that are not spent together. And when you're best friends with your hubby it makes it quite difficult. Our family is tight knit and are very close. It's hard on us all even if he goes for 3 weeks. And while I cannot dismiss that it is truly is only 4 months compared to some people that spend over a year or more over there, I can tell you that any time someone goes is a long time no matter how long it is... *sigh*. I fully support the military and them doing the job that is set forth before them, but honestly just send everyone home. It's time to pull out and let those countries do whatever they will do and stop this mess...

Well that seemed kind of a downer of a post huh? It wasn't meant to be. I am in good spirits this AM and truly am sitting here looking at the sunshine and my wonderful yard. And I want this post to be happy!!! LOL.