Change of Plans- It Happens

Church, Perfect Pines stamp set, pumpkins, Shaker Cards, Teenagers

Change of Plans

It’s a typical way of life for the Van Deep in Troubles. Never are we not on guard for a quick change of plans and Sunday was no different.

Our well laid plans for Sunday involved a morning at church, proceeded by a fun day at the county fair. A portion of this happened so I guess I can’t be too disappointed.

We did make it to church this morning and I must tell you even the 23 minute ride to church was unscathed. As in we all got along and said fairly nice things to each other the entire way.

On a typical Sunday we look like this:

4 crazy people inside a moving vehicle- one still getting ready putting make up on. Another looking stressed as if we might be late to church. Another one falling asleep in the back of the truck and now his hair is standing on end. Then their is me. Asking questions… such as:

Did you brush your teeth? Do you have deodorant on? Why did you pick that shirt with a hole in the armpit? Do you realize there is a stain on it too? Are you sure that dress is long enough? What exactly did you do to your hair? You didn’t have a better pair of shoes? Did you realize those are hospital socks and not everyday socks you are wearing?

We arrive at the church parking lot and the questions are still happening, the answers are only making me feel like a crazy mother and then it happens…

We walk out of the car as if we have every thing together. A family well put together, smiling and greeted at the door. The greeters always ask, “how are you?” We always say, “Doing GREAT,” and we continue to walk to our chairs strutting as if the car ride didn’t exist. We are just F.I.N.E!

Of course I am thankful our service starts with worship and I can sing loudly and get my “crazy mother” moment out of my head.

I’m not kidding at all. This happens every Sunday except for today. We actually managed to stay sane. Of course the shirt incident occurred this morning, I knew if I remotely brought it up it would be the same Sunday as usual. I let it go. I let it all go. None of this mattered at all. I think I tend to think about going to church with my grandmother and if you were attending with her you looked your Sunday best from head to toe and if you didn’t, she was the one talking about you to everyone. Yes, she was like this.

It didn’t matter at all today. What did matter was hearing my kids talk about the sermon. It meant they listened. Even with a stain filled shirt, weird socks, possibly not brushed teeth, they heard the message. Now whether we see a change in our own hearts… that’s another post for another day.

As we left church today we could see the rain clouds starting to form and knew that our day at the fair probably wasn’t the best choice. As we rounded the corner to come home there was the lonely pumpkin patch and the kids wanted to pick a pumpkin. The plan was to get one. We ended up with 4.

I couldn’t resist taking a picture of all these Gourds. I wanted a big basket of them but decided on a big pumpkin instead.

Alexis struggled to carry hers and in the end Brandon’s stem on his pumpkin broke, it fell and cracked….

It’s the story of our lives.

Our pumpkins are awaiting the big carving as they sit on our front porch.

Do I dare say that I was happy to see rain?

The change of plans meant a day for me to take a nap curled up with my doggie. A change of plans meant a needed REST day. I was happy!

Onward and upward….

Monday Inspiration

I did stamp over the weekend and I have some fun cards I’ll be sharing this week. Here is one I created using the Peaceful Pines stamp set.

I loved creating this shaker card using the Perfect Pines Framelits along with the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set.

The only thing to make sure when creating this is lining up the tree framelit. I used the smallest tree in the framelit set to create this card.

Using the Brights Sequin Assortment was perfect because they looked like vintage light bulbs to me.

I used the Washi Label punch for the greeting and kept it very simple.

The Perfect Pines stamp set is by far my most widely used stamp set in the holiday catalog. Whether you want to create simple or elaborate the Perfect Pines stamp set is perfect for both. Click the photos and you can add this set to your shopping cart.

Friends, I hope your weekend was amazing and I hope your week ahead is splendid. Hopefully your ride to church is a little calmer than ours but know that the Van Deep in Troubles see hope!

XOXOXOXO