Beach Sweetness

Words can't describe how i feel about my babies.  Even when they're not babies anymore.  Indulge me while I continue to archive old photos for fear that i don't have them saved somewhere precious.  Linking to Darcy's Sweet Shot Tuesday :)

This is at Playalinda Beach.  You have to park across the street, and take the boardwalk over the dunes but the prize is that get a beach barely frequented by anyone. It's almost always us, and maybe 2 or 3 other families.

This was taken with my old Minolta film camera.  That camera took the absolute best pictures. This is Walker, 13 mths.

Challenges

They come in all forms, don't they?  Sometimes they're financial, sometimes they're work-related. Other times, they're HORMONAL. and I'm not talking about my own issues...

Walker, Lake Virginia, March 2010

...that smirk sums it up nicely.  I'm in trouble i think....patience...I need patience...

-This you know, my beloved brethren. But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. -  James 1:19-20

We Make Plans and God Has a Good Laugh.

 walker, 3 yrs, Shell Island, FL

This was not the intended post today.  I was going to craft something relative to home decor and spring but I was reading Lysa today and her post struck a chord with me, and compelled me down a different path this morning.

God had a plan for us before we were even created. He knew what talents he was going to give each and everyone of us, but the problem is, He also gave us the God-forsaken (pun intended) right of free will. Ahhh, that blasted free will can get you every time. And some times, when our free will choices are not his choices, he re-directs us, and sometimes that re-directing stings. 

Nate, 18mths, Shell Island, FL

Never in a million, gazillion years did I sit down and say to myself "Self, i think you should manage operations for XYZ."   No.  I think I said I was going to grow up and marry some prince charming and stay at home and raise my babies and live in a grand house and have a little garden....you get the picture.   And here I sit, in a job that i did NOT interview for, in a role I wouldn't have chosen in a million years.  But you know what? I get to stay home every day.

Even though this is not a job i chose, it is a job that has blessed me with a wonderful paycheck that enabled me to both provide solely for my babies and still stay at home when my marriage failed.  God knew what was coming down the road at me, and friends,  he made sure to protect me and provide for me in ways I never would have imagined.  He doesn't ask you to tell Him how to make it work, he asks that you just believe in Him.

linking to Darcy's Sweet Shot Tuesday...late :)

I alone know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper and not to harm you, plans to bring you a hope and a future - Jeremiah 29:11

Once upon a time....

..in a quiet little town there was a mommy who had two beautiful little boys.  Those little boys were the light of her life, but aside from her angels, the mommy was lonely and longed for a mate.  Someone that would accept her as she was, complete with her ready-to-wear family.  God answered her prayer.  Now that mommy, her two boys, that answered prayer of a man and his beautiful daughter are merging hearts and homes.  This is our story.

Welcome to our life...let me introduce us.

I'm Sheri, this is Vance... i could just squeeze him to pieces....

and this is the baby...although i guess if one is surfing on their own they probably don't want to be called baby...so call him Nate....

this is now, thanks to our merge, our middle child...but the was my first baby.  Walker.

and our girl.  I finally got one. Sarah. I had to agree to marry her dad to get her, and unfortunately i found out that she really does feel that she is past the age where i can to put ribbons in her hair and play Barbies with her.  sigh.  FINE. go drive off in that car with that boy, missy.  see if we care. WAIT...your dad's heart is breaking..COME BACK...

 So, this is us, starting over.  Nice to meet you :)