Center: This is a cross stitched picture that I made the first year we were married. I loved the saying on it and still do... "I hear footsteps down the hall, you are home again and safe, all the burdens of the day are lightened, and all the night noises are music to my ears." Tony was working in public accounting then and was getting home very late at night. Who would have guessed that this saying is still applicable 17 years later. And yes, I still have this picture hanging up.
11am: This is a set of bowls that Amy gave me. I love them! They have a rubber-type of "waistband" and fold flat for storage. The best part though is that you can wash them while flat in the dishwasher and they still get clean. You know how your mixing bowls hog all the space in the dishwasher? Not any more! Love 'em!
Noon: My mom embroidered these pillowcases for me for Christmas this year. One reason they are so special is because she is not a crafty person... and she would be the first person to tell you this... and I don't think she's ever embroidered before (at least I can't remember it!). It took an extra special effort to get this gift to come together. She told me these pillowcases have been prayed over and that is perhaps the best gift of all. Look at how well they match my comforter. Thanks Mom!
1pm: This should make you laugh. This symbolizes both my BED and the HEATED mattress pad we got this winter! Ha! Tony tells me sometimes that I love my bed more than him. That's not true of course but I do love it an awful lot. I love to sleep. Last Spring we got a new bed and after we went from a warm water bed we noticed the shock of cold sheets every night. He came home with the heated mattress pad one night and now I love my bed even more!
3pm: A picture that Archie sketched of Madison, Quinn and Jade. Isn't it beautiful? What a gift he has! Such an awesome way to capture a moment in time of their childhoods. Already they look so different. I have this framed and on our fireplace mantel. I love it.so.much.
5pm: This little statue was given to me by my mom after we had to make some really, really tough decisions about where to send Quinn for childcare/school for his kindergarten year. This little figurine can still make me cry if I let it! It is such a reminder of God's care during a rough time in life.
6pm: I have a few Precious Moments figurines that have always been special too. (I really am not much of a nick-knack person but I guess that's pretty much what these last two things are... I'm surprising myself...anyway...) Tony gave this to me on our first anniversary. We were pretty strapped for money at that time and this was quite the splurge and yes, it made me cry then. It doesn't have that control over me now but I still like it enough not to put it away.
7pm: This picture is a little hard to see. It's of Jenna, my Grandma and Madison as they celebrated their birthdays together. The little girls were celebrating their 8th and my grandma was celebrating her 90th. They had a Kim Possible party and wore party-hats, the whole thing. It was great fun and I'm so glad my kids have the blessing of knowing their great-grandmother.
9pm: Last but not least... I know I really should move these pictures, hang them upstairs or something... but I just love them as they preserve a snapshot in time when the kids were each 6months old. I loved the baby stages. Yes, I do have plans to move them upstairs... some day.
Putting together this post made me realize that most of these favorites are actually favorites because of the memories attached to them. I could come up with a bunch more but didn't really want to spend all day on this little project either.
So there you have it. Now just imagine Julie Andrews singing, "These are a few of my favorite things!"
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