Parker is coming home Friday. I'm at once excited and apprehensive. He is such fun to be around when he's the old Parker, he also brings so much stress to our family. Always something cooking, some deal he's trying to make with us, some way to get around a rule ... really when I look back he's always been that way. The drugs just made it horrible. I pray the lying stops and his sincere desire to get well overwhelms him. I pray lots more, but mostly for Jesus to grab ahold of him ... oh how I would love to see Parker fully in love with Jesus, but I also have to get out of the way so He can!! That's hard for me, as a mom and a Christian, to get out of the way - to know when to be quiet and when to say something. So I pray.

The flatware, set on the left I have 8 place settings, the middle, 14 forks, 9 knives and 8 spoons, the group on the right is a sampling of the 12 place settings I borrowed from Martha...mixed sets but 12 each...the top picture may have cut off the setting on the left...it's closer up of the mix matched stuff...

My White Kitchen

Would you want to use these? one holds dinner size plates (like for serving) and the other holds small plates (I have white plate that fit both....)

do you want me to borrow these?

serving pces and overview of all stuff, I have enough white cloth napkins varying patterns but all white to use do you want?

Some of the serving things, cream/sugars and a little view of other stuff

These are the plates so far..I have most of the white, do you still want more/different?

these are some more of the cups, the one in the middle is my china but it blends ok?

Silver Coffee, isn't the detail pretty?

This is my coffee server thingy

Pretty Saucer

Pretty Cup

Ok, these are interesting, there are 9 of them, only $2, so I got them anyway

Pictures of my finds, you should never give me a reason to go to Salvation Army and Goodwill! Hope For a Find Thrift Store tomorrow!

Kirra asked for a blog post from people on where they live, what they like to do...I couldn't think of anything for awhile because we aren't go out to dinner people or go to plays or go anywhere but work, church and bible study people.

Then I realized what I like to do is be home, so I took some pictures of what I like ... these are the purple flowers that are all over the hill now, the hill I look out on every morning when I read my bible.

There are so many signs of new life in the yard, from the garden to the roses... a few of my views, a rose bush budding, geraniums, my bible and notes, the chocolate chip cookies I make every weekend, practicing now for the boys to be gone, healthy ones for Doug :-)

The table I found at goodwill, can't wait to reveal the chrome legs and find chairs for it - won't it look cute on the patio?

I love being home with my family ... I don't necessarily love my home, but I love things about it and especially now, the yard as it emerges from winter!

The purple flowers are so pretty!!

More purple flowers!The hill

Ivy peeking through the gazebo

New growth on the rose tree

Tomato plant!My new find! Once the legs are chrome again it'll be so fun!My morning routine...

Alyssym in the gardenAnd the chocolate chip cookies, my Sunday routine

Healthy cookies - low sugar low carb not bad flavorGeraniums!