One of My Favorite...

new blogs is Tip Junkie. I am always trying to find new things I can make at home, and I want to remember this post so I can make sugar scrubs.

Daddy/Daughter Banquet

Tonight Mac and I are hanging out at home with Bella while Randall and Emma are at church. They are attending the first Daddy/Daughter banquet. Emma has been so excited because Miss Arkansas is going to be there. As a matter of fact, she has already called me and told me she had her picture made! We also ordered her a cute little wrist coursage to match her dress. She loved dressing up (in her flower girl dress from last week) and have a date night with her Daddy! I know they will have a great time!

Mac and his birthday flowers at church

For the past few years, Randall and I have gotten flowers for church to honor Mac and Emma for their birthdays. This year, I decided to do a little something different. I decided to order silk arrangements so I could take them home and use them. A friend of mine, Kristy, made Mac's arrangement this year. I also included the board I had ordered him from One Bright Hour, as well as two stuffed animals (the dog and duck) that he got while he was in the NICU. The dog was bigger than him at that time.

Becca's Wedding Part 2- At the Church

The Bride and her attendants


Emma and Izzy


The beautiful bride


Memaw and Izzy


My handsome Mac


Pretty Girl!!


The back of Emma's dress


The front of Emma's dress

Becca's Wedding Part 1- hair appointments

Last weekend we traveled to Helena for the wedding of my cousin, Becca, to her fiance, Jason. Becca had asked Emma to be a flower girl, so Emma was all excited. We had to travel 2 hours on Friday (Mac's b-day), me with a broken ankle, but everything went well. We had the rehearsal and dinner on Friday night at the church, then all the girls had appointments to get their hair done on Saturday morning. I do have to say I was not pleased with how Emma's hair turned out (neither was Becca...she had them re-do it 3 times). Really- the lady was trying to curl Emma's hair with a straightening iron. Anyway, all the girls had their hair done and we headed to the church for the ceremony. Here are a few pics from the hair salon.


Becca and Mac


Mac playing Leapster Explorer


Kristie and Izzy


Emma getting her hair done

5 Years Ago Today

I don't know if I will have time to post tomorrow, so I thought I would post about this today. 5 years ago today I was waiting to see if my son would be delivered via emergency c-section within the next 24 hours. Needless to say, the next morning, my family (exluding me...I was too sick)got to meet this little man...



On February 3, 2007, at 9:21 a.m., Mac Patton Martin was born at 28 weeks gestation. He weighed 2 pounds, 8 ozs., and was 15 1/2 inches long. Happy 5th birthday, Mac!! We love you!!

Clipboards

I am posting this on here mainly because I want to have the link available when I really have time/want to start working on these. Over on Tip Junkie, there was a post on 25 ways to utilize clipboards. Eventually I want to try some of these!!

One Bright Hour

I have not been paid to post this, but I wanted to let you know about a group of young ladies in my town (several are former students) who have started their own business. It is called One Bright Hour, and they put scripture (or whatever you want) onto distressed boards. I have ordered two boards from them, one for Emma's room and one for Mac's room. I have been very impressed! I plan on ordering at least 2 more, one for our living room and one for our office. If you like what I am posting, go to Facebook and like them.


Mac's picture...it will look great in his room with his camo decor.


Emma's board. This is the verse that she said in Christmas Program at church. Her room is pink and zebra stripes.

Post-Op Dr. Visit

Yesterday Randall and I headed back to NLR to have my ankle looked at. I am two weeks out from surgery, and let me tell you, I was ready to get out of that splint! I had accepted the fact that I would be in a cast for several more weeks, but I really just wanted to scratch my leg! The stitches didn't want to come out very easily (I experienced some pain and probably about squeezed Randall's hand off), I had the ankle x-rayed (there is a plate and 7 screws, where we thought originally there were only 5 screws). Dr. Ardoin said everything looked good, and that he was going to put me in a walking boot! YAY!! However, I still can't walk for at least 4 more weeks. He wants me to practice getting some movement back, so I can take the boot off when I am sitting down, and to take a bath/shower (I am mostly excited about that!!). I get to go back to work Monday, and I got back to Dr. Ardoin on March 1.

Yarn Chandeliers

A couple of weeks ago, I found a really cool project on a blog I follow. It's called Hostess with the Mostess. If you like to see cute ideas for parties and crafty ideas, head on over. The idea I found was for yarn chandeliers. I thought these would be really cute for Emma's room. I decided to get pink, black, and white yarn this weekend to try them out. They actually turned out pretty cute. I plan on making several more and we are going to hang them from her ceiling.

In progress

Finished product

My view most days...

Bella's first vet visit

Randall and I took Bella to the vet for the first time on Thursday...she did a great job. We are using a fairly new vet in town, Dr. Towns, and he was wonderful. We didn't experience that "rush-in, rush-out" that you do many places. Bella weighed 3 1/2 pounds and was looking good. She did have a few worms, so they gave her a pill for that, but other than that, everything looked great!


One of Bella's favorite places to sleep!!

Free 8X10 Canvas

I don't often post things I find on here, but this offer is too good not to pass on. If you will go to www.canvaspeople.com, you can get a free 8X10 canvas (you can choose your picture), and all you have to pay is shipping. I just ordered mine and got a $50 picture for $14.95. I am so excited. Here is the picture I am ordering. It was taken when Mac was in the NICU...it's his hand and Emma's hand.

The most important decision ever made...

On January 2, our family had left Hays and was heading to Lowe's. All of the sudden, Emma told us that if she died, she would go to hell. She had been mentioning things since last summer that lead us believe that she was close to the age of accountability, but this told us for certain. We questioned her a little bit, felt like she was ready, and she wanted to give her life to Christ. She and Randall prayed in the back of our van in the Lowe's parking lot. She was so excited. These are a few pictures of her baptistm on January 8 by Brother James Hays.

Christmas at Gramps and Grammy's House

Mac with his shotgun from Gramps.


Emma with her pearl necklace from Gramps.

Christmas was held a little late with the Summerhills this year. Randy came home from his deployment to Iraq the middle of December, and they didn't get to Arkansas until after Christmas. It was great seeing them all again! Miya even let Uncle Randall hold her!! That was a shocker. We took the kids skating at Thrills on Wheels one day and they had a great time. Several days Mikayla came over to our house and played.


Randy and Irene opening presents.


Mikayla with her Hays jacket from the Martins.


Gramps and Grammy with their flag from the Summerhills. This flag flew over the place where Randy was stationed in Iraq on Veteran's Day.


Grammy with her Barton Bears sweatshirt (another design from Tees to Please) from the Martins.


Emma and Miya


Gramps with his movie Cowboys and Aliens from the Martins.