oh, good grief.

well today started off with a bang.
literally.

i was so looking forward to a calmer week after our crazy week of toting kids to and fro during basketball camp.
also, we had a very full day yesterday.
like fall in bed in complete exhaustion at 9:30, full.
good.......just, full. 

anyhow....so if you follow me on instagram, you saw this amazing marble topped side table that i posted last week......

i love it.
it is the perfect little table that i had been looking for to put beside my chair in our bedroom.
nice and small and vintage and just dang pretty.
well, i received two of them, so the other one was sitting in our dining room {that's the first place it landed} waiting to go to the booth.
i have gone to my booth twice since i got that table and forgot to grab it both times.
ugh.
it was in the worst possible spot...right by where you walk.

several times i have walked by it and thought, "that's a terrible spot for that, one of the kids could pull that over on their foot."
note: the marble top is not connected, it just rests on the base.
and of course, i left it there because i was probably thinking about ten other things at that moment.
seriously, i'm sure God was nudging me to move the dang thing and i didn't listen.

so on to this morning, we're all getting ready to head out the door and i hear AJ yelling for me.
he's saying "Sara! come right now!"

you know what happened.
sawyer tripped and fell into the table and the marble top {weighing at least 5 pounds} falls onto his foot.
ugh....that makes my stomach hurt just typing that.
his toe looked terrible. 

i tend to panic when one of my children gets hurt but i knew i had to get it together and take care of the situation.
somehow i washed his pitiful little toe.
i was shaking so much.....there was so much blood and it just looked awful.
i wrapped it up the best i could, AJ worked out a way for him to ride in the car with his foot elevated and we were off to the ER.

thankfully we were seen really quickly and we hardly had to wait any time for x-rays.
sawyer is such a tough little guy.
once we got to the ER he stopped crying and didn't cry again.
he has a little taggie blankie that he sleeps with.
he kept wringing it with his hands or gnawing on it, but he never cried.
i knew it hurt but he was so, so brave.

they had to wash his toe and move his foot all around on the x-ray table and he did so great with everything....never made a peep.
i would have been crying if it were me.

so there may be a little fracture in his toe...they couldn't tell for sure, but they wouldn't treat it anyway, so they didn't re-do the x-rays.
he will lose the toe nail and i am praying that it grows back properly.

seriously this kid is amazing.
they said he did better than most adults.
i believe that.

so he spent the day watching movies.
i changed his bandages every time he bled through them....i will spare you a picture of his toe.
you're welcome.
i'm praying that his little toe heals amazingly fast.
it still looks really awful and i want him to be able to enjoy summer time and run and play again soon.

i have felt so horrible that i let that happen to my baby and could have prevented it.
it makes my mama heart so sad.
i hate to see my boy in pain.
but i'm just going to have to let it go....because it did happen and i can't change that now.
i'm praying that i will listen when i hear God's voice...
and be obedient.


things i am thankful for:

he didn't lose his toe {seriously. i was nervous}.
i was with him and could be the one to take care of him.
this didn't happen yesterday {father's day/swim party/slipnslide w/ neighbors}.
tyelnol with coedine.

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ballaz.

hey y'all.
it's been a crazy week around here.

our big boys had basketball camp at jbu  so our "schedule" was all upside down.
finley went for a half day and avery went all day...getting home about 9 every night.
i woke up on monday and thought it was friday. ha.
no bueno.
on wednesday, i woke up and said "it's the last day of basketball camp."
it ended thursday.
yeah...so it's been a weird, long week.
i am so so happy that my boys got to go...but i am also happy to chill out a little bit. ;)

the great thing was that they went with 6 other providence friends so the mamas were able to carpool these little guys to get them to and fro all week.
they had a great week and loved it so much.

at the end of avery's camp they had an awards ceremony.
avery won the "golden eagle award" {for good heart and attitude all week} out of his entire age group.
so, so special and a really big deal.
they said it was all the awards combined and it is something that all the coaches voted on.
we are so very proud of our boy.
if he could win any award, that is what we would want.

he also won a gatorade shot of the day award that day so it was a pretty good day for avery. :)
so thankful that God blessed my boy in that way.

love these sweet providence boys!




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thrifted thursday

hey friends. :)

if you're hopping over from apartment therapy today...welcome. :)

thursdays are the day i share my thrifted finds for the week. 

also . . . fun news . . .  because everyone loves to see a good thrifted treasure . . . starting next week, we'll have a thrifted thursday link up right here. :)

i can't wait! 

so you have a week to get your posts all ready to go. 

your post can be about anything thrift related....thrift shopping, yard sale scores, craig's list finds, etc.

yay. :)

can't wait to see what you all come up with!!

so . . . i have a dining room full of vintage goodies that i can't wait to sort through and show you....but for today, i want to show you a couple of great new pieces that we got for our breakfast nook. 

the breakfast nook that we don't actually eat in at all. ;)

when we knew we were moving to this house, i started looking for a small desk.

i knew we were moving the big desk to avery's room.

i really don't need much of a desk because i just haul the laptop wherever i am.

i just needed a place to basically store officy type stuff. ;)

i found this sweet small secretary at a consignment sale a few weeks before we moved.

love it.

it's nice and small, pretty lines and i love the vintage glass knobs.

did not love the weird, fleshy color.

i spray painted that sucker with a few coats of glossy charcoal gray spray paint and now she is perfect.
a secretary should be called a she, right? ;)

she even has a pull out tray.
not sure what i'm going to put on those little, small shelves......

okay...so if you read my last instafriday post or follow my instagram, you know i am over the moon for our new {old} piano.

my parents just moved and gave us their piano.

i am beyond thrilled with it.

so this wasn't technically thrifted, but it was free so that counts. ;)

i. love. it.
it's gorgeous and perfectly vintage, just the way i like things. :)

we have wanted a piano in the house for a long time.
my boys have been practicing piano on a keyboard for years, so this is a huge blessing.
i love hearing them play and avery will play the doxology for me anytime i ask. :)

 i'll show you the rest of the "breakfast nook" soon...still trying to figure out the arrangement.


okay friends....what thrifted treasures have y'all found this week?

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kids summer craft revisited {sidewalk paint}

 so....i started looking through my blog for kids crafts that we've done to see what would be fun to do this summer.
and that prompted me to make a new tab up there to put all the kids crafts in one spot.
{you'll have to click over if you're in a reader ;)}
i'm not promising that i found all of them...i've been blogging since 2007, but it's a start. :)

anyhoooooo.... i found the chalk paint we did and decided that would be perfect.

okay so this is a fan favorite around here.
it's super easy to whip up and you probably have all the stuff in your kitch.

you mix 1/4ish cup of cornstarch, 5-6 drops of food coloring, and water.
stir it until it gets the consistency you want.
i just had food coloring gel so i just gave each bowl one really big squirt. :)

i like to pour it in a muffin tin bc it's easy to deal with....not required obviously.

this is a great craft if you're like me and have a big age range of kiddos.
little one year old ruby loved it and so did my big ten year old avery boy.

love those little creative minds workin'.  :)

yes. it's messy.
but it's outside mess so it's no big thing.

and bonus, it all washes away in the rain and comes right out of clothes.

when you're done, tell your kids to go wash off in the spicket and your work here is done.
:)

i think crafts are such a fun way to make summer fun and create great memories with your kids. :)


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'round here.

i cannot get that counting crows song out of my head.
you'd think after almost 20 years that one would fade.
nope.
i can't remember really important things, like where the heck my keys are or to respond to emails...but you better know those counting crows music videos are locked in.

so i've been doing lots o' the instagramming lately.
summer is such a beautiful time of year.

one of our favorite things is to take a family hike...arkansas is so. pretty.
love the conversations that come up as we're walking through the woods.
love seeing God's handiwork and artistry in nature.

ruby finds little mamas everywhere we go.
she walked up to these girls and held her arms up...she's getting pretty used to little girls toting her around.
she's also becoming a little mama herself....she's on a big kick of carrying her "babies" around and kissing them & insisting that i wrap them up in a blanket.
seriously, this is my dream come true.

i walked by and saw her sitting on the stairs...she smiled and said, "hi-i.":)

back porch living...my favorite.
many meals outside already. :)

my parents gave us their piano when they moved.
i'm so so happy about this and i love hearing them play everyday.
we have wanted a big piano for so long...what a blessing....and doesn't the waiting on something make it so much sweeter?

in a very dramatic turn of events fin fell off the trampoline when he was trying to jump off and his foot got caught in the net.
guess we should have left it in the woods.

anyhoo...it resulted in AJ coming home from work and fin & i heading to the emergency room.
which also resulted in us eating doritos and cookies in a hospital bed.
thankfully it wasn't broken, just sprained pretty good.
bonus, he got a sweet sling & ace wrap.
#streetcred

on saturday, AJ had to work so i wanted to do something fun with the kids.
we went to the summer kickoff at the library and had such a good time.

that's a happy table right there.

the result...not in love with it but it's fine for now. ;)

avery's honing his mowing skills.
he does a great job...so proud of him.
he's hoping to mow lawns in our neighborhood this summer to earn some money.

these boys are earning their keep as well.
they are great helpers.
our hope is to instill a strong work ethic and desire to serve.

oh. my. heart.

this creek is dreamy and beautiful and i want to sit there all day....if i didn't have to hang on with a death grip to sissy's hand as she tries to frolic on slippery rocks. :)

oh hey, another piano picture.
vintage gospel hymn book on an old piano....i can't help myself.
and avery will play the doxology for me anytime i ask...love that kid.

teeny ponytail!!

thank you ruby! that is SO helpful.

she's all mine. 
i can hardly fathom it.

fun, fun day yesterday.
seriously, these are the best kids.
they are kind and helpful and so sweet to their mama.
they hug me and love on me and forgive me and make me wonder at God's mercy.

oh bless his soul.....
AJ sent me to the coffee shop last night to have alone time and work through my lists.
it was so. wonderful.
seriously, i was amazed at how much i needed to have uninterrupted time to get my thoughts together!
which is probably why you're reading this blog post right now. :)

well happy friday, y'all....have a great weekend...make the most of it, whatever you're doing. :)

also linking up with two thirty-five designs

{p.s. i'm itsgoodtobequeen on instagram if you want to follow!}


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thrift store thursday {kind of} and real thoughts on summer

okay, so summers are crazy, right?
i lovelovelovelovelove summer time.
love the weather...the hotter, the better.
love the laid back days, the grilling out, eating dinner outside, swimming.....i could go on and on.

the hard part is. . .
i do not have a moment to myself.
i feel like someone needs me or is talking to me every moment of the day.
i feel conflicted because i love having my kids around and i love doing activities with them....seriously it is my joy in life.....but....
i also need some alone time.
i have realized over my years of mothering that i need some consistent alone time to keep my sanity.
and honestly, i'm not getting much of that lately.
on one hand, i feel as happy as i've ever been and i love my life.
truly... i told AJ the other day, i think i'll look back on this time {with my kids at home} as the happiest time of my life.
on the other hand, i really really really need 5 seconds to take a breath. :)

also, i love writing and i love blogging.
writing has always been so therapeutic for me and i am struggling to find time to sit down and blog.

so there you go. those are my honest thoughts right now.
my goal is to just be in the moment this summer.
enjoy each and every day and make the most of them.
i'm praying that what is most important for that day, rises to the surface and that i will let the other stuff go.

on that note...haven't been able to do much thrifting lately either.
my mom did bring me another load of vintage goodies this week for the booth.

i love this vintage teal candy dish.

fun vintage nut choppers.
love those red lids

a whole stack of vintage cookbooks.
they have such neat covers and i love reading through old cookbooks.

for whatever reason, my booth has super slow lately.
this past month was my slowest month yet...pretty discouraging.
from the time i started {november} through march, it had steadily increased and done better and better....then spring hit and it has slowed way down.
i still love having a booth....but it sure was more fun when stuff was steadily being sold! ;)

i did pop into the thrift store quickly today....with 5 kids {i had meliyah}....i was quickly looking for some water shoes for ruby...did not find them.

also, good news/bad news.
bad news, the store is stuffed to the gills full of stuff....seriously more full than i've seen it in a long time.
that is bad news because i don't get to shop there on thursday mornings! ;)
good news....for my kids....they found a cool marble run set for 99 cents.
sold.
:)

okay friends...have a great thursday....happy summer! :)


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