Another fantastic weekend!

   Loving this cooler weather we've been having! So exciting looking forward to AuTuMn! Beautiful leaves, delicious food, hoodies and the crisp air!

   What a fun last weekend! Wishing I had some photo's to document the blast of a time us girls had a Kaylas! We all brought something yummy to share for dinner and enjoyed it out on her deck. The night went on to gathering in the living room chatting and having a great time growing our friendships. There was some dancing..some "games" and well I'm not sure what all else..haha, but it was a great time!

   Saturday I got the pleasure of going over to my wonderful sisters house to visit them on their first day home from the hospital! Do my delight, the surprised me with this adorable onesie!

Can I say how LuCkY I am to be the aunt of yet another beautiful gift from God! Wow! She's perfect! I could have stayed all day! In fact, I rescheduled some other plans I did have just to stay a while longer and help out : ) That evening we got to attend Arin and Sam's gorgeous wedding! Gotta say, it was one of the most creative styles of weddings I've ever attended!
   Sunday, ahh..the day of rest! After a fun morning helping out at Discovery Town and enjoying being in service (for the first time in months!) We enjoyed a restful afternoon with a nap! Boy, I can't remember the last time we've been able to have a free afternoon on the weekend to just relax! I feel blessed to have a job as well as extra work doing hair and weddings (which I love!), but it sure wears one out after a none stop run of it! Sunday evening we enjoyed dinner and time with friends from church. We are so thankful for such wonderful friends! I feel so blessed to have friends to lean on in hard times, to smile with in great times, and friends to laugh with..any day! Thank you God for your abundant grace! So many times I catch myself complaining about a job I don't enjoy when all I need to be doing is being thankful for a job to pay the bills so that we can live comfortably and be wise stewards with what Got has given us. Feeling loved <3 Feeling thankful : )



Eliya Ann holding Lydia Grace <3

Briannah Nevaeh with her newest baby sister!

An exciting day!

Today I'm an aunt for the 7th time! So excited to meet miss Lydia Grace who was born today at 8:39am weighing 7lbs. 12oz. It's been hard to focus on much else today as I've wanted to be at the hospital celebrating with my beautiful sister and her family! I've found that through the years, as I've gotten older and now to this experience, I've anticipated and been so much more excited to receive a new little one in our family. Reasoning..hard to say? I can say that I feel so overwhelmed with joy that I get the blessing of being the sister to an amazing woman, Courtney Harshbarger! She's super mom! All the while she's been tending to her 10 and 4 year old girls, she's kept a garden, helped tremendously at her church, hand-made Lydia's diapers, helped with and encouraged Briannah in tending to her new rabbit for 4-H (which she will be showing at the Darke Co. Fair next week!!), prepared the babies room, and decided to take on, for the first time, homeschooling for miss Briannah as she begins 5th grade! WOW! How can one woman do so much!? I'm sure that doesn't even touch all the many things she does each day to provide and serve her family. All this to say, Courtney-my wonderful sister, I love you and look up to you in so many ways! I'm blessed to have you as a model of what a Godly wife & mother should be! You amaze me sis <3