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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Alexander's Music

My son's friend at college is a recording major and needed to do a project for a class.  He asked Alexander to play the piano for his recording and I love the result.  One of the things I miss the most having Alex gone is listening to him play the piano and especially when he improvises.  He loves to play for the Lord and you can really feel it in his music.  I was so blessed to be able to have a recording I can listen to and I would love to share it with you.  Enjoy and have a blessed day.

Alicia

https://soundcloud.com/alex-cdebaca/how-great-is-our-god


Saturday, January 25, 2014

Moving Along

Ahhhh, things are just moving along here.  Progress right?   We are well into our new semester, and school is going well.  I look at this semester and am wowed by another school year half over.  My children are learning, completing assignments, and growing up. They will never be in these grades again.  I enjoy watching them learn and cherish our moments together.  Not every day is smooth, but on the perfect days I have such a feeling of satisfaction over all we accomplish.

Books, books and more books.


The wedding preparations are also coming along.  This being my first child to marry, I am learning so much.  So many decisions, planning, crafting, creating, fittings, and budgeting are getting done and things are moving right along.  The other day Latisha, a couple of her bridesmaids, and myself went to get Latisha's wedding dress fitted.  It was very fun.  I was surprised how every alteration made was a different charge, so we had them do the parts we weren't comfortable doing.  She was a little hesitant but was happy to cut the cost a bit.  The bridesmaid's dresses need a little adjustments too.  We are adding wider shoulder straps and hemming them a bit.  One dress is done, now only 3 more to go.    


Latisha and I  picking up the dress, she looked absolutely beautiful but we're keeping the dress a secret.  :)

work day



The other day we had some friends over to work on wedding projects.  We spent the afternoon making bridal shower invites, rsvp cards, tags for the sparkling cider, and folding wedding invitations.  Latisha was so happy with all we got accomplished and we had fun doing it.  What a great way to brighten up the dreary weather we have been experiencing here.  Hope all is well with you all.  God is good.  Have an amazing day.

Alicia

Monday, January 6, 2014

Happy New Year

Here it is, a new start to a new year with so much in store.  I just dropped my son, Alexander, off at the airport.  I always hope to say something profound as he heads off to a new semester but as always I get chocked up and blubber my way through the goodbye.  It was so nice to have him home and this year we put him to work on a new project.  A couple years ago I painted my dining room and had planned on getting the kitchen and living room done.  So while Alex was home we put him to work again and with the help of the family got it done in just a few days.  It got pretty exciting some times with some of the hard to reach areas but it is so nice, clean, and warm.  I like how it turned out.  Thank you Alex!  :)


Now that that is done and the Christmas decorations are put away, it is back to school and wedding preparations.  I bought some material to tie a quilt for Brent and Latisha as a new project for myself.  Unfortunately I haven't got my last project of my brother's Christmas present done.  So I need to get that done first.  Guess I better get on that.  Have a blessed day.

Alicia
The finished paint job



material for my new project.