me, EC, and pinterest....

Me and Elle-Catherine share a Pinterest account. It started out rather innocently; she was merely curious about what Pinterest was so she added it to her iPad. I told her she could use my password and account. So she did. EC loves Pinterest and is constantly "pinning" things. The other day I noticed something that I found funny...

 

This is my favorite "board" to pin too! This board if FULL of all kinds of fashion ideas for cool outfits. I actually always head to the "Women's Fashion" section in Explore. No surprise here if you know me....right!

 

 

This is hands down Elle-Catherine's favorite board to pin to. No questions about it and if you know her this is also not surprising.

 

What I find hilarious is that if you don't really know me or her and you don't realize we share an account one might mistake me for someone who cooks willingly!! I sort of laugh when I notice that others "repin" a recipe that "I" have pinned; I'm laughing cause I know they will come closer to cooking it than I ever will!!

I just wanted to set the record straight....

 

365 Really???

I know that there are only 365 days in a year, right? Yes, that has to be true I have known this for many years and I teach it to my kids as a matter of fact. So, that's settled...only 365 days in a year. If that's true, and I know it is...then why does this year feel like it's had at least 800 days? For real, I would swear that this has been one of the longest of my life, but that's OK. As I have recently began doing I am making an effort to notice all the blessings and miracles around me, even in the midst of chaos. Although, this has been a very long year, it has also been a very blessed one!

Would I if I could?

Recently, I've been asking myself this question, "If I could stop every hurt, everything painful from happening in my children's lives, would I?" On the one side that's a very easy answer, "YES". I want to keep them from painful experiences. Yet, on the other side, do I? I know from my own life that it's only in the hard times that I grow; that I become more the woman God wants me to be. Could I want anything less for my children? No, of course I want them all to grow up to become strong men and women of God, but can they do that without the pain. Growth requires pain. I know this. Everyone knows this. Yet, there is a small part of my "Mommy's Heart" that wants to shield my children from this pain. I want to fight their battles. But am I called to. Or am I called to teach them how to fight their battles? Or am I called to give them the tools to live lives that honor and glorify God? How can they ever learn these important lessons unless they suffer some hurt? Unfortunately, they can't...

Beginnings...

That's the thing about beginnings...their new. By definition it is "the point or space that anythings begins." These beginnings can be good, they can be sad, they can be exciting, they can even make you angry; yet, whatever the case may be, they are new. I have always been one to like beginnings; I have always looked upon them as a way to start over and do better. I have succeded sometimes in this and sometimes I have failed, but it has always been an adventure. Recently,  our lives have been one new beginning after another. Truthfully some of those beginnings have been good, some have been wonderful, and one a little eye opening. But they have all been new. Beginnings are also God's way of leading you down paths you might never have seen coming or might never have chosen if left up to your own choosing. Those are the best beginnings; I think. The ones that take you to places beyond your imaginings.

adventures and life lived in between them...

Twelve days and counting...me and my Prince Charming will be here

then here...

 both courtesy of a great amount of blessings from God and a customer of PA!



then in 8 months we, The MAC 5 and Marmie, (hopefully) will be here...

It's a year full of great adventures for The MAC 5 clan! I'm excited to see all these things plus experience the life that happens in between them! I love January for the simple reason it's always a new beginning!!

Where have I been??

Wow...I feel like I went to sleep in October and woke up to find that it's January. I have always heard it said that time flies when you get older, and I've never felt that as much as I have this year. It has been such a "Rocking Roller Coaster" kind of year for us, that I suppose its just passed me by. There is some part of me that is very sad about that; some part of me that wishes I had made a conscious effort to remember every detail. We, The McCormick Family, are gearing up for yet another busy year in 2012, but I'm hoping that at least it will be somewhat slower!