A Lovely Summer Visit

A few weeks ago we were invited up to visit with the Brookshire's. Their mom~Robin, father~Rob, and daughters Breezy and Emily Rose (who sell their beautiful paper dolls) warmly opened up their hearts and home to us in loving Christian hospitality. I wanted to share some of the pictures with you:

Sarah Mae of Like a Warm Cup of Coffee (and founder of Raising Homemakers) was visiting and she is a wonderfully friendly and gal and we 'clicked' right away! She is just what I thought she would be--kind, loving, exuberant, heart for the Lord and for Truth. It was a blessing to meet her, her husband and darling children!



The Devine family also joined us---so here we are--a second Raising Homemakers reunion! Now all you other gals who write for RH, we are going to have to plan to get you all down here somehow! Wouldn't it great to do so?



Sarah Mae's blog was recently featured on Good Morning America regarding how she made money by working at home through her Opensky shop. She is a wonderful example of how a young Christian mother can be industrious from home with her spare time and yet still balance family and homelife.

Sarah Mae has also recently helped to collaborate a wonderful piece of jewelry that is made by The Vintage Pearl. It is the"Raising Generations" necklace. She is also offering all my readers who are interested in buying this special necklace a discount of 15% for one week starting today until the 30th . The discount code is Generations15. Be sure to hop on over there and pick one up while you can!
Look how pretty it is...



"Because I am raising generations I will never know...."

Doesn't that just resonate in your mind and heart?
I love jewelry with meaning--especially with a message so close to my heart!




Now back to my summer visit---
*Two generations here---mothers with their lovely daughters*

We also took some fun pics looking 'bitter and oppressed' but I laughed too hard when I looked through them and so therefore none made it in this post!
Besides, I might need to use them one day as blackmail pictures...JK!! ;)
 {suppressing evil laugh}



My daughters Janai and Nomi with Emily and Breezy. Emily was such a sweetie and shared her photography tips with Nomi who just loves the camera!



Here is my little Joy with Breezy, she just loves drawing and was so blessed to receive some drawing lessons from Breezy while we were there. Breezy is an amazing artist, you must take a peek at her beautiful work.



And last but not least----I was able to see the yo-yo quilt!!!! Have you not read about this quilt? This picture does not do it any justice. This beautiful quilt was done by Emily when she was only 16 and has over 1000 yo-yo's all handmade by one determined daughter! Read her inspiring story here.

All in all, it was a beautiful day full of fun, precious summer memories were made, and great Christian fellowship was had. Hopefully we will be able to do this sometime soon again!




Hope you enjoyed taking a peek into my summer!



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