today i am:
wondering if all 50 year old women are crazy women
wondering if Miss Gracie's** is a thing of the past
wondering what's for dinner
wondering about the grace that saves us from ourselves
wondering if i can decorate the family room without lace
wondering how the rest of the family photo shoot will turn out
wondering what i should post for white wednesday
wondering what i will be when I grow up
and what i've been doing:
praying for an old friend
thanking God that except for the grace of God go I
waiting to see the rest of the family photo shoot
trying to schedule the annual peach can-a-thon
realizing that each week takes me further away from Miss Gracie's**
laundry, dishes, and bookwork
waiting for the UPS man
Here is the sneak peek
of the family photo shoot
straight from facebook
Inspiration will have to hit soon
and
very soon
if
I'm gonna make it for WW.
If not
I'll try to get caught up with you all
and
catch ya next week.
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**Miss Gracie's is my antique/furniture business
I love those photos!!!!!!What a gorgeous family you have:) And the barn in the background is just perfect.
ReplyDelete~Debra
Capers of the vintage vixens
Thanks for brightening my day with those marvelous photos.
ReplyDeleteGood questions, but don't fret about answering them. Concentrate on the grace. :-)
Oh Rene...I have such admiration and respect for you. Your blog and business is so inspiring. It's good to know that you think the same way I do sometimes!! Your family is so beautiful ~ you are truly blessed!!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!!! You have just nailed me to a "T"!! I think the moment I got married is when I was done in..along with lots of other times since!!
ReplyDeleteI knew that would make a great backdrop for your family pictures!
ReplyDelete-Danielle
you are a blessed woman!
ReplyDeletei'm not often brought to tears but golly gee - i'm teared up. your family photos are simply ...
.b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l.
may the Lord shelter you and yours, bringing peace, delight and thanksgiving upon your lips.
love,
jAne
what a gorgeous...and i mean GORGEOUS family you have there my friend! I just LOVE the photos'! I am sure you will cherish them forever! (love your post as well...wondering..wondering..) I do that too sometimes! TFS!
ReplyDeleteWhat great family photos! And it is ALWAYS good to wonder what we will be when we grow-up. Without ever wondering, life would be boring if we didn't continue our journey!
ReplyDeleteTake care, Sue
Fabulous pictures!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm just wondering... where did you get that pretty pink glass? I found several just like it at the local thrift shop but I've never seen any like them anywhere else until now...so pretty filled with beautiful flowers. :)
ReplyDeleteYour family pics are extraordinary! Beautiful people,
wonderful setting!
Blessings!
Love your photo shoot! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI am telling you Rene...you have the cutest family ever!!!! Wonderful photos and YES this 51 year old woman is CRAZY too!!
ReplyDeleteHugs~
I think this time of year so many things feel out of sync...at least for me.
ReplyDeleteThe family portraits are stunning...brings tears to my eyes to think someday my adult kids will bring babies home for me to kiss and pose in antique chairs :)
I spend a great deal of time wondering! Like wondering how I'm going to get everything done that I need to get done and still have time for blogging.
ReplyDeleteLove your post. The family photos are amazing.
hugs
Sissie
I think we all have times when life gets in the way of our dreams. Hang in there and you'll find your way.
ReplyDeleteLoving the family photoshoot. Very cool idea.
Take care,
Kathleen
What a beautiful family you have!! and what awesome pictures!
ReplyDeleteWhat a totally wonderful, marvelous and delightful thing getting your family together....for a photo shoot...that is a lot of folks to commmit to one single point in time. Do they all live near you ?
ReplyDeleteDid you have a portrait photograher do if for you ? Just curious...it is so great.
I always encouraged famlies ( when I had my studio ) to get as MANY of the family that you COULD get together and get the photo's MADE !
Becasue you never know if the next time someone would permanently be missing from the family portrait...so get as many as you could at that time and JUST DO IT.
The long story short about why I felt this way..is that before I was a portrait photographer, I wanted to have a family portrait done..and my husband kept putting it off...and then our oldest daughter died quite suddenly..and that was that.....we were never all there again. If we had done it when I wanted...we would have had our family portrait. But if this all sounds like crazy advice...never mind...JUST DO IT.
Rose
What a wonderful family photo! ~judy~
ReplyDeleteYou've got alot to wonder about. But I love your family photo shoot...you are all so beautiful. The barn background is dreaminess.
ReplyDeleteActually, your crazy, busy life sounds Realllll normal to me!! Enjoy, and as the song goes.......Don't worry, Be Happy!!!
ReplyDeleteLove your pics! Cathy aka GGJ
I think you have many thoughts on your mind right now....hmmmmm ?
ReplyDeleteStay in the WORD, when I get like that, which is far far to often, the enemy seems to just get ahold of things and more often than not I can't see the forest for the trees....maybe it is about being a 50 something lady...over the Hill...what Hill, I didn't see any Hill ?
Your photo shoot is wonderful....
Just breathe deep.....
Gentle hug,
Deby
I love the family photos! That barn is a great background for a photo; so simple, yet striking!
ReplyDeleteThe picture of the little ones is adorable!
Beautiful photos!!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Margaret B
Rene, you have a beautiful family. So much to thank the Lord for.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, but there for the grace of God, go I. We can do nothing without Him!
I love your blog, your whites, and pretties.
You are also a wonderful person, it shines through in your blog!
I am "just wondering", how time after time after time you come up with such lovely posts --
ReplyDeleteThanks for your sweet comment --
Mama's hearts are always going to be mama hearts --
Never the same again but striving for "grace" in living with the new mama's heart -
Looks like from the beautiful family picture, you have lots of beautiful hearts to love! Smie ---
Miss Gracie, I wonder what those extreamly beautifull roses ,you show here, are called ?--and like you I dayly wonder a lot :)
ReplyDeleteDorthe
Oh my someone else lets their brain spin out of control!!!! Well, just relax, Miss Gracie's is cool and so are the family pics. Let God steer you and take care of the stressful stuff. Love your beautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Olivia
First off, your family is absolutely beautiful! You have so many beautiful flowers in your Garden of Life. How blessed you are..
ReplyDeleteSecondly, I so relate to what you are sharing. You have put into words the similar questions I have been trying to answer for myself. I don't think it's a physical age thing as much as God is pruning us for these last days to be more productive in His name for His purpose which is always a living example to others. Don't quote me on that, it's just what I have been sensing from Him.
Hope you do participate in WW. I'm going to try to join that conga line today as well. But will have to see how that goes...;)
Peace and joy to you my dear friend, as He lights up your path,
xoxox,
Ellen
Wow, with a family like that...how could you not be the proudest, happiest person in the world!!! Fabulous job! And the best pictures!!! Love where you chose to take the photos, the props are perfect and the cute 'behind the scene' shots!!!! Great work ....and it looks like you were having fun doing it!
ReplyDeleteYou should link this! It qualifies! The photo shoot is So darling! Love your flowers!
ReplyDeleteYour reminders to me have come to my mind as I read this post....our lives are all about seasons.
ReplyDeleteI am so thankful for the gentle rhythym of the seasons....not everything is to be done at once.
But I trust in you, O LORD;
I say, "You are my God."
My times are in your hands.
~Psalms 31:14-15
Sounds like you have a lot going on. Your family is just beautiful, and those little one's are soooooo cute!!! Oh and I love the Barn too, I have a thing for old barns, hugs~~~ Daphne
ReplyDeleteHi Rene, sorry I havent visited for a while! Am loving the family photos, might be time to get some more done of our family now that I have seen yours!
ReplyDeletealicia
Are you thinking about not doing your furniture anymore? That would be really sad, unless it is the kind of letting go that is good, I had that kind when I gave up my Antiques business a few years ago...
ReplyDeleteThe pictures of you and your family are just so real and wonderful with the furniture and the barn. Love them!!!
Don't worry about the answers, thank God they are by faith, already solved! I love the word concerning prayer, "ask, believing you HAVE already received..."
Bless you this week,
Donna Lynn
Loved your post, the beautiful roses and then the simply stunning family photos. You are blessed. What a beautiful family you have.
ReplyDeleteBTW I am 60something and yup, still wonder a lot of the same things, especially, "what will I be when I grow up", lol.
Blessings,
Lynn
Such lovely photographs. Those little ones are getting so big! Oh, Rene, women in their 50s share all that you're experiencing and more. I love being 50 and if I make it to 60, PRAISE THE LORD!
ReplyDeleteBlessings my friend.
Hi, Gosh what beautiful family photos- not the usual boring family photos - these are awesome
ReplyDeletelove the setting looks like it belongs in a magazine- Sincerely, Jonny
Awesome photos..... What a great thing to have done. I'd love to do that with out family.
ReplyDeleteWarm blessings,
Spencer
Beautiful post, beautiful family and gorgeous photos!! You have much to be thankful for!! Julie
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post! I often wonder about many of the same things! Like you, I nearly hit the panic button for inspiration for White Wednesday and Show and Tell Friday this week. Too much to do and too little time....Your photos are beautiful! You have a lovely family and those roses...lushious!!!! I was wondering...are they heirloom varietys? David Austin?? Warm Regards, Sheilla
ReplyDeleteYour family picture of one and all is so amazing. I wish I could duplicate it. What a wonderful gift the Lord has given you.
ReplyDelete-Judi
Darling! You have a beautiful family! What a great post! :)
ReplyDelete~liz
I know you have been told what a beautiful family have. God has blessed you in so many ways it is ovious on your blog and so great to see.
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