Taking a Day to Celebrate My Heritage!

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!!! ive always loved this holiday, not just for the green beer, pots of gold, or leprechauns, im really proud to be irish! ive heard in a family tale that my grandfathers family came from ireland decades ago, but they came here NOT by choice! So my grandfather says they were forced to be sent to the united states when a long ago family member couldnt stay out of pub fights, so thus, the mcclure's came to the united states and our family settled around the conway/clinton area. Researching a name and a heritage is lots of fun, here is what the meaning of my "MCCLURE" name means: 1.Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir (Scottish), Mac Giolla Uidhir (Irish), probably ‘son of the sallow lad’;2.Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Dheòradha, Irish Mac Giolla Dheóradha ‘son of the servant of the pilgrim’. i hope everyone has a wonderful ST. Pattys day! here is a irish prayer i leave with you today: May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that’s always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.

Spring is almost here!

Its been a couple of weeks since my last post, we're coming along with the house nicely, we've gotten the den almost cleared out with a couple of trips to the recycling center. And the spare bedroom/ art studio is cleaned out as well, nothing feels as great as some spring cleaning! nick and ethan have been busy in the yard with some help from nicks dad as well. almost all the tree limbs and branches from the ice storm are gone. its nice to be able to open the windows and breathe in some fresh air. we've also got a painting bug, this weekend nick and i are getting some paint for the spare bedroom, a olive green and brown will be in the room, its going to look really pretty! this past week we got a little creative and decided to paint some flower pots to plant some strawberry seeds in, ethan really enjoyed it he kept saying " mines looking pretty good mommy!" and he would be sure to tell us this about every 5 minutes! ha!

he loved the painting....

and was getting pretty serious at times!


and here are the finished products, well nicks still isnt done, he is a perfectionist when it comes to his! =)
also i attended my friend hannah's baby shower for mr. kinser scott milner this past weekend. we had a great time, while i was feeling creative i put it to work and made him a picture for his room as well as one for the big sister princess julie!!! hannah really liked them which made me feel great! i love doing stuff like that for family and friends because its something that you put your time into and it makes it that much more special


i cant wait for the warmer weather to get here, i love spring! we have lots of camping and floating trips planned this year which should be fun! im excited to take ethan camping! we're going to hold of on taking him floating until he is a little bit bigger and can sit still longer! =) we've started his "good boy chart" and its working like a charm...for the most part. we have 7 rules and 2 *extra credit* rules, if he gets atleast 7 stars everyday except the weekends he isnt at home then at the end of the month he get his choice of a new toy, dvd or a trip to chuck-e-cheese. he got pretty excited when we told him what he got for being a good boy. hopefully this works out nicely! hope all is well! talk to you soon! love bo =)

Got a Award, Kinda excited about it!!!

So i got a award and now im going to pass it on as well!!! List 7 things that you love and then pass the award on to 7 people... then list it on your side bar and let everyone see that you've won a award and maybe help them to win one as well!!!


LIST OF LOVES:
1)Jesus
2)ethan james wade and his kisses (combo!)

3)my redhead
4)white chocolate mochas from starbucks-yuuummmmm
5)black nail polish
6)Blogging
7)canvas painting