the back door

i love watching the year in reviews on all the news  shows. i get emotional with almost everyone.  sometimes i've forgotten the story, but for most the memories are vivid. as i think about resolutions i also tend to look back on the rather yuck parts of the year because those fuel my resolutions. so this year i thought i'd do something different and give a best of 2012! enjoy... best moments: watching my girl learn to play the violin fall retreat with my group of preteens fall get away with my hubby spring break to florida with the kids trip to california for a conference doing "7" blessings in a backpack giving our offering away best songs: 10,000 reasons need you now by plumb we are young by fun home by phil phillips it is well by north point band somebody that i used to know by goyte someone like you by adelle one thing remains by kristian stanfill best new foods: zija energy balls green smoothies oatmeal break

about a year ago my sweet girl started asking for a new comforter.  she had the same one since she was 3 and it was definitely "little" girl.  i had big dreams of making her a quilt.  we talked about it.  we looked at different ideas.  we talked more about it.  thankfully...this summer we were out and about and there on the clearance rack she spotted a comforter she fell in love with.  since i could never make it for less we bought it and brought it home.  as fall set in we started talking about making the rest of the room fit the color scheme. today we made that happen.....  here you see the comforter...and we made these hoops with some leftover fabric and scraps she picked out today.  saw it on pinterest :)  she spent about an hour creating her own canvas painting this afternoon to hang.  i love her desire to create!  she knew exactly what she wanted to do and did it!  when we hung the other things up i noticed she had this board that no longer ma