This post brought to you by Instagram and Lysol

First let me ask a question.

Anyone else feel like they haven't picked up their camera in weeks due to Instagram?!?

Maybe it's just me.

Or maybe I'm just so lazy that I naturally gravitate towards things with the word "insta" in them.

This app is so fun and so easy.

If you live to take pictures you will love it.

You may also love Halfnote.

And CrossProcess.

And Labelbox.

Yes I am app happy.

Onto my original post.



It seems spring has sprung here in Nashville.

Long gone are the days of snow accumulations.



We were finally able to attend LCA's {already postponed due to snow} Elementary Valentine bowling party.

Neither Maggie nor Aidan's boxes won but thankfully they are not all that concerned with winning.

They are all about the fun.



And the friends.





I can relate.

I was able to spend the weekend at a Women's Conference with these lovely gals.



They even encouraged me to stop being a sissy and ask Shelley Johnson for a picture.

{Her song Mosaic of Grace is what inspired the name of my blog.}

I squealed inside.

And maybe a little on the outside too.



We had planned to make cupcakes for Valentine's Day but never got around to it.





I had even purchased these cutie patootie flags for them.



What did we do?

We made {post}Valentine's Day cupcakes of course!

And they were delish.



I decided to throw a little art into the mix and have Maggie draw a 'still life' of her cupcake.



She is so creative.



Just ask Nick and Bo.



They demanded I also show you a picture of them in their manly state as well.



Adam had to spend a week in Tahoe so it was just me and the kiddos.



We had a slumber party.

Ramona and Beezus and Funyons.

Does life get any better?!



Oh and these babies.



Before he fell asleep he said "This was the best night ever."

I will never forget the night I was a rock star in the eyes of an 8 year old.

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Dad being out of town could only mean one thing.

Sickness.

H1N1 to be exact.

Aidan came down with it first.

Let me just say that I would not make a good spokesperson for Tamiflu.

I gave him one dose and that was it.

After he threw up 5 times I figured he might be better off riding out the {non vomit inducing} flu.



About 3 days later he was doing this.

He called it his get well dance.



Tyler was next.

At this point I was wielding a can of Lysol.

Someone should make a holster for those.

Just a thought.

Tyler has asthma so it was a bit tougher on him.

We survived the week {by the grace of God} and managed to keep it contained to just the two kids.



In other news...this {ridiculously older looking} young lady had a piece of her writing published in our Homeschool Tutorial's {LCA} newspaper.



Her teacher thought it was fabulous and asked if it could be published.

It is pretty profound.

I call her Thesaurus Thelma.

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The sun is out in full force here today and we are about to hit the road headed for Gatlinburg.

The kids and I have been studying the Titanic and decided on a whim to go and see the Titanic exhibit there.

I adore road trips.

Probably because there is food involved.

Especially a big ol' bag of Funyons.

An essential.


"My every mortal breath, is Grace and nothing less"