did a little “good willing” ( just made up my own word there) on saturday. the first saturday of the month everything is 50% off. it’s a good day to go. i went looking for a dresser to re-d0 for mase but no such luck. i did find some other goodies. these cute little yellow […]
1. we constantly have music playing in our home. anything from worship, to hip hop to indie rock to justin bieber (mason’s constant request) you’ll will hear. our desktop computer is in a central location so it is easy to have pandora playing all the time. but i quickly reach the 40 hours a month […]
last night brian surprised mason and took him to a pacers game. this was mason’s first time to an nba game and really special for brian, who loves basketball to take his son. my little man looked all grown up walking out of the house for his “boys only” night. the girls and i were […]
snowing?!? dear spring, why are you messing with us? please stop. sincerely, the barelas.
has it ever happened to you when you have the same message/theme repeated in your life in a short amount of time? and you think to yourself “ok, i get it!” well loud and clear i hear the message s l o w down. in the last 48 hours i’ve come across 2 articles, had […]
so the date on the calendar may say that spring is here even if the weather doesn’t feel like it. at least in the state of indiana (still weird to say i live in indiana). we had a couple of teaser days of warmth and now back to the bitter cold. i’m over it. anyways… […]
simple quick rendition of 5 on friday… 1. i’m running in a 1/2 marathon tomorrow! hoping for weather that is semi-decent. 2. my parents are visiting this weekend. very fun to have them both here. and i’ve really missed my dad:) 3. within 24 hours we went from wearing shorts and tshirt outside to watching […]
last night we played outside as a family for over 2 hours. we played catch with the football with new neighbor friends. we took a bike ride. the girls played in the backyard in their little house. brian and i walked around our yard talking about what we would like to do in the future […]
today i’m giving my husband some bloggin’ love and some mad props to the 4th annual blogference that is starting TODAY! this years theme is EVOLVE this is an online conference “blogference” with speakers on various ministry related topics founded by my very own husband please check it out, learn, listen and comment as you […]
1. gotta eat green food on st. patricks day, right? green makes anything and everything fun. breakfast and lunch were full of green goodness. we ended up going out to dinner last night so the “green” pizza i had planned for last night is still be requested for tonight. keeping the love of the irish […]