Hey everyone!  Happy Saturday!  So, time for a shameless plug.  But actually not shameless at all because I am very proud of the thing I am plugging!   Anyway, I wanted to share with you a new project of my mother’s, called “Hear My Heart Smocking”.  My mother is an excellent seamstress and has been making beautiful English smocked clothing for years and years.  She made clothes for me and Erin when we were little, and through the years she has continued to make clothes for the children of our friends and family.  So anyway, my mom has decided to start selling a few outfits that she has made on Etsy (an online store for handmade things), and she has already started generating interest!  Just a couple of days ago she was asked to make a custom outfit for a new baby!

Click on the banner below to see my mom’s new shop:

So anyway, I am just really excited for my mom and wanted to share it with you all!  And if you or someone you know could use an adorable new baby gown, dress, bonnet, etc, then check out her shop!

Hey everyone!

I have a prayer request to share with all of you.  My dear grandmother, Sandra, was hospitalized last weekend because she fell and as a result cracked her pelvis and broke her hand.  She is out of the hospital now but has to stay in a care center for a month while she recovers and goes through physical therapy.  I guess it’s been difficult because Grandma has always been so lively and full of energy.  It’s hard seeing her confined to a wheelchair and struggling to do even little things.  I know it’s only temporary, but it’s still tough.  My Mom has been a complete champ; sitting with Grandma every day at the home and encouraging her and basically being the mom for her own mom.  I can’t imagine how hard that must be; when the roles reverse and you have to take care of your parents.  Please pray for my grandma’s healing, as well as encouragement for my Mom.

Also, yesterday was the ninth anniversary of when my sister Erin went to be with the Lord.  Branden and I spent the day with my family, and it was a very sweet and encouraging day.  I thank the Lord for his blessings and encouragement, and I thank all of you who have been praying for us.  I wrote a blog entry about Erin last year, which can be viewed here.

I hope you all are having a wonderful Monday!

Love,
Liz

Hi everyone!  Happy belated 2010!  It’s been a little while since I’ve posted anything so I thought I’d share how we Ramseys spent our Christmas break!  But I’m too lazy to write much at the moment, so I am summing everything up in photos.    Enjoy!

Christmas in Katy!  (Dad, Mom, Grandma, Branden, and me)

Mom, Grandma, and me

Branden, me Grandma, Mom, Debby, and let us not forget the dogs (Lily and Rocky)

Visiting the cousins in Seabrook (Branden, me, Sarah, Hailey, and Andrew)

Visiting more family in Spring (Susan, Lindsay, Debby, and Branden)

Celebrating New Years Eve at the Peeples (Lynn, Ben, me, and Branden)

Amy, me, Lynn

Visiting my friend Kate and her new baby Addison!

Kate and Addison

Visiting Ernie and Paula at the farm in Fairfield (cool tractor, huh?)

Branden and his dad, Ernie

Lucy!

All in all we had a wonderful Christmas break with our family and friends.  We are so blessed to have all of you in our lives!  And we are infinitely blessed to have a Savior who came here to earth and then died to save us!  That’s better than a million presents from the store.  Sorry this is late, but Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with your loved ones.  Branden and I sure did!  We went to Dallas last weekend and stayed with Mama Ramsey, and on Thanksgiving Day we all went over to my grandparents’ house.  I got to see my sweet Nana and Papa, artsy Aunt Melissa, crazy Uncle Steve, and even my cousin Josh, whom I haven’t seen in over 15 years!  Crazy, huh?  It was a day filled with good food, family, and football.  Oh, and speaking of, way to go Aggies!  Yeah, we didn’t win, but we sure did put up a good fight!  Maybe we’ll be a decent team next year?  Riiiiiight… we’ll wait and see.

Gobble gobble!

Hi, my name is Liz, and I have a confession to make:   I am a Twilight fan.  I can’t help it.  I own all four books and I’ve read through them all twice.  I own the first movie.  And I have been looking forward to New Moon for months!  I am going to see it today with Audrey, Lynn and Kristin and I’m super pumped!  I am looking forward to seeing all of the funny teenagers dressed in their “Team Edward” t-shirts and what-not.  The “Twi-hards”.  There will probably be some moms wearing the same.  I think Kristin may actually be wearing one too.  So I may not be allowed to laugh.   That’s okay though, because if I had the guts I’d probably wear one too.  Only mine would be Team Jacob.

Branden would like me to say that he is not seeing New Moon today.  He is doing all sorts of manly things today like getting his car fixed and watching football, and training for the Warrior Dash.  (See the Matterns’ blog for more info.)  I have actually never met anyone so against Twilight than my husband, especially since he has not even seen the movie.  He thinks it is stupid and moody.  Well, it might be a little moody, but it is not stupid.  It is awesome.

Anyway, that is all I have to say for now.  I am going to go enjoy my movie!  Have a great day everyone!