Little Marlin's 1st Birthday!

 

 

(First of all before you read this post, I must say I am terribly sorry for the bad quality pictures. I only had my iPhone to take the pictures with so they are sort of blurry and grainy. I am totally not a fan of low quality photos so Marlin has to remind me that a lot of time people don't really care, they just like to see pictures. So that's that!)

 

 

 

 

Sometimes I can hardly believe I have a little boy that is all mine! It was sort of strange to sit and think, "wow this time a year a go I was in the hospital in lot's of pain, but my heart filled with joy, as I held my sweet baby boy in my arms".

 

We took the Chukar to The Cheesecake Factory last night for his 1st birthday celebration! Obviously he really didn't know what was going on but Marlin and I celebrated anyhow because he is such a special gift that we are both so thankful for! He has added so much to our lives! Mostly joy, and laughter, but sometimes a bit of stress because he can be quite mischievous! I'm usually laughing at is mischievousness though! He's just so darn cute.

 

Before we left for the Cheesecake Factory Grandma Rowe brought him a little birthday present! He wasn't quite sure what to do with it at first!

 

Thank you Grandma for the gifts! He loved the animal crackers, he's little air plane, and the books. He laughed when I read him the farm animal book and made all the animal noises!

 

 

 

Here we are at the restaurant. I don't think Little Marlin was too impressed at first.

 

 

 

I orders a delicious "Everything Pizza" I would definitely recommend that if you ever go! Marlin ordered Huevos Rancheros and the Chukar enjoyed sharing that with him.

 

 

Then we ordered our cheesecake!

I got Reese's Peanut Butter Chocolate. It was very rich and a huge slice. No, I did not eat all of it!

 



 

So that's pretty much all we did. We enjoyed each other's company and had a simply wonderful time! My life is full of times like these and I am very thankful!

We certainly love our little guy. He is one of the greatest blessings of all!

 

 

 



Life Full of Blessings!

Events of the past weekend!

Saturday morning I got up early and went Goodwill shopping to get some 50% off deals! I found a few cute things and it was so much fun! Marlin watched the Chukar while I was gone! Then afterward I went to the car lot to hang out with my husband for a while! It's so nice that he works at a place where I can come and visit him whenever I want! 

 I went home a little later and headed to beautiful Can Creek with my family! the Chukar and I had such a wonderful time sitting in the hot sun and playing in the clear cool creek! 

Later that evening we went out to eat! I felt so spoiled this past weekend. It was so filled with great times and fun memories! I have the best time just doing the simple things in life! 

Sunday morning Marlin and I made pancakes from scratch! My mother-in-law has a wonderful fluffy pancake recipe that she shared with me. Marlin loves them so much so now we have a Sunday morning tradition of making pancakes for breakfast! It's so much fun! We also went to church on Sunday and heard so many words of encouragement! Then we went out on the river and I fished a little bit and caught nothing! Then we swam for a while and laid in the warm sunshine! Then as usual we headed back to play our Sunday afternoon volleyball! I can''t tell you how much I love playing sand volleyball! Diving into the sand to save a ball, when you set the perfect set (I know that sounds weird)... It's all so rewarding and so much fun! Then jumping in the creek afterwards to cool off is the perfect ending to a fun filled day!

I can't say enough how blessed my life is! I really have nothing worth complaining about even though sometimes I think I do! Life is full of blessings. It is our job to focus on them. Then and only then will our lives be filled with pure wonder and joy!

Stay tuned to see updates of our Florida trip coming up next weekend!

Zimmerman summer!

I haven't written anything on here in such a long time! I guess it seems like I don't have anything worth writing about. Well, I guess I just want to make sure I'm not boring my readers!

The only thing I have to talk about is the small happenings in our little home!

Our little Chukar is getting so big. He's very close to walking now! He'll be one year old in just a couple weeks. It's so crazy how fast the time has flown. This time last year I was all belly, and quite miserable at times! I was always hungry and it was so hard to keep myself filled up so that I didn't start feeling sick!

Now I am enjoying my little feller'! He is so serious about things! He is a determined little chap (a lot like his daddy). He is a real joy to our lives! We are so thankful for him, and sometimes feel like we can't get enough of him!!!

 

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My sewing business has been doing a lot better this year than it did last year! I like to sew while the Chukar is taking a nap! I have so much fun up in my little sewing room that Marlin made for me when we first got married! I remember he asked me one night while we were in bed if there was anything that I wished I had. I told him I really wanted a sewing room, and few months later I was pleasantly sewing away in my little sewing room!

 

Here is a link to my Etsy shop! Pretty much everything I have been sewing is in my Etsy shop.

 

Rachel's Trends on Etsy.

 

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Marlin (my husband) is doing very well! He is such a good husband and I still believe I am so blessed to call him mine! I'm looking forward to spending many more years together! He is such a good daddy! I absolutely love watching him with our little son! They are so alike!  

 

 

 

Well I suppose that's about all I have to say!

My life is sweet and full of joy! We couldn't possibly be a more happy family. We have so much to be thankful for!