Every Day with the Barfields (Double Edition)

Here's what we have been up to the past two weeks!

Summer has officially begun for us! 

Looking forward to lots of days at the pool and spending time with friends and family!

Day 141- First swim of the summer for Konrad! 

He loves the pool and is trying so hard to learn to swim!

Day 142- Selfie with my boy!

I love him to pieces!

Day 143- Happy Birthday to me!

Date night to Bonefish with the Kyle Barfield!

It was such a great day.

To read more about my birthday just click here. 

Day 144- First time in the pool for my sweet girl!

Gran's pool is freezing, but she seemed to like it!

Looking forward to many summer days being spent at this pool.

Day 145- I bought this book for our vacation but could not put it down. 

I finished before we got to the beach.

Day 146- Swimming wears this little one out!

Day 147- Mary Wesley is excited to be at the beach!

She loved everything about St. Simons!

Day 148- My running view for the day!

Nothing better…

Day 149- Happy Birthday, Aunt Linlin!

Yes, Grandaddy found this shell in the ocean!

We actually came home with three of them!

Day 150- I was supposed to read this at the beach too. 

Who can read at the beach with two kiddos that want to run and play all day long?

I finished it in two days!

It was so good!

Day 151- I will keep washing Wesley's laundry as long as he leaves this in his pocket!!

Day 152- Konrad's checking on our garden!

Day 153- The first produce from our garden!

Squash and Zucchini…it was awesome~

Day 154- Coloring with my little lefty!!

There you have it!

I hope you have had a blessed week so far. 

Don't ever forget to enjoy each day the Lord gives you here!
But ALWAYS remember…
For believers, this is NOT our home! 

I found this on Facebook, and it spoke to me!

I love Ann Voskamp. 

You can find here blog here.
Ann writes these profound words, "All my brokenness is a whisper that I don't belong, and every time I don't feel I like belong, the Scarred and Rejected God whispers, 'Come here, beloved.' And the longer I live, the more I feel like an exile. This is a gift. The exiled make his extravagant love their home." 

I hope it speaks to you!

Happy Wednesday!

Every Day with the Barfields

Last week both of my children had Hand Foot Mouth Disease!

Gross…

They were both so miserable.

Ok, I was too! 

We made it through. 

Lindsey texted me…remember…

"This too shall pass."

Mind you…she was laying on a beautiful beach with all her family! 

Yea, I just wanted to say "Hush, and just sip your fruity slush, and let me cry!"

She was right though. 

Most of the pictures from last week hint to us being closed up in our home, isolated from the world in hopes that it didn't spread to anyone else.

Here are the photos from the last seven days!

Day 134- This was pretty much what my children ate the whole time they were sick.

Healthy right? I don't care…they eat their fruits and veggies when they are well.

Day 135- This is…Good night…the phone was not with me all day.

Day 136- We finally broke out of the house to get this boy a blue jump rope. 

He has been wanting one for a while. 

Day 137- "I'm Free!!!" 

Mom and I ran a 5K Saturday morning. 

It was so much fun!

Day 138- I forgot to take a picture, so here's a knot on a log!

Day 139- My crew was all stripes this day!

Day 140-  Konrad's reading his dad a book!

Have a good rest of the week folks!

Every Day with the Barfields (Double Edition)

I've been slacking again! 

I will get better at keeping up with this! 

(Or at least I will keep telling myself that!)

Here's a look at some days from the past.

Day 120- We try to read our bible story from the Jesus Storybook Bible every day!

Sometimes it's not till nighttime, but it's just doing it that counts! 

We really love this book for little ones and ourselves! 

Day 121- These two love getting up to watch early morning cartoons. 

Day 122- I don't know about you all, but the allergies hit our house hard this year!

I can't wait for them to be over!

Day 123- We had a fun day at Lanes with Aunt Katie. 

She came and stayed with us while Kyle was out of town.

You can see all the fun things we did while she was here.

Just click here. 

Day 124- Here's a Sunday Funday picture of me and Mary Wesley. 

Day 125- Happy Birthday to my brother, Nash!

You can check out his birthday post here. 

Day 126- Konrad brought me home this beautiful necklace from play school. 

He was so proud of it. 

I wore it all night! 

Day 127- This was Avoly's last high school girls bible study!

We will miss her next year!

Day 128- This box of clothes are on their way to children who need them in another country!

I was blessed just to help in small way for this project.

Day 129- Mom's night out eating mexican food then going to see the movie "Mom's Night Out" with my bible study ladies from PUMC. 

It was a little cheesy, but cute!

As always a night with other moms is fun no matter what!

Day 130- These two were worn slap out after attending two birthday parties in one day! 

Love these kiddos!

Day 131- I am so thankful to be the mom of these two!

Day 132- I did all seven loads of Wesley's laundry.

I told him "Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas". 

That's one gift I can check off for Christmas. 

I mean he has a washer and dryer at school!

Never again…I learned my lesson!

Day 133- It was light outside, and I was in bed!

I will tell you why later! 

That's it for now!

I'm working on a list of things for the kids and I to do this summer. 

I'll be posting it soon. 

I hope you all have a great rest of the week! 

As always…be thankful for each day!

It's a gift from the Lord!

Every Day with the Barfields (Double Edition)

As you can tell, i've been away from the blog for a good week and half.

We have had lots going on, and my blog will never take time away from me spending time with family and friends. 

I made a vow I would not work on my blog while either of my children were awake, so I work on my blog after they are both in the bed or when they are napping at the same time. 

Anyways, with that said…

here is two weeks worth of photos. 

Hang in there till the end.

Day 106- My mom gave Konrad this sleeping bag two years ago for Christmas.
He was scared of the thing.
I pulled it out to see if he would use it, and it was like he had never seen it before.
He loves it!
So strange…

Day 107- My children playing with the vacuum. My picture is not cooperating.
You can find the picture here.

Day 108- My little Easter egg!
She is all ready for our church egg hunt.

Day 109- Konrad's first time dying eggs.
He really liked it.

Day 110- Happy Easter! This was Mary Wesley's first Easter!

Day 111- My first sweet tea in forty days!
It was awesome!

Day 112- Happy Birthday to our sweet "O" cousins!
We have two cousins with the same birthday on opposites sides of the family!
It's so easy to remember their birthday!

Day 113- Snack time…Mary Wesley is now using a sippy cup and eating pretty much all table food.
They grow so fast. She already wants to do everything her brother is doing.

Day 114- My bags are packed for a fun trip to Atlanta with the "Murph" girls!

Day 115- I have been looking forward to this trip since January.
My Gran decided she would like to take all us girls to see the Lion King at the Fox for our birthdays.
We had a blast.
This was the second time seeing the Lion King for Gran, Beth Ann, Olivia, and myself.
Last time we saw it we were in New York.
There are no words to describe what it's like to spend a fun weekend in Atlanta with your almost eighty year old Grandmother!

Day 116- We had a family golf session.
I just took pictures.
Konrad's latest obsession is GOLF!

Day 117- My little explorer…this girl loves to be outside.
She is not afraid to get dirty.

Day 118- These were on sale at Kroger and I bought them.
I will just end with that…

Day 119- We are all suffering from terrible allergies at our house except Kyle.
Lots of puffy faces, watery eyes, runny noses, and coughs going on!
Hoping the rain will clear out all the pollen for a little bit.

There you have it. The last fourteen days with the Barfields…
See you on Friday! :)

Every Day with the Barfields

Lots of smiling.giggling.hopping.eating.jogging.

these past seven days. 

I'm telling you…Konrad keeps us laughing and on the move all.the.time. 

He wants to go, go, go!

Monday night he was begging to go to the grocery store.

Want to know why my 2.5 year old boy wants to go to the grocery store?

Because he likes to ride in the cars. 

(You know the little cars that are attached to the buggies.)

He talks to every stranger we pass and makes sure they know 

he is driving. 

It's hilarious. 

So, last Monday night we had a date night to not just one grocery store, but two grocery stores. 

He was an awesome car/cart driver. 

Krogers carts with the cars attached are like trying to drive a suburban in Atlanta.

It takes me twice as long in there because I can barely maneuver my way around. 

I wish I had pictures, but I left my phone in the car. 

Anyway, enjoy these photos!

Day 99- I was cleaning the kitchen and Konrad said, "Hey, mom. Look! I'm doing the hunny bop!" He had my huge shoes on and was hopping around the kitchen with his sword. It was really funny!

Day 100- What about the beautiful weather we had last week.

This girl ate her lunch outside. She loves being outside!

Day 101- One word. HAM!

Day 102- This was at the Dogwood "Bestibul" as Konrad called it. 

He wore Grandaddy's shades!

Day 103- I've been running a lot lately now that the weather is nicer. 

Well, Konrad is our little runner. 

He will run with me almost every time, and he really runs. 

I hope he will continue to be my running buddy. 

The dogs look forward to it too.

Day 104- This yogurt is awesome!

Kemps yogurt.

You should try it!

Day 105- I spent a cold rainy day with these five kiddos! We had so much fun!
Can you see all the love in this picture?

Speaking of love…
You can't help but think of all the love God has for His people since He sent His ONLY Son to die for our sins. I have been seeing Jesus on the cross all week. Thinking about the pain and agony He went through so I would be FREE. That's LOVE. Laying down your life for the ones you love. I don't deserve this at all. I will choose to live out loud and share the love of Jesus as much as I can. For some of us that's at home with our little ones. They are our ministry right now. For others it will be sharing God's love at work. Whether you teach, medicate, type on a computer, or drive a mail car you can share His love. I hope you find yourself continuously looking for ways to share His goodness and love this week. Have a great rest of the week.

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
1 John 3:16