My Giveaway goodies and sun rise pictures!!!

Hi my Prims,
I hope everyone is having a great day. I am so happy tomorrow is Friday. It has been a long week. Still cold out and they are saying it is going to stay cold through next week but at least there is NO SNOW in the forecast and the SUN will be out, so we can not complain.

I went to the mail box today and I won a FABULOUS giveaway from Tracey at Where My Heart Grows. Tracey is a super gal, look what I got from her, it felt like Christmas...Please go check out her blog you will love it"Where My Heart Grows"

Here is what I saw when I opened up my box, and then there was more and more, it was the bottomless box.

Here is more

I couldn't believe my eyes.

How did Tracey know I LOVE Yankee candles, she made the mats and the Think Spring tuck pillow is beautiful, and she sent me Spring napkins and those beautiful tags of  all different birds and the green towel with a birds nest and the yellow flowers...LOVE IT!!!
Here is more...

Oh and here is what was in the prim bag...

Yes my favorite chocolate and jelly beans and a white chocolate pop!!
Here is where I put my goodies..

Here is a close up

It screams SPRING IS GOING TO COME!!!!!!!
Here is some more pictures of where I found homes for my goodies..

Here is a close up, Tracey is very talented and I did light my Yankee Candle,it smelled YUMMY!

More..

Tracey made 3 different color mats, LOVE THEM!!!!
MORE.....

One more..

Now for the candy, I got my Country Sampler in the mail today as well and with my chocolate, OH it is going to be a GREAT night....

See this is what I will be doing later. I am going to curl up in our cozy warm bed and have my hot cup of tea and my chocolate that Tracey sent me and my CS and I am going to enjoy myself I will call it my relaxing time!
I emailed Tracey right away when I got my AWESOME giveaway, it is her first one that she has ever done and Tracey, all I can say is you OUTDID yourself. Everything was wrapped up so nice and there were extra goodies in there and she also wrote me a beautiful card.
Tracey I want to say Thank You so much but the best gift that you couldn't fit in the box was a great friendship that we have! You put your heart and soul into this Spring Giveaway and I also gained a great friend. I guess I got two GREAT gifts!!!!


Now for some pictures our youngest took on the way to school. I was driving and he just loves to take pictures and they came out great...

Breathtaking...

Great job buddy. He also took a few pictures of some homes that we love to look at and he said Mom can I take a few pictures of these homes and what do you think I said"of course".

So there are a 2 homes he wanted to take pictures of, Great job pal!

Now the next picture means alot to my family, as alot of you know I took care of my MIL( which I called her Mom) because she was my Mom to me and it has been 4 years Nov.5th that she has gone home to be with the Lord and we all still feel the loss. You just learn to live with it and adjust it to your life which it is hard to do, you NEVER get over someone that you love dearly that has passed on. Mr.Hillcrest loved his Mom and it is still hard. My Grandmother would tell me when you date a man watch how he treats his Mother because that is how he will treat you and that was VERY TRUE, my husband treats me like a Queen as he did his Mother and our sons were extremely close to their "Nonnie" and miss her dearly. Well to make a long story short my FIL gave Mr. Hillcrest my MIL"S baby shoes that are bronzed and we both had tears in our eyes because they mean so much to our family and our sons both wrote this beautiful saying to go with the shoes and we framed it..
In Memory Of Our Nonnie


Don't think of her as gone away
Her jouney has just begun in Heaven
Just think of her resting in a place of warmth, comfort and peace
were there is no tears, fear, sadness, sickness, and hurt.
And we think of our Nonnie as living in our hearts and in everyone's hearts she touched.
For nothing loved is ever lost and she was and still is loved by us her family.
We love you and miss you Nonnie and we hope you are proud of us.
We will see you again, but for now we know that you are on our shoulder's and you are protecting us and guiding us through life. We love you Nonnie.
Love your Grandsons,
Steve-o and Matt
Here is a picture of their Nonnie's baby shoes

After they wrote this together Mr. Hillcrest and I teared up as they read it to us as they to had tears coming down their faces as well. Their Grandmother was a huge part of their life and she told them when it was time for her to go home to be with her parents and the Lord she would be on their shoulder and she sure as been.We are so proud of both of our sons, as Steve-o is going to College which his Grandmother wanted him to do, he is doing it and he is an A student and holds a part time job, we couldn't ask for more and Matt is in Drama and is getting A's and one B and is looking into graphic design for College, he is FABULOUS at art, just like is Father and his Nonnie,I tell them all the time how proud she is of both of them!
So, I know that I bragged alittle but it is a full time job to raise great kids and in this crazy world we live in. Mr. Hillcrest and I are proud that they are turning into great young men! We are PROUD parents!!



Til next time my Prims,
Be kind to each other and love one another.
Prim Blessings,
Tricia