Welcome Piper Lynn Anthony!

Yesterday early in the morning, 12:44a.m. to be exact, our dear friends, Ryan and Dana Anthony, welcomed their first baby into the world!

Jay and I are so excited for you guys and look forward to seeing Piper grow up!

Here are a few photos of the new Anthony Family!

And baby makes 3!!!

What a proud daddy!

Uncle Jay and baby Piper!

The beautiful momma and me!

Day after Wedding Photos and video

We are so thankful for our amazing wedding photographer Clark Lara! He is so wonderful to work with and is so very talented!

Check out the short little video I put together of some video footage my mom took and some of our "Day After" photos Clark took of Jay and me.

If you need a great photographer look no further... check out Clark Lara at www.clarklaraphotography.com. You can tell him The Ingram's sent you... we don't get anything... we just really enjoyed working with him and look forward to him capturing our future family in the many years to come!

New favorite song!

I heard an awesome song on the radio today and had to share it!!! It is called "Come Rest" by Lindsay McCaul... It totally speaks to the busyness in our lives... well my life and how all The Lord wants from us at times is to just come and rest with him... to be still and to not be busy... I need to hear that often.... to me this song is so refreshing and I hope it is for you!

Below are the lyrics.

Come Rest

Artist: Lindsay McCaul
Album: If It Leads Me Back

Busy, busy me, full of self-sufficiency
I have tried so fervently to earn Your love
But any joy that I once found is wearing off, is winding down
And I can hear You in the madness calling out

When You say come, rest -should I be working so hard
When You say love, rest -did You want hands or my heart
'Cause I have done my best and still I miss the mark
But I remember You said its done
So I come

So convinced that it was right, adding weight to what was light
Seeking value in Your sight, but I was wrong
For all the labor I have done is but a candle to the sun
And I can see that it would never measure up

When You say come, rest -should I be working so hard
When You say love, rest -did You want hands or my heart
'Cause I have done my best and still I miss the mark
But I remember You said its done
So I...

Come to the water's edge
I rest in Your promises
That all You ever wanted was me here
And if there's nothing left that I can do
To earn the love I need from You
Then all that's left to want is to be near
So I come...when You say come...

When You say come, rest -should I be working so hard
When You say love, rest -did You want hands or my heart
'Cause I have done my best and still I miss the mark
But I remember You said its done
So I come

You can download the song for free here... http://lindsaymccaul.com/

Baby Shower Peep Wreath!

I have received a few request about how I made the Peep Wreath for Dana & Ryan's baby shower a few weeks back... so here it is...

First of all this was not an original idea... I was searching for fun decor ideas for baby showers and came across this... http://www.gerberadesigns.com/triedandtrue/?p=310.

Below is my tale of this fun crafty project!

First I started with a straw 12" wreath from Hobby Lobby and wrapped it in white tulle. This kept the straw from falling off the wreath and making a big mess.

Second... open all of your Peeps packages and separate the chicks for easy application onto the wreath.

Next... plug in your glue gun and go to town. There was no method to laying out the peeps on the wreath for me... just random application and fun!

All done!

I added a bow and a "Welcome... come on in" card and all finished!

Happy Mother's Day!

This past weekend my sister, mom and I enjoyed a fun 24 hour road trip to San Marcos for a retail adventure... if you have never been to the Outlet Mall in San Marcos you have to go... they have everything you could ever want; from Pottery Barn/William Sonoma to Gucci and Fendi to Old Navy and Jcrew!

We left Friday after work and came back Saturday evening. It was a quick trip but we enjoyed ever minute! Friday we had dinner at the Gristmill in Gruene, TX and it was really good! Then enjoyed Cracker Barrel on Saturday before we drove home... nothing is better than shopping, eating really good food and hanging out with two of my favorite people!

It was a great weekend and the perfect way to celebrate Mother's Day. I look forward to many more trips just like this one!

Mom, I am so grateful for your constant love and devotion to our family. I am so blessed that God chose me to be one of your daughters! Thank you for the daily example you show me... I love you very much! Happy Mother's Day!

Feather their Nest Baby Shower!

This last weekend Jay and I hosted our dear friends baby shower. It was so fun and we are so excited to meet baby Piper in a few short weeks!