You are my sunshine
my only sunshine
you make me happy
when skies are gray
you’ll never know, dear
how much I love you
please don’t take my sunshine away
Good to be Home
"It is a happy art, the art of living together in tender love." JRM
Good to be Home 
Very, very sweet! And let me just say, you do NOT look like you had 5 children! Wowee – what is your secret?! 🙂
Isn’t it ironic that we both have donuts on our blogs today? LOL! I love the photo of your littlest asleep on the arm of the chair ~ too cute ~
Your family is a complete treasure!! An amazing example for all of us!!
AMEN! Made my morning, yes you did! I’m just sitting here with the biggest smile on my face
p.s. Oh how I hope I get to me you all some day!
I’ll echo the above…would love to meet you all some day!! =) What a delightful post….such a sweet family~
All your pictures of your beautiful family (and I was gonna say this before I read the above comment) make me wish I could meet you! If you ever “happen through” Iowa…
Beautiful…
What a beautiful tribute to your family!!!!! You always come up with the neatest things!!!!
Like I’m always saying, you guys are beautiful inside and out. Just precious.
Very sweet! I used to sing that to my kids when they were little! I also made up this song I called “Little Ray of Sunshine” and used to sing it to them. “Little ray of sunshine Jesus brought into my life. Little arms around my neck, holding me tight. You brighten up each morning with your little sunshine smile. And I’m so glad God let me be your Mommy!”
What a precious family God has given you!
You let your kids eat in the car?!? I sing this song to my children all the time. I would sing it over and over again trying to coax them into sleep. How true it is!
NOW I HAVE TEARS!!! What a beautiful post — what a beautiful family — have a wonderful weekend!
Love it! You and your family are blessed.
Love all the pictures. I can’t tell if those are donuts or bagels in the first picture. Everyone looks like they are enjoying them! 🙂
What a wonderful post — beautiful photos, and the rhythm of the photos met the rhythm of the song! This song, and the entire post, seem to epitomize your life and your family!
what a precious photo blog! it is such joy to see mother’s who truly delight in their families. you are a beautiful handmaiden!
I loved seeing some of the “older” pictures. My how your children are growing! They are all so sweet and lovely because they are well-loved by a mom and dad who want them to grow up to be the best followers of Christ they can be.
You have such a abeautiful family!
You have a beautiful family! Your pictures are very good. I love the one of the baby asleep in the chair! That is so cute.
Totally LOVERLY!!!!!!!!!Blessings,Angie
I agree totally “LOVERLY”!!! My “pap” use to sing that to my mom, and her siblings (13 of them), and she sang it to us! Thanks for making me smile.
What a sweet post! Every post you make I can tell how much you love your husband, children, life and most importantly, God. God’s Blessings to you for a wonderful weekend!
I love all the pics. And that song reminds me of grandma G.
Awww….I love this! So SWEET! This really touched my heart, these pictures are such a testimony to the Lord and His Goodness. : ) Precious, precious, precious…. Thanks for sharing with us! Thank you for the sweet comment too, you are such an encouragement. Blessings and hugs, ~Amelia : )
Shan-How I loved looking at your beautiful family. I enjoyed seeing the past years and watching as your children have grown. You haven’t changed a bit! 🙂 Thanks for sharing these. There’s quite a few here that I thought were my favorite.
Hi thank you for your nice comments.Your last post is great! You are a lovely family!!
Gods Blessing!! ~Sharon~
That is an awesom post! My hubby has nicknamed me sunshine and sings that too me. How precious your children are.
What a precious post! I love all of the pictures from over the years. I agree with Amanda–I remember when Grandma taught me the different verses to that song. Now I can’t remember them. I can remember Grandma’s voice as she sang them like it was yesterday and the smile on her face as she did it — the joy she had in sharing a simple song and the pride she had in knowing the words. I remember how she knew the words to “johnny angel” and other songs from her high school years too. I miss her.
I feel like company in your house as we browsed through your photo albums!Thanks for sharing your happiness!
You guys are beautiful
What a cheery post.
BEA-U-T-FUL family! I enjoyed seeing the older pictures too. You have hardly aged in twelve years of marriage!
What a sweet, wonderful post! I love the pictures. It is neat to see how you all have changed.
just beautiful pics of family…wonderfully done :o)
~simply stork~
Beautiful family!
Great job with picking the right pictures. I miss Grandma too!
Such a touching post! What sweet gifts God has given to us as wives & mothers. Let us be forever thankful! Be blessed today! 🙂
The golden rod photo is art Shanda!
The 3rd photo down on this post is one of my all time favs, I have a copy hanging on the inside of one of my kitchen cabinets where I see it every day!