Bright smile, deep soul. Happy to be in this life – blessed beyond measure. A loving husband – a beautiful, bright-eyed little boy - a lil’ sweet pea to adore…the apples of my eye. Hot coffee in my cup – a chair to rock in on my front porch…it truly is the simple things that matter most. A fat cat that beats us down the stairs – a dog who’s afraid of her shadow…we never have to use the bathroom alone. A job that allows me to grow and learn – hard to believe I’m actually getting paid to be here sometimes. Family that warms my heart at just the thought of them – if they were a choice, I wouldn’t have picked differently. Grown up, but realizing how much growing room this life allows. Used to think I knew a little about everything only to find out, I don’t know much about anything sometimes. That part’s ok, pressure’s off. Believer, Mother, Wife, Daughter, Sister, Friend – in that order. Hoping to get better as I get older – embracing the moments and learning from the stumbles. Ecstatic to be along for the ride… Tumblr (3.0; @ncjunebug)http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdlqfiJiMy1qzs0bzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>4 year old “white party” - swagger at any age :) per some nana, turkey & mozzarella</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/35865408773http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/35865408773Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:28:30 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdc2u7EQoO1qzs0bzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/35493778695http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/35493778695Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:20:30 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md8w1iKQGv1qzs0bzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Coming out of a dramatic time out Lucy found solace in some of the most loving arms she knows (sigh)</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/35368817419http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/35368817419Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:00:53 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7fhv2jKME1qzs0bzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bubba’s note from school - him and the critters wreaking havoc :) (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a>)</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/27582400156http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/27582400156Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:16:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7fhmc3Wyq1qzs0bzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bubba’s note from teacher - had everybody at school screaming chasing them with an earthworm! (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a>)</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/27582056742http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/27582056742Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:11:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m79vq2zdX11qzs0bzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bubba and his junebugs :) a boy’s gotta have his bugs! <a href="http://instagr.am/p/NJ7Wpmx5vK/">http://instagr.am/p/NJ7Wpmx5vK/</a> (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a>)</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/27357030440http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/27357030440Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:30:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m72h3uW52E1qzs0bzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Husband brought fave flowers home-told me not to get excited-swiped from coworkers break up bouquet…hmpphhh <a href="http://instagr.am/p/M_vKvlx5j_/">http://instagr.am/p/M_vKvlx5j_/</a> (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a>)</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/27075416137http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/27075416137Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:31:06 -0400““When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life. Have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader, once you discover one simple fact, and that is everything around that you call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”<br/><br/> - <em><div class="overviewHead"> <h1>Steve Jobs in PBS film: You can change the world</h1> </div></em>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/18950777469http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/18950777469Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:16:12 -0500taking notes<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/E1NsC98xVN0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I love Bill Cosby & I love southerners…bless our hearts :)</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/18142589284http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/18142589284Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:10:13 -0500“Many of the most deeply spiritual moments of my life haven’t happened just in my mind or in my soul. They happened while holding my son in the middle of the night, or watching the water break along the shore, or around my table, watching the people I love feel nourished in all sorts of ways.”<br/><br/> - <em>Shauna Niequist, <em> Bittersweet </em> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thresca.tumblr.com/">thresca</a>)</em>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/17153454111http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/17153454111Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:28:43 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxwldo8i9Y1qzx5i0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>love</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/16130712141http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/16130712141Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:13:08 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpfcfpYCur1qzx5i0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>not a man by any means, but love the sentiment all the same…</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://quote-book.tumblr.com/post/15692937192">quote-book</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/73503980/storm-8x10-photography-print-with-quote">Storm</a> on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/73503980/storm-8x10-photography-print-with-quote">Etsy</a></p> </blockquote>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/15725308344http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/15725308344Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:12:10 -0500“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Plato (via <a href="http://girlwithoutwings.tumblr.com">girlwithoutwings</a></p> <p>)</p></em>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/15670641688http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/15670641688Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:30:46 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvu52exk8A1qzs0bzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>watching your child in all his awesomeness ~ few things make me smile bigger in life</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13871467269http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13871467269Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:20:37 -0500how blessed am i<p>amidst being asked for the 85th time about my Christmas &#8220;readiness&#8221; - seriously, why do we as humans torture each other w.questions like those.  Back to the lil&#8217; sarcastic tidbit that made me snicker cynically - holiday plate that said &#8220;Peace on earth &amp; joy to the people I like.&#8221;  I almost bought 2 packs :) </p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13829911244http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13829911244Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:46:10 -0500will never be ready for christmas<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv4l9gdnzy1r4bbpzo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dailydoseosnark.tumblr.com/post/13211295169/a-calm-jar-i-need-one-of-these-you-fill-the">dailydoseosnark</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A calm jar.  I need one of these.  You fill the jar with colored water and glitter.  When you are upset you shake the jar and have to watch it until the glitter completely settles.  The time it takes is enough time for you to settle your emotions.</p> </blockquote>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13643195850http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13643195850Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:00:16 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvlb9vifKp1qzs0bzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>thinking it’s likely gross that i eat copious amount of that white stuff between the peel & the orange b/c i’m just too lazy to peel it off…yeah, probably</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13641249295http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13641249295Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:56:19 -0500clementine season<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9n46CtDmKOg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>i am turning into my dad…last night i busted out with “there are 2 kinds of people in this world & i ain’t the other kind”…fully concur w.video sentiments/logic :)</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13636301831http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13636301831Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:59:25 -0500tgif (and all that implies)“When life gets hard the lies get loud.<br/> But in the middle of all the noise, there is still what’s true.”<br/><br/> - <em>Holley Gerth</em>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13501643136http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13501643136Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:33:00 -0500truths i need to remind myself of right now<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv0sn2lFmE1qzs0bzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My son’s turkey recipe ~ gobble gobble</p>http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13115034915http://ncjunebug.tumblr.com/post/13115034915Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:01:49 -05003 year old awesomeness