Welcome!


I have been thinking about doing this for some time now.  I am excited to share my crazy life with you.  For those who don't know me, I am a Stay at Home Mom, of 4 beautiful children.  I have a degree in Elementary Education and a degree in Travel in Tourism.  My husband, Larry and I decided, while I was pregnant with my oldest son, Kade, to stay home.  It has been the best decision I ever made for my family.  This blog is to chronicle the good, the bad, and the hilarious of raising our children.


I am also an avid reader, scrapbooker, baker and cook.  I will share many of my recipes, books I love, and stories about my scrapbooking weekends.  I am also a gardener, and I am all about canning my veggies, so I will happily share my experience with canning!


So, why the title of my blog?  Well, when I was contemplating doing the blog, I asked my Facebook friends, for some creative names.  I got many great replies.  One of my friends said,"Shelby, the name should mean something to you, otherwise it is not really your blog."  Thank you Kandy for this advice, because I spent the next few days thinking about a name that would really mean something to me...


So, I came up with "Wouldn't It Be Nice."  Many of you might recognize the title as a Beach Boys song.  That is where it came from.  When my husband and I were dating, we used to play this song over and over.  We longed for the days that we could be together everyday.  One time, while I working at Walmart in the photo lab, I was leaving work.  When I turned on my 1989 Ford Tempo (I know right,) Larry had the song set to play in my tape deck.  I sat there smiling and thinking how lucky I was to have such a great guy! Needless to say, we have been married for 13 years and we have experienced many wonderful things together.  It has been nice...It has been wonderful...We have been blessed!


So today I will leave you with the lyrics to Wouldn't Be Nice...


Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong

You know its gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together

Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through

The happy times together we've been spending
I wish that every kiss was never ending...
Wouldn't it be nice?

Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray... it might
come true
Baby, then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't
do...
We could be married
and then we'd be happy,
Wouldn't it be nice?

You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But let's talk about it...
Wouldn't it be nice?