New Look and Sorry

Ok, I know I said I would catch up, but really I was having way to much fun relaxing! So I decided to give the blog a new look and once I get all the new pics downloaded I am going to update with new ones of the kids. We had a wonderful Christmas with Scott's family, and will be having a late one with Mom and Bob, so I hope to add all those soon. Scott and I are writing down our goals for the new year. Not resolutions because they seem so cheesy and I feel like when you say "goals" you psychologically tend to try harder, don't you think! Are any of you doing the same? What are some of them? Here's a few of mine, I'll add Scott's when we put them together.

1. Morning and Evening Time with God. I love the idea of waking up to Jesus and going to sleep to Him as well.

2. Healthier eating. We usually are pretty good, but the last 4 months we've been really bad, it's time to get back into a better lifestyle

3. Better Budgeting and Surrender of our Finances to God

4. Consistent and Loving discipline to the Kids, we know we do them injustice when we don't follow through!

So those are just a few, I would love to hear others! See you Soon!

Coming Soon.....

Goodness, it's been to long. We are leaving for vacation on the 18th and I will catch up on blogging then, but in the meantime just thought I'd let my 2 followers (ha, ha) know I will be blogging again soon!

AND...Happy Birthday Jack! How did he get to be 10 already???

Pray

As Christians I know a lot of us were disappointed in the outcome of the election last night. I wanted to encourage everyone to look at this as opportunity. An opportunity to Unite as Christians to Pray. Pray for our country, our pastors, and our new president. There is no doubt there is power in prayer we've all experienced it in our lives, so now is not the time to be discouraged. Now is the time to pray. Some of the things I will be specifically praying for is first and formost, true Salvation for Obama, for protection over the unborn and the sanctity of marriage. I encourage you to do the same. We rallied before the election to pray at the same times, how about now? Lets all come together and stop and pray for our nation now every day at 5:00pm Mountain time. You might be on your way home from work or cooking dinner. Just stop your mind from thinking and put it to praying during this time! I challenge all of us to do this. NOW is the time to KEEP praying, please don't become so discouraged that we stop!

Sweet Lily

Happy Birthday to Lily! Today she turned 5! Mommy is having a hard time dealing with this. I no longer have any toddlers! My baby, is growing up, now will be going to school in less than a year...I'm so sad! Today was her day, she started off with a family tradition of special breakfast, here's what she "ordered"
Then she got her first gift of the day from Gram and Grandad! Her BIG Girl Bike, which she loved and rode all around in our Living Room!


We spent the day doing what she wanted, played candy land, went to chic-fil-a for lunch then on to the mall to get her ears pierced! She was super excited....here's before they were pierced...
AND here's right after they were pierced....
Before you tell me what a bad mom I am, she asked to have them done, it was not my idea, she was looking very forward to matching Mommy and Meg, but, after holding her breath for at least 5 minutes I'm sure, I asked her if she liked them and she said, "I want you to take them OUT!" Yep, she did, but Daddy came to the rescue, bought her some candy and we ended the night eating tacos and blowing out birthday candles...


She did go to sleep with the earrings still in! All in all it was a good day! Happy Birthday Sweet Lily!

Follow the Yellow Brick Road.....

The kids were....well, I'll let you see! They were all so cute. We did a little trick-or-treating and got ALOT of candy. They had fun and it was such a beautiful night. No jackets or gloves or freezing our tails off this year it was a beautiful night. Aren't they CUTE!

Happy Birthday Scott!

Scott's birthday was on the 29th, he turned 34. Yes, I am older than him, by 5 months, and he never lets me forget it! My mom watched the kids and we FINALLY went on a date to the Melting Pot! I've always wanted to go (sounds more like my birthday right!), so he chose to go there for diner. (We totally had a coupon and it expired three days from his birthday, so it was our only chance of going!) Anyway, we had SO much fun. We had great conversation, good food and GREAT dessert. We had yummy chocolate marshmallow fondue and dipped strawberries, cheesecake, bannanas and rice krispies in it. SO good. Happy Birthday Sweetheart! I hope your day was as AWESOME as you are!

Their Laughter

The kids and I are home this morning while daddy is on camera duty at church. We all went together as a family last night. It made for a nice lazy morning this morning. I showered and as I'm getting ready I hear the sounds of all three of my kiddo's laughter. It's the sweetest sound and I love it. They have been playing all morning together just the three of them. Cracking each other up, making silly faces, saying silly things, it's truly priceless. These moments are not necessarily rare at my house, but when they happen I try to really cherish it. They fight like all siblings, they hit, pinch, and yes even punch, but today they are the best of friends and I love that it is all three of them, not just the girls as sisters, but they've gathered their brother and are having the best of times. I only pray that as they grow they will always make time for this, to be silly and play goofy games all together, just the three of them! If you haven't read Power of a Praying Parent, I encourage you to do so. It helps you to pray so specifically for your children and one of the prayers is that they will be friends. I have not been good at praying this lately, but I plan I have in the past, and will start again. I love how the book shows you how much power your prayers have as your child's prayer warrior.

Sorry I've been a bad blogger, life has certainly happened here. We have been busy with school and company and finally moving my mom and Bob here. So, I will try and play some catch-up in the next few weeks!