Beautiful Blessings Times 2

So again, I have really slacked in the blogging area.

What can I say, life is crazy right now.

I will spare you all the details of our last two months, because all that it really consisted of was moving.

Moving twice.

That's right, not once, but twice.

It was really worth the second move. We live in a beautiful home in East Centerville now. I hope we can be here forever!

Ill post pictures of the home later, but for now I want to blog about Chloe and Ellie. They are my beautiful nieces.

Heidi and Tyler's girls. They are almost 3 months old.

They were blessed today.

They are beautiful blessings to the family. Its fun to have "newborns" around. Since our life has been so crazy the past couple months I feel like the last time I saw them they were these two little helpless babies I could hardly tell apart.

And now, they are chunky, spunky little monkeys who have personality of their own and look completely different than each other!

So it is a little late, but welcome to the family Chloe and Ellie...

Be patient with your Mom...we are ;)

Graditude....

Baby Blessings

Reasons to come together as a family

Indoor smores

And then she was 4!

Happy Birthday to our baby girl!

It's hard to believe she is now 4! The time has flown by!

To celebrate we had a Circus of all Circus parties!

It turned out to be so much fun!

~Face painting, fish ponds, pin the nose on the clown, and lots more~

My two fantastic ringleader helper babes!

Emily showed us her SICK ( I learned that is a good thing ) face painting skillllzzzz!

We love Ashlyn and her spunky attitude!

I told her next year she has to turn 4 again. No more growing up :)

Thankfulness.....

Kids birthday parties!

Resting afterwards

Friends and Family

Learning

My Dad would always say "Education has many classrooms."

I'm thankful my girls have great teachers this year, from preschool up to Jr. High. They are loving it! Not only in school, but church. We try here at home too ;)

Each day Aaliyah and Ashlyn come home with some really great things they have learned. Some funny, some veryyyyy serious ;)

Aaliyah made a Wetu yesterday.

WETU?

It took me a minute to figure out what it was :)

DO you know?

Friends.

I have some seriously awesome and supportive friends!

I am thankful for friends.

Things have been busy....so here are a couple.

Employment....Enough said :)

I'm thankful for employment!

I'm thankful for food....WHO ISN'T?

AND....I'm thankful for cough drops.

I am thankful for modern medicine.

We have been hit hard at our house this week and I am thankful for pharmacys and doctors!

Fall is my favorite time of year...

I was a little worried we were going to skip right into winter.

Mother Nature has really pulled through for me.

I LOVE fall time!

Women make my world go round...

I am blessed to have an incredible mom & sisters!

Really I know that everyone says their mom's are incredible, and I'm sure they are, but I am so glad to have my mom.

There are a million reasons why! My sisters are great. It's fun to watch my youngest sister, Heidi, get ready to start a family of her own with TWINS! She is going to do great! Then my partner in crime...well not really...more like the FUN PARAMEDIC....Emily she is a good time! She is a great mom herself and would do anything and has been there for me at any moment that I need her.

I LOVE these ladies!

I also have some great girlfriends....ok really only like 3, but I believe when it comes to girlfriends quality over quantity.

One inparticular friend is like a sister.

LL.

Those of you who know me know about LL. I wish we lived closer. Maybe it is best we don't, but I love talking with her everyday either by a phone call, text, or on the computer.

She is honest, thoughtful, freaking hilarious, wonderful mom and wife, and someone I look up to. My life has been blessed because she has been a part of it.

ThaNkSgiVinG

My BFF blogs. Oh does she blog.

She is a great blogger.

She is a great writer.

She is a great photographer.

She is my idol.

She had a great idea on her blog that I love.

Each day tell everyone something you are thankful for.

Today I start.

I would be nothing without these four. They ARE my life.

Thanks for the idea LL.

I love ya!

Playin Catch Up....

So, I love to blog.

I really do.

Why do I always find that I have no time to do it?

Life is crazy.

You think when you no longer are working full-time that you would have a TON of free time. I feel like I have less time now than I did when I was working full-time!

So just a quick re-cap and I would like to say that I will do a better job at keeping up with our family activities for the four readers I have :) Forget the re-cap. We did way to many things to re-cap. How about I just start with today and move forward!

Ashlyn had her first day of pre-school today.

To say she was excited would be a huge understatement. Her backpack was glued to her body for hours after she got home from school.

She had a great time!

While she is at school I have a couple of hours to spend some one on one time with Aaliyah, which I really enjoy.

When Aaliyah leaves for school in the afternoon then I have one on one time with Ashlyn.

I love being home with my girls!!!!

Thankfulness.....

1. Seeing my baby girl excited to start school.

2. GNO tomorrow night with my Mom and sisters!

3. 2 of 3 workouts done for the week :)