I Made It Happen On a Friday Finally

It seems like the last few weeks could be summed up with illness, illness, illness. I was sick on Thanksgiving so we had Jack in the Box-don't judge, Elle has had three ear infections, Rylan has/had strep, scarlet fever, and an ear infection, Blake has an ear infection and the flu, and I have bronchitis and a sinus infection. I managed to make Christmas dinner for Kenny in shifts but when I wasn't in the kitchen I was in bed. Catching up on other things-I surpassed my goal with my Cotton Candy sale, thank you to all that made purchases last month. I was grateful to take it all to the bank yesterday and put together a bigger than expected money order(tearful story to follow). We are excited some neighborhood friends from California that moved to Keller Texas about a year ago are coming to spend the day with us tomorrow. They have three stair step babes like us and it will be so good for both families to have a little taste of home for an afternoon. I had a great birthday a couple weeks ago. Shopping and lunch with girlfriends, a date with my man, an all too quick lunch with a bestie, and time to myself! Oh and we moved October 30th! Love the new place and most importantly the kids couldn't be happier, probably even get along better with more space, an awesome playroom, and a great backyard. Now the teary part...




If you have been reading our blog I hope you have been following Noa's story and praying for the Rose family. As I said before I was doing a fundraiser sale at Cotton Candy to donate to the Roses. Many gave above and beyond their purchase totals and I know some donated directly via their blog. I hoped for a set amount and easily doubled it. My heart was full that strangers and friends were supporting our friends financially and prayerfully. I have "rough drafted" part of this post at least a dozen times with the words just out of reach. Noa's story did not end the way my heart longed for, but God's plan is not our own and my heart just hasn't come to terms with that yet. I struggle to share because I know words on a screen often don't come across the way we intend. I am by no means making this about myself, it is just such a delicate time and I don't want to taint it with my limited ability to put the right words together. Even this very moment I pause and pray that the words read here reveal the tender truth and nothing more. Getting back to yesterday. It took me longer than I expected to go to the bank, sick mom, sick kids, holiday obligations(silly), whatever else, but mostly I think I just was reluctant to go because I wished so desperately that I didn't have to. That all of this didn't need to be in the first place. That Noa's beautiful life was being shared with her family this side of heaven. I had three transactions to do at the bank and the money order was the last because I knew I would spill if they at all asked who it was going to or what it was for. When I gave the teller the amount she looked quizzical and when she said she waved the normal fee I expressed my gratitude and began to share just a tiny bit of Noa's story. I noticed the woman working at the drive up window was listening and starting to tear up. As the transaction was almost completed she walked to the woman helping me and said hold on a second and went to the back. She came out and stood next to me and handed the teller some cash and said, "I'm a customer at this bank and I want to add to this money order" I hardly had a voice and hugged her and said thank you. Now both of us were crying and I shared with her how amazed I was with her generosity and about the Cotton Candy fundraiser. She said she wished she could do more. She took a minute to compose herself before going back to her desk at the window. I expressed my appreciation again and how much it meant that a complete stranger was touched and acted upon it. I have never been in this branch before so she has never seen me. I was floored that with just a few words, honestly maybe thirty seconds of sharing she opened her heart and her wallet-literally. Maybe because I'm a girl and a crier, the whole thing was more tender, but it felt like a movie scene. It was fluid and beautiful as if someone had scripted it. And you know what, I believe that. I believe that the God that cares about the very hairs on my head, cares even more about my heart. Our family and friends have had some tragic and painful loss the last few months, losing a husband/father and a child are nothing I know first hand but my heart has been burdened for the people I love hurting so deeply. I started the season not feeling very into it because we did not have family coming nor were we going anywhere to be with family and after some rushed and crabby holiday shoppers, and the tragedy in Connecticut, the weeks before Christmas weren't especially cheery. The woman at Chase bank renewed my spirit in people and that there was actually good in the world. I believe I had a divine appointment that day with Stephanie at Chase bank on 620 and Wyoming Springs, I just didn't have it on my calendar, but thankfully He did. I love how He loves children. While the money was given to bless the Roses, it blessed me the same. I saw on facebook this idea of starting with an empty jar at the beginning of the year and putting notes of good things that happen through the year and reading them at the end of that year. I will absolutely be starting this in a few days and yesterday will probably go in, a few days early but oh well. It will be in the jar but I don't think I will ever forget it-I can see it like it's a movie I've watched over and over. I don't know her motivation for doing this but I am grateful.I am grateful for her generosity and I'm grateful for the restoration in my heart and to the one who orchestrated it all. Just as Mary pondered these things and treasured them in her heart, I am doing the same tonight. Happy New Year dear ones!

5 Minute Fridays

...will be back this week :)

To Help the Roses

Shop Cotton Candy's 50% off sale with all proceeds going to the Rose family, buy a shirt or sweatshirt or donate directly! Go here https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cotton-Candy/142733862431785 or here http://prayingfornoa.bigcartel.com/about or here www.noascdh.blogspot.com

Noa Grace

Nothing I have to say about our lives lately is as important as this!  For more information see the blog on my list on the right side that says Diagnosed with CDH

http://prayingfornoa.bigcartel.com/about

Five Minute Friday, orrrrr a little less

Super busy in these parts. Packing and preparing to move on the 30th. Love my babes and my man. Hopefully catch up next week.

5 Minute Friday

I was debating whether or not to keep this up because I have a pretty good idea that no one is reading this, but I decided that if nothing else it is a record for us of snapshots of life five minutes at a time. I read a sweet blog posting on the Huffington Post this week that encouraged me to be in front of the camera a little more. If my girls hear and see me being so negative about myself how can I expect them to grow into confident women that are not hyper critical of their looks. In a time when we have constant access to "sharing" our thoughts, pictures, opinions, life, I want all of my children to grow up with a healthy understanding of who they are, not worried constantly about who will see what and keep them from doing something because they are afraid who will post something about it. I realize as I am actively participating in a forum that opens our lives to the public that I am potentially setting myself up for criticism, but the power I have is to delete hurtful comments, share only what I want, and be stoked I have a place to share and keep record of these days. Kenny and I debate social media all the time and we have come to the conclusion that we participate for ourselves and when it becomes too much about others we'll push the "x", backspace, esc, delete,remove, unsubscribe, hide, unfollow, block, whatever. So I guess all this to say, I will continue blogging for our own record keeping, and if you like what you see or read, let me know.  For my mama heart sisters here's a link to the post.... www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-tate/mom-pictures-with-kids_b_1926073.html

5 Minute Friday x2

Last Friday I was headed to Washington to attend one of my oldest and dearest friends wedding in a teeny tiny little town in Washington. Not only was the time with our other childhood friend and her family awesome, the cool weather and fog was heavenly. I missed my family very much and had a couple hiccups travelling west but it was definitely worth it. I may have gotten a little teary when the southern California coast line was in view :( This Friday I got up when the moon was still high to get my birthday boy Round Rock donuts, per his request. He is still peacefully sleeping in his new big kid bed and I can't wait for him to wake up. Of course I am the sentimental sappy mom today and I don't care about much else today besides seeing him smile. We had some sad news to tell him this week and once again he showed us his incredibly loving heart. I am so grateful to be his mama. I had no idea what to expect holding a baby boy in my arms five years ago and I still don't, but I do know that I have a treasure in that little boy that could never be replaced, that I don't deserve, that surprises me all the time, and that I would go to the ends of the earth for in a heartbeat. We love Rylan James as a big as Texas. Moochies and a shaka dude!

5 Minute Friday

Hallelujah for some rain and much cooler temperatures. It has been under 70 at times in the last day and a half. I am excited to  start volunteering in Rylan's class room every other Monday. Fortunately it is at a time when Kenny can just take a slightly longer lunch and hang out with the girls and work from home while they nap. I didn't get pictures loaded yet because we've had an extra busy week with doctors appointments and other things that came up. Poor Blake shots are so so so hard on her, by far the worst of the three. Well, that wraps up my five minutes.

5 Minute Friday

It is still smokin hot, ewww! But it is supposed to cool down tomorrow to the 90s, woohoo! We are in school mode and just about have it all figured out now. I can't believe Rylan will be five in three weeks-heartbreaking! It is nice to see a reminder of his baby face when we look at Blake! It seems like all of our friends that are having babies are having boys, ugh, that makes my baby fever spike! Elle is signed up again for a Saturday dance class and I am so thrilled to have a day and time that works with our schedule! Here are a few pictures...

Two for One

I can't get out of the habit and even though I missed last week I promised myself I'd get a post up today. Last weekend Kenny's parents and grandma were here and we all had a great time. It was a great mental distraction for me. Monday came quickly and I packed my first school lunch, took too many pictures, tried to balance the attention with Elle too, and cried and cried as my first baby walked into a real elementary school cafeteria and sat down for lunch. As hard as I tried I did shed a few at the school but mostly let it out in the car after. Kenny, Elle, and I were all anxious for the 2:45 pick up. Rylan had a great day and asked why he couldn't stay longer. The rest of the week has gone just as well, minus the minor hiccup of forgetting his lunch bag in the class, fortunately I was able to go a little early the next day and pick it up, school crisis one-check! I am so glad he has this opportunity. We are all adjusting to this new schedule, especially little sister. She has even put on her backpack in hopes she could go to Blue Jay's (school mascot) too! I think he will be ready for kindergarten and hopefully some of his friends his making will be in his class next year. Bonus, Kenny and I have met a couple cool parents and it's making this whole experience all the better. I didn't get the pictures loaded yet, so next Friday's post will include pictures.

5 Minute Friday

We have been enjoying our staycation for sure! With just a couple more days left before normal returns we are grateful for a little cooler weather. Yesterday there was even some shade when the clouds gave a little relief every once in awhile-I'll take it! Next week is our last week before Rylan starts every day PreK. I am excited for him, for real excited. I was having mixed feelings but he is blossoming more and more the last couple weeks and I'm grateful for the timing. He is going to do great. I am a little concerned Elle will be missing her buddy, but at the same time as Rylan is blossoming, Elle and Blake are starting to play together more. I am so truly blessed that the three enjoy, protect, encourage and help one another. I love being able to watch these relationships.

5 Minute Friday

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A little of the haps around here. The bottom picture is of Rylan buttoning his shirt for the first time. Lots of firsts and milestones here lately. So read for the relaxing days of our stayaction starting now!!! I got to catch up with two Cali friends today and it felt so good :) I'm so lucky that my precious metals include silver and gold,totally unrelated to the olympics. Something that is related to the olympics, is the big kids newest "passions". Rylan wants to swim all the time, ALL the time. Elle wants to play water polo-that is just funny! I'm sure her papa would be proud though-must skip a generation. He would also be proud of the little man wanting to swim everyday. All these boys in my life are water dogs and despite Kenny's attempts over these last nine summers, I'm just a beach bum.

5 Minute Friday

Today marks our first year in Texas! Can't believe we have survived one year already. I'd have to say Spring in Texas is pretty amazing and I could def do without the intense heat of the summer, but if it meant giving up the sunshine then I'll keep my complaints to myself.  We have Elle's two month eye appointment today and hoping for more progress with the patching. After the first two months of patching she had improved her vision from 20/80 to 20/60 so we are praying for more good news. We continue to enjoy Austin more and more and still have a long list of things we want to do. It's really cool to be living in a place that always has something to do, usually free or inexpensive too. We are hoping to have a fun staycation the week after next. I'm especially excited for a couple days of sleeping in and letting daddy duty me in full effect! Happy weekend y'all!

5 Minute Friday

Today was crazy busy, but tomorrow has very little on the agenda-hooray for weekends!

FMFM Friday

Five Minutes From Me Friday

Yesterday we celebrated our 9th anniversary and nanny came to visit for a few days. I'm working on uploading some summer pictures and a couple videos. We have had some seriously crazy storms the last few days but we welcome the rain with open arms! I am planning my trip to Washington in September for one of my oldest friends wedding and I am so stoked to be able to see her as a beautiful bride. When we met she was wearing pink chucks and I can't help but hope she has some on under her white dress :)  We should have some more visitors next weekend too, yay!

February, March, April, May, June, sheeeshhh!

The first weekend in February we met Kenny's parents in San Antonio for the weekend and had a great time. Kenny's cousin John and his family were there too so we had lots of fun with all the cousins. We hadn't seen John's family since we were engaged, six kids later it was awesome to catch up. We are experiencing winter and spring here which means thunderstorms, like crazy thunderstorms. Although kind of cool to us, the kids end up in our bed .5 seconds after the first house shaking boom. Thanks to Joanna we had a nice real valentine's date, so nice. In March our sweet baby Blakey Doodle turned one! The day she turned one she got her first tooth. Our awesome friend took some amazing pictures of our Doodle bug and a few of all of us. I just have to say how fortunate I feel to have the these three little ones in our house. Mommyhood is the best!!! Nanny, Papa, and Aunty Boo came out for Blake's birthday party and all the BIG girls got bird tattoos on our feet. Nanny's gettin crazy in her old age :)  More thunderstorms sprinkled the month and LOTS and LOTS of park play dates and more exploring of Texas. We were able to go on our first family camping trip. It went so smooth and  the kids had a great time. Hopefully this was the first of many Davis and Pulliam family camping trips. Kenny and I had, our second ever since becoming parents, night away from home. We had some fun, dinner and a full nights sleep! April continued with more thunderstorms that scared little Elle and Rylan just turns into a nervous motor mouth but so sweetly tries to comfort his sister, and Blake thankfully sleeps through most of them.on  We went to an Easter egg hunt at the park up the street and with our moms club. We had a simple Easter celebration at home just the five of us, church, baskets, good food, lots of smiles. We squeezed in another camping trip with the Davis' before the heat came, phew! We went to a different place and it was just as exciting to see more of Texas. We are enjoying finding the beauty in Texas even if it's a little harder than in California. Spring is definitely our favorite season here, sunny skies, comfortable temperatures, lots of activities, and so much time outside.  In May we celebrated Kenny's 37th birthday and Elle's 3rd birthday. Nanny and Papa came out to join in the festivities which included our second trip to Sea World. While they were here we signed Elle up for her first dance class. Nanny and I took Elle for her first pedicure and she was in her element. The girl loved it all and I was so happy to have that moment with Nanny there too. Rylan, Papa, Kenny, and I went to an Express baseball game and it was a ton of fun, the night ended with a pretty  awesome fireworks show, I'm sure that and the cotton candy were the highlight of it all for Rylan. Another fun thing that May brought was the splash pads and pools reopening! We are taking full advantage of all the ways we can stay cool. June flew by crazy fast. Elle started her dance class it is the MOST heart warming 45 minutes of my week, without a doubt! She has a sweet sweet teacher and of course she looks adorable in her dance attire. Rylan and Elle went to VBS with a few of their friends and it was a hit! I have to admit it was a little hard to drop them both off but only having one was a nice change, bittersweet for sure. At the end of the month we FINALLY made it to The Woodlands to visit the Uppena's. The kids and I headed out Sunday morning and spent two nights playing and laughing. Kenny had training out of town, but the next time he'll have to see how gorgeous it is there! We hadn't seen them in about a year and it was long overdue. Seeing all the kids reunited and still enjoying each other felt so good. Our spring has been full and I can't believe we are so close to reaching our first year here.Parks, drives, visits from family and quick trips to San Antonio, pools, splash pads, playdates, festivals, exploring, exploring, exploring, would all sum our the last few months. I made a plan with a way to keep the blog updated regularly and I'm excited to see how it goes. My blogging absences are a good thing, it means we are out and about living life, more good than bad, rarely boring, hot a lot, and getting better by the day.  Keep texting, skyping, emailing, and calling, we love to hear from our family and friends. Starting next week...Five Minutes From  Me Fridays :)  P.S. I did not proof read this and I'm too tired to go back and do it now. Peace!

Blake's First Birthday

Freshly Inked

I'll post about Blake's birthday this week but here is my recent addition.

Kony 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc&feature=youtu.be

Nothing better

I was having a hard day today and my sweet little Blake blessed my heart. I was having a moment while feeding her her bottle in her room before nap and fighting back the tears. When I lifted her up to cozy her in before I laid her down she literally grabbed my face and would not stop kissing me. When she did stopped she pulled back and babbled at me with the sweetest smile as to say it's okay mama. So much for holding back the tears now. Just another beautiful reminder of how fortunate I am to have three amazing little babes under my roof. Bring on the laundry, dishes, toys, tears, fighting, whinning, I want it all. All the messiness of littles and frustration makes the tender quiet moments sooo much sweeter and I wouldn't trade that for anything.

Hodge Podge of Randoms Pictures

2012 again

Picking up from the summer...

In July after a couple months of interviews on the phone, skype, and in person in LA Kenny was offered a job as an account manager for Airgas in Austin. We quickly searched for a home, packed, said some heartbreaking good byes-I still see our dear friends faces even through my teary eyes then and now, and started our four day drive from Paso Robles to Round Rock. We were so grateful my mom could make the drive out with me and and the kids. Life time memories were created and treasured in our hearts during those 1600+ plus miles. The week before the kids and I drove up to Eureka to visit for a bit and visit with friends that we won't see as often anymore :( Again tears, now I know why this has taken me so long to get posted, it stings a bit...On the way up we were able to stop and visit with the vanZee's and my sister and John-again more treasured memories.

Here we are in August, the 3rd to be exact-wow that makes 6 months tomorrow! Kenny's parents came out that weekend to help us move in. Texas gave us a warm welcome of well over 100 degree temperatures for the next month. Needless to say, it was a sweaty exhausting move with two little kids and a four month old baby. Having grandparents here to help with the kids, go to store, grab food, and EVERYTHING else was amazing. I don't know how we would have done it without them. The first few weeks we were with only one car so that left me stranded at home most days with the kids in the blazing sun and poor little Blake just could hardly be outside. This was a hard time for sure. Rylan was having a very difficult transitions, he was sad and angry, and just not fun to be around. Being trapped inside I tried my best to keep them entertained and pulled out all my tricks- unsuccessfully at times. I learned that if I can make it through that time, I'm good to go. I was dealing with my own lonely heart and life with three little kids was stressful. It goes without saying all the emotions and trials that come with a move this big. Despite the sunny blue Texas skies, it felt like there was always a storm just lingering in the distance waiting to move in. We were definitely grateful for the new friendships forming with Joanna, Jenny, and Miranda making it start to feel like "home."

In September Rylan turned four and my little baby boy was everyday becoming a kid. At his request we went to Jenny's aka Denny's for chocolate chip pancakes-the journey out here he discovered these and quickly became a favorite, gross I know! My parents came out for a week and my dad said Texas in the summer-never again :) We were able to do some pretty fun things while they were here. My, dad, Rylan, and I went fishing and Rylan even reeled in a couple-another memory tucked away in my heart. We had a fun afternoon at Zilker park downtown Austin, and I even had the pleasure of getting stung by a bee, but better me that the sweet little sleeping baby I held in my arms. Of course we were happy to try some local favorites-The Salt Lick, Shady Grove, and others. While they were here Kenny flew back to California and drove our car back out here. He would tell you it was utterly miserable. If you have ever driven through the desert of CA, AZ,NM, and west TX you'd understand and to have done it twice in less than two months in crazy heat alone, even worse. God is faithful and led us to a great church and we have been going ever since and joined a small group this month as well. Life changing and we are so grateful.

The highlight of October was our trip to San Antonio. We had tickets to a fun Thomas the train event outside of Santa Cruz, but since we had the opportunity to move out here we sold the tickets and wanted to do something just as special for Rylan-who was still having a hard transition and asking to go home to Paso almost daily. We decided Sea World would be a glad substitute, so glad I had yet to tell him about our Thomas tickets he would have surely added that to the bad mommy list for taking that too away from him. We were anxious to see grandma Sugar too and introduce her to Blake. The last time we had seen her Elle was 3 months old and Rylan wasn't even 2. We left for San Antonio the first Saturday of October. Had a great day at Sea World and came out to the parking lot and the Expedition had been broken into, as had the same car two spots down-we both had out of state plates. Boo, fortunately all they took was the Garmin. So not a huge loss but a broken lock and no navigation in a new city was less than thrilling. I called my friend Amy (her family had just moved to The Woodlands, TX the same day we arrived in Round Rock) and she found directions from Sea World to our hotel, hotel to grandma Sugar's, and then from there home-such a lifesaver!!! The hotel was decent but right next to a high school football game, and yes everything you think about high school football in Texas is true, INSANE! So it was busy and loud and of course we had no idea where to get dinner without navigation so fast food at about 9 pm it was. I couldn't get the kids little blow up mattress beds to work so I had to make them funky makeshift beds on the floor and twin fold out because per the theme of this trip the room didn't have two beds, just a fold out and it not a full size but a twin-yay for chaos with three tired little kids and a stressed out mom. We also had the joy of hearing a fight in the parking lot at 2am. However, the day at the park and the next morning spent with Sugar and Barry and Leslie made the trip absolutely worth it. The rest of October was a little better, I joined a moms club for our area of Round Rock west and started meeting some fun people. My heart started to get a little lighter seeing my kids play with other kids and smile and laugh a little more. The last big bummer was both cars needed some basic maintenance, one needed tires, and one the other an expensive little darn sensor, which we had to do to register the cars in TX-another fun expense, having to do all that was a chunk of change and we had to miss out going to visit and spend Halloween with our friends in The Woodlands. This time I had told Rylan we were going so that did go on the bad mommy list for not being able to take them. We are still anxious to go see the Uppena's!

November we had more visitors and we continued to explore the area. Kenny's parents came again for a weekend and my sister came a different weekend. We showed both some of our favorite places in Austin on South Congress, even sharing some super super yummy cupcakes at the food trailers. This is the first month we were starting to feel like we somewhat belong here. Kenny continued to learn and open new accounts achieving an award for opening the most new accounts in a month for his area. This was a great accomplishment especially for being a newby! Great recognition from the higher ups and gratefully they are learning his name for all the right reasons, such a great feeling for him after so many negative experiences in the last couple of years. We spent Thanksgiving in San Antonio and had a wonderful time. Rylan was starting to become that happy sweet little boy I remembered and this trip just fully brought him back. He had so much fun at the "beeping house" (doors that beeped from the alarm when the opened) and with the cousins. The more Rylan came back the more my heart began to play a joyful song of thanksgiving. Elle over night began to talk and talk and talk and talk about anything and everything. Her vocabulary exploded and she just added to the joy with her fearless, uninhibited, hilarious spirit! Blakey Doodle started eating some solids and cereal and still as happy and content as ever. How stoked was I she was such a chill and pleasant baby? SO stoked, she made the craziness of three worth it all. She is definitely the quiet observer than comes alive when the big kids go to bed. It started to cool off this month and we are falling more in love with Austin everyday. It's like a big city version of San Luis Obispo with the flare of Texas.

December was a little low. I struggled with turning 30 and being so far from "home" and people that knew us. As much as we were loving it here and all that new relationships we were cultivating, we just were really feeling the growing pains of it all. We were trying to figure out new traditions for our family and what we wanted our holidays to look like. As I said before I was struggling with my birthday on a few levels so trying to make our first Christmas here perfect was not smart on my part. I usually don't put so much pressure on myself but not having anything be familiar in the season made me feel like I had to get all the traditional things work even if it wigged me out, tree, go look at lights, put up lights(a few anyway), see Santa, shop, decorate, gingerbread house, wrap, give to charity, watch Christmas movies, Christmas eve service, the perfect gifts, a fun Christmas eve, special dinner on Christmas, you name it it was on my list. I think I put on a happy face for the most part but felt like I was crumbling inside because I was missing home and feeling torn between embracing the new but longing for the ease of being with old friends and the comfort of knowing what to expect with silly things like weather, events around town, parties, etc... I made a commitment before January to keep the treasures of our life before and enjoy the adventure of life here. A new decade a new attitude. P.S. Texans don't mess around with fireworks at Christmas and new years, holy smokes batman it was was nuts!!!!!!!! They also have incredible state pride. These are just a few of the things I've seen shaped like Texas-soap, crackers, chips, hummingbird feeder (via Amy), mouse pads, cheese, waffle makers, and more if you can believe it. They don't short on school pride either. I've never seen so much Aggie and Longhorn gear, and it's everywhere, grocery stores, gas stations, drug stores, pretty much an retail space, flag, painted address, car accessory, you get the idea. When they say don't mess with Texas they mean it! Lastly your not a true Texan unless you are native. Oh well, I've met more transplants that true Texans so at least I'm in like company!

Finally we are to January. We were so happy to have my mom come not only after Christmas for a few days but also just last week. We were able to have a few dates, two with other couples, a first since I was pregnant with Rylan :) AND I got a massage, aaaawwww can you feel the stress float away, cause I did. In January we played with friends, went to parks, toured the fire station at the airport, continued to explore, had some really good and hard conversations and have put into motion a great plan to continue to improve the quality of life for our family. So that's the long and short of it. I'm sure I'll remember other details I left out, like oh ya, Elle got glasses. I guess I'll save those for a details post in the future. As always I'll try to be better about posting and think I just may since our life is the most settled it's been in a very long time. Keep in touch!

2012

So like many other things in our life, my blog posting timeline is a little off. Plans for christmas cards and end of the year letter are just that-plans. However, I am still going to tackle an update on our family. I'll just have to wait til naptime this afternoon to get this finished. Believe me I have already written and rewritten this in my head about 50 times. Be back in a few hours!