Saturday, February 5, 2011

100% grateful for ALL, at the same time…

Dictionary.com defines the word stircrazy [stur-krey-zee] as follows…

–adjective Slang .

1.Informal . restless or frantic because of confinement, routine, etc.: 2.mentally ill because of long imprisonment.

…and that is the word of the week!

{due to being iced in for 4 days, followed by almost 5 inches of snow for one day}

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Being stircrazy for the past 5 days has made me realize that I am grateful!  I’m grateful for my fabulous kids, my wonderful husband, AND my great job!

Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful for {and absolutely loved} the family time that we had this week, the breakfast/lunch/dinner as a family of four and the take a 3 hour nap everyday for the past 5 days, but it has also made me grateful for my crazy {otherwise normal} life/job.  This week I realized that I would not trade my “start running when your feet hit the ground and do not stop until {at least} 15 hours later” days for anything!  I realized that laziness and laying around the house creates more laziness and laying around the house.  My house did not get cleaned this week, I did NONE of my teacher homework, and I was a completely lazy!  I realized that I would completely fail at the whole stay at home mom thing.  

  Again, don’t get me wrong, I loved the quality family time that this week brought, but my brain needs a little bit more challenge other than what puzzle are we going to do or what board game are we going to play or what are we going to have for dinner.  I’m grateful for my job because it provides me with challenges that otherwise would not come my way.  Being a working mom makes me a better mom and wife.  It makes me prioritize and get things done all awhile enjoying my family at the same time.

I’m so glad that I can be 100% grateful for my crazy, full speed ahead life my job…

…AND for this….

  

…AND this…

…AND this…

…AND lastly this…

ALL, at the same time!!!!!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Wordless Wednesday

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Monday, January 31, 2011

Sunny Saturday and Sunday

This weekend we went to the park on Saturday and Sunday.  We decided to take advantage of the warm weather, since the weather man says that tomorrow will be C.R.A.Z.Y. C.O.L.D!!!  I took these pictures on my phone, so the quality is not great, but they are fun!

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Until next time…

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Even Sock Monkey enjoyed the weather this weekend! 

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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Friday, January 14, 2011

Professional Angel/Nutcracker Pictures

When I posted this about Sarah being an angel in the Nutcracker, they gave us the “opportunity” to purchase professional pictures.  The only thing was…we couldn’t view them before buying.  The angel scene was only ten dollars, so we decided to buy it and take our chances.  Well, the cd came in the mail today and I love them!  There are 100 pictures on the cd and even though Sarah is not in all of them, they turned out great!  Here are my three favorite.

Here is a picture of all of the angels, Clara, and the prince.  Sarah is fourth from the right in this picture…

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Seven of the angels…Sarah is in the middle.  She is looking to her right toward Clara.

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Sarah running across the stage to her spot.

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Snow Day

It snowed last weekend in Texas…as if you didn’t know…and we played in it. 

Our Snow Angel…

 

 

Even Charli and Coal joined in the fun…

 

They both love the snow, but I think that picture of Charli is funny.  I think she is saying, “This is fun, but I can’t open my eyes because it is too cold.”  Bless her heart…she is 13!  :)  And Coal was in heaven!  Silly dogs!!!!!!

Carson’s Big Boy Bed

Last weekend, we got Carson a big boy bed.  His bedding is a combination of blue stripes, Spiderman, and Toy Story. He loves it and has transitioned to it very nicely!  Sarah and Carson played on it as they watched the snow fall.