Saturday, February 16, 2013

To the hill!

It was nice to be at the end of a looooonng hilly driveway! 
The kids probably went down this 100 times. Grace learned how to snowboard a little. Us parents watched. All had a good time. 




























The sun was shining and the wind was NOT blowing. Praise God! 

Monday morning I totally had a pity party. I called Micheal and whined about laundry and dishes and the responsibilities of life. (Hey, just keeping it real!)
He listened so patiently and then he told a funny joke and made me feel better! I wanted to stay and vacation longer but apparently vacation costs money and money does not come easily. Darn! 
No but really it was a great weekend and hopefully we can make it up there again this summer. Great memories with great people! 

Friday, February 15, 2013

2013 goals


This is me. 
These are some goals for me this year.
Kind of intimidating sharing these goals but alas here they are. 
When you sit down to make a list like this, some things come to you 
quite easily and others are brought to your attention throughout the 
day as you see you need to work on that. 

Some of these things might seem totally ridiculous but this is where I am at. 
I just had a baby and would love to lose all the weight. 
We just paid off our bills so we are able to save money now. 
I used to think I had a good vocabulary but I haven't learned new words for awhile, so it is interesting to me to look up words that I come across to learn their actual meaning and not just skim over them. 
I have had an anger problem in the past but am learning to have grace
just as Jesus gives me beautiful and patient grace all the time. 

The list is so much longer than this. We all have so much to learn and grow in. I love to see the growth in life as we live day by day and year by year. 

The sugar thing is going well, which will help with losing baby weight. ;) 
 The marriage goal is going well also. I sure love the man in my life! His Valentine's card was hilarious!! 
Turns out life is so busy for a mom of four that the internet has taken a back seat lately. Thank you God for working that one out for me! 

I haven't taken the time to learn new lighting or posing tricks yet. 
I also have not been reading the Bible as often as I would like. 
Maybe that's why this picture is going to be printed out and put up on my fridge so I can see it every day and GO FOR IT!

Feels like Spring today and that is so darn encouraging! I vacuumed out my car  and man does it feel good to get some fresh air and not be freezing at the same time! 

It's a good day, yes it is!! 

Monday, February 11, 2013

Up the mountain & a ridiculous amount of photos

This last weekend we rented a cabin with some friends and family. 
It's been far too long since we have done this and man was it fun!
I had never been to McCall. It sure is beautiful in the mountains. 
I can't wait to go back in the summer and hang out at the lake all day. :) 




































The cabin was gorgeous. I loved taking more landscape pictures this weekend. It is one of the areas I want to grow in. I used to not take ANY photos without someone in them but am appreciating the faceless photos more these days. ;) 

Part two coming soon...... sledding!