Wednesday Words

To her the name of father was another name for love.
---Fanny Fern

Wednesday Words

They can't chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can't contain it! Laws can't restrain it! Authority has no power over it!
-- Bill Watterson, author of Calvin & Hobbes

Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful, and very white, Christmas! We hope you all did too. Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year!!

Merry Christmas to You All!

I am taking a blogging break to enjoy the season. We hope you and your family enjoy the spirit of this season. We are so grateful for this season to celebrate Christ's birth. We know He is the Son of God and that through Him true joy can be obtained. We hope your homes are filled with love and peace. And we wish you a Merry Christmas!

Our New Pad

We are finally moved into our new house and are almost completely settled. We could not be happier with our neighborhood and home. We promised all our far-away family we would post some pictures, so here they are. We haven't painted or hung pictures yet, so we're still decorating, but you get the idea. HINT: For my blogging-challenged friends (i.e. Mom) you can click on the pictures to enlarge them.
Our kitchen and upstairs living room.Our master bedroom.Our beautiful backyard.One of our favorite parts about this home is that our back gate opens to this amazing park. There is a playground and a pond with ducks and a large grass feild. We are so excited to enjoy it as a family.
JR's man cave in the basement. I love having a basement to house all of Haley's and JR's toys. :)
I haven't taken any of Haley's room because it is still a work in progress. I'll post it when we have it all together. We are still painting her dresser and decorating her room.

I Have So Much To Be Thankful For

So once in every year we throng
Upon a day apart,
To praise the Lord with feast and song
In thankfulness of heart.
~Arthur Guiterman, The First Thanksgiving

True Confessions

It only took two nights of me applying and sleeping in my "new moisterizer" to realize that it was actually a moisterizing cleanser.

- Plus -

I am 98% positive that I walked from the rec center pool to my car with my left boob peeking out of my swimsuit.

What a week.

As If You Don't Get Enough...

Here is more of Haley.
About two hours after I swept and mopped my floors...Haley eating an oatmeal packet she got out of the cupboard and dumped all over the kitchen floor.
Haley with her Great Grandpa. We had a great time with him and my family at our "early Thanksgiving dinner".
JR's favorite picture of Haley. He is really hoping she will be a ball player. You may not be able to tell, but she really is carrying the ball and trying to walk. Yup, she's already got skill.
Haley's "OH!" face, which she makes all day whenever something surprises or excites her. She also makes this face when Daddy comes home from work and then she starts giggling. It is so cute!

Ode To Lacie

I appreciated the birthday hi-jacking, but I also appreciate my privacy. I have changed my blog password in fear of what stories future hi-jacks would include. I can only imagine what other ideas you have in your funny head. Love you, girl!

Get Down and "BOO"gie

We took the kids and visited JR while he was working at the pharmacy. That is one good-looking pharmacist



Bringing back the 70's...and unicorns.

We had so much fun with Lacie and her kiddos.

We went to a carnival at our rec center and trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood where we bought our house. It was amazing! There were tons of kids and people were making treats on thier driveways to hand out. The neighborhood really gets into Halloween!