Wednesday, November 25, 2009

New York New York


I love my husband! He is taking me to New York City in March! I have dreamed of going since I was tiny. I never though I would get to go while I was this young. I thought I would have to wait till I was older and all my kids were grown. He bought our plane tickets last night. I can't believe we are actually going! I love you Brian! I can not wait! Oh yeah.. Lily will not be seeing New York yet. She will be with her grandma.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Giving thanks this Thanksgiving season


We all know life has its ups and downs. Sometimes thing just don't go right or we just feel sad or lonely. On the far other side.. sometimes everything is going right and nothing can bring you down. I feel so blessed and lucky to say most of my life since marring Brian has been so happy and right. Having our little Lily in our lives has brought us even closer than we have ever been. Things right now could not be better. I feel like I need to gather up all this sunshine and joy and put in somewhere safe so I never lose it.. or at least save some to use when times may not be so great. I guess I am just now figuring out that I can't take one moment of this life for granted. Lily is so big now and it feels like just yesterday I was feeling that first fluttering of her movement in my belly. She is growing and learning so fast. As I laid her down for her nap this morning she reached up and patted my cheek. I know she was telling me she loves me as much as I love her. I love my life and I try hard to enjoy every moment of the day, find happiness in a job well done, feel gratitude for the success I have had at the start of my new little venture, soak up every walk by kiss from my sweet husband, and find so much joy in shared Sundays with the Lord and evenings with my family. I truly am grateful for all I have been given. I feel so blessed.


If your sky is a little cloudy right now always remember, With every grey sky there is a bright sunny sky just waiting to shine brightly behind it.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

ooh Halllloweeeen

We had such an eventful Halloween season. I can't believe it has come and gone already. We went to our trunk or treat Brian's parents and my parents trunk or treat too. I wish we had more pictures of all of Lily's many costumes. I think the best time we had was Halloween night. Brian's mom babysat Lily while we were at a murder mystery dinner "Slaughters Circus" at Bryan and Katie's house. They had it decorated to look like a real circus tent. I had fun making and decorating cup cakes with Katie (http://katiecakestheblog.blogspot.com/).. she is so good at what she does.. and bringing them to Brian at work. Its fun to surprise him with visits. We also went to see The Phantom of the Opera. That was one fancy night. We had a blast! This is what we have been up to. Enjoy the pics!









Brian was leo munchousen the angery lion tamer and I was Jade Edge the drunken knife thrower






































Friday, October 23, 2009

more attention

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I know it seems like this is all I post about any more but it has kinda become my second life. Thanks for putting up with me. :o) <3

Thursday, October 22, 2009

lily jill bowtique is famous.. kinda :o)

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

small and simple pleasures


This may seem pretty insignificant to a lot of you, but today was a very exciting day for me. A day I have been waiting for for the last 3 years. Our cars are usually pretty dirty only because I could never justify paying someone else money to wash my car when I could do it myself. However living in an apartment, I was never able to do so very easily. Well, this morning, FINALLY, Kate and I were able to wash our cars in our very own driveway. Like I said, as insignificant as that may seem, We have been anxiously awaiting this day. What a wonderful thing it was. I'm looking forward to our next appointment driveway. Until then....

Friday, October 16, 2009

Flower clips



FALL and FUN Flower Clips are here!

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