A SNOW DAY

Our first snow of the year! We woke up bright and early to find out that the kids daycare was closed for the day... I secretly was praying for this because I so did not want to miss out on seeing the kids play in the snow for the first time this year.  Rhone in particular has been asking when it will snow for quite some time.  So I had to call in sick to work and stay home to have a blast with these kiddos.  We did it all.  We had snow ball fight, made a snow man, snow angels, and I might have showed them how to eat a little.  Lachlyn wasn't terrible excited about walking in it however got a big kick our of seeing Rhone get hit by snowballs.  KC took an early lunch to join in the fun and we were able to capture some of these pictures.  I adore the snow, as long as I don't have to drive in it or shovel it of course.  There's something about a crisp white blanket all over that reminds me of how beautiful this life is.  Weather has always helped me with coming back to what's important in life.  I have no idea why but it's something that God gives us and is in no way under our control.  Of course forecasters can give it away a little, but here it seems like their never right.  So for me, maybe it's the surprise factor of what each day will bring. 

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!! I am so blessed to have this space and to be able to share it with you all.  

xoxo

Life Lately

We've been pretty busy around here lately-- hints the lack of posts... but it is finally all put together and we can relax and enjoy this home well for about another 5 months -cough- cough!  We really do love it here and is a perfect home for us.  Which is why it was too hard to pass up even though it was just a 6 months lease.  We are just being very hopeful that our new landlords will love us and want to keep us here for many years instead. 

 

 Here's a little glimpse into Lachlyn's world...  I change things around on the daily, so for now here is her room.  The doll house is still a work in progress... when it was purchased for a whole wapping $5 at a thrift store it looked like this... 

I plan to add some wallpaper, lighting, new furniture, and accessories.  Oh and fix that missing step.  It might take a few years but hopefully the end product will be something that Lach can enjoy for years to come. 

Still working on my little mans room, he seems to have a lot more toys and no place to put them, so we are working on organization and he is working on "making sure his cars are happy in their home".

I will leave you with a few random quotes from "Ro Ro" - thats what Lachlyn calls him now

"I was at the rock'n roll mixers with the big boys."

"Look at this cool move" "Do you like cool moves mom?" 

"I'm bigger than _____"

Rhone: "You and mommy can come to my house tonight."
KC: "Where's your house?"
Rhone: "It's a glowing house.  It's at 2nd northeast.  I'll get my tool bench out of the attic.  We can use my axe-hammer-wrench.  I have some nuts and nails too."

A DAY OF THANKS

  Looking back at this past year, I truly feel blessed.  So much to be thankful for and so much to celebrate!  We hosted Thanksgiving at our new digs and it was perfect!  Thanks to my mom who came down a day earlier to cook all the food!! Seriously Thanksgiving dinner is so much work, but it was delicious and soo worth my mother doing it haha.  I got to decorate a little and the kids had a blast playing with Grandparents and aunts and uncles.  Add in 4 days of KC being off of work... it was a good weekend to say the least.  We got so much done, and are now feeling very settled, thankful, and our hearts our full!

LIVING IN THE PRESENT

Life here in the pacific northwest has been quite a different season for us.  The leaves are just unreal.  I mean 1 tree can have literally red, orange, yellow and bright green.  It takes my breath away.  I have honestly had to pull over several times, just to take it all in.  

Sweaters, boots and beanie's are also pretty amazing as well. 

I know, I'm a little late on the whole Halloween pic thing, but well that's how it goes.  Better late than never right?!

Real life here has been quite a roller coaster for us lately.  I mean, it seemed like problem after problem.  School, work, money, trying to find renters, trying to find a new house... it just all piled up on us.  

Thankfully, most of those have finally resolved and we can breathe again!   Just as I sit here tonight, posting pictures, after the hurricane passed, it seems silly.  Silly that I stress so much.  Silly that I don't see what's right in front of me. 

 I am blessed.  So blessed! 

It's so easy to get sucked up into life, and what's not important.  I tend to forget what really is.  Which is so sad to me.  Just a year ago, we lived in Tucson, AZ.  I begged God everyday to find KC a job and move us to the NW.  And he did.  A job that KC loves, and he gave me the best job of all!!  These kids are amazing, healthy and hilarious which is all I ever wanted.  

Time just fly's by and the second we stop seeing what we have, is the second that we start falling.  God says over and over to think like a child.  Kids don't look in the past or the future they live in the present.  They care about what is happening right then and there.  What a huge lesson to learn.  

This is my goal for November.  To live each moment and stop thinking about what's to come.  Feeling thankful and hopeful.