Friday Photo dump~

So I am not trying to copy a fellow blogger who does a Friday photo dump, BUT I was transferring 

all my phone pics and transferring all my pics from my camera so I decided to 

just do a post of pics from the past few months. Snap shots from our life. 

Enjoy!!

This girl loves black olives. 

I dunno. she gets hot alot. and daddy gave her
the job of stirring the veggies.

First time in the cart. And luvin it. 

Reading to herself! 

My hot date! and YUMMY sushi!

I never used to eat at McDonalds, until I had kids.
Is that bad??

Me and my biggest and littlest at the
Nutcracker.

Clothing shopping with my babe.
Kinda hard, kinda fun!

Me and my BEST FRIEND!

Rosey red cheeks from being out in
the snow. 

Noni's very first hair cut. Just a tiny trim. 

sissys!! 

I just love this pic. I wanted Evey to stand
with Nonah and she was being difficult and
this is what she did. 

~A New Year~

 A new day. A new month. A new year. There is something exciting and refreshing about 

starting a new year. You have a clean slate. So much hope and possibilities for the 

year ahead. Opportunity to do things better. Resolutions can be cheesy and 

by the end of the month most people have already given up on them 

BUT there's nothing wrong with trying to improve or grow or change. 

I have a few things I want to do more of. Call them resolutions  

or call them wants/desires, whatever but I have a few.

I want to Pray more. I want to Love more. I want to read more. I want to encourage more.

  I want to be bold. I want to be confident in who God made me. 

I want to be more patient, gentle, understanding with my girls.

I want to two-way journal more. Not just
me writing but me listening to Gods voice.  

I want to spend more time listening to this little chick. 

I want to say yes more to this girly.

I want to savor each and every baby stage Oppy has left! 

I want to embrace my role as mama to these three beauties more than ever before!

A quote from a book I am going through sums up my desires for 2014.
"I can be a mom who thrives and lives and loves the great adventure I've been called to." -Lisa Terkeurst
First of all I want to thrive not just go through the motions.
Second of all I want to love the great adventure. So often I look at motherhood as a job
or a chore or a burden. I let the little frustrations and my own selfishness get
in the way of my perspective. I want to see my role as Stay-At-Home-Mama
as a GREAT ADVENTURE!! How fun does a great adventure sound? Who
wouldn't want to go on a great adventure?

So goodbye 2013. You were good to us. Hello 2014 I am excited for whats to come.
Happy 2014 to all of you and God Bless You!!!!!

OUR Christmas!

*Christmas Eve*

Special glasses for our sparkling juice! 

 Shrimp baby!

 Mmmm!

Kind of random but Noni decided we should make a fort inorder to watch the Grinch, so we did!

After the girls went to bed I watched "Its a Wonderful Life" because it just ain't Christmas Eve

without it. 

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Christmas morning Noni was the last one up. We actually got her up a little after 8. 

 Ready set GO!

 So excited!

 My princesses! 

 Tinker bell and her friends!

 Big Sis helping her open one of her few presents. 

 Mama and her Oppy girl!

 Havin fun on her First Christmas!!

 Doll house stuff = happy girl!

cousins! Minus Evey because she wouldn't cooperate. 

We have more celebrating to do next week when my in laws come up from TN! Can't wait!

Merry and Happy!

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR 

to YOUR family from OURS!!!!!

mE and mY GirLs***photo session***

If you know me well you know I looove pictures. I love taking pics of my girls and looking back 

and remembering things about them when they were that little. So I asked a friend 

to take some pics of me and my girls together. I got some ideas from pinterest and the girls cooperated 

really well. I did bribe Evey with a lollipop towards the end but I am happy with them. 

Pictures taken by Brooke at Lehigh Valley Birthology.

Christmas time!

Although I very much dislike winter I do love Christmas and it would not

be the same if it wasn't cold. But last Saturday we had some 

beautiful weather to go get a tree. My dad owns 

a tree farm so it's a no brainer that we are going to go get a fresh one. My 

hubby used to work for my dad so getting a tree isn't really a big deal for

us but its still a fun experience for the kiddies.

-poor Noni was sick and was really not into it this year. :(

-we got a tall skinny one this year. 

It's the little things that make a season/holiday special. The banner that I made.

That really cool tree-girl in the center.  

Ceramic nativity from my mom. 

Pretty Advent calendar from my sis-in-law that the kids LOVE!

My little Evey girl trying her hardest to get an ornament on the branch. 

(she is doing really well with leaving ornaments alone) 

We have some festive family activities coming up that will be fun!! 

Enjoy the holiday season everyone! 

*Thanksgiving*

We had a pretty uneventful day. Me and the girls watched the parade in the morning. Well 

I did. Noni liked the dancing parts and Evey danced with the songs off and on

but every thing inbetween they were a little bored with. Opal and Evey were sick with

a cold so it made for some cranky babies. Opal especially was really 

really uncomfortable. She slept most of the day on mama. 

SO I was struggling to be thankful that day. : /

We had dinner at my moms! The menu was Turkey (duh), corn pudding, 

roasted red beets and rudabega, greenbean almondine, stuffing- regular

and gluten free, rolls, homemade apple sauce, pumpkin and pecan pie (gluten free), 

and tapioca pudding. Oh and yummy potato candy made by my mom-mom!

I think that was everything; it was delicious!  

 The whole gang!

 ~cousins~ 

They don't get to see eachother much these days so they were off 

playing the whole time.

Opal's 1st Thanksgiving! She was in the Ergo pretty much the whole night. 

She was miserable. :( 

EveRyOne is ThAnkFul for ME!!

Hope you ALL had a wonderful Turkey Day!