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Christmas 2016

We had a great day!  The girls loved all of the many gifts from us, grandparents, Aunts and....of course, Santa!!  I love watching the magic, it truly is the best time of year.

We feasted on snacks and Italian food...non traditional but easy. 

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

XOXO

Merry Christmas!

XOXO

Ornament

Popsicle creations....I love them!

Christmas Survey

Emmy was the only child that wanted to participate :)

Which reindeer is your favorite?  Rudolph
What do you want for Christmas? Snacking Sarah
What would you do if you caught Santa at your house? Give him a high five!
What if Santa go stuck in your chimney?  I would go get Mommy and Daddy.
Do you want it to snow on Christmas?  Yes!!  I will make snow angels!
Have you been naughty or nice?  Nice
If Santa asked you to fly his sleigh, would you?  I'd ask first but yes.
What is your favorite Christmas movie?  Frozen
If you could change Rudolph's nose color what color would you make it?  Purple

Peach

Silly Peach!

Christmas Party

Tis the season to get dressed up and watch people get drunk and fall all over themselves.  :)


Not us...we drank diet cokes and coffee...we are such party animals.

Jingle Bells

Special memories.

I love that our city does this every year, horse drawn carriage along with jingle bells.

Now if the weather could just kick up a notch and be warm....can't have everything I guess.

XO

Ho Ho Ho

Santa and Emmy

This year Emmy wants a dolly.

Trimming the Tree

I wish I could bottle up these memories and take them out whenever I want...sigh.

They are growing too fast!

Shhhhhh!

Emmy and her Lincoln, snoozing in the car.

My Heart

My heart has been Jon's for almost 2 decades, this year as it comes to a close I couldn't be more grateful that I found him.

Happy Thanksgiving, make sure you tell someone you love them!

Naughty List

For sure!

Happy Veterans Day

I love you Dad, my favorite veteran!

Wakey Wakey

No.

Happy Halloween!

Elly as Pikachu 

Emmy as Princess Anna 

No Halloween is complete without visiting our friend and neighbor Erica.  She gives out the best candy!  :)

Hope your Halloween was super fun!

XO

Pokemon Event

Our area had a Pokémon event last weekend.  Elly invited her friend Megan to join us. 

Emmy and I stayed home, I wasn't feeling too good but from the sounds of it the girls had a great ol' time.  I thought it was very clever on the pizza parlor to design a pizza like a Poké ball. :)

Parking

Gotta get them in before the weather turns brutally cold.

Hard Life

Hard life being a pet at our house.

Blink

And just like that she goes back to being my baby.

Too Cool

Excuse me....Emmy...hey Emmy!!

I give up.

Emmy-Preschool

Not my fav, but still so cute!

Learning to Write

This was Emmy's first homework assignment.

M's are hard.

Claire

This is my good friend Claire and I on a lunch walk.

Ever meet someone and just know that they are your kind of people?  I instantly knew it with Claire.  She is kind, sweet, genuine and has the cutest British accent ever.  She gets me and I get her.  A few weeks ago I was in car accident on the freeway (ugh) and this sweet thing saw me and immediately pulled over and came running over to me to make sure I was okay.  Between sobs and getting a big hug I assured her I was, she took it a step further and told Jon I was okay too via text.  I love her.

Anyways, here's to you Claire!  May our friendship last a lifetime!  XO

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PB&J and Coffee

This kid.

Still loves coffee, still only allow occasional sips.

Turning 35

Turning 35 wasn't so bad last week.

My family made it special, it was smack dab in the middle of the week so work was involved.

Even my work family made it great though!

Getting older has some perks but I still wanna be in my 20's.  *wink

Big E

She has the biggest heart and the best brace face smile ever!

Diva on a Slide

Hair Cut

My Little E cut her hair.


It wasn't a bad cut, but a cut is a cut.


We've only cut her hair twice and it was a trim...maybe a 1/2 inch both times.


I loved her hair.  I never really thought of myself as a NEVER cut her hair type Mom...but I loved it.  Guilty, I loved that people would stop us and admire her hair  Her hair was her thing...ever since she was born people would comment, "Look at all that hair!" 


So on Saturday when Elly came to tell me that Emmy had cut her hair, my heart sank.  The tears rolled before I even saw her.


She knew she was in trouble and when she saw me cry, she cried.


Truly it wasn't a bad cut just in the back but still, I wasn't ready to get a full blown hair cut on her.


So off to the hair salon and the lady tried to layer it so it wasn't so shocking but it just didn't look right, so I cried said just cut it.  Six inches on the floor later she was done.


My baby looks like a little girl now, not a toddler.  A little girl, with a little girl hair cut. 


God, I'm a sap.

Dear Daughters

Dear Daughters,

If today I could give you one gift it would be to see yourself through my eyes:

To know your worth.

To embrace your talents. 

To love yourself without condition.

To see the strength you have to do hard things,  overcome fears and accomplish anything you want in life. 

To see that the beauty in you doesn't come from your outward appearance...that gorgeous smile and brown eyes are not what draw people to you...its your heart.

Your true beauty comes from that kind, huge heart of yours.

I hope today and always you can see your true worth...the way a mother sees it.

Xoxo~

Mom

Out Sick

I was pretty sick last week and while I just wanted to lay down and sulk in my no voice, pneumonia self I had to will myself to get up and take this duckling to preschool.  Her joy was infectious and I'm just so thrilled that she is excited to learn and go.  I hope she always loves to learn.

7th Grade

7th grade, where does the time go?

When I think of 7th grade, I think of boys.  Boys started noticing me in 7th grade and it was weird and icky and GROSS!  HA!  Sigh...she can't be old enough for all that...right?

Make her go back to being my cute little pigtailed angel pants.

Preschool

Wait...what?  Is this real life?  Is my teeny, tiny, VERY LOUD, baby headed to preschool?

Such a big girl!

My heart.

Little Diva

Mommy I wear some?

Mommy please can I have some too?

Mommy watch me!

xxoo

Daddy's Shoulders

Never let me go!

These Two

Who has who wrapped around who's finger?

Any guesses?

Stampy

Stampy and Elly

This cat is massive but a big baby.  We welcomed him into our family a few years ago and although he sheds like crazy we all love the big fur ball.

Hocking Hills

We just got back from a family mini vacation.  It was so fun!

Picture of the girls in one of the many caves.

We hope to go back next year, so fun!

Kaci Confessions

I transferred offices at the beginning of the month.  People in my new office think I'm smarter then I actually am.  I'm not that smart. 

I feel so tired when I get home from work.  Mentally drained from my new office. I think about my bed and it's one of the best feelings in the world when I climb in.  Then Lincoln whines to be picked up and wants to curl up next to me.  It take serious will power to pick up the 6 pound whiner.

I call my Mom almost every day now.  Seeing her almost die in the hospital has made me a different person.  I will always say I love you before hanging up with her. Also I hate cancer.

I worry about my Dad working and driving still.  I wish I could take him on a relaxing vacation. Money is stupid.

Emmy will officially be in preschool this coming year.  I'm having serious anxiety about it.  I still can't believe she is slowly becoming a little girl instead of a baby or toddler.  She repeated me last night swearing.  But she said askhole.  So I feel okay about it.

Elly is in full preteen mode and I'm trying very hard not to lose my mind.  We let her stay home some days and we have full on text wars that she cannot have leftover pizza for breakfast.  We play the annoying sound from Find my Phone around 10:30-11am to wake her up.  Life is hard being a 12 year old.

Jon and I work in the same office, I was really nervous about the dynamic that would put us under but surprisingly so far it's going great.  As a family we are taking a few days off and getting out of town.  It is so needed.  This year has been so hard, now we just need to take a deep breath. 

I had a relator come out and look at my house, if we were to sell now we wouldn't lose money.  I hate being a home owner.  Grass is dumb when it's yours.  I don't care what color it is, I still don't want anything to do with it.

There ya have it! 

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I love this quote!

I posted this on my Facebook page and had so many responses.

Sisters

So sweet....when they want to be.

Emmy and Lincoln

She loves him, he puts up with her.

Happy 4th of July!

How was everyone's holiday? 

We did a whole lot of relaxing and playing! It was perfect to not rush around! 

Naps are amazing on days off!

Hello July!

Good grief, did June just zoom by!  Last weekend we went on a hike on a very hot muggy day.  It was so fun despite a certain toddler getting upset over bugs.  I hope to do many more of these before the snow hits again.  It was beautiful!

Catching Fireflies

I love summertime and doing this with the girls.

PS This is the same girl who squeals when a fly comes near her.  HA!