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That moment of excitement....your having a baby....it overflows and the joy spills out of your heart and is splattered all over your face in a HUGE smile that just wont go away. There is a spring in your step, and everything that was once second nature to you(grabbing a coffee, eating spicy food) is now a question in your mind as to how it will affect the precious little peanut you are carrying inside of you. You and your husband lay away, late into the night, dreaming of your future, sharing your fears, and trying to come up with the perfect name that your child will grow old with. You contemplate when to share your big news and who should know first...you start the multiple baby lists, you know the ones...baby names, wish lists for the nursery, cloth or disposable diapers, nurse or bottle feed, what will you need at the hospital.....and the lists go on and on. They are your dreams being put to paper. Then your heart stops, and your hope for the future is torn from you w

Just a quick "how do you do" before our crazy weekend starts! I cant believe that it is already Good Friday, Easter is only a few days away! Where has the last few months gone. We have been crazy busy getting Olivia ready for her Spotlight On Ice , all the while trying to prepare both Olivia and Dallas (mostly my hubby) for our Church's Easter Drama! and While I am excited to see how it will unfold, I am honestly looking forward to having a few Saturdays where there is nothing expected of us, and we can relax and recoup as a family. With all this going on, I have had to STOP, and remind myself that Easter is not about a Bunny, candy, gifts, or even an Easter Drama...it is about the resurrection of our Lord, and instead of trying to do it all and go crazy while attempting to juggle so many things at once, what we should be focusing on is What His death and Resurrection means to us personally. Think about it.....He LOVED us so much, that He died for us, so that we

It has been a LOOOOONG, but fun filled weekend. It was Spotlight on Ice 2016, and Olivia was a Lost Boy in Peter Pan! To say that we are tired (especially little miss)  would be an understatement.....We are EXHAUSTED!! But it was so worth it. At first, I will admit, that we were a little reluctant, due to everything going on, and our family getting so sick during practice times, but all in all it was worth it. Olivia had a great time, and we were able to see some GREAT skaters (seriously SFSC has some of the best ice skaters around) in numbers like Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Calamity Jane, to name a few! We didn't take that many pictures, as my husband was backstage and I was going back and forth with Olivia to get her on and off the ice at the right time.  But we did snap a few, and thankfully our friends snapped some photos as well :) Olivia was especially excited to get a picture with the guest skater Ryan Bradley!!  Olivia as a lost boy in Peter Pan

Its almost Easter (how on earth did that happen?) and if you are anything like me...you still haven't bought much of anything for the Easter basket! I literally have one thing bought for my daughter for this year. we are not big on all the candy that usually gets put into an Easter basket, and we lean more towards books she likes, DVDs, a special doll or something else that she has asked for. we do NOT spend a lot of money on her Easter Basket, as we do not want her to expect something huge ever Easter...Easter is about the resurrection of our Lord, and we want to keep the main focus on Him, not how many gifts, or how expensive a basket she was given. I am not opposed to others doing that, since we are free to choose what is best for our own family's, but this works best for us :) Following are some of the ideas we have (and may buy) for our little miss for this Easters basket:) We did buy this for Olivia's basket, and cant wait for it to get here!(this is the one thi

This week has been very hectic....between my daughter being sick, my Oil Business ,and trying to spring clean, I feel like I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off. This week probably wasn't the best week for me to start spring cleaning, but....since I was off work (daycare) due to my daughter being sick, I thought"why not" get started! So early tuesday morning as my hubby was leaving for work, I decided to "change" our bedroom. Please tell me that I am not the only one that has these hair brained ideas...you know the ones that sound so great until you actually get into the middle of it, but then it is too late to turn around! Yeah, I had one of THOSE ideas!!! Halfway into rearranging my room, I realized that I didn't feel that great and I wanted to stop, unfortunately the mess I had created "cleaning and reorganizing", now had spread from the bedroom to the hallway, kitchen, and the living room.......It was not pret

 Ever feel like you have given everything and it is still just NOT enough? We have all been here....when you feel like you have given everything that you have to offer, and yet you don't feel like its enough! I have been struggling with this very problem recently. I give of my time and still feel like I should have given more. I put my family and friends first, but then feel guilty if I need to do something for myself. I feel like I should constantly be giving, doing, or making something.....AT ALL TIMES! I don't feel like I do enough, and that if  I fill my time doing something for my family, it will show them how much I love them...that's my love language...time...and I want to give it to them :) they are my world, and I love them. I also have a hard time saying "No"....uggggh I hate that word...I want to make people happy and if me saying "yes" to "one extra thing" will do that, then that's what I do...and usually its not

Lets talk about bread...... I have a love/hate relationship with the stuff. I LOVE the taste of it, but I HATE what it does to me. Lately I have been on a search for healthier foods for me and my family, and since my daughter has a milk allergy, I have focusing most of my searches around what she needs the most ( or in this case what she cant have- milk based products) I have come up with a few great milk-less recipes that we love, like this Milk-less Pancake Recipe  and this awesome milk-less Muffin base that we use all the time. I love mixing up the add-in ingredients to make different muffins that my daughter can enjoy. In an attempt to know what we are putting in to our bodies, I have started making most of our snacks/meals from scratch...and while it takes a little more time and effort, I think it is worth it in the long run. I LOVE to bake, but I am not that great of a bread maker...I don't even own a bread machine! I can make pumpkin bread and sweet breads....