2009

Well.. I'm sad that 2008 is leaving, just b/c it was a big year for all of us, we had a new baby, we did our first homebirth, our baby boy turned 3, we celebrated our first year anniversary, hubby and I did something new this year to build our marriage/relationship stronger, and created lots of good memories with our kids..Although I am looking forward to 2009 as I have some big new years resolutions to make.. I will post the goals later, I'm still thinking about them but the 2 biggest ones I have in mind right now is... reach my goal weight and start getting up 5-6am to have ME time and do housework while my kids are asleep. Also LESS computer time is a goal but I may have a hard time with that as the computer is my escape zone, but it is something i need to do so I can start preschool with Carson and more play time with my kids. I will make a list and post it on here! I am trying to decide if I should do what Katy is working on.. 101 goals in 1001 days.. I may just end up making a list for 2009 and do my best to accomplish them.. Still thinking!!! If anyone makes a list of goals for 2009, please let me know.. I'd love to read your goals! I promise I'll post my list sometime, i just need to sit down and think about them and write them down.. Also want to make a goal list with Alex and I for BOTH of us to accomplish together.. (i.e. pay off our debt together, make progress on our future home and so on... )

Happy New Year!!

I had to share!!

A distant relative(its my grandma's aunts great grandson.. get that? lol.) found me on facebook today. I checked my email and saw that i had a message from J.D.B and I had to think for a second there... "J....B...., who is that? Oh, i remember him! Wow, he found me, wonder what he's up to!?!" Its been YEARS since I've seen him.. He is deaf too... :) He has a cochlear implant as well and I knew he went to school for meteorologist and on his facebook acct, there is a link for deaf weather so i clicked on it, thinking oh thats cool, never seen that before.. It was HIM doing the weather in sign language.. How NEAT! I still cant get over it! He is the only deaf person in the nation doing the weather in sign language..


Check it out!

Deaf Weather

I chose...

Number 3.. Kelsey did a great job!! I love it, feel soo much thinner and easier to do..



Looks different today than it did when i went home after haircut but i love it!

And i've just realized that my hair looks more like number 2, its cut like number 3 but the way i styled it today looks like number 2.. so good thing i got a good mix of 2 hair dos.. :)

HELP please!!

Have a hair appt today and need your opinion!! Tell me which hair cut/style I should do this time.. Kinda want to do a dramatic change but don't think i can do that yet.. Right now, hair is shoulder length and boring.. always pulled back b/c its the easier way to do it.. ;)

Throw in your comments please!!

Which one??

#1



#2


#3



#4

Can't wait for Christmas!

Christmas Traditions

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both

2. Real tree or Artificial? REAL = more Christmas(y)

3. When do you put up the tree? Usually the weekend after Thanksgiving but this year was a lil bit late since we had to wait for the snow to dry off the tree in the garage for a few days..
4. When do you take the tree down? Hmm I guess whenever I feel like it needs to go, probably during the first week of the new year
5. Do you like eggnog? occasionally.. depends on my mood
6. Favorite gift received as a child? hmmm I cant really pinpoint at ONE present.. My sister and I got a trampoline one year and we were pretty excited about that.. My sister slept on the couch the night before Christmas so she can see what was under the tree, she saw the trampoline in the early wee hours of Christmas morning and started jumping up and down and screaming in excitement... I'm sure that was an interesting wake up call for mom and dad.. :) Oh yea, i just remembered! My cross diamond ring, I dont wear it anymore but I'll always keep that! My sister, just recently, asked if she can have/wear it for a while.. Heck no!!

8. Easiest person to buy for? my kids

9. Do You have a nativity scene? I don't! :(
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail but I did email a few this year
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? umm oh yea, this monkey i was scared of for years! I swore I heard it talk as I opened it, and ran away and my mom followed me into a corner with the monkey at Gma's house on Christmas Eve.. we have a picture of it that will explain it all.. Obviously they had no idea what was running through my mind..

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? I dont have one
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually after Thanksgiving but next year I'm starting in July!

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I'm sure I have!

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Dont really have a favorite.. My grandmas homemade apple pie is yummy but i dont eat it anymore til after I discover what she does with the apples before putting it in the pie.. she cooks it in the microwave... that just ruins it all for me! :(

16. Lights on the tree? This year is white and blue lights.. Next year will probably be just white as we are going to do a new color theme..
17. Favorite Christmas song? Dont have one..

18. Travel for Christmas or stay home? Well everyone is here in town, except for a few of Alex's grandparents thats out of town but i'd love to travel out of state for Christmas.. maybe WE can move out of state and come home for Christmas?? Unfortunately, Alex is not up to moving out of state/town.. I brought it up a few times recently.. I wont win that one for a while..

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeers? Umm Rudolph, Dasher, Prancer(?), ummm.. I dunno! Nope, guess I cant!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Eve with my extended family, parents and sister and morning with my kids and hubby and with hubby's family..

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? All the projects/wrapping/shopping to do at the last minute.. Like i said, i'm starting in July next year!
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Its been blue and silver for the past 3 years but next Christmas will be different.. Just for a change......
24. Favorite Christmas dinner? Dont have one.. My gma makes chili and oyster soup every year, I never liked chili til last year when I was pregnant with Kylie. Oyster soup, i will never touch!

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? well I've already got my mixer.. Hmm probably gift cards so I can get what i want.. Which is new clothes, stuff for my hobbies/DIY projects, a few things here and there that I could benefit from..

House and Prayers

I keep thinking about our future home and the land that i want hasn't sold yet.. I'm starting to wonder if that land is meant to be for us.. :) I seriously thought it'd be sold by now.. its at a perfect location(in my opinion; still waiting on God's opinion or if he has something better for us).. its exactly what i want.. on the west side of town, on paved road and just right outside of city limit.. I asked Alex if we qualify for a loan, he is not sure, but I'm seriously considering it even more now.. I have been praying for direction/guidance.. I needed Him to lead/tell us what we should do.. I'm still not sure what His answer is but I've been sitting back patiently and waiting for something to happen.. Over the weekend when Alex was with his brother Ben, Alex came home telling me about something else he wants to do with our dream house, i think its a great idea and it gets us excited thinking about our future home. We talked about it on our way to and from Des Moines last night, not sure if we've ever been this serious about building a house before. Maybe b/c its more possible now after Alex's unexpected pay raise. We are taking this one day at a time and see where each day takes us as our house keeps getting smaller and smaller on us but surprisingly I don't complain as much as I used to.. maybe my patience will pay itself off.. :)

BUT no more kids(unless God decides to use His sense of humor and surprise us) til we have a bigger place, I'd love to have our dream home done before I have the next child so I can birth the rest of our kids in our permanent home. The less children, the easier it is to get your dream home! Right??

As I typed this, i glanced over to our parent prayer flip book sitting at the computer, here is what it says and this is for the day of Jan. 24th.. lol not sure why the date is way off.. :)

"Through His Word, God guides us, speaks to us, and reminds us He is faithful. In that way, He builds faith in our hearts and enables us to understand His heart. This helps us to pray boldly in faith, knowing exactly what His truth, His will, and our authority."

Just what I needed to hear/read.. :)

Video of Carson and Kylie