Updates

I guess it's about time that I update this old thing!! I've decided to just post some pics of some things over the past couple months. For Labor Day we went to the cabin and it was wonderful. A much needed time off for our little family!! Kaleb is still in school and teaching. I'm just the same as ever, creating more and more goals for myself and feeling pretty good when I achieve one of them :) My lastest goal/idea is going back to school when Kaleb is finished. I'm feeling the desire to go but I want to make sure it's what I'm supposed to do first. Regardless of what happens, I'm excited for the future! Jenna, well she's 2 and I don't think I need to say more. But she is talking a lot more and with that comes less temper tantrums (NOTE: I did not say no more tantrums!!) On a side note, I CANNOT wait for Fall. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Fall. I never really used to but it brings back lots of wonderful memories, mostly of Kaleb :) So when I see/feel the weather changing, I just sit back, put on a sweater and sigh!

If it looks like she took dirt and rubbed it all over her face, it's because she did. She loves dirt.

My brothers and sisters were able to come camping with us and we had such a great time going for rides, etc...

Jenna's birthday was really fun. I did a beach theme and tried out my cake decorating skills again. I think it's proof that I am not supposed to make cakes for a profession. I will probably just keep trying and trying and never make anything spectacular but it's fun to try, right?

This is what Jenna was doing secretly while I was making the cake. Yes, it's green food coloring and believe me, doesn't come off of everything easily!! So she was stained green for her birthday!!!

Two Years Ago Today....

Some of my most fav. pics of all time! She can have quite the attitude sometimes but I love all of her, including her sass!! I am so excited to see what this next year will bring!

SPRING TIME!!!!

Kaleb & I enjoying some food!

This is not an uncommon look at our house. She loves to ride her bike in or outdoors!

We are so excited at our house for warm weather!! Jenna absolutely loves it outdoors and always throws a fit when we come in. So to solve this little problem, we just open our patio doors and she roams the back deck. We took down the gate from inside and put it on the stairs of the deck so she can't escape. She just loves coming out/in whenever she chooses! With the warm weather I've had about a million ideas of what I need to be doing right now. I'm feeling so motivated. But I've decided that I need to slow it down and do things one at a time. I just realized that life is like pie. If you eat the whole thing all at once, you're gonna be sick. But if you eat it slice by slice, you'll savor it and keep wanting more!! That definitely describes my life right now!!

Next Holiday

Okay. So the next Holiday that is coming up is Valentine's Day. It's never been a huge holiday in my house but thinking about all of the things I love, I decided to write some of them down. I'm sure I'm forgetting lots of things but here's a start at least! Oh and I had to include a picture of Jenna!

I LOVE:

getting some little message throughout the day from Kaleb saying he's thinking about me.

watching Jenna laugh at something because she sees me laughing.

getting movie tickets for gifts. Seriously is there anything better?

Reading through my journal at all the good times!

A long, hot, bubble bath!

window shopping!

friends that take the time to make you feel special.

a good book.

NEW MOON!!! Oh and some snow!

I love these pictures of Jenna!! She was so excited to come out and play in the snow. Before we had time to get her in her snow stuff and actually play, she would walk out into the snow with her regular clothes and shoes on. She's getting HUGE and I can't even believe everything she's learning. We took away her binky for good and so far she's been great. I feel bad at the timing though because she's getting her molars in!!

Now about New Moon. I am SO excited I can barely contain myself. I know I'm a little bit of a nerd but when you do the same things every day, you have to get excited about something. And what better than Twilight? I mean seriously it rocks. A friend at Kaleb's school actually got me tickets for the 5:15 p.m. showing today. That's even earlier than the midnight addicts!! I feel so privileged :) So until the actual showing I will be going stir crazy!!!!

Summer is fading :(

I cannot believe that summer is on the downhill slope. I just don't feel that I've done every summery thing that I've wanted to do. So in the next little while I better get taken to a drive inn movie!! I thought that I would post some pictures of my summer so far!

My beautiful birthday flowers!!

GEORGE STRAIT!! KING OF COUNTRY!!

FOURTH OF JULY

Happy Late B-Day to Jenna!!

I will have to find my camera cords and post some other really great pictures!! I cannot believe that Jenna is already one and "almost walking". She really has been such a good girl from the beginning. Even during her nap time at church she's getting better!! I remember how frustrated I was last year because I didn't think she was coming fast enough. She's been a huge blessing in my life that I never knew I needed so much. Lately she's been doing a lot of really funny things and showing her personality more and more. One of the best things I think I saw her do was she put a shirt on her head and crawled all over the house. If it fell down she would pick it back up and try again. It made me laugh so hard. I love her big brown eyes and the way she always smiles at me. Kaleb always tells her that "mom is crazy" but at least she likes being crazy with me :) Kaleb is back in school now and staying pretty busy. As for myself, I am picking out the color scheme that I want to paint my upstairs. I feel the need for a change and I am gearing up!!!