Happy Place...Why are you hiding from me?

Have you ever just had one of those days where nothing seems to be going your way? Well, welcome to my week. Seeing that it is only Wednesday, I hope that my luck turns around quickly. My happy place is hiding and I want it back! Let the search begin....

Snow Day!

First off, I must be crazy to have taken a 7 AM math class. However, it is only twice a week so it could be worse, I guess... but for those of you who know me; the class itself is enough of a challenge.

5:30 AM- Alarm goes off and I stumble out of bed. Straight to the window I go. Yay, snow.... and its still snowing!!! Back over to my phone... I check for messages cancelling class, but to no avail...DANG! Luke then decides due to the poor road conditions he will drive me to my class.* We both get ready and around quickly, knowing we will have to leave earlier than normal to battle the roads. Luke warmed up the car and loaded the boys...

6:11 AM- Text message from OTC- Day classes canceled due to weather. Decision about night classes made later today. Ugh! I got up and woke my entire family up, just to have class cancelled as we were walking out the door. Oh well... back to bed we went.

Later that day, I bundled the boys up and we went outside to play. With it only being 16 degrees out, I wasn't sure how long we would last. They had a blast, they made snow angels and pushed trucks through the mounds of snow they made. Once our fingertips were frozen and our cheeks were rosy, we headed inside for some hot cocoa. All in all the snow day was successful!

* Having lived in Arizona a majority of my life, Luke seems to believe that I have never driven in the snow. Therefore, I lack the skills or the knowledge to do so. Yet, I have made it from point A to point B numerous times in the snow, or less than perfect driving conditions. None the less, I have learned that this is one of those things that help him feel like the "man" so I say nothing!

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Current temperature: 15 degrees

We got our first real snow here in the Ozarks yesterday. As much as I would love to take the boys outside to play in it, its too frigid. Here are a few pictures I took...



This is what we woke up to Monday morning.



Monday lunch time

Monday Evening

Rylee watching it snow!



Monday Night

Tuesday morning

My Lil' Bruiser

As many of you already know Rylee, my middle son is our lil’ daredevil. He has no fear and will try anything once or more. He already has one surgery under his belt, and that was before the age of two. For those of you that don’t know the story behind that one, let me explain. He was running in our laundry room and ran into a free standing , full-length mirror. The mirror then proceeded to fall on top of him, luckily his pinky finger was the only injury he sustained. We rushed him to the emergency room, because we could not stop the bleeding. Needless to say, he ended up having surgery to re-construct his nail bed. Now looking at his finger , you wouldn’t even know.




From that point on he has had several black eyes, numerous cuts and countless bruises. Recently while on a trip to Michigan with my mom, he face planted in the snow and while breaking ice it recoiled and hit him in the face. Luckily it was nothing major while he was away. If there is a way to get hurt he will find it. However, this past Sunday was a prime example of just how bad it can be...



7:00 AM- Rylee comes into my room crying about his foot. He was climbing on his widow sill and fell. Result from that... Cut on the back of his foot.

10:15 AM- Running at church, in his classroom, tripped and fell face first on the floor. Result from that... A bloody nose and a “boo-boo report” when we came to pick him up.

5:00 PM- Slipped on some water in the bathroom and hit the tub. Result from that... a big purple goose egg on his chin.

There were other minor injuries through out the day , but none worth mentioning. I can only hope he grows out of it or that we pick up some great health insurance in the near future. I have even thought of wrapping him in bubble wrap... Still a possibility, I guess!



On a good note Harper and Justyce were incident free while at church!

Mmm... Cupcakes

To celebrate Rylee's homecoming Justyce and I made cupcakes. For those of you that have never tried butter pecan cupcakes, the boys and I highly reccomend them...delcious!

Welcome 2011

New Years Eve was a blast, good friends, good food and good times. Rylee was in Michigan with my mom visiting my grandmother, which left us with only two kids. We went over to another couples house for game night. Since the majority of our friends are still kid less, its nice to have a couple with kids that our kids age.

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The night started out with pizza and snacks. After the little kids were in bed and the older ones were enticed by the TV, the adult beverages came out. We played Phase 10 (a type of rummy card game), which the girls dominated and then moved on to Battle of the Sexes. * Note his game is fun to play sober...but with a few drinks it becomes hilarious. Again the girls dominated that game as well. All in all it was a great way to bring in the new year. There were a lot of good laughs and great memories made that night. Surprisingly we all made it until midnight!

** Disclaimer: for those of you concerned about our drinking and driving, we were completely responsible. Luke limited his alcohol intake and cut himself off a couple of hours before we left.

Goodbye 2010

Goodbye 2010, you were a year I will never forget. You brought happiness and joy, but you also brought pain and sorrow. Luke and I welcomed our third and yes, final addition to our family, Harper. Harper is such a blessing , I cannot imagine life without him. Justyce and Rylee have both grown and developed their own unique personalities. I could not love them any more for what they have brought into my life and taught me. Those three little boys have given me so much, my only hope is that I can give them half of what they have given me.




Luke & I have experienced many changes as well. We began the year in a new home, which we love. I became a SAHM again, after the birth of Harper. Luke had the opportunity to get out of the roofing industry. Which is comforting, after having him fall off the roof twice. That is a road I would rather not travel down again. We were able to visit NYC which was amazing. I also have began running again, which I have not done since cross country in high school! I wouldn’t say that I love running , but it has provided me an outlet that I can’t explain. There is something so liberating about it.



So, here we are now in the beginning of a new year with hopes of a great future. All I can say is I am going to make this year better than the last. Isn’t that all anyone can really hope for? Sure there are going to be trials and tribulations in the new year, I would be an idiot not to expect that, right? Bad things happen so we appreciate the good... So here is my promise to myself and anyone who reads this, 2011 is going to be better than 2010! Not ,because I expect it to be but because, I choose to make it better!