here's the darling birthday girl.
what is more fun for a little lady than to play with glitter?!
she loved it.
we had a fun birthday party afterwards with us, grandma snell, uncles thor, tyler and nick, gg snell, aunt sue, and gg holman.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
so very thankful
this may be my most thankful thanksgiving ever!
when i look how far my family has come since last year at this time i am so amazed and grateful.
last year at this time husband was out of work. the company he was working for at the time laid off their employees off earlier than planned for the winter season in October and we were poor, husband was going crazy not working, and i was going crazy always being around the unhappy nonworking husband of mine.
it was a hard time but i learned so many lessons during that time.
like tensions run high when there is no money coming in and little mouths to feed, diaper and provide for.
or the fact that there were so many other people struggling around me that i was unaware of.
it was very humbling for me and husband. there were times we would hold on to each other and love each other and times of distance and annoyance towards each other and the situation we were in.
i think what made it so hard was trying to put on a front for our kids. we didn't want g and e to have a clue what was going on or that there were many times we were on each others nerves but i am sure they knew to some extent that there lives and ours were changing a little bit.
when Christmas came we had hardly any presents for the kids. in fact the only thing i remember buying was a doll for g on black friday and having a bib i had bought for e at swiss days. we were very lucky though because my ward surprised us with gifts for the kids and food for me to make for Christmas dinner.
Even though there weren't many presents we had a beautiful Christmas.
Attitude is everything my friend.
and that is probably one of my biggest take aways from that whole experience.
along with the no job situation i had developed arthritis in my knees and couldn't even walk up and down the stairs. it was very humbling to not be able to stand up and sit down without wanting to rip my knees off from pain when all i wanted to do was play with my littles.
all this is to say times were hard a year ago; they are not perfect now, but for me are they are perfect.
i love this season in my life.
my daughter is the most amazing girl ever. she is sweet, silly and full of life in the most vibrant and innocent way. my son is such a heart stealer. he will forever have his hand on my heart and his laugh floors me! my husband is handsome, hard working, and has a good heart. He also has a job now, which i will never take lightly ever ever ever again.
In short there are so many amazing souls wandering around in my life and i am so grateful for this life of mine. i'm thankful for my Savior and Lord. and i am so thankful and smitten with this family of mine and that includes our little puppy dog betty.
when i look how far my family has come since last year at this time i am so amazed and grateful.
last year at this time husband was out of work. the company he was working for at the time laid off their employees off earlier than planned for the winter season in October and we were poor, husband was going crazy not working, and i was going crazy always being around the unhappy nonworking husband of mine.
it was a hard time but i learned so many lessons during that time.
like tensions run high when there is no money coming in and little mouths to feed, diaper and provide for.
or the fact that there were so many other people struggling around me that i was unaware of.
it was very humbling for me and husband. there were times we would hold on to each other and love each other and times of distance and annoyance towards each other and the situation we were in.
i think what made it so hard was trying to put on a front for our kids. we didn't want g and e to have a clue what was going on or that there were many times we were on each others nerves but i am sure they knew to some extent that there lives and ours were changing a little bit.
when Christmas came we had hardly any presents for the kids. in fact the only thing i remember buying was a doll for g on black friday and having a bib i had bought for e at swiss days. we were very lucky though because my ward surprised us with gifts for the kids and food for me to make for Christmas dinner.
Even though there weren't many presents we had a beautiful Christmas.
Attitude is everything my friend.
and that is probably one of my biggest take aways from that whole experience.
along with the no job situation i had developed arthritis in my knees and couldn't even walk up and down the stairs. it was very humbling to not be able to stand up and sit down without wanting to rip my knees off from pain when all i wanted to do was play with my littles.
all this is to say times were hard a year ago; they are not perfect now, but for me are they are perfect.
i love this season in my life.
my daughter is the most amazing girl ever. she is sweet, silly and full of life in the most vibrant and innocent way. my son is such a heart stealer. he will forever have his hand on my heart and his laugh floors me! my husband is handsome, hard working, and has a good heart. He also has a job now, which i will never take lightly ever ever ever again.
In short there are so many amazing souls wandering around in my life and i am so grateful for this life of mine. i'm thankful for my Savior and Lord. and i am so thankful and smitten with this family of mine and that includes our little puppy dog betty.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Merida and the cutest clown in town
Halloween is by far one of my most favorite holidays!
We had so much fun celebrating it this year. Mr. E was awake and able to go trick or treating with G.
G dressed up as Merida from Brave and was a show stopper wherever we went.
And might I say would make a fantastic redhead!
Uncle Jeff couldn't believe the pictures of her. He said she looked like a cartoon character!
Mr. E's costumes is so sweet. The clown costume I found at a thrift store and I got the hat and wig at hobby lobby in the party section. Red lipstick was added to his nose.
We went trick or treating mostly over in my Grandma Holman's and Snell's neighborhood.
It is so fun taking my kids to my grandparents house so that they can see them all dressed up.
G and I stayed up late watching the retro Garfield Halloween cartoon over and over the night before.
She would say that the old man in the cabin with one tooth was daddy.
Husband and I got a kick out of that!
The last picture was taken of g at her preschool trick or treat at a rest home.
Afterwards she had a party with Miss Meagan and her friends in her class.
Happy Halloween Peeps!
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