{ A Glimpse of Us. }

 

Truth be told I'm having a hard time keeping up these days and blogging gets far and few between but I'm still here..still love blogging and maybe you still like reading:)  But life does not slow down as the years go by that is for sure...I've been making more time to be with my kids, to be present and life has just been a lot of work since a few things changed around here this year, but change is part of life and 

I have a life thats Good:)  Lots to work on achieve and look forward too but its good.

Turn up your sound new song:) 

No complaints just lots of work, projects, and growing pains for all of us which require being more intune to what we all need and who needs what. Anything from a hug to a talk to making bigger efforts at scripture study, family prayer and Monday nights...thats where the life learning is the lessons we teach now that maybe pay off in the long run...early nights and a stronger effort pouring out around here. Which sometimes is hard but it will and is SO worth it.

So a few things over the past weeks....

- SO thankful for my family, great friends and my country.

- Grateful for successes and failures that drive us to try harder, work harder and realize nothing in life is free or easy.

-Grateful for the strong spirits my Heavenly Father trusted me with they are growing up and proving to understand what we try to teach them, what we try to live through our examples both good and bad because thats how we do better right..

-So very thankful for a loving husband who understands accepts and see what I need help with {or maybe when I've reached my breaking point ;) } He carries a heavy load with work and church duties, and I in turn carry a lot of home load and being alone more often than before....

-Thankful for talented, good friends who help out with projects or a listening ear or just random things I need help with or they need help with what goes around comes around....

-So very thankful for the example of both of our parents and the ups and downs and all the life hands them and what it teaches each one of us..life is short and you never know when it will be taken from us... cultivating what we have so we live with no regrets in the end is key I think....and evaluating where we are in life at all times is important...important to change what we can accept what we can't and just do better.

- My monthly allergies keep growing now its kiwi added to my list so sad :(( the older I get the more I become allergic too:( saddest part is some of my favorite things oranges, kiwi, dried fruit with preservatives and on and on

- So thankful to have a huge head start on Christmas shopping and Christmas cards and on line shopping;) is THE BEST price shop and you can find awesome deals on things....... K is done L is mostly done and its fun to get things done far in advance I am determined to not rush December and enjoy it more because I can get some things done early. 

--and  half of my Christmas stuff is up!! D got my boxes down earlier than ever before and I'm loving it! Its all a work in progress but why not enjoy our favorite time of the year even longer:)

How simple and pretty are these..... I'm not usually a gold fan but I love the simplicity of these {pinterest images} from:

- Thankful for health in our home...good work and a great company to work for have you see this exciting news in the company....forward moving and thinking always!

-Thankful for Adoption...... this month is adoption month I mean I spend most everyday anyway thinking about my four blessings..and thanking my Heavenly Father for every person who made each one possible... but especially this month makes me SO thankful for our families birth families and how much we love them....admire them and

We are where we are, because of where they've been and what they chose.

"It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life's story will develop." —Dieter F Uchtdorf

-Sometimes I still have a hard time wondering if there is another one but I think that just will never go away...hard to let go of a dream, a natural desire,  

.....when you don't even know what's broken, its hard to fix it.

-We the Parent Council through a huge family dance/cake walk at our school and raised way more money then we were counting on so I'd say it was a success and it was super fun! Way to go PTA :)

-Excited for this movie and this one and   and this and this one

- Lately so many heartbreaks or sad stories of selfish, selfish parents especially mothers lately....... the children are the ones who pay the consequences and suffer the effects are detrimental to their entire life ...its so so sad

 I posted this on face book but I love it...

 "Be the girl you want your daughter to be, be the girl you want your son to date. Be classy, anything but trashy."

"A mother has far greater influence on her children than anyone else, and she must realize that every word she speaks, every act, every response, her attitude, even her appearance and manner of dress affect the lives of her children and the whole family. It is while the child is in the home that he gains from his mother the attitudes, hopes, and beliefs that will determine the kind of life he will live and the contribution he will make to society."
- N. Eldon Tanner

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-My {baby} turns 12 in a month.... I can hardly believe it seems like he was just placed in my arms and all those years of yearning for a baby melted away the minute I held him in my arms. So for his big 12 which in our church is a big deal I'm going to do this for him and I can't wait to do it well a variation of it anyway .... This boy is such a great kid.... he will always hold that very special place in my heart being the first.... that sacred piece that unlocked my aching heart, and made me love more than I ever ever imagined or thought I could....on a journey I never thought we'd go.

and what it all comes down to is this one thing:

 

no time to waste, no time for tomorrow.... the time is now to teach, love and be here right where I am. Because before we know it.... they are all grown up...I realize that more and more as the days go by and its kind of scary...nothing else matters, nothing else is more important then what I have right here. 

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Alright who's still reading blog land is so blah these days:) 

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 A LITTLE GIVEAWAY 

I'll pick a name and that person will get a few of my favorite things a little surprise pick me up package:)  in the mail or at your door if your from around here:) I'll pick a week from today:)) SO NOV 22:))

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or 

What your favorite Christmas tradition is:) or a question for me:)

HAVE A GREAT WEEK:)