Happy Birthday Abby!!!

My sweet Abigail is turning 7 today!! So, for her birthday party we had a "tea" party. She invited lots of little friends and they all had so much fun!

Playing bingo

Blowing out the candles!

We even used the real china!

Snow...Day 2!!!

The snowman! I doubt we will ever get another this big in Texas again...

Love this picture! This was early in the morning the day after all the snow fell.

The view from the front door.

It isn't a Nor'easter...but shoot this is Texas!!

I can't believe that this is the 3rd snow storm this winter! This one, however, is by far the prettiest snow we've had. Unfortunately by tomorrow morning most of it will have turned to ice. So, for today we are going to bake some cookies and enjoy the view! I love all the mature trees behind our house!!

Damages...

Last week Jared and Abby were off to go on a fun filled afternoon of Daddy and daughter time, when unfortunately they hit a patch of ice and sailed over the curb! Amazing that just going over the curb could cause over $3700 worth of damage! We are very grateful that they are both OK...

Curly hairs!

The older girls wanted curly hair for church. So, we did Abby's in rollers, and Kalli had a bunch of braids! They loved being all dolled up, except for Emma Jo. She likes her hair to stay "flat".

I am so lame.....

Alright I realize it has been almost 2 months since I last posted anything...what can I say other than I'm lame!!!

My procrastination all started back in November (duh), when I got to thinking about the whole idea of being grateful. I had been posting about the little things that I was grateful for instead of the big things. The more I thought about it the more I realized that yeah, the little things are nice and I am grateful for them, but without the big things in life...the little ones wouldn't matter so much. I started thinking about my girls. I have three beautiful girls that are all healthy, happy, fun, loving, imaginative, good, and most of all mine! I have a great husband who supports me not only financially, but emotionally, physically, and spiritually. I thought a lot about being grateful for his job as well. He had a few conversations with his boss after the last round of layoffs, and had his boss not moved him to where he is now, he definitely would have lost his job. I am so grateful he still has a job that he loves and that is able to allow me to stay home. So, to sum it all up, while the little things in life are nice, it is the big ones that really make me happy and grateful....

I really have been grateful...

These last few days just seem to have slipped by so quickly!! There really are lots of things I have thought about being grateful for. So, here is my list; Tylenol, gas stations, furnaces, slippers, Lucky Charms, dishwasher, the right to worship as I deem appropriate, baby pictures, and telephones. You know, I still don't understand how a telephone works. Someone across the country can speak and almost at that exact moment you can hear them...in their voice not some digital version of it. Telephones, airplanes, and big boats...I've never understood how they work, and I never will!