December 16, 2010

WE DID IT!


I am proud to say that we have made it an entire 4 weeks without facebook and what a reward it has been. I am encouraged to continue on without it but I do miss keeping in touch and updated on the latest. We'll see how much longer I can keep going!

On a much brighter note, I woke up to find this sweet little encouragement from my honey. It's always nice to see a little extra encouragement when im feeling like im just not making the cut. The house is a mess, the sink is full of dishes and he still feels that I am doing a good job. *le sigh* It was simply the gesture of writing the message. Thank you Toby. I love you.
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December 14, 2010

Sugar Cookies with Auntie





Saturday night we spent the evening making sugar cookies. The boys had a blast and surprised me by holding off on "testing" the cookies until the very end. Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

December 10, 2010

3 Weeks!












Yippeee!!! We have made it three weeks without facebook!!! Nothing new to report. So I'll share a couple of pictures. =)



December 7, 2010

It's the most wonderful time of the year

I have to say that this year has been an amazing year. We are enjoying our second christmas in our new home. As most of you know last year was our first Christmas in our first home! I have really enjoyed being able to celebrate and decorate. This has been the first time that we have enjoyed a major holiday with our boys in our own environment. And it has been fabulous. Today we made paper snowflakes, yesterday we made a paper chain to count down the days till Christmas, and tomorrow we will enjoy color pages. This year really has been a blessing and I am enjoying it for the most part.
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December 2, 2010

2 Weeks!

I am super excited that I have made it 2 whole weeks without facebook! Toby and I are doing great and I can't speak for him but if I can go a whole month, I might just see how much longer after that I can go.
Thanks everyone for all of your prayers and support!

November 24, 2010

almost a week

So it's been almost a week since we deactivate our facebook accounts and I have to say that this has been a real eye opener. In just these few short days I have felt like we have too much pressure to keep our lives up-to-date via a social network so that we feel connected to others. The first couple of days were taking the time to getting use to not picking up my phone to check facebook, or sending pictures to facebook. I find myself thinking "This would be a great status update, or someone would really get a kick out of this picture". I have to say that except for the people that I talk to regularly, I haven't had much communication with anyone. I'm pretty sure I picked one of the worst times of year to deactivate due to holidays and etc, but it's also been the best time of year. I am challenged to focus more on building up the relationships outside of facebook and work on me.

The Boy's Christmas Lists



DISCLAIMER: Here are the boy's Christmas lists for 2010. I know many of you will ask me so I figured that it would be easiest to post it here. They are pretty much the same with the exception of clothing size's and some of their toy likes.



.Gavin's List

CLOTHES:

  • 4T winter clothes (Hoodies/sweaters, jeans, long sleeve shirts, underwear and socks)
  • 4T-5T Pajamas




TOYS:

Please make sure all toys are age appropriate.

  • Learning Toys
  • Craft Supplies *AGE APPROPRIATE* (Scissors, construction paper, glue sticks, pipe cleaners, finger paints, etc. You get the drift)
  • Any toy sport related (He loves all sports)
  • Age appropriate books, flash cards, DVD's
  • VeggieTales books, movies, CD's
  • Toy Story, Diego, Dinosaurs,

Garren's List

CLOTHES:

  • 24m winter clothes (Hoodies/sweaters, jeans, long sleeve shirts, underwear and socks)
  • 2T Pajamas

TOYS:

Please make sure all toys are age appropriate.

  • Learning Toys
  • Craft Supplies *AGE APPROPRIATE* (Scissors, construction paper, glue sticks, pipe cleaners, finger paints, stickers etc. You get the drift)
  • Any toy automotive related (He loves all things with wheels)
  • Age appropriate books, flash cards, DVD's
  • VeggieTales books, movies, CD's
  • Thomas the Train (He has nothing related to Thomas), Disney Cars, Toy Story, Mickey Mouse

November 23, 2010

Yo Gabba Gabba was AWESOME!


The boy's godmother sent us off to Yo Gabba Gabba in San Francisco and it was amazing!!!! We had such a great time once the boys warmed up and got use to the loudness.

Auntie even had a great time! Check her out in her DJ Lance Rock glasses.We really enjoyed "Party in your tummy"! Gavin was so excited that he had to show off the party that was taking place in his tummy!


November 18, 2010

30 Days

A few days ago I had got to thinking about how much time I REALLY spend (or waste) on facebook. And it got me thinking, "Is it really this important? Do I really need to know what so and so is doing? Is updating my status constantly really making a difference in anyone else's life?" Probably not as much as I think.

So I challenged myself to de-activate facebook for 30 days.

And last night, right before bed Toby decided to take the challenge with me! I sure do have a great guy!

So I will do my best to update my blog so that you can follow our Journey.

May 19, 2010

Are you there?


Well, holy smokes. I can't believe that blogger hasn't deleted my account due to inactivity! If only I were creative enough to keep this thing updated. I will work on this blog a little more and try to keep our families up to date.

January 29, 2010

Family Pictures

We recently had some family pictures done. One of my friends is starting her own photography company and needed some families to shoot for her portfolio.
I think they turned out really awesome!