Loving the snow!!

One of the many reasons I LOVE coming home is because you just can't beat the pure childhood joy of playing in the snow. We've been sledding, snowmobiling, skiing, and today the schedule is: making snowmen, more sledding, and skiing in Jackson Hole (for Scott). Loving the snow!

I am dreaming of... Christmas

So here I am craving not just a white Christmas, but Christmas. It has been a while since a new post, because I've just been a little gloomy that it hasn't felt like Christmas yet. I think the big problem is that Scott has been out of town for FOREVER (seriously when I am home alone with the girls all day it really really feels that long) and we haven't been able to do much celebrating. So one night last week when the lonliness was too suffocating for this time of year, I decided to decorate the tree, alone, just so it could start feeling like Christmas.

It worked.

The newest member of our family...

Minnie is officially a member of the family.
She does everything with us, eats, sleeps, takes baths, goes potty,
you get the idea.
Leah is in love with her - and all her dolls.
I sometimes find her in her room talking to her them, kissing them,
and saying "I yov you".

Birthday Girl

Everything was perfect...



The Cake (handmade by Aunt Lisa...perfection as usual)



The gifts (wrapped in Mickey Mouse paper...perfect)



The pure childhood joy!

My Recovery Center...

For the past 2 years I have,
as most of you know,
been running around
(quite literally)
doing grad school
AND motherhood.

And now I have been given a sanctuary,
a recovery center...


a beach cottage




Here are a few glimpses of my little haven








How grateful I am for these moments of calm I've been given after the storm.
It has given me time to recognize how the Lord
was constantly steadying the ship.

Halloween at our place

Meeting Mickey for the first time..

Our Little Nemo

...and our little pumpkin

I thought this was supposed to be really hard...

Last week I bought all of our
Potty Training Supplies
and settled in for a
long
hard
week or two
of cleaning up messes

but then...

she was perfect!


Thanks to these: