Leftover Pics

Here are some pictures from the end of last year, beginning of this year, that I just didn't have time to add:

This is Britt and Cade when they came to visit for thanksgiving. Don't I have the cutest nephew ever?


















Here are some pics of when it snowed, we made a snowman and used our potato head pieces for the face. Hallie and Owen had a blast until Hal fell on the sidewalk and hurt her knee. She cried for a long time after that, I think b/c she was so cold.





















Here are some gifts I made. I just went to hobby lobby and bought plain wood ornaments/decorations and then picked out some cute scrapbook paper traced the shape of the piece of wood and then mod podged it to the wood. Britt helped me with it. I think they turned out cute and I will def. be doing this again next year.



















We went to see santa, don't have any pics of that b/c my camera was broken, we bought some, but I really don't feel like scanning them in. Hallie wouldn't sit with santa by herself so I ended up sitting by santa with the kids in my lap. I asked Santa if he wanted me to sit in his lap but he didn't seem too excited about that. ;) anyways, these are some pics of the kids at the mall that day.



















Here are some pics of our Gingerbread houses:




And this is a pic of Owen and Daddy. Owen got a new race car bed for Christmas from his Nana. He LOVES it! (So does his Daddy)

And this, this is funny..I was sitting in the Living room, folding clothes, after dinner one night and Hallie took her plate from the kitchen, started running, tripped over the clothes and her face landed right in her plate, it was hilarious. She didn't cry b/c she got hurt, she was just upset b/c her food was all over the floor. I told her that she shouldn't have brought her food into the living room in the first place (that's a no no) I know I probably shouldn't have, but I laughed so hard. If you look closely you can see rice and green beans all in Hallie's hair. I know...I'm a horrible Mother haha.

Couple of funnies

For the first one, I was there, she came to sing here in Nashville for time out for women. Anyways, the second one, chad showed it to me and I laughed, really hard, brings back a lot of memories awww..memories, haha..anyways, the first one made me cry, I know it's not supposed to make you cry, but I couldn't help it. It made me feel good to know that others feel the same way as i do.

Changes...and blessings!

So I know I've told a few of you that Chad got demoted at work. They told him a week before Christmas. He received a pay cut as well. I'm sure a lot of you have been prey to office politics. I won't go into detail, but Chad was accused of things he didn't do just because the bosses had some budget cuts and they were looking for anything to cut his pay. It has been a hard couple of weeks! Very stressful. Chad has been looking for a new job/career. He is going to go back to school (we were planning to do that anyways). Anyways, if you could, please pray for us! For those of you who are confused about the whole law school thing, haha, well he decided not to become a lawyer about 4 months ago. He decided he didn't like it first of all, and that he wanted to be home more with the family. (I was so glad) So the plan now is to get his MBA and find a new job! Its funny how things work out right? Even though all this has happened, I feel so blessed! First of all I was blessed with a husband, who doesn't spend money, doesn't believe in debt, and saves every cent, which is good because I LOVE to spend money haha. We balance each other out. So, this really helps b/c we have savings and no debt! Also, there are little things in life, that I feel like the Lord just reaches down and helps us out. I'll just mention a few of them, you might not think its a big deal, but to me I feel just so grateful. This all happened within a few days.

1. So, I started taking a spin class at the Y, Lauralynn talked me into it, I was terrified at first but ended up really liking it. Only one problem, the seats really hurt, ( I will not mention where) I can handle it on Monday, but the next class on wed, I'm so sore I can barely sit. So I started looking into buying one of those gel seat covers. They were about $20 but we really don't have the money for it right now, I mentioned that I was looking into buying one to Lauralynn and she said oh, I have one I will give you! So sweet of her!

2. So I really, really need my haircut and highlighted! Like that's going to happen. haha..I ended up getting a free haircut and style in the mail from Macy's because we just moved into our house, and then Lauralynn mentioned that she has a friend who will highlight your roots for $15!

3. Someone finally bought our portable fireplace for $480 off of craigslist!! :) We put it up like 2 months ago, I just reposted it. If someone had bought it before the demotion, we would have bought a new tv. Good thing they didn't, we need that money for other things now!

4. So, a couple of days ago, I went to see Chad at work. I wanted to get all snazzed up (hehe) for him so I straightened my hair. I haven't done this in a while, b/c I don't like doing it unless i have the protectant spray for heat, and straighteners b/c my hair gets bad split ends and gets really dried out if I don't. I went to drop the kids off at my Mom's and Camilla said my hair looked different, I told her what I mentioned above, and she said, oh I need to spray my hair but never do, and she said I have some, you can have it! Ahe gave me this really nice spray from a salon!!

Anyways, Like I said, might not seem like a big deal, but it was crazy how all this happened within the matter of a few days. I just feel so grateful for the little things, they add up, ya know? Even without these little blessings, God has blessed us so much. We are all healthy, we have a beautiful home, and Chad still has a job, which is wonderful! We also have really supportive families who will help out if we really need it. They have all really helped out so much! Thank you!!