Finding the good stuff in life!: Oh Christmas...

I want to be in all senses of the words, All. Things. Mama.

As far back as I can remember I've wanted to be a mom, not just any mom, but the mom that stays home with her kids full time. The mom who loves even when she is not loved back, who can't breathe without thinking of her kids first. The mom who loves teaching, playing, cooking, baking, laughing, and kissing owies. The mom who is ALL THINGS MAMA. My husband and I scrimp so that dream can be fulfilled. Being a mom is not part time for me. It is something that has captured my heart. All of the going ons of my life start with thoughts of my kids. My kids consume my love and my life and I allow it because, with God's help they are the essence of what makes me a mother. This is me...

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Oh Christmas...

You make me wanna do this...

and a little of this...

and possibly a tad of this...

Peppermint mergingues anyone? I know, a little overkill...I have never made a meringue that whipped up like that and as long as I have little kids running around I'm probably not going to try it!

Notice anything different about this blog entry? I'm using pictures from the internet. I think I can finagle a few more unseen pics of my own from before the big camera accident, but until the camera is replaced it's either this or blurry pictures from my phone.

So, in birth order, here are some pics I've been meaning to post but haven't. Starting with our first born, Melanie!