Time to Refocus

Do you ever feel like you get off track? Some how you must of have slowly drifted off the course. As I was listening to someone yesterday I realized that I have been so focused on just getting to the next thing, the next place, the next thing on the list. I realized that by doing that I didn't really get anywhere at all.

I'm going to try to focus a little bit more on what is really important this week and see what happens. If you don't know what I mean by "what is really important" check back in a couple of days to see what happens.

Life.........

Well life happens and sometimes other things take priority. I am still taking pictures of "Our Joyful Journey", but I haven't had a lot of spare time to post them.

Playing Catch-up..........

I have been slowly playing catch up with my blog posting for those that are interested see below.............

Slacking and Feeling it!!!!!!

So I have been slacking......I haven't been keeping up on the blog. I haven't really felt like blogging. I always have something else that seems to take priority. Something else that can't wait and has to be taken care of. Then there are days when I don't feel like doing ANYTHING!! I think today is one of those days again.

I titled this post Slacking and Feeling it. I having been "slacking" that is obvious. I am now "feeling" it. I mean that literally. I am feeling down and unfocused again. I started blogging because I needed to change my focus. I needed to find the positive, to remember how much I love my children. I needed to think about all I have been blessed with.

Hopefully, this will be the first of more posts to come!

Boxing on the Wii

My nephew Landon is obsessed with boxing on the Wii. He isn't even 2, but he loves to box. When he asks to come over and play at our house he just says box....box....box (which means I want to go to Aunt Jen's)

Impromptu Snowball Fight

A big thank you to Uncle Jeremiah for bringing some snow down the hill for us to all play in! It was a beautiful day and the kids really enjoyed the snowball fight. Our friends even stopped by and joined in on the fun with us.

Didn't you know ..............................

That the bathroom is really not a bathroom, but a playhouse. I couldn't figure out why the girls were so quite. They had turned the hall bathroom into a house for them and their babies.

Emma's 4 years old

Robotics`

This was Preston's second year on the Robotics Team. He and his fellow Cybercats worked really hard. They even got a trophy for "Team Spirit". They were differently one of the loudest teams there.

Christmas Family Home Evening

Every year we spend one night (usually a Monday night for FHE) and we decorate cookies. This year we decorated a gingerbread house. We also made Christmas ornaments with different pictures of the life of Jesus Christ on them. It was a great activity!

**Only problem was we woke up the next morning to our gingerbread house covered with ANTS!

How cute am I??

One day I told Emma how cute she looked........she had her hands on her face just like this picture of Kirsten. Kirsten obviously heard me say that and so she made this face. I couldn't resist taking this picture.
**As a side note: Emma now thinks that every time she wants something she just needs to put her hands on her face like this and smile. She hasn't figured out yet that I don't fall for it.

Say Cheese..................

This is my attempt at taking pictures of the kids for our family Christmas card. For some reason the pictures I pictured in my head turned out so much better. But at least I have these pictures to look back on.

Thanksgiving Break Projects

Kirsten wanted to learn how to help me make baby hats.

Mondel worked on a puzzle with the girls.

What is going on??

I have no idea what was going on and I didn't take this picture. With that said, I couldn't resist not including this picture. This picture truly captures Kirsten on so many levels!

Nativity

The kids enjoyed creating their own Nativity with stuffed animals. These are the pictures they took:

Helping Daddy

Emma, helping Mondel load the pellet stove.
This was our new toy this winter.
We really enjoyed how warm and cozy it kept the house.

Family Time-