before.

No words necessary!

the bee

She was 1 of 2 kids out of 29 in her class to make it to the school spelling bee. She tied for 5th place out of 20 kids. She made it 4 rounds. She studied 6 pages of words for 14 days. Her word that tripped her up...Muscles spelled Muccels. She made us so proud before and after

The Bee!

It's Love.

It was a joyous day of love complete with a working laptop (3 cheers...hip, hip hooray), my ubber-perfect hubby making his 3 valentine's a special dinner and margaritas (for me) and the end of a long and grueling project in sight. What a day! We reminded ourselves during grace that we are lucky enough to say "I Love You" everyday and not just today! xo

red & pink

It's been a while. Welcome to February! With my laptop on the fritz, blogging has seemed so much more difficult. We've had quite a January with mini-vacas, spelling bees and practice, last minute jobs and of course the daily duties! I am welcoming this month with open arms. I'm also starting a big-new home project this weekend! I'm so pumped! Here's a photo of this month's mantel with the sign Grace bought with her own .99 cents! Yep, it's LOVE!

first time skier.

The sunsets are to die for. The hikes are amazing. The skiing is usually awesome (although it was perfect for two first time skiers). Bailey did amazing for her first time on skis. We were all so impressed. We are hopeful that there will be fresh powder upon our next return. We are loving the mountains this winter!

time flys

Every year. Same time. Same two girls. My bestie from college (and still), Sara and her daughter Avery come for a visit. My girls and I love it. We laugh, we have mini photo sessions (well, Sara does the picture taking and I wait in the background), we make and eat pizza and we just catch up. The girls kept saying "your just like my mom" to each of us and really it's true! We are crazy together...just as it should be. Just like it was and still is.

2012

I'm looking forward and 2011 is in the rear view mirror. No resolutions for me. No big things I need to accomplish. No time I need to fill. My mom asked me what I want to have happen this year and I responded with, "NOTHING, I think we had enough craziness for 1 year."

Happy New Year!