Merry Merry! (Sunday Snapshot)

 

 

Well it definitely was a Merry one.

All those days of preparation, shopping, wrapping, baking and cooking...

then it's over awfully fast.

 

 

 

 

 

And all that getting ready is worth every single second,

to see their faces.

 

 

 

 

 

We had a quiet, low key Christmas with my own family,

(Dan, me, Nick, his girlfriend Lindsay, Grace and William).

 

 

 

 

I put my camera down after I took these and didn't pick it up again,

which is good for me to do now and then.

Over the weekend we spent Saturday at my parents house with my 3 siblings

and their families.

A very, very fun evening and as always I laugh till I cry

when I'm with my two brothers and sister Betsy.

 

 

I hope everyone's Christmas was lovely!

 

 

 

 

 

 



20/52 - Birthday girl

{Zoe - age 1}

Our newest member of the family is officially one today.
Oh Zoe, what can I say about you?
You're a dear sweet girl who makes me laugh every day about your antics.
(Except for the week you chewed up 3 pairs of my shoes).
But we can pretend that didn't happen.

I'm hoping that she's full grown now, she weighs 65 lbs,
has long legs and can run like the wind.
Can't imagine our lives without her.

I've really been a terrible blogger lately and hope to be better about that...
have had a lot on my plate lately with the dance recital, end of school activities, and some things
going on with Will.
He's fine, I'll be blogging about what's been going on with him very soon.

10/52 and Texture Tuesday - It's a dog's life

Zoe - nearly 10 mos. old.

Taken yesterday afternoon of her resting.

What a life this pup leads, no responsibilities

other than to sleep, bark, eat, lick and sniff.

I almost forgot how she loves to roll in the snow.

She's a sweetheart.

Pretty nice life, ya think?

I used two layers of Kim Klassen's 

'Happy Hearts' texture.

The first at linear burn and the second at soft light.

Favorite Photo(s) Friday - my children

"They know me in a way no one ever has.
They open me to things I never knew existed.
They drive me to insanity and push me to my depths.
They are the beat of my heart,
the pulse of my veins,
and the energy in my soul.
They are my kids."

~ unknown
 

I didn't write the above but surely could have
because I've thought and felt every single one of those statements.

They make me laugh until I cry.
And sometimes frustrate the heck out of me.

I couldn't possibly love my children more than I do.

(His idea to use 2 sticks to make a mustache).



And couldn't have ever imagined that I'd be in my middle age years
and be a mama to two young children.

I'm grateful for this second and third chance at motherhood and thank God everyday
for my 3 children.
(the big and the 2 littles)

34/52 - Zoe pup

I think if you haven't had a puppy for many years, you kind of forget what it's like

and how much your life changes.

In my opinion it's pretty similar to having a newborn.

Except that newborns don't chew your furniture, or shoes or pretty much anything that's on the floor.

Zoe is a sweet girl and has a lot of Lab in her we think.

The house training is going well and she's crate trained.

We have found out that she is a huge fan of water, she loves to swim in it, bite it and stand in it.

Several times I've found her standing in her water bowl.

The puppy days don't last long and I'll miss them when they're gone.

She's also growing crazy fast!

(Zoe weighs 22 lbs. now and is 13 weeks old)

33/52 - introducing . . .

our newest addition to our family...12 week old Zoe!!!
I'm sure I'll have many stories about her in the coming weeks.

She won't replace our beloved Molly but we wanted to have another dog in our lives.

Zoe is a lab/husky mix who we found through a nearby pet rescue.
Okay, I know I'm a little bit biased...isn't she adorable?