Happy New Years 2012

Finally 2012

With photo blogging caught up to this year I am making a shift in my blogging style.  I am blessed to have Memory Manager (software that keeps your photos organized and allows for journalling).  So for this year I am going to begin to use my blog as more of a reflections tool.  I like to have pictures and will continue but I am not going to focus on the chronology of my family events as much.  This has been an eventful year already especially with my Mom medically.  I have been really reflecting on what my legacy with my children will be. In every choice that I make big or small I can hear my mom's wisdom.  I am SO blessed that she is still only a phone call away!  However, the fear of loosing her has made me wonder if my voice would still ring in my children's ear if somehow Jesus called me home early.  I feel like since I live in this amazing age of technology I need to use it!  So with those thoughts in mind welcome to my "mommy mind."

December 2011

 Christmas Eve at GG Darlene's

Everyone home for Christmas!

Christmas Day at Doug's parents

 Doug turns 35

Our first teenager!

November 2011

 We went to Winter Fest!  It was Jayden's 1st Christian Concert!  He got really tired but enjoyed bumping into Bob and Larry!

 Jayden lost his first tooth!

First Grade had a Thanksgiving POW WOW program.

I got to meet Jan Brett my FAVORITE children's book author!  Unfortunately I waited in line for hours and when I finally got to her I dropped and broke my camera.  No picture of us together or of Thanksgiving for that matter.  You can probably guess what one of my early Christmas presents was.