Life the last couple weeks....

Good Morning! Been a little MIA figuring out life and working on the house.

What we've been up to.....
well two weekends ago we had our "Fakesgiving". We do Thanksgiving early with my family because I used to work every Thanksgiving so we started a tradition of that. This frees up our Thanksgiving day so we can go to Ben's family's house and there is no rushing to fit in everyone and less stress and we get to enjoy the day. This year my sister is going away so my parents are coming with us to Ben's dad's house and everyone is really excited about it!

We got to go to the park a few days last week which was nice to get out of the house while we still could and run around when it wasn't freezing outside! It was 60 degrees on Monday then snowing on Tuesday. We had a trip to the dentist for Addy's 6 month check up and Cam's is this week. Ben and I also got to fit in a date night Friday which was a lot of fun and we got to have a nice Sunday dinner with family. This cold/cough that I was nice enough to share with my entire family has made its way through our house finally- hopefully it's done. So here are all our snapshots of the last couple weeks so far. I don't think we have any plans yet for the weekend, but I'm sure it includes working more on the driveway and house which I'm not upset about in the least bit. I would love to do some Christmas shopping, I feel like I'm really slacking. I have slowly been getting stuff together, but I would love not to be scrambling around last minute!

My before and after of my hutch.......

I've been tearing wall paper off the walls with help from the kids of course.

Date night with my super handsome guy!

and my sister in law caught this sweet pic of Miss Addy Mae on Sunday. <3

Comments

The Strength In Our Scars

Mental Health. Depression. Anxiety. I know I missed "Mental Health Day", but this is something that needs to be talked about more than just one day in October. This is something that needs awareness and education everyday. More than "40 seconds of action". Come on! I wanted to share this even more when recently I found out a beautiful young girl I know is suicidal. She reached out. She got help and her courage inspires me. What I would do to hold her tight and take her pain away. So let’s talk about it for a second. This has been sitting on my chest and weighing me down for far to long. Something no one likes to talk about. We ALL have mental health. We all have highs and we all have lows, some lower than others. It's something that needs to be normalized. The way a cold is simply just that, normal, everyone gets a cold. This is a far too sensitive subject. You have a cold? You take medicine. You have cancer? You get treatment. You break ...

Hello!

It’s been such a long time since I blogged. Since I wrote about what’s on my heart. So much has changed, yet so much has simply stayed the same. I started writing this post last August 2024 - over a year ago now! But I obviously didn't get very far. Always drinking in the last drop of golden summer sun and air, enjoying all my kids home, distracted by life. A beautiful beautiful life! So here I am now, trying to get one post in before the year turns over to a new one again! We are 3 days away from Christmas, so we’ve been busy with the hustle and bustle. 2025 has been a good year. Last August (2024) when I started this post-, I was probably dreaming of a baby to hold in my arms, as I have for many years before- well after many negative pregnant tests -February 2026 that dream will come true!! We are adding to the clan! So here I am in the third trimester. I really wanted to enjoy this pregnancy because it will definitely, most likely be my very last. It’s been a tough pregna...

Spring ahead

While I’m out and down with a spell of something that I’m hoping isn’t bronchitis or lead to pneumonia- negative for the flu, COVID and RSV at least, I figured I’d come try and write a little. I’ve been so weak and tired and out of sorts. I’ve read two books this week and started my third. As spring turns over to summer. The temperatures rise. The rain falls. The grass grows tall. The bugs crawl from their hiding places. The people emerge from their homes, ready to fling open the windows and take in the spring breeze to cleanse the winter blues and dust from their homes. The kids are shooed outside to soak up the fresh air and sunshine. The radio plays our favorite songs. There’s the unmistakable sound of the hose being turned on. Shoes are abandoned in a chaotic pile near the front door and long forgotten. Barefoot running throug...

Life.Planted.

Search This Blog