Sunsets and smiles

Today i attended a training all day to aquire Continuing Education credit. I love to learn, yes i know im nerdy, but I feel like there is so much in the world that i want to know so i love when i have opportunities to learn something new. After sitting in a classroom all day I came home and took a walk and caught this beautiful sunset. We havent had a blue sky for a long time because its been so gray and cloudy everyday. It really makes you appreciate the beauty of a sunset...

Stella had tons of fun with her grandparents today building things, going to the park and doing exercises with grandpa and his trainer. 

🌼Baby Shower in a Greenhouse 🌷

Today my friend and i threw a baby shower in a greenhouse. Inside the greenhouse there is a park like area and the kids had a blast while the moms hung out on a picnic table and celebrated. My friend Elizabeth is really laid back so this was the perfect venue. I hadnt realized how much i missed flowers growing & green grass. All the world outside is shade of brown. It was a nice change to feel like it was spring. 

Moms surprise birthday party

This past weekend we surprised my mom for her 70th birthday. We through a party for her with all her friends and family. We had all her favorite snacks, carmel corn, See's Candy, and fruits and veges. 

My siblings flew in for the occasion which was the best part of the surprise

This is not the clearest picture but its of her walking into the house and her first glimpse of all her friends hiding in the dark and yelling surprise. It was such a fun night.

Christmas Morning

I recently realized that i didnt post that much during the holidays. It was probably a combo of being so busy and not feeling up for posting. in looking back over the pictures i realized there were lots of photos worth sharing so these may be a little late but hopefully worth the wait ;) 

Christmas morning w/ my nephews Cameron & Blake. They are so cute and such good guys, always willing to help out. I wish we lived closer to them. 

B-rad

Brads family came to visit us tonight, it was so fun to have them over. I didnt get pictures of everyone but baby Lexi is well represented and cute as ever.

Snow

The abominable snow girl (everything shes wearing we got for free$)

Sledding Fun - maybe more fun for Jorge

Do you want to build a snowman...

Over here we are trying to get back into shape... Spring is just around the corner 😉 Whenever we are working out Stella wants to be right there with us. This was Jorges approach today. She loved it! 

Tonight i attended a great class on organizing. Since I love organizing i didnt really know if there was that much more to learn about it. Of course i was wrong there's always more to learn. One of the take home messages that i liked was instead of everything having its place try to think more about streamlining. This means de-clutter. If you havent used it, dont have room for it, dont need it then get rid of it. Im good at finding a home  for things but im excited now to go through all our stuff again and get rid of stuff we dont need or have room for. Another idea that I liked was to have a memory box for each child. Its a place where they/you can put things that they value and you will store it to keep it safe. I think thats a great idea to keep organized things that are sentimental but really dont have a great place to he stored.