100th post!

With this crummy, stupid cold weather we really have not gone out and done much lately, which means we have been doing our best to stay occupied and entertained at home. Also, we are doing our damnedest to try and not catch any of the sickness that has been going around, we have been insanely lucky so far (knock on wood, fingers crossed, etc.)  Along with being housebound other than school days obviously my photo sessions are on hiatus since it would be miserable to be outside, I have been trying to get more pictures of the kids. They are changing literally every single second and I want to make sure I remember how life is exactly at this very moment.

I had a few general ideas for how I wanted to make new years resolutions. Last year I really focused on "me" in the sense of becoming more outspoken and to say no to things I truly didn't want to do. Along with speaking my voice more often. It was amazing the difference it made with my happiness to stop bottling everything up and communicate. (strange theory huh?) =). This year I am wanting to focus on others. Doing more random acts of kindness and pay it forward. I love nothing more than a surprise package in the mail or a kind word or act from a stranger so I want to do more of that for others. On the same day right after the new year began I received a kind act from a stranger at the Target Starbucks.  He paid for the kids milk/juice they picked out and not 30 minutes later my mailman came by the house to tell me thank you for the Starbucks gift card I had left for him on a very cold snowy day (our mailmen are old school and walk door to door to deliver the mail). Kind of weird how the world works sometimes!

My second resolution is to focus on the here and now. Putting down the phone more often and pay attention to the beautiful life I have and just breathe it all in. My kids are growing up so quickly and I really love this place they are in right now.  They are truly best buds and are playing together and getting up to all sorts of fun sibling trouble constantly. My marriage is going on 6 years this July and it's crazy how much has changed in the almost 7 years I have loved Josh. I don't want to have my mind elsewhere in silly social media when I can be laughing and smiling and loving this amazing husband of mine. Don't get me wrong, I love my phone and the ability to learn anything at a moments notice. I love the fact that even though one of my best friends lives 7 hours away, I know every little thing that is going on with her from our millions of texts and pictures, but it sure can be a black hole of distractions to the here and now of what is really important!

Below are some recent pictures of our daily lives entertaining ourselves and wishing the warm to surprise us very soon. Please groundhog, give us some good news!!!!