Life is Good!

I can't believe my baby turned 6! She is so grown

up. She wanted a sleep over so bad and since

we just don't do those at our house, she got to

have a late night party complete with pajamas

and a barbie movie. We decorated pillow cases

and had mac and cheese for dinner. Love you

McKenzie!

This was a precious picture I took of grandpa holding

Autumn and our christmas party. She loves her grandparents!

So my new year's phrase is "life's messy, clean it up"

My children, my house, my everything is constantly

messy at this stage in my life. I am learning to take

deep breaths, enjoy the moment and then clean it up.

I love my kids dearly and as much as I hate messes, they

do look cute with chocolate smeared everywhere!

okay so the life's messy part...well we had our

basement flood 3 days before christmas. The

bright spot in all of this...nothing was damaged,

carpet tile rock! Family is more than amazing

and always appreciated, Neighbors are so sweet

and willing to always help, and husbands are

amazing even when they are on death's bed with

illness. Everett ended up finding out 2 days after that

he had strep. So he ended up installing a sump pump

the day of the flood with a 102 degree fever! He was

running on pure adreneline and a lot of help from family,

friends and guardian angels I'm sure. Thanks sweetie for

fixing us a dam. I knew you were an awesome dam

engineer! I took some pictures just to document how

fun it was to rip the basement up, and put it back together

after the flood. In all reality much much worse could have

happened. It was a pain for a few days but that was all. It

really reminded me of how amazing people are to step up and

help in a crisis. We are truly blessed. So here's to a new year,

with more messes and more blesses!