Happy New You Year!

Starting out 2013 I had the best intentions of following through on all of my goals that I set for myself. As of today I have only started working on 3 of the 20 goals. That's 15% - not good.

Here's to a weekend full of dedication and motivation!

Stress-free Season?

This season has always been a stressful time for me. From Thanksgiving to New Year's offers times to get together with family and friends. Yet in these times of hanging out with loved ones, I am still able to find things to get me overwhelmed: food preparations, gift purchases and wrapping, travel time and making sure to pack enough things to keep a child busy while on the road and at the location, plus many other things.

This year however, I have made the decision to simplify. Fewer presents, not as much food, and fewer time commitments. Even though I still feel a little bit overwhelmed, I'm feeling that this was a step in the right direction. I believe that next year I will be a step closer to feeling more at peace with making the right decisions than at war with my own desires to please everyone.

Because, when I think about it, all of those things that pull at my attention are really just taking attention off of the real reason we celebrate Christmas - our SAVIOR was born this time of year. Let's focus on Him and and worry about pleasing only Him.

Merry Christmas!

Cuteness

Waiting for the seeds to grow.  I tried to tell her it would take a while, but she still wanted to wait.

She look like she did when she was just a baby!

Natalie's Dental X-rays

Natalie had to get "pictures" taken of her teeth and wouldn't do it on her own, so we had to pull out the laughing gas.  I didn't get to go with, but I guess she was pretty talkative once they got her to put the "puppy nose" on!

Fun Day in the Sun

Skinna-marinky-dinky-dink...

Weee!

Dentist for Natalie

Feeding the geese at the Coon Rapids Dam

Playing at the Park