Happy 2 Years Lia Marie

Lia Marie -

Happy Birthday! Or as you would say Happy Happy. It's so hard to believe that you have been in our lives for 2 years. While it is so hard to even remember our life without you, it seems like just yesterday I was holding you in that hospital room. The last two years have been filled with lots of sleepless nights, joy, laughter, tears, exhaustion, and memories. It has been a fun year of seeing your learn new things, learning to talk, and seeing your personality.

As each day goes by, my prayers for you grow stronger and stronger. You are very strong-willed and some days I struggle and struggle on how to handle that, but my prayer is that as parents we can teach you how to channel that will and not diminish it. That you use it to grow into a independent women, who will have the gumption to be obedient to the Lord, no matter what He asks.

You are full of life and personality. You have so much joy and your smile and your eyes can light up a room. I pray you use this to encourage others. To be a light among the dark. Keep your hope. This world is very dark and it needs your light, so let it shine.

My prayer is that you will have compassion. That you will see others that are hurting and be driven to do something.

I also pray that the Lord will show Himself to you. That He will pursue you and that you will pursue Him! I pray that you will see your depravity and your need for Him. While you have an independent spirit,  that you see your need for Him and that you learn to be dependent on Him.

Lastly, may you always remember..."The Lord your God is with you, He is might to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing." Zephaniah 3:17.

Love you always,
Mom

{25 Days of Christmas} - Day 2 Christmas Picture

If you are looking for Day 1, you won't find it. Yesterday got away from me. So we start with Day 2. 

I can't believe it has been a month and a half since I last blogged. I vowed to myself that I was going to be better about posting, but with so many things going on in my life, this blog seems to be the one that suffers! 

Do you guys do photo cards for Christmas? 

I love them! I love to send them and I love to get them. I usually hang them on my fridge and leave them up for a good 6 months! 

Thanks Michelle for taking such a great photo!!!

Here are some from the past!!

2014

2013

2012

{September Goals}

Well, July & August came and went. Work was super busy and I tried to make every effort to live in the moment and enjoy our "summer". Because of that, the blog suffered! I'm back this month, and what better way to start then my monthly goals! I just had to use the fall pic of Lia from last year! Look how little she was...

Here we go with those goals!

1. Work trip to Florida

2. 100 of 1000 gifts

3. Help 5 - 7 more people reach their health and fitness goals

4.  Build my Beachbody Team

5. Attend a football game - I love football!!!

6. Take a family picture - Seriouslly we have like 2 total and they are selfies :(

7. Read 1 non-fiction and 1 fiction book

8. Another Round of 21 Day Fix - Want to do it with me? 

9. No spend September - Only spend money on the necessities. This is hard for me, I love shopping in the fall (reminding myself that we wear these clothes for 6 months)

10. Participate in Bible Study

11. Get Lia to sleep through the night  - Help this mommy needs sleep!!

 12. One date night before Harvest

13. Friday Favorites blog every week.

What are your monthly goals? 

January Goals

It feels like it was yesterday I was writing out my December goals. The month flew by. We are starting our January on Vacation in Florida and enjoying every minute of it. 

December Goals

1. Blog 25 Days of Christmas - Ok, ok, it wasn't exactly 25 days, I skipped the weekends and Christmas day, but we are calling this a success. Planning out my blog posts, definitely helped.

2. Complete Advent Studies - I loved the SheReadsTruth Advent!! Awesome

3. Maintain Weightloss During Holidays -  I didn't lose any weight in the last 2 weeks, but I maintained and didn't gain!

4. Rise Early in the Morning -I'm calling this a fail. I tried...It's been a rough month of sleep for the little one.

5. Mail out Christmas cards - Success

6. No Spend December -I did a pretty good job with this one.

January Goals

1. Read 1 Non-Fiction and 1 Fiction Book: I miss reading. Since having Lia I feel I don't have the time, but I do..it's choices. 

2. Get a Pedicure/Massage - Claudy gave me this as a present for Christmas...I desperately need to cash in on this. 

3. Early Mornings - We will try it again. The Goal is 5:30 or 6:00 :) 

4. Unplug one weekend this month - I tried this before and failed :) I know I can do it. 

5. Start Project 365 - I did this two years ago and made it to October and quite. I would like to make it all the way through this time. 

{25 Days of Christmas} - Day 8 - Christmas Past

It's a little late tonight, but here it is....Christmas Past. I have no idea the years, but there are sure some fun ones :) 

This is one of the Nuest Cousins :) 

A couple of years I sent my own picture :) 

Maybe some of my old students will remember this one:)

I didn't have time to dig up any more, but it sure was fun!

{52 Weeks of Awesomeness}

If you have followed me on Instagram or Facebook, you know that I am doing a 365 photo a day challenge. That challenge is almost up, Dec 31. I was reading a couple of blogs today and came across this challenge by LaBrisa, I'm so excited to make this a photo/blog challenge :) Hopefully it will get me using my camera more lately.

 

Week One: Introduce Yourself [10.31.13]
Week Two: Costumes [11.07.13]
Week Three: Honor [11.14.13]
Week Four: Artificial Light Vs. Natural Light (Two Images) [11.21.13]
Week Five: Gluttony [11.28.13]
Week Six: Thankfulness [12.05.13]
Week Seven: Your Favorite Color [12.12.13]
Week Eight: Slow Shutter Speed vs. Fast Shutter Speed (Two Images) [12.19.13]
Week Nine: Joy [12.21.13]
Week Ten: Gifts [01.02.14]
Week Eleven: Celebration [01.09.14]
Week Twelve: Fire vs. Smoke (Two Images) [01.16.14]
Week Thirteen: Dreams [01.23.14]
Week Fourteen: Winter [01.30.14]
Week Fifteen: Gametime [02.06.14]
Week Sixteen: Intentionally OOF (out of focus) [02.13.14]
Week Seventeen: Love [02.20.14]
Week Eighteen: Lust [02.27.14]
Week Nineteen: Inspired by movie [03.06.14]
Week Twenty: One for the Road (Signs, Streets, Traffic, etc) [03.13.14]
Week Twenty-One: Green [03.20.14]
Week Twenty-Two: Macro vs. Micro (close up vs minature) [03.27.14]
Week Twenty-Three: Pride [04.03.14]
Week Twenty-Four: Foolish [04.10.14]
Week Twenty-Five: Greed [04.17.14]
Week Twenty-Six: Spring [04.24.14]
Week Twenty-Seven: Portrait of a friend vs. Portrait of a stranger (two images) [5.01.14]
Week Twenty-Eight: Tequila [05.08.14]
Week Twenty-Nine: Mom [05.15.14]
Week Thirty: SOOC (straight out of the camera vs. edited) [05.20.14]
Week Thirty-One: Loss [05.29.14]
Week Thirty-Two: Music [06.05.14]
Week Thirty-Three: Your Favorite Shoes [06.12.14]
Week Thirty-Four: Dad [06.19.14]
Week Thirty-Five: Color vs. Black & White (two images) [06.26.14]
Week Thirty-Six: Summer [07.03.14]
Week Thirty-Seven: Fireworks [07.10.14]
Week Thirty-Eight: Pets [07.17.14]
Week Thirty-Nine: Envy [07.24.14]
Week Forty: Water in Multiple Forms (at least two) [07.31.14]
Week Forty-One: Travel [08.07.14]
Week Forty-Two: Sunrise vs. Sunset (two images) [08.14.14]
Week Forty-Three: Motion [08.21.14]
Week Forty-Four: Overcome your Fear [08.28.14]
Week Forty-Five: Sloth [09.04.14]
Week Forty-Six: Shadows vs. Reflections (two images) [09.11.14]
Week Forty-Seven: Hero [09.18.14]
Week Forty-Eight: Silhouette [09.25.14]
Week Forty-Nine: Wrath [10.02.14]
Week Fifty: What you do for fun? [10.09.14]
Week Fifty-One: Autumn [10.16.14]
Week Fifty-Two: Self Portrait [10.23.14]

 

Come back every Thursday to see my photo/blog challenge.