Wordless Wednesday! Fireworks tonight

Thankful Thursday

I'm going to try to be better about this.

I am so thankful for Justin. We have been married 9 1/2 years exactly today. He the a great father to our children, and such a great support to me! I can't imagine my life without him.

Life or something like it

This last week, we had the opportunity to get together with Justin's biological father. He was in town for a couple of hours, so we met up and had lunch. This was the third time Justin has seen him, (that he remembers) and the last two times were 7 years ago. It is a very interesting situation, but I'm proud of Justin and how he handles the situation. It will be interesting to see what happens with their relationship in the comings months/years.

EVERyTHING IS DIFFERENT!

I haven't been on blogger for a couple of months, and now everything is different!  I have no idea what I am doing now.

The girls had their dance recital last week.  It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun.  Justin's cousin's wife runs a dance studio, and the last two years now, we've done a trade...I help with some of the cousins and backstage at the recital, and the girls get classes.  They love dance.  I have to toot my own horn too though, because the costumes I did turned out pretty dang cute!!

 I still can't believe how HUGE Daphne's eyes look in this picture!  So cute!!!  We had to practice putting on makeup a few times...Because I suck at it...I actually had to go to the dollarstore to buy some more makeup, because I don't own lipstick, or foundation...and only like 2 colors of eye shadow..  LOL

 I really wish that this picture turned out better...Their costumes looked awesome on stage!!

 Abby got to start a tap class this year...she did really well considering she only have 5 lessons or so!!  I can't wait to see what she does next year with more lessons! (and yes, I did their costumes too!  :-) )

 We went to the zoo with Grandma and Grandpa Davis and some of their cousins.

 Thad was so funny after seeing the penguins.  He had to hug each and every penguin statue they had....He is such a funny boy!!

I really do suck at blogging...not sure why I even do it....  LOL

Such a fuffy kitty

Xavier has been slowly making himself at home. He is still pretty skittish around the kids, but at night, he comes out and hangs out with me and Justin. Xavier LOVES Dolly our other cat...He is always snuggling with her on the bed, or rubbing up against her. It's really cute to watch. It has been so fun to see him slowly making progress. He LOVES to be petted, and loves to play. Such a cute boy!!

Treatboxes for Troops

I have have the opportunity to donate a few items to the Treatboxes for troops auctions on their facebook page. I am grateful for our troops. I have had a couple of cousins in the service, as well as a few friends. I decided that instead of providing things for "giveaways", where people only come around to get something for free and that's it...That I am only going to provide for worthy causes now. The money raise from these, goes to send treatboxes to the troops. It's also kind of fun for me to see people interested in my stuff! :-)

Abby got baptized!!!

Why yes...Daphne cut her hair...AGAIN!!!! this time, she cut the two pony tails that were in her hair.....her hair is SOOO short now...it makes me cry...maybe someday she will have hair that I can actually fix...
We all got new glasses.. Abby looks so much older in hers! It's good knowing that she can actually SEE again...I can't believe how bad her eyes are...already....sigh..
I wanted to make Abby a cute dress for her baptism. I had a picture in my mind, on how I wanted it to be. I finally found some fabric at JoAnn's that I LOVED....Luckily, my mom helped out and ended up doing most of the dress, since I am still in so much pain from breaking my tailbone. I love the way it turned out! The white satin on the bodice, was leftover satin from my wedding dress too!

This was right after daphne cut her hair....again....Sigh...
Abby and her cousin Emma...Abby loves Emma!
Aww...So proud of my little girl!!

She kept telling me how she felt silly in the baptism outfit. :-)
Yeah...perfect picture of these two!

It was so great to see Abby baptized. She has wanted to baptized since she saw her oldest cousin Braden get baptized. I am so proud of her. We had quite a few people show up for the baptism as well. I love to see how many people love her!

Things have been blah around here. I have been in so much pain, I haven't been able to do much...my house is trashed...The dr. told me it would be a good 2-3 months before I started to feel normal again...Ugh..