Monday, December 8, 2014

Christmas traditions!

This year we found this great house in Wagram as the winner of our holiday lights award recipent. The home owner was Mr. Stewart and he was thrilled to have won! He said "I will never forget this!". He was so sweet! 

Monday, September 1, 2014

play date pics
















First Day of School (2014-2015)

Miss B started Kindergarten. 
Sigh.
How did this happen....
She looks so grown up. 


 Cullan started 3rd Grade!
Sigh.
For the same reasons. 

 And Kael...
My Sweet 2nd Grader...
Triple Sigh. 
Live just keeps moving on. 

Here's to the start of a Great School Year!

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

My Fathers!


Happy Father's Day 
to my fathers. These are some great men!
Thanks for all you do for me!

Happy Fathers Day!

This Father's Day was great. 
I love that my kids have such an amazing Dad. 
They are very lucky and so am I.
This Father's day was even more special because we had company. 
Extra Father's to celebrate!!

My Girls






Family Visit!

We had family come to visit this past two weeks. It was so much fun having them around. 
We finally got to meet our nephew Declan and got to hand out with Sam and Ashley and Ma and Pa Gillespie!
It was a great two weeks. I am so happy we had a chance to spend time with them and make some fun memories!
(ps. this is one of my favorite pictures from the weekend)
Uncle Garran tried very hard to win Declan over!
Look at that sweet face. 
Um saying our kids loved Declan might be a bit of an understatement. 
I even got to snuggle him to sleep. 
Lucky Me!
Ma and Pa Gillespie
Declan experiencing some hush puppies!
Um we are crazy....
But we can usually hide it well!

Look at this funny fella!

Beach Day with Family!!

While all of the Gillespie's were in town for a visit, we decided to spend the day at the beach!! 
I love the beach. 
I could spend every day there. 
My kids definitely take after me. 
They are in the water the minute we get there and we have to drag them out when it is time to leave. 
Plus we had a bonus to this visit. 
It was our sweet nephew Declan's first time ever to a beach. 
So of course he had to take a beach selfie with aunt Meg!
My beach babe. 
He loved it!
The Iowa Gillespie's
B and A
The Boys
Daddy and his beach baby. 
She loves the beach

Happy times
I LOVE THE BEACH!!
Our best attempt at a family picture. 
Two of my favorite beach buddies. 
I caught Tess mid awesome beach pose!
my honey. 
See I told you we tried. 
It is surprisingly harder the older they get! You would think it would get easier. 

our story

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Midwest, United States
I love the saying "the best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother". My husband does an amazing job of that. I am truly married to my best friend. We laugh often and try to see the best in every situation, or at least find the humor in it. We have four beautiful children. Cullan (7) Kael (6) Briea (3) and Ayla (2). We are currently living in Illinois while Garran attends Grad School. He is a talented print maker and is enjoying his time here. He has a website if you are interested. www.garrangillespie.com Right now we are living every day to the fullest and trying to have as much fun as possible along the way!!

This explains why I blog so much RIGHT?

“Your journal is your autobiography, so it should be kept carefully. You are unique, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more noble and praiseworthy in their way than those recorded in any other life. …
“What could you do better for your children and your children’s children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved?”
Elder Spencer W Kimball!

I need to read this every morning!

"It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers."

-President Gordon B. Hinckley

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