Happy Halloween!

My office buddies Sarah (spider) and Leah!

Family Halloween pictures to come later..... after they've been taken ha ha!

Dax is 2!

Dax became a 2 year old at 7:02 this morning! We had a wonderful, small birthday weekend for him that consisted of a dinner with our good friends Jake, Amanda and their daughter Serenna as well as us! Kyleigh and Uncle Bill were here too! Sunday was family birthday with cupcakes and ice ice cream! So much fun and Dax scored some very nice gifts that he hasn't stopped playing with yet.

It is still hard to believe that just two years ago I was in the hospital holding a beautiful new baby!

10 on 12- October

Well here it is... my 10 on 12 :-) Skipped around a little bit so it ends up being 10 pictures covering 12 hours. That works, right?

7:08am
Dax all ready to go to daycare

9:45 am
Students working hard. Love teaching day!

10:35am
My desk... YIKES!

11:37 am
The view out my office window, beautiful, right?

Noonish :-)
With my beautiful sister by heart, Leah

12:30/1:00pm ish
Holding a friend's sweet baby at office baby shower

3:42pm
What I need to remember some days so I wrote it on my board

4:45 pm
Dax got to play with Uncle Bill for a little bit

6:30pm
Mmm Potato Chowder for Dinner!!

7:15pm

Dax needed a serious bath after the chowder

Hopefully next month I can get my act together and take pictures each hour in a row on the correct day :-)

stay tuned...

WELL I already missed it... my 10 on 10 post! Darn it! Stay tuned for a 12 on 12 post :-)

Day 10!

Well this is kind of the new me... ha! It's my natural hair color but definitely a change from the 'norm' lately. I'm always a little worried about going back to bangs... why? Umm I'm a little OCD when it comes to my bangs.

Day 9- 2 Songs

1. I Found Love (When I Found You) --- this is mine and Dustin's song. I still remember being in his little house the first time played it for me. I remember texting him the lines of the song back and forth many different times. I just love that man so very much!

2. Amazing Grace --- I cry every time I sing this no matter where I am

Day 8- 3 Films

Three films. Wow, it's hard to come up with three that are my favorite since I really have a lot of movies that I like but the three that I could watch over and over are:

1. Chocolat

2. Under the Tuscan Sky

3. 27 Dresses

Day 7- 4 Books

1. Anything by Mitch Albom but especially The Five People You Meet in Heaven.

2. First Days of School by Harry Wong... it's a teacher thing :-p

3. Poisonwood Bible- I read this book twice and will probably read it again

4. The Polar Express

Day 6- 5 foods

Oh this one should be easy....

1. RIGHT NOW there is a caramel in my mouth...mmmm....

2. Lefsa- it's a Norwegian flat bread similar to a tortilla but made out of potatoes. SO YUMMY fresh and hot!

3. PIZZA! Crispy crust, warm cheese and pepperoni! YUMMERS!

4. Cheesecake!

5. WAIT I'm already at the last one, what the heck... what to choose, what to choose? My grandma's fresh baked rolls... oh yes... good one! :)

Day 5- 6 Places

This one seems a little odd to me. I mean, what kind of places should I post? I'm guessing places that are significant to me or mean something to me... I mean I'm assuming it doesn't want to know the 6 places that I've lived in my life, which is good because I'm on place #7 and we haven't put down our concrete roots yet. Ha! Okay here goes nothing...

6 places:

1. Chewelah- my hometown, where I met my love and where I hope my little boy will grow up :-)

2. Monterey, California- went here several years ago with my grandma, Uncle and Cousin Megan. LOVED it there and wish we could have spent more time

3. Priest Lake, ID- been there with my love, Dustin for a weekend away and spent several days there with family. Just gorgeous and so relaxing

4. Yellowstone National Park- my favorite family road trip

5. Italy- would love to visit there sometime

6. Any place that Dustin takes me in the mud truck or the Yota... it's usually an adventure getting there, getting home and a whole lot of fun and beauty in between. :-)

Day 4- 7 Wants

Today's was hard to come up with. I think part of it is because I feel so blessed to have the life I have that to 'want' more seems almost...wrong... but after a long time spent thinking I came up with my 7. Some were much easier than others. :-)

I want...

1. A healthy, happy family surrounded in love :)

2. Dax to be successful in his life

3. to not know anyone else diagnosed with cancer...too much of this 'c' word floating around and it just makes me sick.

4. Dax and Kyleigh to have a similar brother/sister relationship that I had with my brother.

5. a white suburban with leather interior and 2nd row captains chairs, oh and with a sunroof :-p

6. to go on a trip somewhere warm with Dustin and Dax... or maybe just Dustin haha

7. to remember that I am loved when I'm having a really crappy, drowning in craziness and frustration kind of day.

'See' you tomorrow...

Day 3- 8 Fears

Day 3- 8 Fears

1. That I am not a good Mom.

2. Suddenly dying and leaving my boys.

3. Losing one of family members. Oh my heart wouldn't heal.

4. Throwing up in public. Oh man when I was pregnant I was so scared I'd have to throw up while at work. Never happened luckily.

5. Not being able to provide for Dax.

6. Being alone

7. Spiders, snakes, frogs, lizards... don't always know they are there until it's too late

8. I have an anxiety disorder so I get really worried about things that are out of the 'norm' for me. I'm not really fearful but just uneasy.