Day 4-something green

I just love my little snowman USB light. It sits on top of my computer screen and the colors shift from white, pink, blue to green. Managed to catch it on the green phase :)

Day 2 and 3

Well wouldn't ya know I would forgot to do formal pictures! Ha!

Here ya go...

Day 2: What I wore today: Snow clothes! We went sledding ALL DAY pretty much so this is what I rocked and underneath were layers and layers of warm clothes! Ha!

Day 3: The sky was clouded over all day so a picture of the gray sky just sounded gloomy... may try to pick this one up later in the schedule :)

Day 1- Self Portrait

Watching the kids play in the snow!

25 day picture challenge :)

SO saw this neat 30 day picture challenge online today but...well.. there were some of the challenge ideas that there was no way I was going to be able to capture with a 'normal' camera. So here is my edited list... starting this today!!

25 day challenge:

 January 12, 2013

1 Self Portrait

2 What you wore today

3 clouds

4 something green

5  from a high angle

6 from a low angle

7 fruit

8 a bad habit

9 someone you love

10 something blue

11 sunset

12 eyes

13 your shoes

14 something orange

15 blur

16 faceless self portrait

17 hands

18 animal

19 something pink

20 close up

21 from a distance

22 flowers

23 kids or child

24  black and white

25  self portrait

February 5, 2013 

9 on 10 January

WELL this was supposed to be a 10 on 10  but apparently I only took 9 pictures! Oops!

 

One sick boy today! We were up most of the night dealing with puke. 

Finally passed out

 

Pictures from the cold, beautiful, snowy morning

 

 

How we spent the day-- Mommy working on the computer 

and Dax leaned up against me.

 What got me through the day...

 STUPID turkeys!

 If there is a bare spot ANYWHERE they are digging away

 

 why is it that the coldest weather brings beautiful pictures? 

Couldn't get over how pretty it was outside just before sunset

  

 Headed out to be sure the chickens have water

 What a difference a few hours makes!

2 naps and not being allowed to play outside-- revived!

Family Pictures 2012

Oh yes! It's that time of the year again- Family pictures!

We were so worried we'd be rained on but the weather turned out perfect for pictures.

Except for having a slightly crabby little boy who didn't want to cooperate all the time...

the shoot went off without a hitch. :) 

Already have next year's session paid for!

struggling

It's hard to not be scared when an unknown future seems to be headed your way. WAIT? Isn't our future always unknown? Okay bad way to explain it--- how about instability--- wait... that's always there too, we just don't always worry about it.... okay let's try this again... I don't know if I'll have a contract AGAIN next year... this just makes my stomach hurt. I am a planner and I feel like in the last 2 years, we have just gotten our feet back on the ground debt wise and it just feels like the rug is about to be pulled out from under us... AGAIN! I am trying to move on from being so nervous about it but I'm just not there yet.  I'm trying not to be bitter at the decisions made by the 'powers that be' in our district and at the state level that could have drastic consequences for me... but not for them... yup makes me a little bit bitter and angry on a regular basis. Some days I wish I was 'tough enough' to tell people off because for a split second I think it would make me feel better. Then I realize that while I might feel better for a moment, it would hurt their feelings and in turn, my feelings would be hurt for causing another person pain. I just don't know how to be mean and then not care about it. My prayer at this point is that I'm given another contract which will give us a teeny bit of stability for one more year- won't know anything until May 15th when the deadline is to give us contracts or RIF notices... please help me to pray for the best decisions to be made for our family, our school district and at the state level regarding the education of our children.

Please pray that I can accept my future, whatever it may bring. Struggling with this one.