LOVE

I love music!!!!! It is just amazing to me how a song can say so much and make you feel so good!! The song doesn't even have to be your favorite or even one you have just heard! I can just be in a random place and a song comes to mind or I hear someone say the few lines of one and I become hooked!! What's even better is the song may or may not have a meaning or a memory to you!

I love to sing LOUDLY !! You know what I mean, like when you sing like you wrote it! I love it even more when others sing with me :) Oh and then with music it makes you wanna dance and that always takes music to a whole new level!!! :)

I hope that everyone finds someone to sing with and a song to sing too this weekend!!

~kristy

love day but feel it everyday

So today is marked as the holiday of "love". Well I appreciate just like any other girl a holiday to get a gift from my man! I feel that daily I am blessed with love from my husband even when I don't deserve it. Its taking a while and A LOT of growing up to realize how blessed in the husband department I am. Here are just a few of the things that I love about my husband and our relationship.

I LOVE how he tries to get me to smile.

I LOVE how he loves our children.

I LOVE how he hugs and kisses me when after a long day of work.

I LOVE how he is as lazy with housework as me.

I LOVE how we dream together.

I LOVE how we can work as a team.

I LOVE when he holds my hand.

I LOVE that we are growing together and closer.

I LOVE that he tries.

I LOVE that he has the patience for me to be me.

I LOVE that he is steady and stable.

I LOVE that he puts pictures of me and the boys on his desk.

I LOVE that he is a stickler for routine and rules.

These are just a few. However I love a lot about him these just sometimes seemed to rarely get said out loud.

So Happy LOVE Day Babe!!!

Love always, Kristy 

whew almost......

YIKES is it Friday at 5 yet......................this week has seemed long, the weather has even taken us in and out seasons this week. We had spring, fall and winter....so I believe we are due for some summer this weekend which would be perfect then we could all enjoy it!!

So what does everyone have planned for the big SUPER BOWL this weekend???!!! Me personally could careless about the actual game however greatly enjoy the social aspects, food oh and ofcourse the comercials :) Although if I did have to pick a team this year I would choose Green Bay mainly because I like their colors and they don't look like bubble bees :)

Oh and another fun thing coming up that gives a reason for more social gatherings, Valentines Day!!! Except I choose to celebrate Valentines the entire month of February instead of just a day! I call it the LOVE MONTH!

Do other people have traditions where the take a "holiday" and make it their own? I am always curious to know what others do when special things come up during the month. If you can post a comment to this post and tell us what your favorite "holiday" tradition is (not including Christmas). Clearly everyone likes Christmas, you either love getting loot or love watching people open their loot.

For me personally it just the simple tradition of celebrating birthdays. We get an entire birthday week however on our actual birthdays we generally go out to dinner just the four of us. I always get excited about birthday weeks I think Andy and the boys do too but not sure, might just have to bring up this as a dinner question tonight...

So now its your turn...............


Happy Thumpping Thursday!

~kristy

choosing today and try really super hard everyday

Family road trip to Glenwood Springs, CO

Today I am choosing to be present! I am here living in today not yesterday or tomorrow! I think I am might be coming down with a cold and feeling kinda blah . So I have decided that today I am going to own it! So today is a little less pep in my step and umph in my thoughts, but its okay! I am not going to change or try to change it.

There is something very liberating about becoming present in your own moments. I haven't been able to understand or even comprehend this until recently. Since I have, I have to admit I LOVE IT! It is the best feeling. I really wish I could do it everyday all day. It is just still not that easy for me, however the times I do it's enjoyable. The fun thing about learning this is to encourage others to try and teach our kids. I like when I say something to Andy about being present and his comment to me is "you sure are keeping it real huh?" and I just smile. That's right because what is real is now and you have a hard time seeing it if your not there! I think it becomes entirely exhausting trying to cheer or perk myself up daily so being present it is today!

“The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself.”

~kristy

Hole in my tongue

Today is one of those days that I feel by the end of it I might have a hole in my tongue:) These are the days were I am so appreciative for the fact GOD is a lot better at this then me! I am amazed at how easy it is to want to jump back at someone or say WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!! However God has this a lot worse then I ever will. I am pretty sure it has to do this ever second at all of us sinners. He has to be exhausted, I am just thinking about it! However I am always grateful for what he has given for us and the ultimate sacrifice he gave! I thank him daily and praise him with my heart and mind more so when things are great! I figure he is central complaint station. People always sending their worries and struggles etc., which don't get me wrong I do my fair share!!! I just hope that everyone as often as possibles says their thank yous and praises for all their blessings specifically not just generalized. We generally tend just give just our general worries you know.....

Any who today I am so thankful that I have the ability to love and praise the Lord as I choose and when I want to! Also it is so comforting to know all the blessings that flow daily from his hands and that I get to take part  in them daily! I have a window by my desk and I love to look out it at least 5 times a day and say WOW God you did good! I am so grateful for the ability he has given me to love, feel, smell, hear, taste, give, enjoy, laugh, cry, and of course bite my tongue! :)

So today and really everyday take time in your day to bite your tongue and just be thankful! God really does have an amazing since of humor!!! :)

~kristy



loving all life will bring....

WOW!! How in the world are we already back to a Monday!! I so enjoyed my weekend with my husband, boys, friends and family. Wow I guess now that I type it out I did get to spend a lot of time with different folks!! It just never seems to be enough time however I am grateful beyond words for the time I had with each of them.

Our boys are just growing up so fast and changing hourly, I don't think I am taking enough time with them sometimes which makes me sad. I just try to make sure that I praise, love and enjoy them as much as possible!

Then me and hubs ahhh its so nice when we get our couple time! Its my favorite, its just so nice to be able to reconnect after a long week. We have made so much improvement as a couple over the last 8 months it so great to be able to relax with one another and enjoy each others company! One of the things I do like about the boys growing up is that Andy and I get to spend more and more time together. :)

Of course there are also our AWESOME friends!! Man there are just not enough words. When I look back and even today they are ALWAYS so supportive and have so much love for our family and even us as individuals. It is truly the BEST!! We were so lucky to hang out with them this weekend and kickback and forget the weeks events and enjoy love and laughter together!! It soooooo makes workdays worth it!!!

Last but not least we have great family support around us! Both sets of our parents our WONDERFUL! They are also so very giving of there time, love and support! I love spending time with them and enjoy their company. Over the weekend I got to enjoy some nice alone time with my mom and sister just catching up. Believe you me this doesn't happen very often so it was a nice surprise.

I am also so super excited because tomorrow begins the MONTH OF LOVE!! Yup Valentines month! Love it!! You can tell someone different everyday how much they mean to you and how much you love them!!! It's the best!! Oh and plus its another reason for my BESTEST friend to have yet another amazing party!! WOO HOO!!

I hope everyone was able to enjoy their weekend with loveones and friends!! I am hoping that this week will have more blessings then stresses!!!

With TONS of LOVE
~kristy

Settling.....

I am slowly starting to settle my emotions down but when it comes to my body I am never willing to settle! I don't think that anyone should EVER settle with what doctors say about your body when it is telling you something different!

Over the last couple months I have had to stay on track with what my body has been telling me, and although it hasn't been easy it will eventually come out. Everyone needs to remember they are with their body for 24 hours and when your in the doctors office the doctor sees your body for 15 mins! This is a huge difference!!! This is why we should all stand true to who we are and what our body is telling us. Don't give up and don't let people tell you that your nuts!! I have finally reached a verdict with my condition and it only took 3 months, 4 unhelpful spine injections, and a uncountless scans and xrays to determine my spine is fractured. I was so ugly this last time and instead that they do a scan of the area that was causing such pain. Believe it or not they FINALLY found the problem. They had kept telling ahh no its nothing there and finally they heard me! I am excited about moving forward and beginning to heal!!!

Stay true to your heart and mind!

~kristy