pics from Colorado trip

Rowan and Blaykleigh's Candy Corn "shoot"

Not to fond of the hat

Everyone but Blaykleigh looking at the camera

annnd that is a wrap; babies are not the easiest to photograph

crazy to think I started babysitting Lindsey when she around Blaykleigh's age, then the two boys joined the mix and now they are all so grown-up ... love this picture

B -"who are you?"

Kailyn - "immma gonna get you"

Nani with her grandbabies

Downtown Estes Park

  

Stanley Hotel 

Clayton, Sam and Kailyn 

first but not the last trip to Estes for B

Sunday brunch with some of my wonderful friends and some with their adorable babies 

snacking on leaves 

Gramps with the girls 

B with her G.G. (great granny)

crashed out on her Papa the Great

November 30 days of thanks

Day five. 

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; His love endures forever ... Psalm 107:1

(artwork curtsey of Hallmark gift book "Me and You" with a little tweaking in picnik)  

26. I am thankful for my friends, all my friends. Whether you are the cheese to my mac, the ketchup to my fries, salsa to my chip or a mix of them all ... I am thankful for you! 

Insta-Friday

Blaykleigh happenings.

Us girls in the Stowell house had a day full of baking & B found a new toy ... measuring spoons!

She thought Mannie might find the spoons just as entertaining as she did, she was right on the dot.

All smiles after her nap in her (drumroll please) crib, you know ... the one that is in her room!!! This is a work in progress for us both, as in Blaykleigh and I. Jason and I would like to one day have our room and bed back to ourselves but just as much as she protests sleeping in her room all alone I myself am having a hard time cutting our all night snuggle-fests out. Except for nights like last night when all she does is scream then I desperately wish I could put her in her room to sleep. Again, it's a work in progress.

Such a happy girl. 

Snacking on toes and fingers simultaneously, talented girl.   

love, love, love

p.s. check out those lips, hehe.

Ha. This is her new fave face to make as she snorts like a bull out of her nose. Makes me laugh so hard.  (she is doing right now as I type as a matter of fact)

November 30 days of thanks

Day four. 

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms ... Psalm 95:2.

27. I am thankful for the roof over my head. My husband works hard day in and day out to support us and our little family. I appreciate all he does more than I probably voice to him ... I need to work on that. But with that said, isn't it such a pretty little house?! And look at that grass, in all honesty it really is the greenest lawn in the entire neighborhood; my husband is a little ocd about his grass but no complaining here. 

November 30 days of thanks

Day three. 

Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ... Ephesians 5:20.

28. I am thankful for my daily C8H10N4O2 infusion aka brain juice or cup of joe or caffeine fix, etc. Whatever you choose to call it, I am thankful for it. Without coffee in my day to day life I would have no pep in my step, no sparkle to my eye, no recognizable charisma and all those daily 'to-do's' would be completed at a snails pace. So thank you Creator of coffee for making the start of my day(s) a darn good one. 

November 30 days of thanks

Day two.

In everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus ... 1 Thessalonians 5:18.

found on pinterest.

29. I am thankful for all my 'moments'. We are never guaranteed a tomorrow that is for certain; all that is definite is this very moment that we are in. So here I sit - still in my pj's with messy hair, a cup of coffee, typing word after word into the abyss of the world wide web while my little is in a quiet slumber in the other room. Yes ... I am very thankful for this subdued moment in time and hope that I have many, many more 'moments' to come in the seasons ahead. 

November 30 days of thanks

Day one. 

To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever ... Psalm 30:12.

30. I am thankful for my family! From my parents to my in-laws to my amazing husband and our precious daughter and my two awesome brothers and all the others in the mix that are family ... oh where I wouldn't be without each one of them.