Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Hungry

I got a Kindle for Christmas from my parents, and on Sunday, I bought my first Kindle book.  I hadn't paid much attention to it in the passing times I heard about it, but I thought I would try it.  The Hunger Games. Oh. my. goodness.  I am as obsessed with this book as I was with the Twilight Series.  I have finished the first two sections of the first book in less than two days, and I assume I'll be buying the other two books in the series before the weekend.  Oh, and I will be going to the theatre to see it in March.  I told Clarence he has to go with me because he'll like it.  If he enjoyed reading like I do, he would like the book too; I'm sure of it.


the one I'm reading now


the 2nd one

the last one

Thursday, January 12, 2012

2012

Well, we're 12 days into 2012, so I guess it's time that I post about the New Year.  We had a great New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.  The boys spent the night with Nana and Pops and we had dinner with friends and saw New Year's Eve at the theatre.  It was a pretty good movie, and perfect for the evening.  Then on New Year's Day, we picked the boys up and went to my parents' house.  Usually we have a big late lunch of dressing and all that kind of food.  But, in keeping with our different Christmas dinner (enchiladas) we ordered pizza from Papa Johns and Momma cooked black eyed peas.  She said we had to have them with our pizza.

I never did post about it, but before New Year's, my parents, Isaac and I went to the Zac Brown Band concert.  Clarence was supposed to go, but he was at the beginning of his stomach virus at the time and couldn't make it.  So, Isaac took his place, and we had a great time!

I have thought a lot about resolutions for this new year, and since I never really keep any, I decided to put more thought into it and make some that I can actually keep.  So, here they are:

1. Eat less and drink more water.  If I lose some weight, great.
2. Slow down.  Enjoy today and enjoy time with my children and my family.
3. Stop living in the future.  Think less about what I'm going to do, and more about what I'm doing or need to do now.
4. Have more dates with my husband.  We've been married for almost 10 years, and we need to still make time for each other.  Not as Momma and Daddy, but as husband and wife and friends.

I think that's about it for now.  That's all I've been able to come up with so far anyway.  I have read a lot of other posts regarding resolutions, and the one that I remember the most is a person who posted about choosing a word to live by or strive for for the new year.  I like that idea, so I'm going to pick one too.  My word is going to be PEACE.  I want to be more content and have more peace.  I want to feel less like I have something more to do or something more to be (professionally).  Back to the above, I want to live more in today and less in the distant future.

Ok, well that's enough for tonight.  Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.


Isaac and I before the show

Jimmy DeMartini - an awesome fiddle player!

Zac



the end of the show
Granny and Isaac playing the Wii on New Year's Day
 
playing in our first sort of snow of the winter - not much to play in, but they did anyway!

throwing itty bitty snowballs
  

got 'im!



love this face!

A picture he let me snap while he was playing Just Dance 3

 It's a little late, but Happy New Year!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Brrr....

The Friday before New Year's Day, the boys and I went to the ICE! exhibit at the Opryland Hotel.  We went with Nana and the boys' cousins.  Here are pictures from our fun morning.


The face Isaac made because of how cold it was

Devin and his beautiful smile

The characters from Madagascar saving Christmas

Donny

Coconuts for all

making goofy faces

Alex


Pineapple Head

Jaylen

Another group picture

Camden