LIFE.....a few thing I have learned....

• Don't be so busy that you start to realize you have missed out on EVERYTHING!
• Take time to play with your kids more. Silly play. Run around with them. They love it!!
• Sit and cuddle your kids as much as you can.
• Make sure everyone knows how much you love them. Sometimes you never have the chance to tell them again.
• Don't sweat the small stuff. Some things just don't matter. They mean something, but they really don't matter.
• Hold yourself accountable.
• Remember that everyone has a bad day once and a while. Just like you.
• Don't get offended. Assume that whomever said it, just didn't get it out right.
• Give others a break. We are all fighting our own battles.
• Remember that people aren't always going to remember what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel. Make them feel special.
• There are too many people out there who need someone really bad. Be that someone!
• Sometimes all someone needs is a shoulder to cry on. Give it to them and really listen.
• Don't keep your distance. We are all supposed to be taking care of each other. Life isn't about us, it's about everyone else.
• Sometimes the simplest things to you, mean the world to someone else. Give it to them.
• Live by example.
• Have Faith. God has a plan, you just don't know what it is.
  
• Remember . . . Life is Good.

Diaper free, diaper free!!!

YAY YAY YAY!!! No more diapers!!! YAY YAY YAY!!! Chandler has been SOOOOO stubborn in this fun/challenging adventure of potty training, but it's OVER!! He's finally "got it" and we are diaper FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! Can you see me dancing?? LOL We are in pull-ups at night, but honestly, that's more for me than him, b/c for the last week (maybe longer) he's woken up dry!!

Ok....so now...WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! My baby isn't a BABY anymore!! That's it...the last of his "baby-hood". And yes, I realize that he's 3 and should have been trained a LONG time ago....but you just don't KNOW how stubborn he was about it!! And it could have possibly been me too...holding on to that last little bit of my "baby".

OH!! And why spend $20, $30 or more on a pricey kid potty?? (that plays music and my kids HATED, by the way) Take yourself to IKEA, get a $3.99 potty, go to Michael's, Hobby Lobby, WalMart, etc and buy STICKERS!! In our case....red potty with Lightening McQueen stickers, and the boy has a MCQUEEN potty!! Oh the "awesome-ness"!!!! LOL

NO MORE DIAPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Life is bittersweet, eh?

xoxoxo

Enjoy!!

Our family portraits! http://www.ginaleephoto.com/geigley2008

Photo catch up!

Happy Birthday Party Day Chandler-man!




Big Bear Snow Play FUN!!





Patty and Emma come to visit!!








Our goofy face!! LOL


New Years Eve photos coming soon....Justin has to bring home the camera cord from the ship! ;)

Happy New Year!

May 2009 bring you all that you hope and dream of for the future!!

My monkeys! :)


and the love of my life!

Merry Christmas!

It was a very fun and exciting morning here!! I can't even explain how happy the kids were. I'll just let the photos and video tell it all!

Merry Christmas everyone! We all love you and hope that you're celebrating in the joy of Christ's birth.


Thank you Uncle BJ & Aunt Jenn!!

He's obsessed and literally JUMPED out of my arms when he saw his "McQueen Jeep"....he calls it a Jeep, b/c of Falyn's Barbie Jeep. LOL





And some video excitement! :)

Merry Christmas!!!


What did Santa bring you??

Merry Christmas Eve!

We are home and WARM from our fabulous vacation in Big Bear. I do believe that the kids had a blast. Both of the girls attended ski school, and by the second day, Faith was skiing down the hill all on her own with no fear. Falyn, she much rather enjoyed ski school and spent most of the week there, and Chandler skied with me and LOVED it! At the bottom of every run he'd say "let's do it again mommy!" LOL By day 2 Justin really got the hang on boarding and you'd have thought he knew what he was doing! I was really proud of him! His rear suffered just a little, but I think he's recovering. ;)

Ready for "Little Bear School"

It was COLD....Falyn was over it! LOL












Chandler turned 3 on Monday (how is that possible?) and we baked him a yummy chocolate cake. We also received word that day that he will share his b-day with his baby cousin. My little brother BJ & "sis" Jenn welcomed Brylee Jade into the world at 3:23pm and she is just GORGEOUS! I'm heart broken, that I am so far away and can't be there to snuggle her and hug them, but so very happy for them!! Happy Birthday Chandler and Brylee, we love you!!




The beautiful Miss Brylee Jade! Of course, I am bias, but she's simply gorgeous!

Ski Video

Here's some video, will try and upload more later! :)

Here's Faith:


Here's Justin:

All dolled up!!

For Justin's command Christmas party! Awe! Was a good time, good food and good people! :)

Christmas Cookies....

....they look forward to this more and more every year! :) This year we actually know our neighbors again, so we'll be passing them around to their families!












We're taking a much needed family vacation to go skiing in Big Bear next week, so we wish all of our family and friends a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!