So hey there! LONG time no blog! But you know what? I have been busy! Busy having happy moments, busy making happy moments, busy being a mom...isn't that great?! It is what I wanted the last time I blogged. I was down and couldn't do the things most moms do for almost a year of my life, so I had the blog to keep me happy and remind me about the good stuff I DID do with my kids during the day. Now I am out and about with friends and my children all of the time and am hardly on my computer and it is fabulous! SO, I have decided to do a monthly blog all the way to the end of my first year in Dallas. It doesn't feel right to just NOT blog anymore, but I will highlight some of the BEST parts of my month so that way I can remember, and if there are some truly phenomenal days I want to remember, well, I will do my best to blog on those days as well!
So here we are almost exactly 6 months to the day (tomorrow) since I moved to Texas! The first little while was pretty intense, but the past month has been so wonderful! I have joined a ladie's lunch group that meets once a week at various restaurants around town. It is on Connor's day off of school and so he comes with me. He enjoys it so much and love to "wunch with da wadies" as much as I do!
I also belong to a group that meets once a month for "Joy in the Journey" and I have truly made some friends for life there! I am loving every minute of being in a ward that does many many activities outside of church! The kids have primary parties, we have adult parties, the lunch group, my joy group, a park group, my preschool, and a recipe club....busy busy!!
Speaking of the recipe club, I had the pleasure of teaching people how to cook a 20+ pound turkey this past month! I cooked a total of 3 turkeys in November because I was also asked to help cook Thanksgiving Dinner in Louisiana this year. It was a HUGE success and we all made memories there this year that will last a lifetime! Life is so much slower in the deep south and there are so many wonderful people that know how to cook really good food....living just 5 hours away is a huge blessing to us!
My mother in law also came out this past month and we enjoyed her visit so much! We did our first inaugural trip to the Gaylord Texan and enjoyed walking through the carved ice sculputres, the thousands of Christmas lights, hot chocolate (courtesy of GramZ) and dressing up for the cold! (little did we know it would be practice for the future lol. Yes my Mother in law brought many happy moments to our little family for the week she was here! She brought so much joy and laughter and play time! The boys wore her out with sword fights, back yard games, doing an early trip to Target for an PRE Christmas present (because grandparents are always aloud to buy as many toys for their grandkids as they wish!) and going with her favorite daughter in law to all of the fun lunch places around town!
This past week was a week at home and our first encounter with ice. We had about 5 inches of ice in our backyard and we all settled down for 3 days in our home. We were extra prepared and it was fun cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner for my 3 boys every day. We ventured out one day to try driving on the ice (for those of you who have ever driven in heavy rain it is pretty much like hydroplaning in slow motion). We went to a field nearby and brought out our California boogie board and went sledding with it! We had a fun COLD time! Ginger has been beside herself with all of the available ice to chew!
Well, that is a culmination of a lot of happy moments for the month. I feel so much better about doing it this way. I have many little happy moments in my day (like playing hide and seek in our home for an hour with the boys tonight lol). But I really want to touch on the big ones on here. I am so grateful as ever for this blog and the opportunity to post joyful moments. I hope each reader can look back and smile on the previous month and find their favorite moments as well. LOTS of happy moments to come this next 30 days with many more memories to be made all!
So here we are almost exactly 6 months to the day (tomorrow) since I moved to Texas! The first little while was pretty intense, but the past month has been so wonderful! I have joined a ladie's lunch group that meets once a week at various restaurants around town. It is on Connor's day off of school and so he comes with me. He enjoys it so much and love to "wunch with da wadies" as much as I do!
I also belong to a group that meets once a month for "Joy in the Journey" and I have truly made some friends for life there! I am loving every minute of being in a ward that does many many activities outside of church! The kids have primary parties, we have adult parties, the lunch group, my joy group, a park group, my preschool, and a recipe club....busy busy!!
Speaking of the recipe club, I had the pleasure of teaching people how to cook a 20+ pound turkey this past month! I cooked a total of 3 turkeys in November because I was also asked to help cook Thanksgiving Dinner in Louisiana this year. It was a HUGE success and we all made memories there this year that will last a lifetime! Life is so much slower in the deep south and there are so many wonderful people that know how to cook really good food....living just 5 hours away is a huge blessing to us!
My mother in law also came out this past month and we enjoyed her visit so much! We did our first inaugural trip to the Gaylord Texan and enjoyed walking through the carved ice sculputres, the thousands of Christmas lights, hot chocolate (courtesy of GramZ) and dressing up for the cold! (little did we know it would be practice for the future lol. Yes my Mother in law brought many happy moments to our little family for the week she was here! She brought so much joy and laughter and play time! The boys wore her out with sword fights, back yard games, doing an early trip to Target for an PRE Christmas present (because grandparents are always aloud to buy as many toys for their grandkids as they wish!) and going with her favorite daughter in law to all of the fun lunch places around town!
This past week was a week at home and our first encounter with ice. We had about 5 inches of ice in our backyard and we all settled down for 3 days in our home. We were extra prepared and it was fun cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner for my 3 boys every day. We ventured out one day to try driving on the ice (for those of you who have ever driven in heavy rain it is pretty much like hydroplaning in slow motion). We went to a field nearby and brought out our California boogie board and went sledding with it! We had a fun COLD time! Ginger has been beside herself with all of the available ice to chew!
Well, that is a culmination of a lot of happy moments for the month. I feel so much better about doing it this way. I have many little happy moments in my day (like playing hide and seek in our home for an hour with the boys tonight lol). But I really want to touch on the big ones on here. I am so grateful as ever for this blog and the opportunity to post joyful moments. I hope each reader can look back and smile on the previous month and find their favorite moments as well. LOTS of happy moments to come this next 30 days with many more memories to be made all!
