A Few Good Quotes

"There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of kin on an emergency room form, and something so soothing and special, too." ~ Anna Quindlen

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" ~Mary Anne Radmacher

Friday, February 26, 2016

And We're Back

Almost a year to the day and I'm finally ready to pick my blog back up. Thought it'd never happen, didn't you? I'm not gonna lie, me too. I've been ready for a while but there's just been so much to get caught up on that I haven't quite had the energy or time to dive back into all of it. And you know what? I'm not going to. No one really likes reheated left overs. So I've decided just to move on from today, except for summing up the last 12 months in few photos:

First, in February of last year, this happened:


And then a lot of this happened:
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While that was happening, there was no energy for anything, let alone blogging.

And then this amazing, wonderful thing happened on November 6th:


And since then, there's been lots of this:






And we've been happy. We're so grateful to be a family of five and love our new little addition, Isaiah Donald.

That brings me to today. Ready to see the thing that finally pushed me into blogging again?



That's right, party people. Cookies. You know I love cookies. And aren't these so pretty? The kids and I made a new recipe and it resulted in these beauties. Yummy and good looking - that's my kind of Friday afternoon activity!

More to come...