My Lovely Girls!

Hello you all! I have missed you! I have made a commitment to blog more often (once a week is the goal) so you should be seeing more of me again. I really enjoy blogging. I find it fun to think through things and share them in writing and to connect with people across the world in this way. Life just has had a lot going on and I have struggled with making the time to blog and also knowing just how to share with you. But, I am going to give it a try again. :-) 

Today I wanted to share a little about my beautiful girls...

Last week Megan celebrated her 15th birthday. We were able to have some company over to celebrate and I was able to take the time to spend the day with her on her big day. She had taken the week of from her job at Qdoba (where she works 15 hours a week on 3 different days) to really have time to celebrate her birthday.

We were going to work on a quilt but then she decided that she would like to go shopping instead. That is not a normal Mother - Daughter activity for us as neither of us are super fond of it but she had some things she wanted to get so we went.

We also stopped in at the Chinese Restaurant to get some Wantons and other things and then went to Big River Scoop (the ice-cream shop where the boys work) to get some ice cream cones. 

Megan putting a coin down the funnel at the Mall.

Megan and the 3 layer cake that she created.

This girl of mine can sew a dress (she made an adorable one lately) like nobody's business, bake and decorate cakes, create her own recipes, write the most interesting letters you'll probably ever read, sing beautifully (or annoyingly if that is the mood she is in), read books super fast, teach a Sunday school class like a pro, make big messes, bluntly tell you the truth even when you don't want to hear it and draw beautifully. She is super talented and I am pretty proud of her.

This other girl of mine is about to hold a baby in her arms and we are incredibly excited!

Mara has had a lovely, healthy pregnancy and she is just blooming! The baby was due on Sunday (April 18th) but just like she didn't arrive on time her son didn't either. We are still waiting. But I am quite sure it will be worth the wait.

I am not sure if I have even told you all on here that Mara and Thomas moved back up here (from Kansas) in August. We have loved having them around and are so excited for the new addition that they are bringing to our family. They are going to be such good parents!

So that is a little piece of my life lately. I hope I can visit with you again soon.