Fun in the Snow!

~* Almost Halfway to 40! *~

WoW ~ when thinking about my birthday this year, I thought "I am almost halfway to 40!"  I never thought I would ever be this old!  I remember turning 30 and thinking "Oh my goodness, my twenties have passed me by!"  To some that may be scary, but I refuse to let a number that represents how many years I have been given to live on this earth and be with those that I love, make me do anything but be happy. Today I am thinking about all the amazing things that have happened to me in my twenties and thirties (this far!) and I am looking ahead in anticipation for all the great things to come in the other half of my 30's!


In my twenties I became an aunt to the 2 best girls! I got married (much too young, I must say! ha!), graduated from college, became a mother to the one of the most amazing boys ever! (yes, I know that I am slightly parcial!) and earned my Master's Degree.  I also got to teach many wonderful children while enduring my twenties!  I then was blessed to turn 30.  It was then that I became a mother to the other most amazing boy I have ever known, earned my Autism Certificate and Special Education Supervisor's Certificate.  I continue to be blessed with the most amazing children in my classroom, landing a new job at Franklin that I LOVE! 

Don't get me wrong, everyday is not flowers and sausages!  I have lost 2 baby girls and 2 grandparents in my life during the past decade that have shaped the person that I have become and have endured many heartaches!  I try not to dwell on the mishappenings, but to gain strength from them!  I hope and pray that in six years, the night before my 40th birthday, that I am refecting and cherishing even more memories than I am today. So now here are some pictures of the two darlings that make my days AMAZING...

Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."

John 6:35

~* How Do YoU Like It? *~

  So, I ventured out and transformed this blog to something new!  I am really liking the design and hope you guys do too!  I need to get this printed in book format and I think the design will be just perfect for that!

The new name.....Miraculous Memories was ok, it was a fly by night name for me!  I chose Life's Dream after the Lake Erie boat that my family had while growing up!  Kinda wierd I know, but I remeber as a young girl asking my dad and grandfather why they would name the boat "Life's Dream"  I mean come on, can't you come up with something better than that?  My grandfather responded "It is like living a dream when we are out here fishing on Lake Erie.  It is Life's Dream".  And that it was!  It was a dream to him.....kinda like my life is to me right now!  I love being a mom, I love my new job and I am just overall loving life!  So, how much more fitting can the name be?

I am really going out on a limb making that statement above as we have been couped up in this house for the past 2 days!  We have had snow/ice storms and 2 snow days in a row!  The boys are about ready to explode! and me too! ha!  I put on Facebook that I am going to work tomorrow NO.MATTER.WHAT! ha!  I hated missing today because we had a lot of fun things planned for Groundhog's Day!  It won't be the same doing the activities tomorrow!  We have tried passing the time with fun things to do.....if you call playing in the snow fun, which I don't :(  lol!  Anways, enjoy the pictures!

 Wally loves the snow!  If the kids are outside, Wallace has to be out there with them! 

 Garrett made his own snowman!  He didn't want to work on one with Ethan and Kurt!

 The snowman that Kurt and Ethan made....no face :(

 Wally helping Ethan get snowballs ready to throw at Garrett!