Montgomery's Strike Back!

As you can see we are a Star Wars Family. My son became obsessed with this as all of his friends are with this. It's been like 31 years or something since it came out. Even today Star Wars is ever so popular. I went to party city and everyone there was getting Star Wars Costumes. I can't wait to get a sewing machine so I can make these costumes. Kristopher got the girls into Star Wars and they are loving it. A friend and I decided to take the kids to get their pictures done in their costumes as they are a Star Wars family also. We walked into portrait innovations at it was dead silent! The other customers loved it! They proceeded to stare and tell the kids how cute they were. Of course us grown up will not have our costumes on until Saturday. I can't believe I have succumb to this but it's all in the fun of it. I had planned on being the black woman from Star Trek( no explanation needed) guess every galaxy has a black woman some where.

Saturday Pause...

It's about time! Yay!! I love fall! I love the cool crisp air outside. I love the falling of the leaves and turning of the trees! I am just giddy this time of year. We have lots of days where we have hot cocoa, pumpkin pie specialty coffee's, Smore's, hot apple cider, and warm soups oh my! Today I made white chocolate mocha hot chocolate for the kids. They were so happy that they went up stairs and put on their pajamas so they could get themselves int he groove. We are sitting here all cozy with our pajama's on sipping hot cocoa and watching a movie. These are the days where I get to relax and enjoy my awesome family. Take a day and pause just for a moment as these are the times to remember.

Today's To-Do-List

Here is my to-do-list. How much will I accomplish...
Cook dinner
Target
Publix
Bake a cake
Blockbuster
Finish putting together dh's bday present
Have kids make cards
Family Night
Hair (wash)
Shave
Have kids journal
Paint girls toes
3 loads of laundry
Print pictures of Hawaii
Blog about accomplishments of this list

Natalie

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A Daughter's Prayer

Tonight was a very memorable night. I was laying in my oldest daughters room tonight while she read her AR book to me. She is a very good reader. My little girl turned 7 on October 1. She is growing into such a young lady and I am proud! Her prayer was "Thank you Jesus for a wonderful day. Thank you for my brother, my sister, my mom, and my dad. Thank you that I have such a great mommy. I pray that all the other kids have a mommy like mine who loves them and wants them to be the best. I pray for all the other children out there who might not have a mommy and daddy but a step mommy and step daddy that they are being treated as well as I am. I pray that I love her forever and she is a good mommy. Amen. Are you in tears yet? I am. My little girl at the age of 7 is still concerned about the life of other children. I am proud to say that she is my daughter. I am a person with goals, schedules, expect excellence in school academics, etc. If I should leave this earth before I see my daughter grow up and venture out on her own. If that night were to be tonight then I would die in peace knowing that her primary focus was God and caring about others.

And...Still In Love

I am still on cloud 9! Every since we left for Hawaii and returned things have been great! We are so on a high. We really needed to get away and just reconnect. The funny thing is that I did not realize how disconnected we were! We have dated since 5th grade...yes I know! He is still the love of my life and I see us so very different after a the vacation of our lives. We talked and talked and focused on each other all day every day while we were away. It was nice waking up and watching him sleep so softly without having to rise to an alarm or children. We walked, talked, relaxed, ate dinner(without cutting up other people's food), and drove around without a purpose. It's still like a dream. So we had the most amazing vacation with each other and some awesome friends. God really works in a funny way. We got back from our trip with a marriage retreat weekend that dh purchased tickets for as a surprise to me. It was fabulous! This just added to the high! We learned just that much more about each other! It was good. The other awesome thing is that we saw a few other couples we knew and it was such a joy to know that other couples are focusing on their marriages as well. It is so hard to find the balance of life especially after kids come into the picture. We love our children don't get me wrong and they are the most important thing to us after each other. This was very hard for me to accept for many years after having children. My husband told me a few years ago that one of the most important gift we can give our children is a happy marriage. Life has it's ups and downs and we have had our share but when it's up it's UP and that is AWESOME!

Really?...Fried Bolonga Biscut Combo.

Sometimes there are just no words. I wish I had some but I don't. Really? Can it get any worse! I pulled up to the drive thru of Hardee's which I never really do and I was asked if I wanted to try a Fried Bolonga Biscuit Combo? I was in shock! I took this pic with my iphone which sucks for pictures but I just had to post it. I am still in shock...4 days later! Really?

And.....this is where we are in 2009

Happy Birthday!

I love birthday's! Usually I go all out but we only returned home from Hawaii 4 days ago! We kept it very low key this year. Kelli does not like cake as she asked me to make her a cookie cake. I was very happy that she did not want a bought one she wanted a homemade one. Kris is really into Star Wars. He wanted a Star Wars cake. That was there only request. Simple yet satisfying. The big presents come in November as we are still recuperating from Hawaii. Kelli is going to Cali next month for a week to see her cousin and go to Disney Land! Kris will be attending Lego Land (Star Wars Party...shhh it's a surprise)with the boys while we are away. It all worked out. It's nice when they are older. They have an opinion on what they would like. It is only and opinion not the final say..(LOL). It was nice...just the grandparents. The loved their gifts and were thankful for what they received. I love my children and so glad that we could have an intimate party with family. Next year I will go all out as they will be 8. Ok enough of that talk! Happy Birthday my sweet twins!

We're Back...Our Wedding

What can I say? We had a blast!!!!! Did I say we had a blast! We are both Jet lagged but I had to put up pictures as people are waiting. I am still trying to find the right words to describe the ceremony. As of yet I can only say "Perfect" that does not do it justice but until I sleep..that is all. Dh had everything figured out. He was amazing and ohhh our friends were so in sync. Both of my bridesmaids had the same dress but different colors. Neither of them had spoken to one another until that day! Amazing. Dh and I are still on our honeymoon! I will post more pics tomorrow with much more details. I love my husband and my wonderful friends for being apart of our special day!