Home Sweet Home

Wow, what a great feeling!! If nothing else, I am most thankful for being completely alone with my hubby and kid for the first time in a year. Nothing will ever make me take that for granted again. Our friends and family are the greatest in the world!! We started at 8am and finished moving everything before 4pm. They even emptied almost half of the boxes. Such a blessing. Only one more time guys I swear!!

Our little ballerina

I'm not sure that there is anything more adorable than a first recital. The whole family was so excited, however Peyton was not so sure. She started out super grumpy because her tutu was itchy and I made her bun a bit too tight, with one of the pins sticking her. Not a good Mommy move!! But when I left her backstage with her friends in matching tutus and yummy snacks, she seemed ok.

She had so many fans! Lovey drove up as well as Doc and DeBe. Laura came and so did Beth, Emily, and Natalie. When it was her groups turn to perform, she stared very seriously at her teacher and followed every move. And she really did so well. Her mood changed again from serious to ecstatic when she saw her roses at the end. Overall it was a great day.

Flash photograghy was not allowed, however, we did got this one picture from the prefomance because Deborah is good at being sneaky. Peyton is on the far left watching Ms Jenny in the wings.

"Why do I get these Mommy?" Because all ballerinas get roses at the end of a great performance!!

Emily and little Natalie. Peyton can barely go a day without these two.













"Daddy I'm too tired to walk."
I can't get enough of this picture!

New start

Today is significant for me or atleast I was hoping for it to be. It marks the beginning of a positive new chapter. The last chapter was well, in short not one that I ever want to repeat. A long year of a trial that I wish I could say made me better b/c of it. I have mixed feelings of how I responded to the choices I made with a person that I am relieved to be out of my life. I wish that I could have been a better friend, mentor, support sytem to, and I just was not. Maybe there was nothing I could have done differently or maybe I could have done it all differently. I just don't know. All I can think to do now is simply move on and learn from it. Make new goals.

So here goes....

1. I will make no more major decisions without tons of thought and prayer
2. Pray (haven't done that consistantly in so long I am ashamed to admit it)
3. Stay committed to what I say I am going to do.
4. Take care of me (eat better, exercise, go to sleep early)
5. Find something that brings me joy and do it often
6. Give my husband the best part of me and not what's left at the end of the day
7. Read one book a month
8. Cook a brand new recipe once a week
9. Make no more excuses for why these goals can't start now

I want to look back when I turn 30 amd say I accomplished most all of these goals.
They may sound pretty general but this whole public "journal" still makes me a little nervous, so I guess this is a start?