A Yucky Day Turned Cute

Oh, what a day! It began with Lydia having some sort of stomach bug...she was vomitting all morning, all over everything. I felt like crying for hours, feeling so helpless to make her feel better, and helpless to do anything but clean up the pukey aftermath...since she gave me no indication before upchucking. However, by mid-afternoon she was doing much better. We decided to go ahead with the plans I had made yesterday and go get the girl's hair cut. I have to say that they look adorable. Hannah's bangs ended up a little short, but they grow so fast, I know they'll be fine in a few days. Esther wants to grow her bangs out so now we have to pin them back until they will stay out of her face.

I am just pleading with God now that none of the rest of us will catch Lydia's stomach bug. Please pray for us!!!

Enjoying the Weather

We have really been enjoying the gorgeous weather the last few months. The girls have been getting a lot of use out of our playset in the back yard. I'm dreading the 95 degree heat waves that will be upon us soon, forcing us to stay inside.

Celebrating Christ's Birthday

We had a wonderful Christmas day this year! We actually had to wake the girls up around 7:45 to get the day started. My family was coming over around 9:00 so we had to start our family tradition. We always read some sort of Christmas story book before we open presents. This year it was The Legend of the Candy Cane. The girls always get new toothbrushes in their stockings. There were only two different varities of girly toothbrushes on sale at the time I purchased them, so Lydia got a Spiderman one. She loves it! It has a bright blinking light!

The girl's big present was a new play kitchen. Lydia was really excited!

I don't have any pictures from later in the day, but my whole family came over for breakfast and opened presents. After a quick nap, we headed over to Josiah's parent's house for more presents. We then all went to eat at the Columbia Restraunt in Ybor City. It was a great day!

Miscellaneous Pictures of the Girls

The girls dressed Hannah up to play school. She was even wearing Esther's school shoes!

Chirstmas Picture Fun

So last night we decided to take some pictures to put in our Christmas cards. You haven't had fun until you've tried to take a family picture with three kids under the age of 5! We took over 200 pictures and were never able to get one without someone's eyes closed, looking away, someone's underwear showing, someone pouting, or crying. What a stressful evening!

Tomorrow is our 8th wedding anniversary and I still love kissing my hubby. We weren't even under the mistletoe!

Lydia's Christmas jammies

Big sisters!

I cannot get Esther to relax for a posed picture. AT EASE!

I had kept a straight face long enough through the madness!

Christmas Fun Meet

Esther and Hannah had a Fun Meet at gymnastics this past Saturday. Here are some of their pics! The one's of Lydia are the best, I think!

For All My Running Buddies

This is an post for all my fellow runners: I was talking to a friend today that told me about this awesome website runningmaps.com (I also found mapmyrun.com to be cool too). It allows you to easily map out your runs and tells you the exact distances from point to point and the inclines/declines, etc. I had a blast this evening mapping out tomorrow's run.

Also, drumroll!!!! I see the next Muddy Buddies date is April 11, 2010 in Orlando! Anyone ready to join me this time around? Let me know. I am defintely planning to compete! If your wondering what this is, just scroll down to my previous blogs to read all about it.

WISHING YOU HAVE HAPPY RUNS!