Friendsgiving

One thing that I love to do but have a hard time doing in an apartment is 

having people over.

I absolutely love parties. 

But how do you do this in an apartment with no backyard?

Well, luckily I live across the street from my church and had a crazy idea.

What about a friends-giving?

Here is what I did,

I told my friends lets get together and eat. 

Everybody brought something and we ate… and ate… and had a ton of leftovers!

I kept decorating simple and thanks to all my wonderful friends it was able to happen. 

Here are a few snap shots.

I had everyone write down what they were grateful for and clip it onto a string.

thank you pinterest for simple decorating tips 

all the fancy decor was brought by my friend Christin (she is pro at decorating)

Lots of people came. For privacy reasons I won't blast all their pictures on the blog. 

But I promise people came! We had a great feast and a great time. 

I think this will become a new tradition. 

Thank you friends!

To all my friends...

Believe it or not …

I used to be on time.

I used to invite people over all the time.

I used to make it to every event I said I would go to.

I used to be excellent at keeping a clean house.

I used to be good at keeping in touch.

I used to be good at giving gifts.

I used to be good at birthday cards, Christmas cards, and thank you notes.

I used to be fast at getting out the door.

What happened? 

I became a Mom of two babies.

After having Thayne I noticed my punctuality going down hill, also friend hang out time.

I also noticed I didn't make it to every event I wanted to go to.

I had a hard time cleaning, writing, thinking, remembering, and getting ready.

Apparently I thought I would make it even more interesting by adding another child. 

Now I am even worse at all those things mentioned above. I thought there could be nothing worse than a baby teething for 2 years straight but there is! Two teething babies! 

For my friends that somehow have managed to stick with me even through my new flakiness. 

Thank you! I'm sorry I didn't send you a present or a card… ever. 

For my friends who don't know me any other way then how I am now. 

WOW you are amazing! 

After becoming a mom I finally can empathize with all the mothers I was friends with before I became one myself. 

A friend shared a blog post with me about "the blur" the blogger describes "the blur" as the time when the kids are little, you don't know how you survive or function on zero sleep, energy, or sanity. 

Somehow moms make it out. 

I don't know how long my "blur" will last, but I do know there is a time and season for everything.

And right now my season is to be flaky, forgetful, and slow. 

If you can manage sticking it out and being my friend through this time I promise there will be a time

when I will be good at everything I once was. Be patient with moms. It's not easy hearing crying babies all day, and night, and day, and night, and day, and night. Mess after mess. 

Diaper after diaper. Feeding after feeding. 

Sometimes I just have to break down and cry to myself. 

Here is the house in its real current state...

(This is a pot in the bathroom I still don't know how this got here) 

I love my little darlings and I love my friends. 

However these guys are my world and I have focused so much time on them that I don't have much time for much else. In fact both babies are screaming right now. 

Be patient with mothers this holiday season. Help them out. Ya no one wants to hear screaming kids at the grocery store but we all still have to eat. 

Be slow to judge, someday you will find yourself yelling, crying, and forgetting too. 

These are reasons my poor little blog is getting about one entry a month. I made a goal to be better next year. I have so much I want to write and say but it is not my season to write every week. 

Thanks for your patience and love towards me during this time.

Learning from the YouTube

Do you ever just find yourself watching the YouTube to find that one funny video your friend wanted to show you? Then next thing you know hours have gone by? (Please say yes) well hopefully among watching the YouTube to laugh or watch "what does the fox say?" You watch a few videos that are actually educational. I swear Adam passed his organic chemistry class from watching chemistry videos. I'm a total visual learner and have learned a lot of great hair dos from the YouTube. However recently I got really brave... What about cutting my own hair? Scary right? 

I watched this video here and tried it out. 

I want to figure out how to layer the back of my hair better. But for a hair cut that is super quick you can't beat this one. It was a little tricky because my hair is so thick. But I want to find a way to make my hair have a more "choppy" look. If you find any tutorials on that let me know! I feel much braver after cutting my hair… oh you probably want to see what it looks like...

you can kinda see the layers on here my hair is just so thick and straight its ridiculous. I might even go short. You probably can't even tell I cut like 3 inches off.

Have you ever cut your own hair? Saves time and money. However I'm in desperate need of a color and I hate doing that on my own.

P.S. Vet school journey is going again we are waiting to hear back from the schools. Midwestern (in Arizona) has shown some interest in Adam. We are seeing what happens next.