My first post

Okay. So this is my first blog post. It's 9:00 at night and the kids are in bed - except for Emma - who has a "20 minute nap" at daycare today. Whenever she has this 20 minute nap, she's up until 10 or 11 at night - great for me:!

So, the purpose of this blog is many. I want my family to be able to keep up to date on what the family and I are doing, share my love for scraobooking, and create a "diary" of sorts for myself and the kids as they grow up.

I wish I could go back to the day Tom and I married and record the days and the feelings so that it can all be documented for the future. But since that isn't possible (because I simply can't recall all of that), I will start with today.

We are approaching Xmas, and as usual, my main goal is to make this Xmas as special for the kids as possible. After Xmas, we have a trip to Mexico, and then Emma's fourth birthday. The next couple of months are some crazy ones, but I am looking forward to all of it.

Most recently, we have had Tom's birthday, Owen's second birthday (and it still seems like he is a baby to me - maybe cause he's my last so I am holding onto it for as long as I can), and of course, Halloween.

Also, during the month of October, Softa Laura passed away. That made me realize a lot of things, which are very personal, but needless to say, things are not always as they seem. Laura's passing made me feel a lot of things, realize a lot of things, and value a lot of things.

So, I know this first post isn't much. I am not going to say a lot, and there is a lot of design work to be done, but it's a start!

Here are some recent pictures of the loved ones.