He is Risen!!

Happy Easter! This year was so early, but fun because we also had a birthday celebration in there (me!) We did our annual tradition of Resurrection Rolls for breakfast Sunday morning with an Easter Egg hunt and baskets! Then after church we went to Gigi's for lunch and another egg hunt with the girls' new cousin, Timmy! It was a sweet afternoon celebrating our RiSeN Lord!! 

Healthy and Blessed

Today marks an emotional day for us! I made a post on social media today and thought it was important to share it here, because it's a part of our journey we're on as a family! 

ONE year ago Today... The most scary thing of my life happened. I was rushed via ambulance to Baptist Hospital to have immediate surgery by the head ENT/cancer Tumor Specialist as no one in GSO was qualified. I had suffered for my entire life, literally since a child, with chronic sinus issues, allergies, fatigue and pain throughout my body. 11 years after my last major sinus surgery, the worst thing happened due to continuing sinus infections: an abscess formed between my eye socket and sinus cavity, almost causing me to lose my left eye. The chronic mucous that is so acidic had eroded away my bones causing the infection to cross through bone and possibly into my bloodstream. A week later, still in hospital, Dr's made a discovery about me: I had started on a health and wellness program to alkaline my body and rid inflammation. A light bulb went off as they had been waiting for me to go septic and into ICU. Just 4 short weeks of changing my health, foods, and using Nutritional Cleansing, alkalinity saved my life!! Of course the scientists were not surprised, but everyone else was! I made a remarkable recovery and my scans have never been more clear. NO more inflammation, no more allergies, no more pain, no more fatigue. I never knew I could feel so good, and on this years anniversary date, I sit with tears down my cheeks beyond thankful for my health, my vision, my life. A lot has changed in one years time, and I'm forever grateful a solution was introduced to me that has forever changed the way we eat. We have ONE body to live in, do all you can to make it the healthiest place it can be!! 

Hope!

We got a sweet new addition to our family, her name: Hope. Sweet Hannah and Brian thought that was a great name, not even realizing it has been "my word" for the last 15 months!! So, Hope has been with us for about 2 weeks now and she's just as sweet as ever. She's got a few health issues we hopefully are going to have taken care of, but the girls love her and it's completely satisfied Hannah's desire and asking for a new little dog! She sleeps with Hannah every night and although this is like her 4th home, she's adjusting well! She's 7 and looks a lot like Lexi did, just a little darker, thinner, and less hair.

Sweet Copper wants to be her buddy so badly...and once again, we own another Chihuahua that doesnt want to give him an ounce of attention! 

A REAL haircut...

Considering this sweet girl didn't have hair until she was 3, and then it barely grew for a year, over the last year it really started to grow and took off!! She loved her long "Rapunzel" hair, but it stayed tangled all the time and we decided it was time for a "trim"...6 inches for a trim! How's that for her first real haircut!!?

Little Violinist!!!

This little one started a new hobby today! She is thrilled and has been asking for a long time to play an instrument! She has picked it up quickly and her teacher, Hannah, is a college student at UNCG majoring in Music and Violin! She loves they share the same name!

Ice Skating!

We took the girls ice skating at Greensboro's local outdoor rink they have up for the winter. It was a really warm day and lots of melted ice, so it wasnt the best skating conditions, but they had a great time and loved the little "ice-coaster" that they rode over and over again! Such a fun family afternoon!

Father Daughter Night...

We missed out on getting tickets to the Father/Daughter Dance this year, but Brian took the girls out with another dad and his daughter for a fun evening! They went out on Valentine's day and had dinner and desert at a bakery! They were thrilled about this and I love how Brian makes treating them to a special night out a priority! 

A Year of US....

This blog has always been about our little princess girls...but it dawned on me today while updating the blog that it takes a lot from US to make these little girls' world happen.  2014 was a very rough and hard year for us as a family, a couple, but we persevered and enjoyed the high's and took trips to keep ourselves sane and learned to love each other more through the trials.

 Vegas

 NYC

 NYC

 date night

 Vegas

 Old Salem, NC

SML Lake

 Virginia

 Boone NC

 Road Trip 

 Home 

 Charlotte, NC

 Palm Springs, CA

 PS, CA

Here's a new year, 2015, of us...

sleepover shenanigans

Sleepovers with these girls are frequent and they sure do love each other and have some fun! So thankful to have friends who we trust and love our kids and vice versa. The little girls are so much alike, wild, crazy, spunky and the older girls are calm, sweet, and could spend all day everyday playing school and collecting berries for the poor.

 bedtime giggles

 marshmallow crazies