"Too Blessed to be Stressed"

I blog stalk. I admit it and I am not ashamed. Some nights I go to random people's blogs that I don't know and get inspired. This poem was on a gal's blog and I loved it so much I wanted to share. I don't know the gal who posted it. She is a friend of a friend. But It was so inspiring. I keep getting reminded on how I need to be grateful for and love what I have now.
I am truly so blessed in this life and I am trying to love each day as they come to me.


Someone will always be prettier.

Someone will always be skinnier.

Someone will always be smarter.

Some of their houses will be bigger.

Some will drive a better car.

Their children will do better in school.

And their husband will fix more things around the house..

So let it go, and love you and your circumstances.

Think about it!

The prettiest woman in the world can have hell in her heart.

And the most highly favored woman on your job may be unable to have children.

And the richest woman you know, she's got the car, the house, the clothes~~~~ might be lonely.

And the word says, 'If I have not Love, I am nothing.'

So, again, love you.

Love who you are.

Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say,

'I am too Blessed to be Stressed and too Anointed, to be Disappointed!'

'Winners make things happen~~ Losers let things happen.'

Be 'Blessed' Ladies~~~~~ and encourage another woman.

'To the world you might just be one person, but to one person you just might be the world!'

BBQ with our favorite Neighbors!

Cute Justin had to plan and cook an outdoor meal for one of his cub scout wolf requirements. We planned on going to the park and having a little bbq as a fam but right before we left my loving husband said to me..."Who is coming with us?" Needless to say he wanted someone to talk to and hangout with while we grilled. So I called a few people to see if they had plans and one of our most favorite neighbors were not busy. Thank goodness they didn't mind the last minute BBQ invite....they even invited us over to their place to swim while the grilling took place.
Mind you this was in the middle of April so the water was a little too cold to enjoy for long. Here is Sariah testing out the water. Justin could careless if it was cold....he jumped right in.

My sexy man heating up our little camping grill.

Yummy veggie kabobs.

Awesome neighbor husband helping sexy husband with the grill.

The Carne.

Cutie Neighbor Son

Seriously I am so glad they live so close to hang out....just wish we could hang out more often. We had so much fun with our wonderful neighbors and I can't wait to do it again.
Awesome Neighbor and her hubby!

Thank you guys!

Eggs, Silly, Stickers

Our first attempt at coloring eggs this year was done with brown eggs and Justin was a little disappointed that the colors didn't turn out so great. Lucky for him all the coloring stuff for eggs went on sale and I bought some more for us to try coloring eggs 2 weeks after easter. He loved it.
Such a happy boy with the finished eggs. All the eggs

so cuddly

Super Justin standing on top of my counter?

seriously I am so blessed to be their mom.

After our egg experience Sariah wanted to get out the stickers and decorate herself.

How could you not want to kiss this face?

She put the stickers all over....

Even on mommy.

Justin kept laughing and being silly the whole time.

Strategically placing the stickers

YW Volleyball

3 weeks of Wednesday night activities were dedicated to volleyball. Here are some random shots of the awesome and amazing gals I get to be with every Wednesday and Sunday.

These 2 girlies are awesome and took some time to pose with the beautiful sunset before volleyball started.

An attempt at a group picture from our first set of games.

Seriously there are only 3 leaders in this picture...me, the coach, and the ref. None of the other leaders would get in the picture. We had so much fun with the gals the whole time.

Happy Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!TO ALL THE WANNA BE AND SOON TO BE MOMS, MOMS, GRANDMAS AND GREAT-GRANDMAS OUT THERE!

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn ' t worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night
watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn ' t want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn ' t stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.


Before I was a Mom,
I didn ' t know the feeling of
having my heart outside my body..
I didn ' t know how special it could feel
to feed a hungry baby.
I didn ' t know that bond
between a mother and her child.
I didn ' t know that something so small
could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
the joy,
the love,
the heartache,
the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn ' t know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom

Snuggling Siblings

One morning in April I came out of the bathroom to find my kiddos peaceably watching a movie like this.....all snuggled up on the couch together.

They stayed this way for a good 20 minutes after I came out and I don't know how long they were this way before I got there....

Sariah really loves her brother and Justin really loves his sister....sometimes their moments aren't so loving as this picture but I love it when the moments like these are captured for me to remember when they are screaming at each other.

I am so lucky to be your mom!

Sunday Attire

Here are my cute kiddos making faces...Justin is all serious and Sariah...well she is sassy!I think this is the greatest pic of these 2 together in a long time. These pictures were taken for the Sunday after Easter...

Here I got a smile out of her but she is shrugging those shoulders...I love these dress so much and it was only $5 at WallyWorld....it is so cute and matches one of my favorite hair bows from Cherry Blossoms.

Cherry Blossoms makes some great bows and this one is my favorite right now. My great friend Kiley is the founder, owner, designer, and okay...she does everything for Cherry Blossoms. It's hard for me not to buy every single one that she makes. Go check out her store or her blog . She is doing giveaways daily on her blog.

Kontiki Women's Rugby

One of the leaders in Young Women's is a rugby player....yes a rugby player. Some of us got together and went to her rugby game....Love these ladies!

Would you be scared if you had to play against this line?

Trying to get the ball.

Wahoo they got it out of the pile.

We love #16!

The cheering squad.

Spring Celebration!

This was my favorite part about coloring all those eggs....the kids getting up saturday morning to find them all.

I really love this man!

A mixture of plastic eggs and real ones.

The last egg to be found...

He finally found it!

Counting his loot.