And another month passes

I wonder if I should even still bother w/ this blog. I end up posting once or twice a month now. Working full time I don't have any free time during my days anymore. I do enjoy keeping this blog though and keep hoping I'll scrounge up some more time to post.

For now I'll keep hoping.

(Not) Wordless Wednesday

Wow. Where have I been? It's been almost a month since I last posted! In my defense I did try to post once, had computer/blogger issues and gave up. But still. Oops.

We've been staying busy and trying to stay warm. Although w/ Mondays high of -4 degrees and a "real feel" of -25!!! We are having a hard time! :)

We went to a motorcycle show, sold our molesterrific van and bought a new one that is just a bit less molesterrific, went sledding, played with Play-doh and markers, took Charlie bowling for her 1st time (she liked it for 4 frames then just wanted to eat popcorn), fit in a couple happy hours and just lived it up as a family. Nothing super exciting but good enough for me.

I hope everyone else is staying warm. I'm just so thankful the days are finally getting longer bc I am so over this winter weather. I'm ready for some warm sun and fun in the outdoors. Fun that doesn't consist of your snot freezing in your nose the second you walk outside.

Cheers~
Kel

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It's frickin cold here peeps!

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Christmas time is here!

This was the first year Charlie got to help with the tree and she loved it! She had so much fun putting the decorations on the tree although they all ended up in the same spot. :)

Only one broken ornament later and our tree was ready! Charlie promptly asks us to turn on the tree lights the second we get home. Seems she's got the holiday spirit!

So far I've only gotten 2 presents bought so I've got my work cut out for me this coming weekend!

Poor Charlie has been sick with a fever and bad cough the past 3 days or so. Hopefully she'll kick it soon. I hate seeing her so sick. Especially because I don't have any vacation in my new job yet I hate not being able to comfort her during the day. Luckily Wade's job is flexible and he's able to work from home and take care of her.

Here are some pics from our tree decorating. I'm just so blessed. I've got myself a wonderful lil family! Merry Christmas everyone!!!

~Kel

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Be Thankful

I know I am. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

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How about a flashback pic? August 2010

Trick or treat. Smell my feet.

Charlie had so much fun this Halloween! We didn't really go door to door bc she's still a bit young for that so we just took her to a neighbors house and then up to our friends, Bob and Amy's. She then proceeded to eat her body weight in candy (thanks to Amy being a sucker for her pleading to her for "Mo. Mo peas." which in her language is "more, more please"). After inhaling all that candy she ran around with a sugar high and had a great time seeing lots of other kids dressed up come by. All in all, a great time.

And here is Charlie is her puppy costume that she picked out. She was an adorable puppy if I do say so. Biased or not. :)

Charlie's baptism

So we finally did it.  She's just over 2 years old and we finally got her baptised.  The thing is, we don't belong to a church up here.  Yes, we've been living up here for 8 years now and we've gone to church, just never joined.  So when it came time to get Charlie baptised we weren't sure where to get it done.  Wade's mom asked her church (the church Wade went to when he was growing up) if we could have it done there and they turned her down.  TURNED DOWN baptising a child.  Whose own grandmother is a member and whose own father used to be a member.  I'm not so sure God would be ok with that.  I think it is atrocious that a church would turn down baptising a child let alone one where a direct family member is a current member.  So that didn't pan out obviously and we just placed it on the back burner. 

Fast forward a bit and we found out one of our good family friends, Thom, was going to school to get his pastorial license!  What a great sign!  All the waiting was meant to be!  It would mean so much more to have someone we know and love do the baptism.  So I jumped and (no pressure) asked him if he would be willing to baptize Charlie once he got his license.  He said he'd be honored and so we waited.  It just so turned out that the original timing put her 2nd birthday as the opportune time to do it but unfortunately God had other plans and Thom's licensing was on hold for another couple months.  And so it got pushed to October.  And I'm happy to report Charlie is finally baptized!

Last weekend in a sweet ceremony in front of about a dozen family and friends and even more church members we've never met, Charlie was christened!  Thom did a fantastic job!  We'd never have known it was his first ever baptism if he hadn't told us!  I am glad that his first of many to come got to be with our lil sweet pea. 

Charlie did what I knew she would do and screamed bloody murder but thanks to Thom making it special for her she quickly stopped as soon as he had a giant picture of Happy Feet shot up on an overhead screen.  To which she stopped crying, pointed and said "Happy!!!"  To cute.

So THANK YOU Thom!  And Katie and Jill!  And all of our family and friends that made the trip to her baptism.  It meant a lot to us and I know even though Charlie won't remember it she will be able to look back at the pictures and see all who care soooooo much about her.  It was a wonderful experience.

Love,

Kel