What a Week!!

Wow, this week has flown by!! It's been one of those weeks where I find myself wondering where the days went! It was definitely filled with lots of randomness...

the week started out on the rough side...

My sweet little Grayson, got his first ear infection. He had a double ear infection. Poor guy!! It just broke my 'mommy heart' to see him in so uncomfortable!! I'm so happy to report that he is doing much better and is his happy playful self again! 

I fell in love with this app!!

I'm obsessed! If you follow me on insta or a fb friend, you know just how in love I am! Ha!!

I started running again!!

I hurt my knee during a half marathon in April and haven't been able to run since. I'm starting back slowly, the last thing I want to do is hurt my knee again. Buuuut, I am so happy to be running again!!!

Did you know yesterday was Flag Day?

Flag Day was my Grandmother's birthday. She passes away a few years ago. She was an amazing woman and I miss her terribly. I know she would have adored Connor and Grayson, she loved kids. For me, Flag day has become a sweet reminder of what a beautiful person she was. 

Tomorrow is Father's Day!!!

I'm SO excited about tomorrow!! Kevin was deployed last year (which is why my little graphic has an anchor, he's in the Navy) so this is the first Father's day we'll be celebrating as a family!! 

 

We took this picture about a year ago - crazy how much the boys have grown!!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Connor and Kevin, it's from Thanksgiving.

One of my favs of Kevin and Grayson! Such a typical shot of the two of them playing!

How was your week?!? 

It's all about perspective….right???

'It's all about perspective' is one of my favorite sayings.  Honestly, I probably say it daily.

As much as I preach that saying, I know how hard it is practice.  For me, yesterday was one of those days. It was a rough one.  Like a 4-cup of coffee kind of a day.  Both boys are teething and my sweet little Grayson has a double ear infection.  It was a rough day.  Did I mention I got pooped on?  Yeah, the day may have ended with a deep glass of wine.  

Late last night, while enjoying that delicious glass of wine, I was able to put it all in perspective and thank God for all the blessings I had - I am soooo thankful I have TWO amazing little boys who are so full of life and energy! Sooo thankful that this is Grayson's first infection and other than a 4 week nicu stay, is a incredibly healthy little man!  I'm so grateful they are both teething and growing. And, more than anything else, I am BEYOND thankful for the amazing man God called to be my husband.  Kevin and I are a team….and I love that.   

Dreaming big dreams!

Happy Friday friends!! 

Lately, I've been doing a lot of thinking about what I want out of life, what I want for my family, for my precious babies, and their babies (i.e. my grandchildren)...yeah, I've been doing a lot of thinking. Ha!! I pray everyday that my children will be blessed with healthy, happy lives and that they will know a closeness with God that is beyond understanding. 

I also pray they have the blessing of being able to travel, see the world and learn about different cultures. Travel had such a big impact on my life, I want the same for them. One of my favorite quotes is, 'travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer.' 

I dream about our family going on yearly family vacations to fun destinations as well as taking mission trips where we would able to help care for people in a way that will inspire my kiddos to have a deep empathy for everyone.

What about you? What are your dreams for your family?

Remember Me?!?

Hi blog friends! It's been forever!

Ok, so here's my blogging dilemma - I've wanted to start blogging again but how, HOW could I possibly catch my blog up to speed on everything that's happened in the past year?!?  There's just no way.  So, my plan is to just jump back into blogging about where we are now and maybe here and there do a post about when the boys were babies....if I have time! Ha!!

Life with twin boys is so much fun - more fun than I could have ever imagined.  Busy, but so much fun.  Lately, I've been feeling overwhelmed with all my daily 'mom' tasks and through studying God's word, I found these words that really helped me put it all in perspective

• Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. Psalm 37:2

LOOVED this one!  I've decided to start everyday by committing the day to the Lord.  Giving it to Him and asking that He bless all that I do and say.  This was especially important to me as a stay-at-home mom, I want to be a great example of Christ to my boys.

• When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.  Isaiah 43:1-3

Wow, these verses were so powerful to me! HE is there with me through my everyday struggles!

• Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. John 14:1

This was a important verse for me...I'm a worrier and I need to start 'giving' my worries to God.  Trusting in HIM.  Definitely a verse I pray on a lot.

I'd love to hear verses or quotes you go to when feeling overwhelmed! I'm all about words that lift us up!

Just thought I'd leave ya with a recent-ish picture of our family of 4!

Oh my goodness...I have a blog?!?!

I can't believe it's been so long since my last post!  Things have been beyond busy and I've been loving every crazy minute of it!!  I do hope to get back in to blogging.  So, I'd like to share the two HUGE reasons why I've been so occupied...

Connor

~  And  ~

Grayson

Another thing taking up my time is taking pictures of these cuties...

Here's there 1 month pics  - gotta love those easy stickers!!

They are two months now and I can't believe how much they've changed in just a month! Crazy!!

I still can't believe my babies are 2 months old!! These two months have gone by waaayyyy too fast!!

 Have I mentioned how much I loooove being a twin mama?!?!  I just can't get enough of these two!!

After years of praying, Kevin and I are incredibly thankful God blessed us with these wonderful little boys. 

Looking Back on 2011

Wow...I can't believe 2011 is over! It went by sooo fast. It was an amazing year for Kevin and I, mostly because it brought us 2 of the most wonderful blessings. So...here's a look back our at 2011..

January ~ my best friend got married!! Her wedding was just gorgeous and tons of fun!

Kevin and I at the wedding, isn't my Maid of Honor dress gorgeous??? She did an amazing job of picking our dresses, and her dress...it was beyond fabulous!!!!

The beautiful bride, in a gorgeous Vera Wang dress, moments before she walked down the aisle...she is just glowing!

February ~ We spent Valentine's Day in Colorado and went on a fun Valentine's Day double date with some friends! It was such a fun trip and Colorado is such a beautiful state.

March ~ Kevin parents came to visit. They like to tour little vineyards (just like us) so we took them to a few of our favs. Here we are a one of them...the random lady in the middle of the pic is the Vineyard owner.

April ~ We took a really quick trip to Norman, Oklahoma (home of the Sooners!!) and this seemed to be the only picture we took...it's me in front of my beautiful Sorority house. Like I said, it was a super quick trip. Lol ;)

May ~ This is the month we went to Coronado, California. Oh my goodness, it was such a lovely island. I could have stayed there forever. After this trip we're totally planning to retire there...like next year. ;)

June ~ My bff (the one that got married in January) and I had a fabulous little girl's weekend in Kansas City. LOVE the Plaza!! Can't wait for our next one!

July ~ my friend Katie and I attended Omaha's 'Red Sky Music Festival' - we went to the Jason Aldean concert, he was uh-mazing!! We had such a fun night. One of the best nights of my whole summer!!

August ~ Molly and I tagged along on Kevin's business trip to New Mexico. Such a beautiful state, the desert is so neat. Also...on this trip, I found out I was pregnant!! SOOOO EXCITING!!

September ~ Kevin and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. It's just crazy to think that we've been married for 3 years now - sometimes it seems like we've been married forever but other times things still seem so 'new,' I think it's a good mix. ;) As a wedding gift to each other, we decided to purchase new toasting glasses since ours never made it home from the reception. But, the BEST anniversary gift of all, was learning that we were pregnant with TWINS!!! What an amazing blessing!! After a 3 year fertility journey, we were overjoyed. I can't even tell you how thankful we were/are for this amazing gift!!

Toasting Glasses!

First picture of our TWINS!!!

October ~ I turned 30!! EEEKKKKKK!!! We celebrated with a trip to Florida and the Bahamas. We had a fantastic time! On my actual birthday, Kevin treated me to a spa day - seriously, best Spa experience of my life!!

Here we are on the balcony of our hotel in Fort Lauderdale...look gorgeous beach...love.

A week after we returned from our trip, we learned that the twin were BOYS!!! How exciting!!! For weeks after that just saying things like "My boys and I," "When we do --fill in the blank-- with our sons," brought tears to my eyes. As I mentioned before, this has been quite the journey for us so we already had names picked out - we had such a wonderful time telling our friends and family that Connor and Grayson will be here in April!! Even now, I tear up writing about the experience. I'm just so thankful God chose me to been a Mom to these two precious little boys!!

November ~ we went to Maine (Kevin's home) for Thanksgiving!! I just love Maine, it's such a beautiful state. We had a wonderful time and were able to take a picture of all of the 'Rooney' cousins. It was sooo amazing to be with his whole family!!

...Do you see those baby boys in the picture??? Those are our nephews that Kevin's sister had last December (2010). So, our little boys will have twin boy cousins to play with - SO PERFECT!!

December ~ Our first snow of the season!! I was eager to 'play' in it - even if that meant scooping. Ha!!

And, of course we took our Christmas card pic - and you can see my little baby bump!

What a fabulous 2011!!

I can't believe all the amazing things that happened in 2011 and I know God has even more amazing things in store for us in 2012!! Most of all, Kevin and I can't wait to meet these two wonderful boys...

Connor

And Grayson...he's waving 'Hi' ;)

Love these boys so much already...isn't it crazy how that works?!?!

Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a fabulous 2012!! May it be your best year EVER!!