Happy Winter!

Baby It's Cold Outside!

In celebration to the coming winter and the longest night of the year we made a beautiful wreath from twigs, leaves, and grass that we collected from a local park close to our house. We made a yummy sun cake that was decorated with yellow and orange M&MS. I think the decorating was the boys favorite part! By the end of the night Maddox had a permanent yellow ring around his mouth. Before we ate it we each rang a bell and told each other our favorite part of winter:

Mine-The darkness and pitch dark of the night. Seeing your breath and wearing scarfs.

Bailey-People needing heat and him being busy with work.

Graysen-Jumping in puddles.

Maddox-Splashing Graysen and eating cake.

Then we ended our night by setting up our tree. It was a perfect way to celebrate winter.

Am I hanging up my coat?

I had a dream the other night that made me lay in bed thinking for hours afterward. I think I am done having children. I think the mama part of my heart of filled to the brim and can't grow anymore. I love the children I have now. And when I look to the future it is very hard to see other children packed into this family. I love the group of four that we are...I love being the only girl surrounded by these beasts I call my family. Who knows..It may of been the laughing gas talking but the more I think (and believe me I have been doing nothing BUT thinking about it!) the more I like the knowing and understanding my body and I have....

I even love the way it sounds DeeeSemBurrr!

“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.”

December..December..December. This is always a strange month for me. It is a month that brings many people sorrow and it should me. There is something magical about this time that makes me feel more alive then any other month. Like I am filled with excitement, joy, happiness. I love each and everyday of December. It should be a sad month for me...The Holidays-the missing of my grandma and mother. Not only do I have the death of my mother but a few days later is her birthday. But I have wonderful memories when I first met Bailey, the end of my pregnancy with Graysen and being this wanna-be Martha Stewart all fat, grumpy, hungry and very pregnant. Going back further in life, I have wonder memories of an old flame, actually it seems that in December all relationships that I have had really start in December-funny! December is a good month