So on Friday, the day after Valentines Day, I am at work when I get a message that there is a delivery up front for me. This is normal as I always have deliveries with my name on them for work. When I walk to the front desk I find this!! My husband does it again! I am very blessed!

Jaycee and Rylin playing at Turtle Bay Park.

Our weather has been amazing. Saturday we took the kids to Turtle Bay park and the sundial bridge to play. It was 72 degrees. I don't know that I am ready for it to get warm. I really was hoping for a big snow storm this year.

Happy Valentine's Day! It is a beautiful day here. I am really looking forward to the weekend because that is when Mike and I are going to have our Valentine's Day. We actually have a babysitter for all 4 children on Saturday. For those of you who are close to our family, you know that is very rare for us to have alone time without ALL of the children. Mike has planned something for us but I know nothing! I like it that way! Mike has always been a very thoughtful man when it comes to romance and surprises. And I absolutely love it!!! While I was at work today I found myself daydreaming about our trip to Fort Bragg 6 years ago. Mike planned a whole weekend get away for the 2 of us. It was Valentine's Day on Friday and we had a beautiful dinner at the cliff house resteraunt, (MMMMM Lobster, my favorite). After diner we walked on the beach and talked for hours. The next day we had a late breakfast and then moved on to the botanical gardens. Now if you have never walked through a botanical garden, it is a must. It was raining but we said "what the heck". We walked through the gardens in the rain and out to this amazing rock point. This place is like a fairy tale. It is 120 acres of gardens and it walks right out to a rocky ocean point. We stood on the point while the waves crashed up against the rocks and it was like magic. The rain stopped and a small break in the clouds appeared out of no where. A sun beam shot straight down through the clound as if it where putting a spot light on us. At that very moment Mike got down on one knee and proposed. OH! It still makes my heart pound. The greatest thing was.....I had absolutely NO idea that he had been planning this. He had already gone to my dad and other members of my family to ask for their blessing the week prior. We where married 3 months later and the rest is history.

LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH!!

MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU!

God grant me....

It was actually snowing at our house and sticking!

Rylin said she wanted a baby in her tummy like mommy used to have!

Blake was so relaxed laying on Jaycee.

God grant me.....Patience for my children. When the kids are not listening to a word that I say, Blake is crying, Rylin is yelling Mommy over and over and over again and Jade and Jaycee are begging to get on the internet. Help me to remember that one day I will cherish this exact moment!


God grant me.....courage. To face my greatest fears in life. Like going back to school to get a masters degree. This is something that I long to do. Not only for myself, but for my children.


God grant me.....wisdom. Please fill me with your knowledge Lord. So that I am able to recognize the signs of a spititual battle. So that I am able to disengage myself when I am surrounded by negative people at work and in my life and turn to you for comfort.


God grant me.....strength. To be able to draw healthy boundries with family and friends. I want to rise up above the strongholds in my life and break ALL generational curses.


These are the things that I am contending for in my life right at this moment. And I know that with God nothing is impossible!