Hairspray

            Have I EVER posted about hair? Hmmmm... I think I need to do something about that! I have been finding some awesome hair blogs recently that have inspired me in the hair department. Since I have been inspired lately, my hair has been looking a bit better:) I have been accustomed to doing my own hair since I am usually so busy with the kids. I must say, I WANT to get my hair done by someone else. Recently, I had a friend from work trim up my horribly uneven layers. THANK YOU Rosa! Much better:)

Here is what I came up with today:

don't mind the visible bobby pin:)



Products I used: Big Sexy Hair- Blow Dry Volumizing Gel, Root Pump foam, Spray and Play hairspray

Sexy Hair

(Round Brushed)

The Lotion and Williamsburg

This past weekend I was able to take the kiddos on a trip with my sister's family. She lives a couple of hours away, but we thought it would be fun to do a "mini" vacation to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg. Ryan has finals this week, so he was able to get a quiet house all to himself!!! (And by the way... he has earned A's on two of the six finals so far! YAY Babe!)

On our way to Williamsburg we decided to keep on driving to Virginia Beach. Why Not? It was SO cold! But SO AMAZING! We ate lunch at a great little pizza place a block away from the beach and then walked over to take some pics. My brother-in-law is a great amateur photographer, and it's hard to choose just a few, but here ya go!

 This is my cutie pie nephew!


(And by the way... My boys call the Ocean the Lotion:))

Beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

This week we are putting the final touches on our home Christmas decorating. We set up a couple of light strands to the front of our town home and I also made a simple rope hanger for all of our Christmas cards. The card hanger is filling up with more cards everyday and it is nice to walk by and see pictures of our friends and family:)

Here is a sneak peak of what I started... More to come!



A house, A home

We have been in our townhome for about 4 months now and things are starting to feel like home. I found this artsy canvas project on Pinterest that I just loved, so I decided to try! I did change up the colors a bit to fit our color scheme, but overall I am pretty pleased:)



hard lessons

I am coming to the end of my first semester at Liberty University. Not sure what I was thinking when I started this path other than, I felt a strong urge to get my degree in psychology and I was motivated to get started right away. I knew that there would be many nights of studying and thought I could even get some studying in during nap times. Over the course of this semester I have learned so much.

I was really interested in US History, mainly becase there is so much history that surrounds us here in Virginia. I learned many things about the origin of our country that I never knew. In my communications class, I had to give a couple of speeches. Even though I wasn't as pleased with my grades on them as I would have liked, I was pleased with myself for learning how to freely speak in front of others.

At the end of this semseter, I find myself frustrated that I can not put my full energy into school. There have been times that I have put my children off because of assignments I was working on. I know, many people including my hubby have thought from the beginning that I was taking on too much. I guess I felt that I had something to prove to myself. I wanted to say I knew I could do it.

A couple of weeks ago, I came to the realization that of course I can do it, but at what expense? When it comes down to it, there are only so many hours in a day. School is important to me, but my family is more important.

I don't think this means that I need to give up school. I just think it means that I need to enjoy doing it, instead of going all in. If I am giving my quality and quantity time to my children that they need from me, I am happier. They are happier.

I can not get these years back with my children. Do I want to have great memories of us together or of me in the other room studying while they play? When I came to the realization that there is only so much time, I gave up my study time during the day to give my attention to Andrew, Ethan, and Sawyer. When I gave that up, I also gave up my high grades. In return, I gained a new sense of relationship with them.

We have had a lot of fun lately. We went to a farm to pick apples, flew kites, baked cookies, learned letters, and smiled.

There is a lot I have left to finish out this week and semester, but all in all the lessons I learned this past term have definitely been in history and communication. I have been making history with my children and learning to communicate with them better.