I think it's about time for another post
We've been sick
Very sick but I think the end of it is near
Ezra loves school and his teacher
That makes me happy
Aaron's still in school
and he is still working
Thankfully:)
I may of had a melt down about a month ago
It lasted about a week
It was ugly
Very ugly
I'm back to normal
Thank you Aaron for still loving me
I have a love/hate relationship with school
Ezra is obsessed with power rangers right now
I guess it could be worse
wait... power rangers is pretty horrible
Lincoln is a mini Ezra

Well, that's all for now. Amazing post, I know:)

Lately...

how does it work again?

I'm having a really hard time finding my routine. It's been a month since I started school and I thought that by this time I would have it down pat. Well, I don't. Far from it actually and now I'm starting to feel slightly overwhelmed. When Ezra was little I worked full time and didn't have a problem so I'm not sure why I'm struggling to find time to do everything now. And let me be honest about something, there is no way I can focus on school stuff when the kids are awake. I have A.D.D.or something. But as soon as the kids are asleep it's almost like my body shuts down and I'm pretty much useless. What to do, what to do. I'm not complaining because I asked for this and I am happy about my decision, I'm just hoping that by typing this out I can maybe sort my thoughts. Or maybe someone can give me advice that works for them:) Wink wink:)

Oh and I am trying to have pictures in all my posts even if it has nothing to do about the post. This picture makes me happy:) Aaron and the boys built this tower and it was taller than Ezra. I was seriously impressed! Don't mind that the picture is blurry.

Lack of blogging

My blogging is going to decrease dramatically. Life is a little crazy around these parts lately and as much as I would like to, blogging just isn't at the top of my list these days. #1 reason for lack of blogging is:
-Cosmetology school. I am loving it!!!! 1 month down 12 more to go. I am gone 5 days a week. So, when I'm home my time goes straight to the kids and hubby. Then if I have any energy after that, other family and friends. I am so happy about this decision. I have wanted to do this since I was in high school and just never did it. When Aaron's in medical school I am going to have to work. That's a given. And why would I want to do something I don't love doing. Cosmetology school was kind of a now or never so why not. I'm grateful that Aaron supported this idea as much as I did. Actually if it wasn't for his push, I might not have gone. This year is definitely going to be a rough year I think for all of us but we can do it. Oh and I can start doing clients in the middle of Feb. So call me if you need some lovin on your hair:)
Oh and here are a couple random pictures from my sister in laws camera back in Aug. I about died when I saw these curls. Oh how I miss these golden locks:)

Another year

Another year is gone. Is it just me or does time seem to go faster the older you get? 2010 was a challenging year for me but with that I have grown a tremendous amount. There was a lot of good that happened too. I am grateful for 2010 because I am happy. It took a while to figure that out but I am happy. I think I could have been a lot happier throughout this year if I was looking in the right direction. I was going through the whole "finding myself" thing again. I think for a couple years I wasn't sure where the Nicole was that I used to know. The problem was, I was looking for the 18 year old Nicole. Not the 26 year old married with 2 kids Nicole. I have come to find that the 26 year Nicole is not a whole lot like the 18 year old. She is better! Which is good but for some reason it took a while for me to realize that. I'm slowly but surely loving who I am. I love where I'm at in life. I love being a mom! I really really love it but it is hard for me to be a stay at home mom. I found myself wanting to get a part time job or to do a little something for me outside of the home. For some reason I thought I was a crappy mom for having those feelings. I thought something was wrong with me. I don't care what people think but being a stay at home mom is hard. Very rewarding but hard! I give props to women who do it forever. So, I decided to go to cosmetology school. I was debating on full time or part time but decided to get it done and over with so full time it is. I actually feel like I am a better mom when I have some me time. When I get home I have more patience, I want to spend all my time with my kids. It's hard and I'm exhausted some days when I get home but it works for me. I'm grateful that Aaron is so supportive. He supports me 100%. He loves me regardless of my faults. What a man:) Well, enough of that. Here are a few of my favs of 2010...

Running my 1st half marathonKids getting older ( actually this is kinda sad:)many lake trips
Our 1st family trip to DisneylandOur trip to San FranciscoAaron graduating1st time hiking Angel's landingand all of our camping trips to Zions and California

Family pics

My side of the family had pictures taken over thanksgiving weekend and here they are...

All the girls

Me and my beautiful sister

I absolutely love this picture of all the boys:)Me and siblings. I love them:)

The whole family

*On a side note it was windy and freezing!

yum yum gimmie some

I think it's safe to say we are a cereal family:)

Oh and my sweet little 5 year old officially lost his 1st tooth!