HAPPY 10TH BIRTDAY to my little man Fox.

It's so hard to believe that 10 years ago today, my life forever changed. I could never have imagined how much this little guy could turn my life upside down, sideways, forwards and backwards. He's my night in shinning armor. He's one of my true loves. I could never imagine life without my little Fox. You've grown into such a gorgeous and thoughtful...sometimes a pain the ass...but amazing young boy. I couldn't have asked for a better son. I am so very proud that you call me Mommy! Happy 10th Birthday.

**read in the voice over from The Wonder Years...Fred Savage/Kevin Arnold***

 As I sit here and think back over the year, I find myself trying hard not to be saddened over the loss of the most amazing mom ever..but instead so proud to have been given the chance and opportunity to see her shine. Her light will never go out...cause it is in our hearts. Mom loved Christmas. No matter what we got..big or small...it was special cause of her and my amazing dad. I want my children to grow up being proud of me...knowing I got a lot of who I am from my mom (and daddy) Big or small....Christmas is what you make of it with your family and friends...Merry Christmas to all my friends and family. May 2015 bring love....happiness...and laughter!!

I sit here with a full belly, a feeling of accomplishment on my mind and all I can think about was that I wish my Dad could have joined us at our home for Thanksgiving Dinner.  I wish that my Mom was still here...so many wishes...but one thing I am sure of, I am extremely thankful for the time I got to spend with my Mom when she was alive, and I am extremely for the extra time I get to spend with my Dad.  I'm thankful for my husband, my children, my job, a roof over my head, food in my belly, clothes on my back.  I'm thankful for my extended family and all my friends..,near and far.  Each and everyone of them hold a piece of my heart in one way or the other...and for that I am thankful.  Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours <3 p="">

Goodbye Thorne....Hello Slaunwhite

Well...this past year has brought on a lot of changes for my family.  One of those changes was a name change for us.  We decided to legally change our name back to my husband's birth name....now comes the real challenge...thinking up a new name for our blog..lol

A final Goodbye to 2013

Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!


To be truthful, I'm glad Christmas is over.  It was very hard this year for me not being able to call mom up and tell her how our day is going, what the kids got, how much they liked their gifts from everyone.  Mom never left my thoughts for a single moment, she still doesn't.  You know something amazing though, I've finally dreamt of her.  Since the day she died, I prayed to God every single night to just let me see my mom in my dreams, to let me talk to her, to let me hear her voice and nothing ever happened.  It was like he was ignoring me in my darkest moment....till the other night.  I finally dreamt of her.  I was lying on the couch, when the phone rang, it was my mom.  I started freaking out because how could she be calling me on the phone when she was dead.  I just kept yelling and screaming into the phone, repeating over and over "Mom, Mom, Mom", then she spoke just 5 simple words to me, that's all, just 5 beautifully amazing words...they were, "I'M NOT GONE, JUST AWAY".  I woke up as soon as she said those words and I knew right then and there that God had answered my prayers, that he had sent me an amazing Christmas gift all the way from Heaven.  It was so amazing and I cry every time I think about it or talk about it..as I'm doing right now.  Thank God I can type without looking at the keyboard because I can barely see through the tears streaming down my face..lol.  He answered my prayers and I am so incredibly thankful.  I still find it unbelievable that she's gone.  I still find myself staring at her picture and just asking myself "why" or "how can you be gone".  It just doesn't make sense and never will.  For some reason God needed her more than we did here on earth and as mad as that makes me at Him and as sad as I am and as broken as my heart is, I know she is safe, I know she is happy, she's with her family whose passed before her, no more arthritis, no more back pain, no more asthma, no more anything that was hurting her.  She's dancing with the angles, singing with her Gospel peeps (lol), she's watching over each and everyone of us and in a way, she's never really gone because she's in each and every one of us.  I'm so thankful that Fox and Nevada got to know her and spend time with her while she was here on earth, I'm so beyond thankful for the 38 years that I was blessed to have her as my Mom.  She will always be my best friend and I will always still confide in her.

This is a picture of my mom Beth (and Dad on my wedding day).  She passed away very unexpectedly of a massive heart attack on October 31, 2013.  That was the hardest day so far of my life.  I was at work when I got the terrible news.  Mom wasn't sick, she wasn't unhealthy...which is why this is so hard.  Telling my kids that their Nanny was now in heaven was like punching them in the stomach...I can still hear the sound they made when I told them...it was like my husband and I took their breath away.  My mom was such an amazing woman...the best mom a girl could ask for.  Love you more than life itself Mom.  You may be gone from this earth, but you will live on in the hearts of everyone you've touched.  I know you're looking down on us, protecting us from afar and loving us.  Thank you for the wonderful 38 years I was blessed with having spent with you as my Mom.

Worst year of my life...

2013 can not end soon enough for me.  This is a year I will never EVER forget.  It is the year that my families lives changed forever...the year my wonderful mom passed away.  She was my rock.  She was my best friend.  She was everything to me.  I miss her so much.  Love you Mom!!

Sorry for slacking Sarah..lol.  I have absolutely no excuse to not keep this blog up to date other than pure laziness.    A lot has happened since my last post...which if memory serves me right was last year..oops.  Nevada started school this year and loves it.  We moved to a new place and we love it.  Actually, the kids go to the same elementary school I went to.    Both kids made up a sign about what they wanted to be when they grow up..found this idea on Pinterest.

 

Let's see...Christmas..our first Christmas in our new place was very nice..mind you this year we've had way too much snow and even now, it's Spring and we still had 2 snow storms since the first day of Spring...so enough already..lol.  This year we've added a new family member who we've adopted from the North Pole..his name is ChrisLilly and boy does he ever get into some mischief.  His first night there he decided to shave and made a mess everywhere.  He even made a spider web for the kids to break through on Christmas morning...and because he is such a special part of our family, he still writes to the kids and leaves them secret notes in our car for when I pick them up after school telling them how much he misses them.

 

We had some professional pictures of the kids taken with Santa Claus...love how the pictures turned out.

So wow...it's been forever since I posted anything.  So much has been happening.  Nevada had her double eye surgery a few months ago and it seems to have worked however lately we've noticed that when she's not wearing her glasses that one of her eyes is starting to turn in again.  She needs to revisit her doctor to see if more surgery is needed.

Nevada before double eye surgery

So Nevada is finally having her eye surgery...we've only waited..what...3 years. Anyways, it's finally being done tomorrow and I thought I would add some before pics and then after the surgery and her all healed, I will add the after...see if there is a difference...so here is before: In the first picture, you can see how it's her right eye turning in...the second picture is her left eye turning in.