Justine

Sweet as can be

With a peaceful heart of gold

Kind, loving & supportive

Selfless

Justine my second born and first girl..

When I found out the baby in my belly was a little girl, I jumped and danced for joy!

I was going to have a little Princess - 

And that, she was - a P R I N C E S S - especially to her daddy!

Had him wrapped around her tiny finger...

But her royal requests were and are usually always wise and generous.

She is my cuddle bug.

She has helped pulled me through some tough times, so many times...

A second mom to her little sister and a wonderful big sister to her little brother.

I am so grateful for this beautiful, lovely soul who graces our family.

With Loved Ones

 With her Second Mom

Lovely Sunday Afternoon Walk

In the middle of December...

Friends. Family. Doggies. Sunshine.

Gotta love it!

For Always my Valentines

I just love taking pictures! I love capturing moments. 

Freezing them in time, to enjoy and remember for always.

 I love our family pictures, all of them. 

As imperfect as they are, they are us.

I love my family, all of us. 

As imperfect as we are, we are a family.

For always you will be my Valentines.

Happy Valentine's Month!

I also love Texas winters! Just in case I never mentioned it before...

I enjoy them while they last! Soon the heat and humidity will be back!

Taste Buds and Picky Eaters!

We got a little snack to validate our Parking Ticket.

Amelie devoured those spicy wings! 

She has always been able to eat spicy stuff since she was a baby!

She would eat lemons without making faces!

I even thought she had no tasted buds cause she ate almost everything!

With the other 3 kids, I was not used to that! Especially with Emric the most picky of them all!

So, when she was around 2 or 3, I gave her a spoonful of salt telling her it was sugar.

Boy did she pull a face!!!! 

Kinda like the face she is pulling in the middle picture of the first collage below!

The test was conclusive: She had taste buds. And I, a happy Mom!

What a pleasure it was for one of my kids to eat such an abundant variety of foods!

It was a mother's dream...

The last five days...

It's not fun, not feeling good.

It just hit me last Wednesday night.

My head was suddenly congested.

No warning!

The only problelm, is I'm not sure if it's alergies or a cold?

So, I've been popping meds and vitamines.

And I've been taking it easy by necessity...

I must have watched 20 episodes of Parenthood!
Actually Mike and I watched 6 in a row for our date night Saturday night!
I've missed one day of Zumba! 

I made my Happiness Manifesto. 

And worked on some photos...

Saturday, I did feel better for a bit, and went with Mike and Amelie downtown the Woodlands.

It was such a beautiful day! Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the Texas Winters?

Amelie had something going on there. (More on that later. Maybe)

I took lots of pictures, I will post them in the next few days...

  

Family Photos

Since our family was complete during this past Christmas Vacation 

We had time to take some shots

There are so many pictures that I created a few collages of my favorites 

I have uploaded the rest on Google +

Pendant nos vacances de Noel, notre petite famille était complete

On en a profiter pour prendre des photos

Il y a tellement de photos que j'ai cree des petits collages 

le reste je les ais mises sur google+

A few Helpful things... to feel better during these winter months

* The Sun showing up for a few days

Warms my heart.

* A new Blog I read every day: NieNie

She was pulled out by her husband from a plane crash and survived.

She is incredible. When i visit her blog it does something to me.

Gives me perspective, makes me grateful.

* Was inspired by a Relief Society Meeting to get more organised.

Got a great book to help me: The Change your life Challenge

Gives me clarity... feels oh so good!

* Reading my scriptures more often.

Blogging my thoughts on my Scripture Blog to help me ponder them.

Feeds my spirit, gives me peace, I feel closer to my God.

* Exercising at least 4 to 5 times a week.

Last winter I put on too much, not gonna happen this winter!

Gives me Energy, keeps me in my favorite jeans!

Des P'tits chose qui m'aide a me sentir meiux pdt ces mois d'hivers

* Le soleil qui sort pendant qlqs jours

Me rechaufe le coeur

* Un nouveau blog que je visit tous les jours: NieNie

Son mari l'a sauve d'un accident d'avion. Elle est incroyable.

Quand je visit son blog cela me fait quelque chose au ceour.

Me donne de la perspective et me rend reconnaissante

* Inspiree par une reunion de Societe de Secour a m'organiser.

Acheter un livre super pour m'aider: The Change your life Challenge

Me donne de la clarite, feels oh so good!

* Lis mes ecritures plus. Blog mes pensees pour m'aider a mediter.

Eleve mon esprit, plus de paix, je me sens plus pres de mon Pere Celeste.

* Fais de l'exersice 4 a 5 fois par semaine.

L'hiver dernier j'ai pris trop de kilos, ca va pas arriver cet hiver!

Me donne de l'energie. Je peux rentrer dans mon jeans prefere.

Snow days

We had our yearly snow fun with almost a week off of school, and plenty of time to have fun!

Nous avons eu notre traditionel tombee de neige de chaque annee, avec presque une semaine sans ecole et plein de temps pour s'amuser dedans...

Last day of winter!

Yesterday, on the last official day of winter, after raining for 2 days strait, the rain turned to snow! But today, the snow is gone, it is sunny and a little warmer! :) Feels more like spring! I am so ready for the warm weather to come back!

Hier, pour le dernier jour officiel de l'hivers, il a neige apres avoir plu pendant 2 jours sans s'arreter. Mais aujourd'hui, n'y a plus de neige, il y a un grand soliel et il fait un peu plus chaud! C'est plus comme il printemps! Je suis prete a ce que les beaux jours de chaleur reviennent...

Rosy cheeks and hat of ice!

The last snow?

We haven't had this much snow since 2004!