Reflections of 2015

Here I am again, posting about my amazing points of the year that God has ever so graciously allowed me to enjoy!

We missed a lot of family this year that could not make it for the holidays, but we still had a blast.

~ January ~ 

  My baby boy turned 4 years old

 ~ March ~

 My pretty girl turned 12 (very front center)

~ April ~

 Celebrated our Lord's Resurection with family - here are some of the grandkids

 Our Family Team this year for March for Babies

My beautiful girl went to her first prom with her best friend Tory 

and I made her dress - my first formal dress, was not perfect, but she loved it

 

~ May ~

Last Day of School - they were excited to start Summer Vacation

 

 

~ August ~ 

First day as a Senior and 7th Grader

 I do not have a photograph of me accepting my 15year service award, so I added the next best thing - not many people my age can say they have been at the same job as long I have.

 

 ~ September ~

  Went to homecoming with her best friend Tory (our adopted son)

 

~ October ~ 

We enjoyed a beautiful evening lighting luminaries in memory of all 

the little angels gone to soon.

 Our donations for the hospital, we made smocks for 

the NICU to go along with our usualy tunics, hats and buntings  

 We celebrated our 8th Angelversary for Nehemiah

This beautiful lady turned 18

 

~ November ~

 Thanksgiving was a blast! Since my brother worked on Thanksgiving, we celebrated with my mother-in-law (here with the kids)

 Here is a little of the clan from my mom's Thanksgiving

~ December ~

 

My precious Christmas presents

     Family portrait on Christmas Eve

My children getting ready to ring in the new year!

We had a blast watching movies and stuffing our faces full of good food.

Here is a Toast to You and Your family this New Year from our Family!

8th Angelversary

I know I say this every year, but I cannot believe it has been 8 years already since I gave birth to a sleeping angel! 

I woke up this morning to take my daugther to work and then go to the local Dollar Tree to get some boxes for our donations. When I returned home, my husband had warned me "not to make a big deal when I get on Facebook". So, I sat down at my desk and was getting ready to do listen to my church's online sermon when I thought I would check Facebook first....

Well, I was ugly crying by the time I had read through what he had written me, along with all of the sweet comments. Here is a screenshot of one of the posts he left me:

Here are the donations boxed up and ready to be delivered in a little bit. My parents usually join us in the evening for balloons and sparklers, but they are out of town this weekend. But we plan to still fire off our sparklers and eat cupcakes. 

I posted this little tunic because I just love the vintage look to the fabric. This is one my mom made. 

 

 

The patterns for the tunics and buntings are from Angel Outfitters.

(There are some knitted hats at the bottom of the box my mom made too).