Cutting firewood

We are getting a fireplace put in at the end of December, so Korey is trying to make some wood while the weather is still decent :) we all decided to help him out this morning...we were super helpful! Macy and elli each carried a few small logs- then they needed to rest on the woodpile :) not surprisingly, hailey and jack weren't even that helpful :) 

so much to be thankful for!

I love Thanksgiving. I love the holiday and I love the chance to look back on our life and think of what I'm thankful for. This year I just couldn't shake how thankful I am for Maysen and Maelle. It just seems like this year is so much easier than last year and soooo much different than Thanksgiving 2 years ago. As a family of 6 I feel like we are complete and happy and content. There are rough days and rough weeks when they all get sick...but, for the most part life isn't too incredibly overwhelming or hard. The last 2 weeks were rather hard with the croup going around our house, but this week has been so different and I am thankful for that. 2 Thanksgivings ago, I had no idea how overwhelming life would be with 4 kids so young and so close...and I am glad that as the twins grow life gets easier and easier- I keep a lot busier trying to keep up with them, but it's just not as weary-ing as it was when they were tiny babies. 

I'm so thankful for my sweet family and for laughter and giggles.

 I'm so glad that we can laugh, even when we wanna cry.

 I'm so glad we can giggle over sleepless nights and crazy antics.

 I'm so glad that when our kids are whiney and naughty and life seems to be falling apart all around us we can dissolve into a tickling match and all is well in the world. 

I'm so thankful for these 3...especially, for how proud this little girl is of her daddy's deer- how cute is that! 

Happy Thanksgiving!! 

Happy 2nd Birthday!

My two littlest princesses turned 2 today!! 

To think that in a blink of an eye they went from this:

to this: 

I can barely handle the thought these two girls are so big...my babies aren't babies anymore- they're really truly toddlers! I can't help but reflect back on what the last 2 years have been like...how crazy, how sweet, how exhausting, how special, how overwhelming, how wonderful they were!  

My life was incredibly changed for the better when these little twinkies entered my life. Korey and I often say that we aren't even close to the same people we were before these twins were born and I'm so thankful. Not that we were horrible people before...just that God did some great work in our lives thanks to these precious girls. I'm so glad that God saw fit to bless me so much to be their mommy. Not a day doesn't go by that I don't look at their sweet faces and thank God for them. They bring so much laughter and joy and cuddles and snuggles and chaos to our house. They are truly a double blessing for our little family! 

My favorite part about these two is that they do everything together- it doesn't matter if it's trouble or sweetness---it's always together! If one baby wants to go to bed- the other one follows. If one baby takes a bath- the other one follows. If one baby climbs up on the table to read a story- the other one follows. If one baby cries looking at the birthday cake- the other one gets sad, too! They look to each other, they depend on each other and they definitely, without a doubt love each other with a love that I can't even comprehend. It's the sweetest thing that a mom could ever witness. 

Happy Birthday, sweet girls! I love you!