Can I tell you a secret?

 

Today…well yesterday really, I got my haircut for the first time in…

Don’t worry it was just a trim. While I loved that sassy pixie cut and there are days where I long for it to be short and easy, growing it out was quite the ordeal. I am really pleased with the length now but I have not the slightest clue how to style it long.

It just flips out like this naturally most days it is back in a pony tail. I am learning to love it and embrace what has been given me. If only I could get it to stop falling out by the handfuls. It’s a wonder you have any hair left at all Felicia!

Texture

 

I know what your thinking…

Felicia are you serious it’s August you haven’t blogged at all since Christmas and now you come back with this!

Actually I am pretty sure that no one will probably read this other than myself and I am surprisingly quite content with that. Life has been up down and all over the place the past eight months. A few things had to give but I am now ready to come back to this place with my thoughts and I think I know myself a little better than before.

There is a funny story behind this fabric. A kind lady in my ward graciously passes clothes down to me after she regularly cleans out her closet to make room for her new pieces. She is an avid shopper and only has so much closet space and I am happy to help out where ever I can! Well she gave me this lovely pair of denim jeans but they were a little loose and extremely to long. So I did what any girl on a tight budget would do. I cut them up pinned them to fit just right while they were still on my body and couldn't get them off! Brandon eventually came in due to my screams and tears and saved the day. He  really is amazingly talented…Back to the jeans, I sewed them up into a really fun new custom pair of my first ever skinny jeans. I wore them a few times and really loved them until we started hitting the century mark for days on end. Then I cut them off at the knee and let them fray a bit and they are easily my new favorite go to shorts. I can dress them up or down and they fit just right. I wore them out today with my family and couldn’t help but think of all we have been through. It made me smile. I love the texture and color. It’s the simple things in life that can make you happy Felicia and I hope you slow down and enjoy them.

P.S. You look pretty hot in them too! ;)

Christmas Activities

We had a blast this season celebrating with some fun activities. The boys made Christmas trees, and wrote letters to Santa. Donaven even wrote a sweet letter to Jesus.

Donaven and Emerson loved our new advent calender to count down to the big day!

 

Donaven made this beautiful Nativity ornament at the Primary Activity.

We even got to see Santa again at the Fire Fighters Christmas Party!

The big finale… wait for it…

 

My favorite Christmas Activity…

 

Our own special Gingerbread house!

It sadly didn’t last very long, the walls caved in and daddy’s fire truck quickly arrived on the scene to save the day!

Donaven’s Pre-K Recital

I was pleasantly surprised at how well this little man participated with his class in the Christmas Recital! They all worked hard at memorizing several songs and poems and even played a few instrument's as well.

Donaven has really enjoyed his teacher Mr. Martinez. I mean he can play the guitar! It doesn't get any cooler than that in my boys eyes!!! He also loves Mrs. Glenda, the music and brain gym teacher.

Even Brandon was able to get off work and be in the audience which made Donaven very happy! We sure are proud of you Donaven and love your sweet spirit!!!

Visiting Santa at the mall.

 

On Tuesday we got the exciting opportunity to go with Donaven’s pre-k class to see Santa at the mall…I mean the north pole! When Emerson and I caught up to Donaven we found him waiting patiently for his turn to meet the jolly big guy. He was was kind of excited when he finally notice we were there.

 

When his turn came up he bravely sat right down on Santa’s lap with a smile and let him know that he had been extra good this year.

 

 

Emerson put his foot down letting me know that he was not interested in sitting on Santa’s lap and I didn’t push. But I did request a photo in front of the beautiful tree.

Don’t they look so handsome! This is my new favorite photo of my sweet boys. Afterwards Santa kindly read the Night Before Christmas and passed out candy canes to each kiddo.

I let Donaven choose between riding the bus back to school or just coming home with us. He chose to stick with us and have a little fun window shopping. Of course we can’t make a trip to the mall with out stopping to ride on the bull and race car.

Family night : Christmas tree

Tonight for family night we talked about a few symbols of Christmas. The evergreen tree representing eternal life and the lights on the tree symbolizes the light of Christ. I shared a few scriptures and we did a little Christmas tree craft. The boys had a lot of fun decorating their own tree. I hope that this holiday season that when they see a beautiful lit tree their thoughts might turn towards the Savior and the great gift he has all ready given us.

This is Halloween

 

My fire breathing dragon and cute little firefighter.