Remember when blogging was so new and cool and everyone was doing it? Remember when I used to post something pretty regularly?  Yeah, I remember that too.  :) So, why don't I still post regularly? Hmmm... I think it must be because of jealousy.  I'm jealous of all those people that post about their totally amazing lives and do it in such an entertaining manner that you just want to read all of their posts and, well, I can't live up to that kind of competition, so I'm just giving up.  :) The end!

Oh wait, I can't give up just yet, I do have a sort-of responsibility to show my family in Far Far Away what is happening here in The Kingdom of Didd; and, I guess some day in the near future I might want to post something important, (though I can't think what) that might give some person, somewhere, some kind of encouragement, at least some encouragement to not give up on their own blog because it's definitely not the worst it could be.

Okay, hmmm....my totally amazing life... I did do some laundry today, that turned the mountain into two small hills, and the living room floor is visible, oh, oh, I got out of bed early today and didn't even swear when the baby threw up all over my sheets.  This is amazing!! What an awesome life I have! Seriously! :) And here are some cute pictures of my family as we played in the beautiful perfect snow weather last weekend.

 Well, the snowman isn't my family, but we built him together. The snowman lost his eyes and nose within an hour of sitting in the sun. That is my kind of snow day, warm enough to melt a snowman!

 

 Yay! Diliana let me put a hat on her head without ripping it off right away! I guess she knew we were going outside and she needed to have warm ears. The hats the girls are wearing were made for them by an older gentleman in our neighborhood whom we have come to be good friends with.

 We had so much fun playing "Fox and Geese" and throwing snow at each other.

Daddy and the girls made a snow cave, but they only climbed in long enough to get their picture taken, then it was time for hot chocolate and warm baths. As nice as this day was, the snow was still cold enough to send us indoors before too long.

 

Wow! I must say I am thankful for days like this one, and for a yard to play in, and for families and fun times, and for snow, and for snow when it melts, and, and, and...lots of other stuff too!

And now, it is THE END of this post.

Happy Days

 In a couple ways this past month has been just like Christmas.  We received a totally awesome surprise package in the mail with these super cute dresses and other cute clothes and goodies inside.  The girls were so excited when we opened the box and found the clothes.  They had to try them all on and dance around the living room. Then, the week after that, Uncle Samuil came to visit before he went back home to Bulgaria and he brought presents too. The Rapunzel doll in Victoria's hand is "exactly what she wanted!" Leah and Diliana were also pretty happy about their gifts, and Samuil became the instant "favorite Bulgarian" around here. Sorry Dad, you didn't bring home Rapunzel...better luck next time. One of the days that Samuil was here we went to Rockport Reservoir to go fishing. We all had a lot of fun, even though we all got a little too much sun. 

 Leah and Victoria both tried their hands at fishing and Victoria actually caught two fish, but one got away just before she landed it. Here she is with her little Bass that she keeps calling a "bus fish". We also spent some time building a sand castle with a bucket some poor unfortunate kid left behind. I hope he/she didn't go back to look for it, cause we brought it home with us, along with a whole lot of sand in the pants.

Thanks for the fun times Deana and Samuil!

I've got to post something!

We're here!  It's so much fun to have our own home, I even find myself getting out of bed early almost every day... partly because the sun shines directly into our window at first light, but also because I want to get up to do things.

Victoria and Leah love love love to live near their cousins, and I must say... I love love LOVE it too.  Wow! I am so glad I have nieces that are willing to babysit regularly. I love being near my big brother and sister-in-law.  I love Sunday dinners with them and not feeling depressed because I am not with family.  I honestly don't know what to say that would be sufficient to express how nice it is to be near family.  I am sure the Lord answers our prayers.

There are so many things to do and so many expenses that we didn't have before, but it's worth it.  Hopefully as time goes on we will get the lawn revived, the leaky faucets fixed, the spiders killed, the walls painted, the basement finished, etc. etc. etc. and hopefully as time goes on we will continue to love living here.