Autumn is her Mama's Girl! : )

When I went to pick up the kiddos from school yesterday, I could tell even as I was waiting in the line that something was up with Autumn. She was wiggling all over and grinning from ear to ear, and I found out what was going on the second the van door opened... "GUESS WHAT!!! I WON THE YOUNG AUTHOR'S COMPETITION!!!" I type that in all caps and with so many exclamation points, because I swear you could hear them in her voice. : ) She was soooo excited! It was adorable.

Because she won, she gets to be a representative for her school at a luncheon and conference at the Richardson Center featuring author Cynthea Liu. She also gets a signed hardback copy of Ms. Liu's latest book, Paris Pan Takes the Dare. But mostly she gets to feel really proud of herself, which is awesome.

She wrote and typed the whole thing herself, and she worked really hard on her final submission, which featured a purple cover, a title page, table of contents, about the author section, etc... It was so cute! I don't have copies of all of it on my computer (she did it all on her laptop), but I did upload the actual piece itself to the web so you guys can check it out if you want. Just click HERE!

Way to go, Autumn! We're so proud of you!!

Norah and Shiloh

Motivational Monday - 02/14/11 Edition

From the "Inspiration" file on my iPhone, here's a thought that helps keep me going in the right direction!

Go anyway.

Motivational Monday - 02/07/11 Edition

From the "Inspiration" file on my iPhone, here's a thought that helps keep me going in the right direction!

If you have an off day, think of it as a day off! Then get back to it the next day!

Shredders!

Well the snow seems to have followed us home from Colorado, but unfortunately the Rocky Mountains and ski lifts did not follow suit! Which means that our snow day pursuits lately have consisted of mostly sledding, failed attempts at snowman building, snow-angel making and lots and lots of hot chocolate drinking and brownie/banana bread/pumpkin bread eating!! : ) But that's okay, because we still have these fun memories from our days on the slopes to look back on. My kids are such serious rock stars! Yay for ski trips!!

Bald. Messy. Happy. : )

Holy Snowstorm, Batman!