What a lovely time in life....

I'm always saying 'what a great little life we have'..... but I'm realizing, its not so little. We are living big lives, full of exactly what we want to do. We breathe deeply, laugh often, cry sometimes, we live purposefully. Together. We one numbered among the few who get to work along side each other. While I'm certain neither of us planned to work the careers we are in.... its simply amazing to work together. Not always easy, not always perfect, but perfect for us!

It must be hard for people to understand our life choices. I mean, sometimes it's hard for me to understand how we got on this path... but WOW. Our life is nothing short of amazing....... It just takes looking around to see how amazing it really is.

Ahhhh.... you can almost see reality in this picture! A rockin apron as a Christmas gift from my very best friend in the whole world? A cup of perfect coffee? Yes. A beautiful son on my hip. Yes Yes Yes. Kitchen a diaster? YES.... That about sums it up! But wait!!! Theres MORE to our lovely life.......

Date Night again!! Boise has brought us the best friends in the world. Joe and Megan are fabulous. This year, we brought Joe's birthday in style with going to the mall..... long story, but I realized I could be just about anywhere with them and probably have a laugh!

Yep......... Apples fresh out of my fridge are THE BEST teether in the world. He seems to agree because he went from 4 teeth to 8 teeth in ONE NIGHT.... and has refused to eat apples since. LOL

This is just great. Daunika loves to 'wear her baby' like me and Damon often wear Declan in the Ergo... She doesn't use a carrier, she just uses a sweater and zips her baby inside. So sweet!

Moose man really is getting such a big kid look already. Shesh!

 This lovely picture was taken by Daunika... I didn't realize she had my camera! I really love the photo though!

 Aurora enjoying some relaxing time..... much needed.

 So much fun always glimmers in her eyes. She's so FUN!

 I cannot believe my oldest is nearly FIVE...... pinch me now.

THAT is our friggin amazing new couch! Ahhhhhhhh.... Oh wait. I forgot to mention - We got a new couch!!!!!!!! It is perfect, came cheap from a thrift store, looks brand new, matches the rug I love so much, and looks GREAT. Can you tell I love it? Merry Christmas early for our family! WOOT!

Isn't he stunning? I do so love this life!!!

What a great BIG life we have! 

Happy Winter Solstice!!

Ahh... come back sunshine. *gasp* Did I just say that? Indeed. I do so enjoy all the seasons that Idaho has brought us. This year we didn't celebrate Winter Solstice the way we usually do.... but we did take an awesome walk together as a family! It was simple, fun, chaos, happiness, and cold!

I have come to think of it as the perfect Winter Solstice celebration. We got outside, and enjoyed it!

And what would a blog from me be without pictures of course! Many of them are blurry because we couldn't stop to take photos... but I kind of like the blur. It shows us in motion - and we were!

Enjoy our winter walk!

Just the beginning....

Don't worry, I wasn't walking behind alone!

But of course she had to move on.... Look what we found under the mail boxes, what a cute package aye?

Aurora had had enough. I have absolutely NO idea why, but suddenly, this is what we saw... (and yes, I absolutely had to capture it in a picture!)

But my pitiful girl stopped crying and kept trucking... but soon decided she was tired... I was merciful.

Which meant of course we were being left behind........

ahhhhhh........ and it was great to come home to dinner ready in the oven too!!

Happy Winter Solstice and Blessed Be Everyone!!!!!! 

It is OFFICIALLY Christmas season!

Since moving to Boise, we have went to the Festival of Trees every year. It is held at the same location, the same weekend, Thanksgiving weekend. It really 'kicks off' the season for me.The girls absolutely love going and looking at all the trees, mini-trees and wreaths. They had a blast! I think they really enjoy it more and more as they get older. We also got a special treat of watching Irish Dancing today too! 


This year was a bit bittersweet because this year, my darling husband did not get to come with us. As I sat there sitting with my three children, I began thinking about the loneliness that some stay at home moms must feel. Something so simple that I so often take for granted - My husbands presence. There is absolutely nothing more important to that man than our family, myself included :) I cannot imagine going back to hours apart, day in and day out. It made me oh so thankful that we have 'fallen' into this lovely path... God is good. Really good. Just slow down and listen - you're path is there, just look for it. 

The Festival of Trees would not be a day without pictures of course!!!!

 Enjoy 

 Notice the on-looker... our beautiful children attract many people saying what great kids we have... I agree!

 Well, at least MOOSE is smiling and looking!

 I loved this unique wreath. I may attempt to re-create it.

 I do believe Aurora is allergic to looking at the camera. Oh well, shes darn happy!!

 In front of Daunikas favorite wreath "the bubble one'

 This is my favorite, by far. Not because it was the 'prettiest' but because the sign says 'Our wishes for the children of the world'.... I loved the comments written. Food, Love, Shelter, Toys, Toys.... Oh so great.

 Super cute crayon tree!

 My pretty little girl :) I cannot believe she's headed to 3 soon!

This lovely little Moose LOVED getting to touch everything. Oh what a hoot he is to watch!!

 Giant presents? OH yes! I want to line my driveway with these!! Seriously. Hmmmmmmm.

 Despite all these pictures of my children... there were trees there too. who knew? LOL

I hope the beginning of your holiday season is going beautifully!!!

Thanks for Giving

Thank you, those of you know who you are.. Thank you for giving. For giving happiness, laughter, joyous moments. Thank you for the friendship and hours of 'free therapy'. Thank you for tummy rubbing and for taking my breath away. Thank you for putting up with me. Thank you for the blessings. Thank you for keeping my family safe. Thank you for silly giggles in the back seat. Thank you for comfort and warmth. 

Thank you. 

And with that - BRING ON THE TURKEY!!!

 Lots of prep work all of the sudden! So proud that everything was fresh and from scratch! Thats the way it should be!

 Well ok, almost everything fresh. LOL

 This is our 90 dollar bird! Oh man, it was DELISH! It was so worth the money to know that our bird was raised 100% cage free, organic, and on a local farm.

 Seating 12 people around our dining area was a bit complicated, but it WORKED! I'm SO glad we did it, I loved being all together.

 Did I mention my lovely son enjoyed his very first Thanksgiving Dinner? His favs - Yams!

 25# bird = Man sized Legs!! LOL

 Why did I allow him to have unlimited yams to feed himself again? Makes for great pictures though!!!

 My brother and my Moose. Love these guys!!

 After dinner movie - Polar Express!! Just in time for Christmas season!!

 Us and Moose :)

Well, it would appear, people came. I'm so glad to have had our family with us. Although we have made it very clear that any of our family is welcome - I'm so happy that those who chose to and could, did in fact join us. What a great day it was!!!!!!!! 


Blessings! 

Just the happenings of happiness...

 Saturday was our first participation with Bountiful Baskets. I love it! This was our organic produce basket this week... yummy! The first thing gone? The Spinach! I refuse to believe that any kid doesn't love veggies, because mine so clearly DO!

 Going on 2 weeks without a dryer........ Do you have any idea how hard it is to have 3 kids, a holiday and cloth diaper without a dryer for my clothes? I'd be just fine in the summer to use my clothes line - but its below freezing and snowing outside. So this was our childrens first trip to a laundry mat!

Captured her mid-running. So funny.

Relaxing mornings hanging out together.

Moose is very serious about his apples. So sweet to watch him eat a whole apple! Stick it in the freezer for a bit and its the perfect teether!!

Another happy week in the Huberty Home :)