Carlson's Best Life: A Walk Down Memory Lane...6 Great Years

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

A Walk Down Memory Lane...6 Great Years

I am blessed to have such a wonderful husband. We've had an awesome marriage. Jim is truly the Best friend that I've ever had. These pictures just make me smile..he makes me smile. I love him so much!

1st came Love.... then came marriage..... and you know the rest........

and Alana was God's gift to us. She's awesome and was quite unexpected, but the Lord knew what he was doing....

isn't she cute? I remember

this day very well..

and she grew...and grew a little more...and she still LOVES ice cream

And her personality really started to show, it's a great mixture of both me and JIM...Except for when she acts out (that's all JIM).....

and now no matter what we are doing...we're happy to be doing it as a family or "THE 3 Musketeers." We have a ton of fun together....we all crack eachother up, especially when we're tired...

Oh yea I almost forgot!!

and then came GIGI...and she has brought us all a ton of joy. But especially Alana

I'm amazed, if Alana can do it, then you better believe she thinks GIGI should do it too....for example

Yes....I think the pictures say it all!

Some of our recent Ventures in Travel...

In September we went to Destin, FL for a family vacation. It was so much fun...The beach is one of mine and Jim's favorite places and there is nowhere else on earth that Alana would rather be.

In February, me and Jim went on a week long cruise to the Bahamas. It was AWESOME!!!!! I can not stress that enough. We spent a week with one another along with many friends of ours from LifeWay Community Church and had the time of our lives. On the "Marriage Enrichment" cruise, we focused on eachother and left the rest of the world to itself. What a wonderful Get-A-Way.

I wish I were at sea....

One of our most exciting recent memories as a family was celebrating Alana's Pre-School graduation. It was so much fun to watch her along with all of the other children show off for their parents. From the alphabet song to dance with their eyes closed, head back and tongue out ..she showed us how much she had learned and she looked really adorable as well.

She's such a big girl....

What's next for The Carlson 3...Stay tuned....and you will see!!

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August in Review

August has been a very busy month and we are not quite done yet. Micah turned 5 months on August 16, and is doing so much: sitting on his own, playing every morning and afternoon in his activity saucer for 15 minutes at a time, pushing up on his forearms and getting on his knees when he is on his belly. He has also already cut his two front bottom teeth and appears to be working on cutting a top tooth. I'm thinking we are going to have a crawler very soon. He is growing so quickly and we are totally captivated by his every move.
Alana is getting ready to begin 2nd grade. I just can't believe that my child is going into 2nd grade. Where has all of the time gone? She is full of energy, love and zeal for life. Her typical days in the month of August have consisted of play dates, swimming, riding her bike, Bible School (she attended 5 this summer), traveling and hanging out with the family. I have promised her that we WILL go to the beach before summer ends, so I have two weeks left to make that promise come true.
Jim hashad a busy month so far and we are praising God for his new position/transfer closer to home. He will begin at his new location on the September 1, and we are so happy that he will be closer to home now. We are going to really enjoy meeting him for lunch and getting to kiss and hug him goodbye in the mornings now that he will not be leavign quite so early. God is AWESOME!!!! He always works things out for the good for those who love him (just a little paraphrasing..lol)
I have also had a busy month so far. One of the memorable things I've done this month besides playing the role of mom and giving vocal and piano lessons was being a part of the Royal Tea hosted by the 1st P.H. Church. It was a great experience and the guests speaker, Connie Hale, really spoke a message that penetrated deeply. Her word somewhat revived my heart and reminded me of the quality of life I have as a "Daughter of the King." I have willfully let go every unkind, critical and negative word ever spoken over me. I have determined that I WILL NOT listen to, entertain or accept any opinion of me given by others that is contrary to the words and thoughts of GOD. I am living a more productive and satisfying life because of it.
Below are a few pictures to document this month. I will obviously be adding more pics as the month comes to an end. In the future I will only update this section on a monthly basis.