Where does the time go?

January 27th, 2008 the day Titus came home from the hospital.  He was born on January 24th weighing in at 8lbs 3 oz.  He was our little boy and Aspen was now a big sister! 

January 24th 2009 - Wow!  This is the day our son turned 1 year!  That first year went by so fast...filled with many ups and downs, but we had so much fun! 

You and your big sis!  You turn 2 in just a few days on January 24th 2010, and you now say "I'm 2" when people ask you.  You are so proud when you say that and we are so proud of you when you say it!  You are talking so much now and we just love hearing all of the words you are learning....here are some things you love to do at the age of 2:

Read books

Go to the library

Read books

Did I mention read books?

You love to color, especially with markers (so thankful for Color Wonder)

Laughing

Watching Go Fish (Amanada, Titus watches the DVD's at least once a day, we may need to get new ones from you because ours are very scratched)

Play with your sister

Build with Lego's

Point out every car, truck, bus, train that you see when we are in the car

Dancing and learning songs

and finally...

You love prayer time during each meal, especially when you get to say AMEN!  at the end!

Thank you Jesus for blessing us with Titus in our lives! 

What a great Sunday!

Today was such a great day!

Even though my daughter woke me up at 6 AM this morning, it was still a great day!

Even though it was cold outside, it was still a great day!

Today is Sunday!

I love Sunday!  And this Sunday was the BEST in particular because I was reminded of something so great in church today during the Pastor's message!

Being CONTENT in a DISCONTENTED world!

To be content?  Wow!  This is something that I struggle with on a daily basis.  What a great reminder this morning that everything that I have now will not go with me when I go to Heaven...all the material posessions, nope...they stay here!

Just when I think I have all that I need...I desire more...but why?  It is just what society pushes us to do when honestly I have my family, my house, clothes, food...so why I am I not content?  Why do I always feel the need to compare myself, to desire more? 

I need to be CONTENT!

That is my challenge for 2010...to be CONTENT!

Thankful for that reminder today...hope I can continue to remember that daily!

Another reason why I had so much fun today...

I hosted a baby shower along with my friend Erica!  I haven't hosted a baby shower at my house before and so it was very exciting!  I borrowed the table settings from my mother in law and the 9 of us girls sat at the table and enjoyed wonderful food and fellowship!  We had a great spread!

The menu:

Cowboy Salsa

Cheese, Meat, and Crackers

Fruit Salad

Pasta Salad

Bon Bons

Sugar Cookie Lollipops

Sparkling Cider/Water/Coffee

After wonderful food, lots of laughs, and great conversation...

It was game time...where we shared more stories, laughs, and great conversation!

Onto gifts...Nicki got some great things for her baby girl (who will be born in Feb) we are all so excited as this is her and Jon's first baby!  How exciting!  We ended with prayer and it was just a great time!

After the shower my wonderful husband (who took the kiddos to Underwater World during the baby shower) and our kids came home and we enjoyed dinner, play time, and laughs.  What a great way to end the day!

Now the kids are in bed...I am finally updating my blog and it is just a great day!

2010 is coming on us shortly...and that means it is time for a CHALLENGE!

August 22, 2010

What does this date mean?

It is my newest challenge...and while I am extremely nervous, I am also VERY EXCITED!

However, getting ready to run a half marathon is not the easiest thing for me, but I do enjoy running and I love the cause that we are running for...please go visit the site and if you are encouraged, please jump on the bandwagon and run the 1/2 marathon!

www.worldvision.org/team

Starting in January I am going to begin my training and then in April I will begin training runs with other people on the team.  I am excited because not only am I running this, but my husband and possibly some others from our family.  How exciting and something for all of us to share together!

Now, have I always been a runner?

NO!

To be honest, I was always the one that never finished the mile run and always ended up crying in the end.  I was always jealous of those that could finish and felt embarassed that I could not join in, in there excitement.

But that is all different now. 

I began my running last summer in 2008 and something inside of me changed and I loved every minute of running (both in and outdoors)

I ran my first 5K in the turkey trot and ran it in 35 minutes

I ran my second 5K in the Race for the Cure and ran it in 30 minutes

I ran my third 5K in my hometown with my husband and while he took third place, I ran it in 35 minutes

Before this half marathon I am going to be taking part in the Race for the Cure and hopefully an 8K and 10K, can't wait!

My running wishlist...

World Vision shirt...perfect for running!

New Running shoes

MUSIC

Must make a fun playlist as I will be running for quite sometime during this run and must stay motivated!

Any suggestions of songs would be greatly appreciated

I am sure there will be more to add to this list, but for now, this is good!

I am asking that you all pray for me and support me in this challenge!

I am so excited!

Inspired!

I was torn tonight...
Watch "The Biggest Loser" Finale or "So You Think You Can Dance"? 
I am so happy with my decision because I was truly inspired...

I watched "The Biggest Loser"

It was so good! 

After seeing all of the amazing reveals and hearing all about what each contestant went through...definitely encouraged me to go further with my workouts and to go further with my weight loss.  No more excuses, no more disappointments...this time I am going to continue and finish strong! 

Thank you "Biggest Loser" for not only enouraging and inspiring me, but doing that for many others!

Stressed!

For the few that read my blog, I apologize for not posting lately!

I have been tired and stressed a lot lately and have just been taking a little break, and honestly, just not a whole lot to post about!

However, tonight I thought it would be good to post about things that have been going on in the Holm Household....

*Next week Aspen has her preschool Christmas program and she is VERY excited about it!  Her teacher has told us that she is one of the louder singers in the group (she takes after her mommy).  I cannot wait to see her in her program next week...we definitely will be there with both camera and video camera.  And we are also excited that Grandparents and Aunt T will be there as well!

*This week Aspen has been very into singing "Jingle Bells" and so we have been singing it a lot lately...and it is really cute...I really need to post this video...but picture Aspen, Titus and I singing (if you will)
Aspen and I:  Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way.  Oh what fun, it is to ride, in a one horse open sleigh....
Titus: HEY!
Aspen and I: Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way.  Oh what fun, it is to ride, in a one horse open sleigh...
Titus: HEY!
It really is the cutest thing!  And he is so proud each time he says "Hey!"

*After LOTS of prayer...my sister who has been unemployed for awhile has found a job!  PRAISE THE LORD!  We look forward to seeing how God is going to use her!

*Our house if filled with Christmas decorations (pictures to come) and I just love it!  Titus is in awe of the Christmas tree!  It is finally starting to feel like Christmas now that snow has fallen and the kids cannot wait to go outside and play in it! 

*Tomorrow my husband (and MANY others) will be running in the Reindeer Run!  I certainly will be praying for him because it is going to be very cold...but he is going to have so much fun and I cannot wait to hear all about it when he gets home. 

There are so many more happenings going on in our family, something fun/funny/exciting happens each day!  I know that this blog post wasn't all that exciting (without photos), but I will definitely post some soon!

Hope everyone has a great weekend...and STAY WARM!

Thankful for...

friends!!!!

i am so thankful for friends! tonight i was sitting with my friend misty and it just made me just love my friendship with her, and just what an awesome gift friendship is! i love spending time with my friends whether it is over coffee (which is with most of my friends because we are all mommies), over a good chick flick, shopping, working out (right erica?), and best of all at MOPS!

speaking of MOPS...what a great ministry!

i was brought to MOPS shortly after i had aspen and it was the BEST thing! it was hard being a stay at home mom, not really knowing what to do, so many questions, and just longing for someone to talk to. my sister told me about MOPS (she had friends that were mommies) and so i did and found a group close to my home. it was great! i got to know other mommies and realized that i was not alone and it was just great to chat with other moms and also to be prayed for, comforted, and best of all just have fun with other women that were going through the same thing i was. God definitely does provide at just the right time! now i am blessed to be a part of MOPS at our very own church and it has been an answer to prayer because i have been desiring to have that happen and it did! i truly have met some of the most AMAZING friends from this group and i love how each one of us are so different, but yet the same in Christ! i could not ask have asked for a better group of ladies and look forward to what He is going to do within this ministy...He has already done so much!

soooooo...thankful for friends and thankful for how God has used my friends to impact my life in so many ways. thankful for friends that come and support me, pray for me, and uplift me no matter what may come my way. thankful for friends that love to laugh, have a great time, and just love to be crazy!

now, don't get me wrong, i love to be with my husband...he is my best friend! but there is just something about having a girl friend that is just awesome!

thank you very much to all my friends! i am truly blessed by each one of you, you truly are the best! each one of you have touched my life and have left many imprints in my heart. i have so many memories with so many of you and i will forever cherish those and look forward to creating many more memories.

and thank you to my Heavenly Father for blessing me with such amazing friends!

Free!

Today I was informed by a friend of mine that at Underwater World, if you are a teacher, you can get a FREE single membershp!

FREE???? Yep, that's right!

So, I took my YMCA badge and Zac took his badge and we both got single memberships for free! We then added the kiddos onto my membership card and the grand total for our trip was $11 (Titus is free until 3 and Aspen was just $11 to be added)

$11 to have fun at Underwater World for a year!

Yeah!

Thank you Jen! Great idea! The kids (and parents) had so much fun today!

Pictures to come!