Something to blog about

I decided to play along with you 'Quesas! At least maybe it will make me think about blogging each day for the next 30 days and maybe take my mind of the chaos around me for 30 mins or so...although I could be sleeping right now. Hmmm, decisions decisions...nonetheless here goes!

Day1: Something you hate about yourself.

-I hate that I procrastinate. Why is it so hard to start early? I just don't have the drive to do things unless I feel pressure.

-I hate that I am hard-hearted. I am very cut and dry, maybe too cut and dry.

-I hate that I can't discerne if someone is genuine or up to no good. I can always be dooped. That doesn't help the hard-heartedness.

-I hate that I am not more girly...in all aspects. Cleaning, ironing, cooking, being thoughtful, painting my nails, having more than one pair of shoes...that aren't five or ten years old. These things don't come naturally to me. This goes back to being cut and dry...I think most of the things I dislike are linked together. If I could only find to beginning dominoe, I think I could make a huge impact on my life!

This has been fun! I even learned some new things about myself. A little constructive criticism never hurt anyone:) Until tomorrow folks!

From this moment, on...

We had a great festive month. Our annual visit to the pumpkin patch was a blast, and Joe's parents joined us on the adventure this year!



The Stansel girls always go for the biggest...they are definately not weaklings. It's like they are "Barbie meets Xena"!



She's on the hunt!




Just a picture of the girls playing. I thought the sun was just shining perfectly on them that day.






Our first halloween decoration of the year! Spider webs! What's funny is we had just cleaned out real ones...






Halloween bundt cake anyone?!







Mallorie frosting the cake by herself.


On to Thanksgiving!

One year old

If I have to turn 27, the only thing making that okay in this universe is the fact that this year passed with such joy. I could not have asked for a sweeter child to be a mother to. Brianna has made each of our lives happier and brighter. She has such a beautiful smile and sweet spirit. Happy first birthday! We all love you so much.

Can you believe it?? 9 months!

What we've been up to this week

Ruby Falls- Chattanooga, TN

So this week is Mallorie's spring break so we decided to take a trip. Anyone ever been to Ruby Falls? Beautiful water fall inside Lookout Mtn. We went 260' straight down into a rock, walked through a cave, and then saw the most beautiful water fall. I mean really, you had to be there. When I came out my hair was extremely frizzy because of all the mist in there! Oh well, I'm not too keen on what I look like here lately anyway:P

This is us panning for gemstones...er, "jewels" I mean. *Notice extremely frizzy hair*

Our campsite near Raccoon Mountain, behind us in the picture is Lookout Mountain. *No, Mallorie is not sporting a mullet hairstyle, guess it was just her bad luck that her sis was pulling her hair up...as for me, no excuse:P* The go-cart track...er, "Mario Kart" track behind us was pretty fun!! As I was driving Mal in the double-seater she asked me if the door was nailed shut! It did feel like we were going to fly out!

Just wanted to make note that Bri is pulling up on EVERYTHING now!

My beautiful girls.

Let me not forget the easter egg hunt last weekend:

Now we're visiting some of Joe's folks and he's trying to fix their car...cross your fingers and send up a prayer or two:P

Happiness is:

Love this girl

Sweet. Spicy. Spunky.
What a doll, love you Mal!