Videos From Yesterday

Here are the videos I promised you guys! I promise, they are pretty short-all right around a minute each! Sorry for the sideways version of one of the Riley videos-I thought I was making a vertical video, and didn't realize that I couldn't rotate it! And they aren't in much of an organized order!

Enjoy! :)

Snow, Round 2! Riley Comes to Play!

Riley brought her Mommy and Daddy over this morning to play in the snow! And she POUNDED on the door while Jason and I were putting our boots back on, saying "Come on FENNY!!!!"

In the snow with my seester-the last time I played in the snow was with her at probably around age 10. We just don't get this type of snow very often.

My beautiful niece let me pick her up long enough for this picture, and then said DOWN!!!!!!! I can't believe she will be 2 soon.

Snow angel.

She loved that sled!

This picture of Fenny chasing Riley on the sled cracks me up!

Jason threw snow at me, and his aim was off and he hit me in the face! I had to get him back!

Riley and her Mommy. :)

Riley getting her mitten put back on. It was so wet and heavy that it kept falling off!

Jason showing Riley how to smash down the snow.

Someone was ready to go home and get warm.

She was laying face down, smashing the snow.

She was also using her arms to scoop as much of it up as she could.

Snow bunny loved to fall down in the snow and go, "UH! I STUCK!"

The whole Crowe family.

Off they go, back to their house!

Riley shouted "See ya later!" and "Bye-bye!" for as long as we could hear her.

Happy first BIG snow day, Riley!

Videos to come in a bit! :)

Snow! Round 1!

Kentucky got hit by the snow storm that many of the states in the U.S. did over the past few days.  Our area ended up with around 6" of snow! I haven't seen this much snow in YEARS!  I hope you are ready for a few posts FULL of photos!

Our home.  We've been here almost a year now!!!!

Look at this crazy snow drift on our front porch!

Up PAST my ankles! It's nuts!

Jason decided to look like a ninja while he shoveled our back porch, to give Fenway a place to shake off after he does his business.

Fenny really didn't like it that we were outside in the snow and left him inside.

So we let him out! Without his sweater...we had to fix that!

He LOVED running around and burying his face in the snow! Don't worry, I have videos! They're coming!

LOTS of running!

My sweet little family. :)

A close up shot of Fenway's face.  He was frozen!

I love my sweet puppy!

I adore my husband! :)

After a lot of fun and running, we had to put Fenway in a warm bath to melt all the snow off his belly!

Stay tuned for Round 2 to see the fun we had when Riley brought her parents over to play in the snow, and for videos! :)

Fenway's Tricks

I haven't updated you all on Fenway for a while! I thought I'd share some videos of him doing his tricks. The first video he is so excited that a camera is on him he doesn't want to listen at first. His latest trick, closing the door, is my new favorite! :)

Award

I promise to tell you guys about the Giveaway that I mixed up the swap with, but I got an award today from two of my favorite bloggers, Brittney @ Back to the Quarry and Jorden and Kristin.  Both of these beautiful women are pregnant with their first child, a boy and a girl, respectively. I can't wait to see the beautiful faces of their new bundles of joy, and love following their pregnancy journey.  It is definitely giving me some tips on pregnancy when my time comes!  Thanks for the award, ladies!!

So the rules of this award are to list 10 things that make you happy, and then pass it on to 10 of your favorite bloggers!

1. Hearing my sweet niece talk.  She's so funny! 

Side story: Riley was taken out off church service yesterday for throwing a toy.  As my sister was taking her out, she reached back to the pew and shouted: "HELP ME GRANNY!!" Haha.  

So cute.

2. Fenway sleeping on my head at night.

3. Holding hands with Jason.

4.  Busy work days where I get to see a bunch of my clients.

5.  Warm weather.

6.  Terrific friends with the greatest advice.

7. Spending time with my parents.

8.  Any snack that I can eat in bed while watching TV with my husband. haha!

9.  Date nights in front of our fireplace.

10.  Laughing.  At everything.

And I want to tag:

Jess @ All-American Jess

Jax @ The Roaring Twenties

Shannon @ Fort Cox

Annie @ Chapters of Our Life

Caroline @ Simply Smithwick

Katie @ The Mathis

Heather @ Live. Laugh. Love.

Laura @ Our Crazy Adventure

Rachel @ Beautiful Life

Amy @ the Un-Housewife Life

Swap

Error Correction! I was in such a hurry, I mixed this swap up with another giveaway I was going to tell you about! Head over to join this SWAP! :)

So I know I'm way late, but you still have a few days to head over to Katie at Loves of Life to join her really awesome Simply Love Swap!!

Confrontation

Thank you all so much for your input on this post here. I promised you all my thoughts, but I definitely appreciate your opinions!

I find it very easy to talk about everything with my husband (a reason why I married him!). I find it very easy to approach him with things that may have hurt my feelings, and break it to him in a way that won't his feelings in return. We never intentionally hurt one another, although we sometimes miss a step and do cause hurt feelings. He and I have never had difficulty communicating anything.

I do find it difficult with friends to confront them sometimes. I know that my truest friends have never intentionally done anything to hurt me, so I find it difficult to discuss these things. I fear straining a relationship that I really don't want to strain by speaking up in situations that could just be looked over. Although I do find fault in this, because looking over these small things often continue to build, and then the friendship goes beyond repair.

I'm usually pretty good at letting things go. Sometimes, it may take me a few days, but I can overlook a lot. And I have definitely overlooked a LOT over this past year. But I have also realized that most friendships that I have overlooked unfortunate circumstances usually causes more damage in the long run.

I also feel like my comfort to confront usually says a lot about how I value the relationship. With my relationship with my husband-I WANT things to stay as healthy and happy as they are. I've often noticed that I can determine the friendships I value most by wanting to make sure they remain healthy.

I definitely don't bring up every tiny thing, because I am aware that I can sometimes be oversensitive and take things the wrong way. But on the things that really hurt my feelings, I can usually find a way to bring it up. I may even just bring it up in a small conversation and brush over it. It may never turn into a large discussion. I don't find it necessary to make every bump in the road a long conversation. Sometimes just throwing it out there, even lightly, is enough to make me feel better. :)