New email address

My new email address is : katiemnyblom@gmail.com

Happy Moments , Praise God

Difficult Moments , Seek God

Quiet Moments ,Worship God

Painful Moments , Trust God

Every Moment , Thank God

Pure sweetness and mommas little helper

Ariannas intense look ( now its her turn to be Ms. Dirty face ... I swear with two you can't keep up :)

What a hottie .... he is so kissable

Braydens intense look -- he is so easygoing this is the best he can do :)

Oh no .... its MONDAY

** People have asked me what I use to get Braydens hair "spikey". The ONLY thing that works for both of my boys is Redken Concrete 22 ( its a cement paste) ..... it works great .

** I am in the middle of transforming my blog so for now everything is at the very bottom.

** It is MONDAY and its RAINING

** The twins have been so antsy to get out of the house at least once a day .... any ideas for "kid friendly" places I could go ? Brayden actually cries when we pull back into our yard ..... "NO HOME"

** When are kiddos ready to give up naps ?? Arianna doesn't act like she needs a nap until about 6PM and then she crashes and is up until about midnight. So that must mean she still needs it ??

** Arianna has really picked up her cleaning skills ...... she gets a washcloth dips it in the toilet and then starts "cleaning" the floor. :) She is always picking on Brayden and when he tells on her , she comes up to me and says " NO, NO I NOT " that is her way of proclaiming innocence which she rarely is.

**We laugh at Mr. Brayden ..... he is a natural born DUDE . I wish you could see some of his facial expressions as he walks around with his hands in his pockets :) I think the ladies will be a calling !! He is also Mr. Know it all ..... he is ALWAYS correcting me ... he says "NO ,NO MOM and then proceeds to tell me how it really happened !!

THROUGH THE YEARS ......

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ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY WE LANDED ON U.S. SOIL AFTER BEING IN GUATEMALA FOR 8 LONG BUT REWARDING MONTHS . THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF AND REQUESTED WAS:





FOOD FOOD AND MORE FOOD


HEAVEN ON EARTH

MY DAD COOKING

MY MOM AND ARIANNA

A VERY TIRED BUT HAPPY ME WITH MY BOYS

IT IS COLD HERE

MARK AND MY DAD CATCHING UP

MY SISTER KRISTIN

MY SIL CAMILLE

TAYLOR AND BRAYDEN

ANGELIKA AND BRAYDEN



MORE TO COME .....

FFF

Me with my handsome boys

My darling nephew

TAGGED

I have been tagged by Holly and Lou .

The rules are to link the person who sent this and leave a comment on their blog so their readers can visit yours~Post the rules on your blog~Share 7 strange/weird facts about yourself~Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and link their blog~Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


I read magazines backwards


I hate walking on snow ...... the crunch - crunch gives me the chills


I do not like sweets ... I would way rather eat a pickle over chocolate


My family calls me the "hispanic stalker" when we go to walmart :)


I hate the feel of socks and NEVER wear them .... not even in the winter


I am very claustrophic and will NOT go in carwashes EVER


I sleep better on the floor than in a bed




I tag
Amy Lisa Donna Teresa Amy Natalie Kristy :)

A greater purpose

I want to thank everybody for there awesome responses regarding the birthmother search. I read them all and am going to really think and pray about this. I will keep you updated.

During our adoption I always knew I would feel called to Guatemala forever. I had visions of going back and doing mission work and giving back. I do plan on doing that someday .. but for now I have been called to helping the Hispanics in our area and what a mission that is. You can never imagine what is in your own backyard until you look.... and you don't have to look far. I have seen that same desperate look that I never thought I would see again after I left Guat. I laugh though 'cause my bad spanish doesn't get me to far !! .... Anyways my point is that I have been so blessed by these people and in a way feel like it is very healing (after "seeing what I saw" in Guatemala) to try and give back to the culture. The adoption of the twins has a greater purpose and I am excited .... watching it unfold.

Now on to the silly twinsies.

First french braid

Growing up to fast ..

Brayden and his friend Yael from Mexico .... don't they look alike !!??

Brayden telling me off for some reason :)

Anyone wanna see my belly

Arianna the bag lady

Birthmother Search

To search or not ...... that is the question !!?? What do you all think ??

FFF

PART ONE

This is where I found the twinkies ..........

Having so much fun ......... UNTIL

mean mommy came and shut off the water ...

PART TWO

Angelika headlocking Taylor -- you go girl !!

Dads home :) Welcome to the chaos !! At this point I usually say ADIOS and go on my mini -ever so relaxing - vaca to TARGET .

Sneaky Sneaky

shhhhhhh............................. Don't tell Taylor

Here I am sitting in my favorite spot in his room digging in his stuff

You see if he finds out I will be in BIG trouble .....

I am talking HUGE trouble .......

And then it will be ALL over .......all over :)

This and That

Brayden is looking at me like I am crazy . Maybe 'cause it is still winter and they are in short sleeves ...... I went to Gymboree and couldn't resist . Is anyone else ready for spring !!??

Arianna and her brown belly :)

Brayden and his beautiful eyes :) The eyes is always what got me when I was researching Guat adoptions .... and they still do !!

Dig in

Mr. Latin lips is back :)

Who needs a straw ??

They have different sour faces :)

Wow ... after watching Dateline last night I tucked the babies in a little tighter and thanked God a little more that they are home safe and sound. It truly is a miracle that I will try to never take for granted. And of course I will be saying extra prayers for all the in process families .

PS Has anyone ever had Mexican Meatballs ?? My sister made them tonight and they are so good. I will post the recipe tomorrow.

Help a family

Go visit JuJu's Crew to see if you can help a wonderful family !!!

FFF - SISTERS

This picture is so funny because growing up I was always the peacemaker between my two sisters ....... looks like I am still caught in the middle !! :)

Ms Independent in her element

HI , mom I don't need help and if you try I will scream :)

I can take them off BY MYSELF and put them on by myself and undress myself and make a HUGE mess all by myself :)

Tasting her food--- hope its not made in china . How do you keep track ?

She loves her kitchen but is momma bear if any one else tries to enter

Singing away as she cooks :)

It needs a little cheese ~~

Today my mom took the twins for a few hours ..... SO nice. I even got to eat and enjoy it. I ate a bagel and had time to put butter AND jam on it !!! OH ..... the simple things in life !!