Today I remember....

A man who loved the Lord and his church

A man who loved his family and would do anything for them

A man who worked hard so his family could have what they needed

A man who loved deeply

A man that lived life to the fullest

A man that would drop whatever he was doing to help a friend in need

A man who loved to tell stories and jokes

A man who loved to cook

A man who had high standards for himself and his family

A humble man

A man of character

A man who loved to sing at the top of his lungs and didn't care if he was off key

A man who encouraged those around him

A man who was taken from this earth way to soon in my opinion

A man I'd give anything to spend another day with

Today I remember my dad

I'll never forget this date and how it forever changed my life and who I am today

Dad, I miss you more than words can express. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about you and miss you.

I love you forever and always!

Your baby girl,
Abby

Nephews

Well it's been forever since I've posted anything! Time goes by way too fast and honestly there isn't too much exciting going on in the Leffler household!

I broke out the camera this morning because it looked to peaceful outside.

I was sitting at the kitchen table working and realized how quiet it is before the neighborhood starts to stir, the dogs start chasing each other, the birds start chirping, and Jared and I start discussing what our days hold for us. It really is blissful to just sit and enjoy quiet!

This morning there was a small dusting of snow that covered the grass and in the quietness of everything it looked picture perfect to me. I think I could have stayed in that moment for an unknown amount of time. All I needed was a good cup of coffee in hand and it would have been total perfection. However, I didn't have the cup of coffee because the noise of the Tassimo would have disrupted the stillness and caused everyone else in my house to wake up. Oh well....maybe that cup of coffee will brew later.

After taking a couple snap shots of this morning's dusting of snow I decided to see what other photos were on the camera. I had completely forgot about the pictures I took the evening we had our 3 nephews over. We had a busy night with Jake, Carter, Jaxon, Chelsey, Jamie, Jared, both dogs and both birds together. Not sure I can accurately describe the nosie level that night, but if you have kids, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about! Seriously though, it was a fun evening and the boys did great playing together. It was nice to see the three of them share, play with cars and army men, while Jared and Jamie talked electronics, of course!!, and Chelsey and I caught up on "girl" talk. Memories were made and that's what is most important.

Jake before everyone arrived

I think Jaxon might have an addiction to gushers

Oh boy, the craziness is about the begin

What a goofball

Jake makes me laugh

Smile

Jake was so good at showing Jaxon how his toys worked

A few too many gushers

It's so cute how boys just know how to make car noises and what they need to do to play with them, even at a young age

Vroom

Break time

Jaxon watches so intently

Such concentration

Sharing the motorcycle

Jaxon loved the motorcycle

Whoo hoo, Carter has arrived

Jaxon's face cracks me up

So lucky they all got along

Say cheese, Carter

Just a little noisy but so much fun

How can you not smile at that face??

Oh No! The wheel popped off, good thing Uncle Jamie was there to fix it!

Smile and Enjoy your day!

-AKL