COLOR-ADO

So our little family took a small roadtrip to the beautiful city of Castle rock, CO, about 30 min away from Denver and about 2 hours away from the mountains (Breckenridge, Copper, Keystone, Vail). We pulled up at 8am after watching the sunrise behind those enormous mountains. The scenery had to be only one from Gods paintbrush because it could not get any more beautiful. We visited and stayed with my boyfriend's sister and husband along with their two kids (5&2years). My boyfriend and I got to spend a day on the mountain skiing and snowboarding, which we so desperately needed. It was a much needed getaway. While driving to the mtn. I realized in the 16 months of my mini's life, that day was the first day I had ever spent without her. It was a bitter/sweet moment. My daughter is anything but shy so she settled herself right in and was so interested and observant to what her older cousins were constantly getting into. It is so cute watching little ones play, especially cousins, because you know they are going to grow up with each other so watching the beginning stages is adorable. I absolutely love my boyfriend's sister, she is an amazing being, so sweet, kind, patient, an overly amazing cook, and to top that all she's a great wife to her husband, and a mother like no other. With little sleep on this weekend adventure I had such an incredible time really doing nothing but enjoying the company of family. My daughter's schedule took a hit so trying to adjust to a new atmosphere, new bed, new little ninos constantly running around, really threw her thru a loop and Id say more me than her. I haven't woken up at those hours of the morning since she was months old. But, none of that mattered because just having those hours of the day that fly by so fast, spending with kids and family, I could hardly sleep anyway. It was if I didnt want to miss out on anything, clearly our daughter didnt either. I definitely got a feel of what having 3 kids would be like, and shockingly enough, it wasnt a birth control to me. Im oddly looking forward to it. I have always, since I was a little girl, loved the concept of big family. Growing up in my immediate family, we would always get together on holidays or just random weekends with all the cousins, and to me this was Bliss. I would always tell my mother, I wanted 5 kids, a big house, and kids running around everywhere. I got a very small taste of what that would be like and Im game. My daughter took well to having her cousins around, they were teaching her the ropes. It is funny because I never imagined my life to be this way but I am so happy it has turned out the way it has, the way it was intended to. My boyfriend's family is so amazing, so full of love and I am so grateful to have them in my life. They have definitely changed my view on so many things. Family is what is most important in my life, always has been, and always will. Getting away from your norm is always a wonderful thing. Its like a reboost, or a cleansing to your soul. You learn and grow so much just from taking a little trip away from your day to day routines. Ive been seeing this statement a lot lately, "you cant appreciate what you have if you're constantly looking at what you don't" and it is so true. I am blessed to have my these people in my life, they mean the world to me. I already miss the color-ful Colorado. Cannot wait to go back. Who knows what the future has in store for us.

A Wonder World

This is such a Wonderful world, yet it always leaves me in such a ponder, wondering. We are all destined to achieve great things, yet we all wonder when? After the birth of my daughter I stood there in a wonder, asking now what world? My little blessing was a bit of a surprise, so I picked up my skirt off the ground and put on my boots and went straight on to my new tasks. You can never plan on life panning out perfectly how you or anyone else had expected it to be. There is a higher power who does our scheduling for us, which leaves us in the state of wonder. I used to ask why me, this, or that, but found it led me only to an empty dark room. Learning to work with what is given, thrown, tossed, or forced your way is what makes us the little unique individual spirits that higher power intended us to be. I have always been a believer, I was raised in a Catholic church, but it was not until high school that I realized I most definitely was not a Catholic abiding citizen. That did not deter my belief but it did put me at a cross road of where now, what now? I have always known, that trying to accomplish anything without Him, is merely just a joke in heaven. But finding your way to him without guidance or support, now that is a task in itself. I am just now realizing how important He is and will always be. For years, I attempted tackling this so called life on my own and have found myself in more misery than I can bare. I do not look back on my past with negative thoughts, because I remind myself that my higher power scheduled it to be so. With that, I work with what he has paved my way, and each persons path is never the same. I wrote a paper in my highschool AP English class junior year, and I titled it The Road Less Traveled, funny after thinking about that paper, that is exactly what my life has turned to be. I remember the last line of that paper went something like, "I have taken the road less traveled, and that has made all the difference." Call me Chleo but my goodness that sentence defines me. We all have bumps in our roads, it is how we choose to go over them or around them, and I think how we all come out after getting over that hump and approach a new one, is what makes us who we are. Perfection should not even be a word in the English language, or any language, because there is no such thing. The only thing that may come close is how we take a look at ourselves, our actions, our character and use it to better ourselves and others. Perfection!

My First Blog

As the new leaf turns, so do my thoughts. I am forever growing and learning, even when I thought I knew it all. Ha! I find myself asking Why? That 3 letter question can make one go a bit insane. The past year was yet another one for the books, but now that we are looking at a new 2012, I am starting to look at myself and am committed to making incredible changes. Instead of always wondering, I am starting to put thought to action. No more, what if, now it is I am. As my first blog I am not going into too many details of me or my life, those will come. But, it will be interesting to watch the progression from today to until. I am forever grateful to be here and now will test my worth, see how far I can get, and I am not just speaking about in a career but more just life in general. I am excited to read others blogs as well, one thing internet has given us, is the ability to connect to a stranger, to their thoughts, to me that is beautiful.