Skip to main content

I'm new at this...

If you were to ask my sexy husband Kevin what I'm addicted to he would say three things: 

3. Keeping Up With The Kardashians (my guilty pleasure)
2. Nutella
1. Blogs

I'm not quite sure exactly why I became so obsessed with blogs. Thinking back it all started when I came across a few sad blogs about mothers that had lost their child. I would spend hours reading through posts that these amazing strong women would post about over coming this horrible tragedy in their life. After a while I decided to see what other blogs I could find (pinterest was a big help). I came across photographers, thrifters, missionary girlfriends, stay at home mamas, and all other sorts of blogs. I was fascinated by the different lives I was reading about. Kevin would always make fun of me as I stared wide eyed reading different posts from women all over the world. Sometimes I felt like a weirdo reading stories from women I had never met in my life. 

After awhile of following a few specific blogs I found myself comparing my own life to the lives of these women. Some days I would get so sad thinking how little I had accomplished compared to them. I'm not an amazing photographer, crafter, or cook. I'm just plain old Holly. I wished that I could have the confidence and creativity that all these women were emanating. I wanted to blog. I wanted to share my thoughts and feelings through writing and pictures. Finally one day I realized I could. 

Even though I'm not a professional photographer, writer, or chef I can blog. I can write my feelings down and share pictures of whats happening in my life. I don't need a million people following me watching my every move. This blog can become my journal in a way. Recording my memories of my day to day life as a wife to my incredible husband. It may not be the most entertaining blog out there but it will be mine. I know I'll have at least one person following me ( thanks mom, you da best :P ). As any good blog would end here is a picture to close this first post (hopefully not the last). 




Until next time....

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Third Time's the Charm..Maybe...

Last week as I sat down to go through some emails I remembered this old blog and got sucked into reading through past posts. I smiled, cried and laughed as I read through my memories over the last 4 years. :) It was crazy to read through and think about how much has changed over the years and how much Kevin and I have experienced together in the 6 years we've been married. My last post was from March of last year after a visit to Iowa. I could kick myself for not keeping up with this blog because last year was packed full of some of the greatest and hardest experiences of my life. Highlights from over the past 18 months: -We had a graduation party in Idaho for Kevin April 2017 and he officially graduated the following July! It felt so good for him to finally be done. He worked SO HARD and overcame some major obstacles and set backs.  -After Kevin walked in April we did a big trip to Utah and Iowa with Shawnii after watching her graduate with her Masters in Communication Disor...

Mid-Week Happenings/Ramblings

This week has gone by sooo slow. I woke up this morning thinking it was Thursday. Rude. Anyways...Here's some random happenings/ramblings from the past week or so... Kevin is anti anything Christmas before Thanksgiving...I'm the complete opposite. We've compromised. I can listen to Christmas music but cant hang any decorations (my pinecone and snowflake garlands don't count) until the Monday before Thanksgiving. I can live with those stipulations.  We made a goal with our friend G to not eat out at all this week (we may or may not have an addiction to midnight runs to McDonalds). We've survived so far.  Last night we finally watched the movie, "The Fault in Our Stars". Holy hannah. Ugly face cry the whole time people. It was so sad but so worth it, minus the random f-bomb.  I attempted to make homemade french fries for dinner this week...oh deary...Lets just say I wont be using that particular recipe again...or attempting to make fries again a...

March Travels Part 3: Iowa

We were home in Wyoming Sunday night, Monday, Tuesday then Wednesday Mom. Dad and I left around 6:30 am for Denver to pick up Lizzie from the airport (she had been a school trip to New York for the 6 days before then).  After we picked up Lizzie we began our drive to...IOWA!!!!  We were all very happy to have Lizzie back! I was no longer the lone backseat rider. :) We stopped in Des Moines for some ice cream...it was the perfect pick me up for all of us. Mason City was just a couple more hours away!! We got to Mason City around 10 pm. The kids stayed up for us and it was the best getting their tight hugs when we walked in. Oh how I missed them!! Kayleen and Jackson asked me to lay down by them (just like old times when Kevin and I lived there). It was the perfect ending to the day! Thursday we all slept in (even the kids!). We spent the morning relaxing and then Mom, Lizzie, Anna, Kayleen, Jackson and I went out for some shopping. Mom bo...