Snow Days

I never thought that I would say this but I love snowy days.  I love getting on the weather channel and seeing that there is a percentage chance that I am going to get snow.  I love waking up in the morning and the snow is falling. 
All weekend and week I knew that snow was supposed to come.  Last night when I got up the two times with Ki I was all bummed because the snow had snot started falling yet.  This morning when I woke up and looked out my bedroom window the skies were clear I was really bummed because last night the forecast said 85% chance of snow.  However a quick walk from the front of the house to the back of the house the two sides were drastically different.  Pink sunrise clouds in the front and black storm clouds in the back!  I found myself getting excited.  The snow took a little while to finally come.  Around nine thirty it started the snow but it was only little snow flakes. 
As I am sitting here now the oven is warming up to bake my chocolate chip cookies, the snow is falling big snow flakes and my boys are napping - life really can not get much better!  Well the oven just beeped to let me know it is warmed up... off to bake a few dozen cookies.

Christmas Money

I love Christmas money!  Today Michael, the boys and I headed to the outlet mall in Castle Rock and we spent some Christmas money.  Michael and I got three new pans from the Calphalon store.  I swear I could have left Michael there for two more hours and he would have been in heaven.  After quiet a long time in there I had to put the items on the counter and just pay for what we had.  If I didn't I am sure that Michael would have found three or more pieces to buy.  When I was finally able to tear Michael away from the store we went to Stride Rite, my new favorite shoe store for the boys and got a new pair of tennis shoes for Zeke, which according to him help him run faster and a new pair of shoes for Ki.  Yep you read that correctly, shoes for Ki!  My baby is starting to take steps.  He has been wearing Zeke's old Robeez but Michael feels very strongly about allowing Ki to get a few things of his own that are not all hand me downs.  Plus the shoes we got him have a little more traction on the bottom!  All in all a fun day, although now Michael is saying that he wants to put a little money aside every month to go back to the Calphalon store and get a new pot every few months.  I just smiled and pat him on his shoulder, I agree that our pots and pans have seen better days - but they are not by any stretch of the imagination seen their full life!  Between cooking stores and tool stores my hubby would be in heaven, and there are days that I think cooking stores would win hands down!

Ten Years

Twenty Ten marks a big mile stone for me.  I have been out of high school for ten years now - that's right I graduated June of 2000.  Can that be possible?  I have been out of high school for ten years now!  Ten years ago if you were to ask me what I thought I would be doing now, I don't think any of this would have been in my mind! 
Ten years ago I was dating my very first boyfriend (convinced of course that I was going to marry him) - you know beyond the junior high crushes.  I was graduating high school one year ahead of my friends... I decided to do home school for the last three years of high school and plowed through my school work. 
In August of 2000 my friend and I headed off to Calvary Chapel Bible College.  I spent a semester there and then decided to attend Palomar Community College in San Marcos to get my early childhood development courses taken care of.  Through a turn of events I moved to Romania for a season.  That season in Romania allowed me to grow up and really experience some of the best times in my life!  I returned from Romania a changed person.  I worked at Maranatha Chapel Schools for a few years.
In May of 2004 I became paralyzed.  During that season of my life I was completely confident that the God that I served had some great and wonderful plans for me.  I spent a few months in a wheel chair not knowing what would become of me.  Little did I know that the end of July I would purchase a home in Colville, Washington and in August be on the roof helping to re-roof my first home! 
In December of 2004 I was given the opportunity to move to Spain and be a full time nanny.  I jumped at the opportunity!  In June of 2005 I found myself back in San Diego.  I went to work for Maranatha Chapel.  For a short season I was blessed to be a part of the Frostad family - a family that will forever be in my heart! 
Little did I know that in January of 2006 Alycia would be a volleyball player for my future husband!  June 15, 2006 would mark the very first date with my forever boyfriend, Michael Kulow.  November 12, 2006 Michael and I vowed to stand next to each other through thick and thin!  On April 15, 2007 Michael and I welcomed our first son into the family - Ezekiel Michael joined us three weeks early and has been keeping us busy ever since.  July 28, 2008 Michael, Ezekiel and I moved to Colorado.  A move that I was very much against however has proven to be the very best for us!  On April 29, 2009 Michael and I got to meet our second son - Malachi Alan joined us and has made our family complete! 
Ten years - a decade!  Graduated from high school experienced so much that life had to offer and now am the happiest I have ever been.  I am Michael's wife and Zeke and Ki's mom - life is good!  Life sure has a way of taking some crazy turns and turning out exactly how God plans!

Dedication

Why is that the two things that I know my life needs take just a little too much dedication than I have?  Tonight as I was sitting in church I was convicted that I have not taken the needed time in the word that I need.  Pastor Bill said something along the lines of, unless you are in His word then you cannot be proclaiming His name... not those words exactly, but that was what I took away.  Ouch!  Is all I have say!  Reading the Bible is one of those things that I know my daily life needs as well as exercise.  I know that everyone says that come January first.  I have been trying to muster up the energy to get out and get some exercise, eating right is not going to get all this weight off alone. 
I know that my life needs these two things.  I know that these two things will make a huge impact on my daily life.  With all that said, sleep and life seem to get in the way of even the best intentions.  Why is that?  I know that I have two small children but that can't be a good excuse for that long.  Another thing Pastor Bill said tonight in church that hit me is, "It is far harder to maintain a daily walk than it is to start one."  That of course is referring to a daily Christian walk.

2010

I greeted the new year at 5:20am.  I think in all my years of life I have only greeted the new year at midnight a handful of times.  I have never been a late night person, for that I am okay.  Although I will say that I was awoken at 11:45pm by some premature celebrating in my street with fire crackers.  Come on people if you are going to celebrate the new year at least get it at the right time!
Michael brought in the new year by taking tenth in Tiger Woods Wii... he is addicted!  I think today I will have to challenge him.

Hope that you enjoy your new year day with something special.