my mother... my hero

my mother is by far the MOST amazing woman that I know!  her grace for others, love for the Lord and her family, and her passion for life is not matched by many people!  i have been blessed so much by having her in my life and to call her my own!  her tenacity to keep our family together and our relationship flourishing is more than a blessing to me!  anyone who meets my mother knows what i'm talking about... you can't leave her... not feeling... well...blessed! she is an inspiration to everyone... she is always giving... never thinking of her own needs!  she balances the lives and cares of her children and husband as if it were nothing... i just wanted to tell her that i love her and that i appreciate her "gift" of herself to me and to others!  my mom makes it look easy... but i know that sacrifice, patience, and sometimes pain is what it takes to be her.... so i wanted to thank her... and to tell her how much i love her!

check out one (i know she has 3) of her blogs! great practical advice for everyday!

this blog shouldn't be called 'marriage' vitamins... it should be 'daily' vitamins!!!

 www.marriagevitamins.blogspot

love, Hannah Noelle

this is what we do....

typical tuesday.... gabriel picks me up from school and i fall into the car exhausted from the day... off to dinner (either miki (sushi) or palm palace (lebanese)) then we do errands and off to turn on a movie.... that we NEVER watch.... but i love my tuesdays with gabriel... 

tonight's features~ 'w' and 'palm palace'

wasting time....guilty pleasure

"Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back."

today i've wasted a lot of time.... doing nothing... i never get to do this... and i like it... i love that i had nothing to do... so i did nothing.... but somehow i feel guilty??? can someone explain this to me??

needing inspiration to hit the gym...

Believe you can do it. Think no other way but "Yes you can." The human body is capable of considerably more physical endurance than most of us realize." 

2 of my favorite treats!

what would a girl do without her favorite snacks! one thing is true... i love sweets! chocolate and ice cream are two things it's hard to resist... so i don't very often.... hehe what's your favorite snacks?? 

saturday and sunday

saturday: one of my favorite people was in town on saturday...kristen!  she is such a sweet lil thing and i love my cute lil bridesmaid so much!  i had so many wonderful ladies over my mom's home on saturday morning for a tupperware party!  it was so much fun to spend time with sandi, pattie, chris, amber, kristen, bee, kim, and my mom....i have the most wonderful women in my life... i am so blessed with each one of them....i am sooo excited about all the new tupperware that i received for gabe and i!  then off to lunch with his parents....dress shopping (came up empty again)... and chilled for the rest of the night (gotta love snow-ins in michigan). sigh... perfect lil day....

sunday:today was quite a busy day for gabriel and i... but it was so much fun.  after church, we had lunch with the ever so lovely yatooma family.  nicole and norm have 3 gorgeous little angels and we always have a great time getting together with them!  we were a tad late to my papa's 81st birthday party....but we still managed to eat a lil bit more before going to see "hairspray" (a gift from gabe's roomie cooper) down at the fox.  we grabbed a small bit to eat at pf changs aferwards (yes we are still eating).  here is the point where i throw in a plug for danny's favorite restaurant...they do have AMAZING cucumbers that are ony 124 cals for the whole thing.... perfect late night snack.  back to ann arbor to unpack and get to bed....

hi ho... hi ho... it's back to school i go...

pics of one of our favorite pastimes in ann arbor... BORDERS!   we love reading and rummaging through for great ideas and inspiration. so yesterday gabe brought me back up to school yesterday! we grabbed a quick lunch at 'la marsa' aka 'the old la shese', went shopping to buy the rest of our christmas gifts for each other: ugg slippers for me.... northface coat for gabe...drove to ann arbor....shopping for my groceries and then he helped me unload all my things and presents from christmas!  i appreciate him in my life soo very much! xo Happy New Year Bloggers! xo