My wonderful husband, Justin, and myself. Isn't he handsome?! Justin is the oldest of EIGHT kids! He is a hard-working man, a dedicated father, and my absolute best friend. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to call him mine. He's got a real knack for making people laugh. (Seriously, he's hilarious!) Like most men, he enjoys sports (any sport; football, basketball, even bowling) -- playing, watching, or even just listening to people talk about them. He has the most random music taste ever(from Jimi Hendrix to George Strait to John Coltrane back to Norah Jones). He's the type of person who can't just drive by a person in need, holding an "I'm hungry" sign, or even avoid eye contact with the boy scouts selling popcorn (that we really didn't need) at the entrance of a store. I don't think I've ever known a more compassionate and empathetic person than Justin.
As for me, I am a 24 year old mother of three...sometimes four, depending on Justin's mood. :) I also come from a big family like Justin's... I am #5 of seven kids. This will be my second year homeschooling my son, and eventually my daughters will be homeschooled as well. I love to bake and decorate cakes, create new recipes for dinner, sew (mostly bags, but hopefully some pretty dresses this year), figure out new ways to save money (I get a little excited every time I make laundry detergent), watch my kids grow, learn, and say and do funny things, and to go on dates with Justin. One of my favorite pastimes though, is shopping at yard sales and thrift stores.
Justin and I are high school sweethearts. We met at a ridiculously tiny private school, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Since the day we met, I dreamed about a perfect life together with him. Almost 10 years later (and a terrible breakup in the middle of that), we're getting there! I never, in my wildest dreams, thought that we would end up in Colorado, yet, here we are. (More on our story later.) Just like I never imagined we would have three, absolutely beautiful, curly-headed kids. Now, meet them!
Our oldest, Nathaniel Joshua, will be seven this July. He is the smartest, most observant, smarty-pants kid you'll ever know. Not to mention a walking-talking episode from Animal Planet. He can be the sweetest, most protective big brother and melt your heart with the precious and funny things he says....and then the next minute I wanna flush him down the toilet! I'm amazed at the person he is becoming. I can still see that blond, curly headed two year old sometimes though.
Our second child is Gabriella Kaylynn. I never knew just how fun girls were until I had my own! She is all about princesses, nail polish, ballerina costumes....if it looks girly, then she likes it. However, with all that "girl", comes the meltdowns to go with it. Gabrie (what we usually call her), will be three this November. It's been so awesome to see her little personality come out lately. She's the perfect mix of sweet and sassy. (Ok, I could do without the sassy most days, but it is kind of funny sometimes.) I'm so excited about all the mother/daughter shopping trips in our future.
Last (and probably not "last" for very long) is the baby, our sweet Lillianna Mattison. She just turned one this year and what a joy she has been so far! I never imagined I would ever have babies so close together (Gabrie being only 17 months older), but she has made it a piece of cake (for the most part) so far. She is usually laid back, a go-with-the-flow type baby. What probably excites me the most is what great friends she and Gabriella will be. They already share secrets with each other...it's the sweetest thing.
So, that's us. Justin, Grace, Nathaniel, Gabrie, and Lillie. Life isn't always perfect. We have our bad days, bad attitudes, many tears, tantrums and just downright chaos, and we all have a lot of growing and learning to do, but at the end of the day we're just happy to be a family.
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