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Natalie

Stop just surviving, and start LIVING!!!

About Me

About me.. let's see. Here it goes.. I'm 26 now, yuck.. not a fan of being this old, I'm not really sure what happened to 24 and 25, I guess kids happened. I have a wonderful, loving, and FUN husband We still are so in love and full of life. The Honeymoon stage is way over and we still like each other, it's a miracle!! I have 2 beautiful little girls that light up my life. We have Princess Madi who is 3 and very independent in her old age. She loves riding her bicycle, coloring, finger painting, and helping herself to whatever she can get her hands on. She's full of energy, love and independence. She will be the first to tell you that "Mommy is making me so Fusterated!" Then, there's Miss Brae who's currently 8 mths. She's my fiery red head and has the attitude to match. She loves to army crawl everyone, get into the newspaper, find whatever she can get her hands on and put it in her mouth, and she gives open mouth kisses on her own initiative, watch out she might slip you the tongue! They are each one of a kind and I love being a mommy to them. I'm still trying to figure out how to be a mommy.. day by day. I currently work two days a week as a case manager for a mental health center. I LOVE my job. I help families and children and adults, basically just meet their basic every day needs. I really enjoy my interactions with these people. I hate that I have to put my girls in daycare, this was definitely the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life. I still wrestle daily with this decision. But, in the end it helps that I can get a break and they can get out of the house and start to become independent little people. Another thing is I LOVE, absolutely LOVE, is God and what He has done with my life. He has opened so many doors for me and my family. He has continuously provided for our every need and brought us closer to Him. I still can't figure out why I am so incredibly blessed. I am just so Thankful for the Freedom that I have in Christ and that I can live in America and worship God freely!! God Bless!! Much loves.

My Interests

Playing with my girls, my long evening chats with my husband about really nothing at all, but it makes us each feel that we have the power to change things, then we go to bed and wake up the next day refreshed and ready to conquer the world. I enjoy people, all kinds and sorts. I love entertaining company and socializing. I enjoy playing board games and drinking and making wacky comments that get repeated for years to come. I enjoy my family,we're all unique and likable. I enjoy my husbands siblings and all the fertility that comes with them, bring on the babies Tom and Steph!! ..

I'd like to meet:

You!

Music:

I really like to listen to it. Maybe someday I can be cool like my husband and get satelite radio!

Cool Slideshows!

Movies:

The happy ones, not too sappy, not too corny, but at the end I feel really good. Madi likes anything Disney Princess these days so we watch a lot of those. We also get Redbox movies free on Mondays!! Thanks Redbox

Television:

Thank goodness for DVR or we'd never be able to watch anything good. Currently being recorded are: American Idol (we're fanatics) Grey's Anatomy, Private Practive, and Max & Ruby (for Madi) We also watch a lot of HGTV, being the proud homeowners that we are. I enjoy Oprah and Ellen if I can catch them briefly while bussing by.

Books:

the Bible, I'm currenly on the read the Bible in a year plan that is panning itself out to be a read the whole Bible and hope that I can get it read before I turn 30. I also really like anything Brennan Manning, that book Blue Like Jazz, and sometimes a good self help book, not too often though. Sometimes I will read a novel but it can't be too cheesy, corny or over the top. Nothing romantic, suspense or anything boring. Which, narrows it down to next to nothing.

Heroes:

where do I start. Well, my parents put up with me and I turned out alright, so Thanks Mom and Dad for doing the best with what you had. My brother because he is working his dream job and loving every minute of it. My husband because he took a chance on me and we fell in love and now he's not going anywhere, Thanks babe! My inlaws because they raised a great family with morals, values, and a great sense of humor. I Love my new family!

My Blog

It’s been a dark night in my soul

So, I've been in this really dark place for quite some time now. About 3 years to be truthful. It's been very trying on my life. I'm not really talking about depression, I'm more or less talking about...
Posted by Natalie on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:26:00 PST

Passion creates purpose

Passion... what are the things that I'm passionate about. I desperately yearn to know God more.. to draw near to him and hear his voice. I am passionate about loving my husband and enjoying my life&nb...
Posted by Natalie on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:24:00 PST

being a mom

So, I'm officially a mom b/c there are no longer any pictures taken of me... all of them seem to focus on the beautiful little girl that I call Madison. It's crazy how it can seem as though you've los...
Posted by Natalie on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:15:00 PST