Story Time: Sick baby story

I love this time of year.

I love the decorations.

I love the spirit everyone has to serve and to give.

I love love loooove scarf weather.

The holidays are such a great reminder of what we should really do all year round.

Chris sets a great example by wearing Christmas ties in July.

What a rebel, haha.

But most importantly it makes me think of Jesus Christ.

Not only of his birth, but also of his death.

And how Heavenly Father must have felt when He sent his Son, and knew that he would suffer.

Back in the beginning of May of this year, Serena had a very high fever,

which is incredibly fatal to someone so young and small.

Chris and I took her to the hospital, and we ended up being there for about half a week.

They poked her with needles and taped monitors to her precious tiny body.

I remember thinking many times while in the hospital, 

"How could Heavenly Father let His Son, Jesus Christ, suffer when I can barely handle this?"

I continuously said to myself, "If I had the power, I would heal her right now."

I wanted it to be me instead.

I prayed so many times.

What I felt for Serena must've been just a glimpse of how Heavenly Father felt for His Son.

Heavenly Father knew, as I know, 

that Jesus Christ's sacrifice was necessary 

so that we could have the Atonement.

She was such a happy little sicky.

She would smile at the nurses and melt their hearts.

I was so grateful when she was finally better 

and we could take her home.

I thanked God for helping me have a better understanding 

of the Atonement and all he does for me.

Serena is almost 9 months!!
Where did the time go?!

I think it's time for me to put up our decorations now...

You guys can come over and help if you want! (:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Thanks for reading, I love you all!

Sabrina

(If you would like to know more on what we believe, click here.)

The Holidays!!

I love love love the holidays!

Firstly, October in a nutshell:

Grandpa Haag reading to Aunt D'Veda and Serena.

These are just few of my favorite people.

Daddy and Rini started playing tug-o-war. Seriously, this was a complete accident and totally perfect.
(Serena's favorite toys are water bottles, so if you see them around my house that's why)

When we were playing with Grandma Hamann, Rini kept laying on her like this:

It was too cute! You can tell she loves her Grandma!

We went to my parents ward Halloween party (that was a week before Halloween)

where she met a new friend!

Madeline! She's my friend Felicia's little girl, and is a week older than Rini.

 These girls are a couple of Princess'!

Rini went trick or treating on Halloween night with aunt D'Veda.

Her dad stayed home and napped.

She tried sharing her treats with him, but he wouldn't wake up. (;

NOVEMBER.

I had this candle from Bath and Body works (it's gone now because I used it all this month!) called Cinnamon Pumpkin. (you can get it here)
YOU GUYS! It smells sooo good. AH, just thinking about it.

I was feeling crafty and did this little DIY project:

I'm so in love with the herringbone pattern right now, and I saw some things on Pinterest and decided to give it a try.

Plus, I'm loving gold.

Would you guys like me to do a post on how to achieve this awesome (and easy!) canvas art?

Let me know!

My hot and single cousin, Buck, came home from his mission.

 Buck and I grew up together and we are both nuts.

But he's more nuts because he's more willing to break the rules than I am.

Believe it or not, I'm the more conservative one about rules!

This was a selfie I tried to take on the bus trip out to the airport to greet him:

I'm wearing my ultimate favorite Revlon ColorBurst Matte Balm in Elusive (or maybe its in Sultry, I can't remember.)
They are the bombdotcom. Check them out at your local Target/Walmart/drugstore OR here.

The Family Bus where all my aunts, uncles, cousins, etc hop on for a trip so we don't have to take a billion cars.

Because there are a billion of us.

The night before Thanksgiving we went to the 21st Annual Turkey Skate at The Rink.
(Of course I forgot to get pictures.)
We visited a lot of family. Talked about having babies. It was great.
I didn't get any pictures on Thanksgiving either.
Probably because I didn't want to show off my stuffed turkey belly.
We (Chris, me, Serena, and Marcia joined us) went up to the
Mormon Center at Temple Hill where the Haag family Thanksgiving was held.
After we ate, there were blow up slides and "Wipe-Out" looking machines trying to knock you down.
Because what better way to make you throw up your food? (;
Then we went down to Chris' Dad's house and had dinner there.
I don't know if it was the delicious food he made or what,
but Rini loved playing with Grandpa Hamann.
She actually preferred him over her parents, which is a first!

Then there's Black Friday Shopping...
let's just say there were a few trips to Kohls, Target, Michaels, etc. and leave it at that.
I didn't miss Cyber Monday either!
If you guys would like to hear about the awesome deals I got, let me know!

I love you all!
Sabrina