Trevor & Emily Gillies: January 2015

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Together we make a family.

Life as a step parent is not easy. Plain and simple it is the hardest thing I have done in my life. You will get treated unfairly and be talked badly about because of the stereotypical stepmom role. Time, it all takes time. Sometimes it is hard to remember that you won't become an instant happily ever after family. Some days feel like a complete fail and makes you question everything you do but you get through them because of the "I can do this" days. I found a blog and part of what she said has really stuck with me. I also thought I would share one of my favorite quotes I have looked back on from day one.

I am a proud stepmom and I wouldn't have it any other way. I have been incredibly blessed to have two little boys brought into my life, these little ones are worth every tear and smile this road may bring. No child can ever have too many people who stand behind them supporting them.

Tonight was "Western Night" at Coopers school. Every year they rotate between father/son and mother/son. This year it was mothers and sons so Coop is a pretty lucky boy and brought both of his moms so we went and had a great time square dancing and dressing up. You would think I would have some cowboy boots at least, ya know since I did grow up in Wyoming for 18 years, turns out I'm a little out of touch with my roots. Here are a couple pictures from our night.

XOXO

Emily

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Life As We Know It

Hello family and friends! I have decided to start a blog to keep everyone updated on our life and what we have been up to. I'm no writer and I'm no English professor so bear with me and we will see how this goes!

2014 was a big year for Trevor and I. We had tons of big changes in our life and I can't wait to share our life and story with everyone we love.

March 30th- We got engaged... officially

June 6th- By far the best day of my life so far was marrying my best friend and his two sweet boys. Yes I would say I married them too and I wouldn't have it any other way. I get three guys to look after me now, I think I’m a pretty dang lucky gal.

August- We moved into our first apartment/townhouse. A place to call our own and a fresh start together. It isn't where we want to be long term just a good place to start out our crazy adventure. When we moved we had to get rid of my precious puppy Rutley that Trevor had got for me when we first started dating. Well I get way too attached to my dogs so this was a huge stressful thing for me because I wanted to make sure he went to a good family. Luckily my cousin Hudson and his wife Vanessa took him so that was awesome!

December- It was our first Christmas being married and being a family. We had the boys Christmas Eve and Christmas morning and it was the defiantly the best Christmas I have probably had. Seeing the magic in their little eyes and happiness on their face was more than I could have asked for, for Christmas this year.

I know we had countless other things happen over the year those are just a few highlights. Personally I think photos speak louder than words so here is picture overload from 2014!