Merry Christmas

I just had to post this picture. My grandma bought the kids outfits this year and so at the last minute I decided to grab the camera on the way to church and take Christmas pictures. Summer was our photograper.

We are very excited about this Christmas. The kids, especially Sarah, are really getting into the season. We are having my parents, brothers, grandparents, and lots of family over for the occasion. This will be our last Christmas in Montana for a few years. We are moving to England in March rather than May because there is going to be another Glathar in June. There is a lot that God is preparing ahead for us and we are excited about the plans that He has for us on the other side of the world. I pray that your Christmas is filled with blessings.

The Glathar's

Another purse

Another one that I did for Eliana Cotto. The little girl that started me making these silly purses. Love you, Eliana!

Drawing

I had my kids do the drawing for the purse. Sarah drew first and it was to Carla. Cory wanted to draw too so I had him draw another one. That one is for Tammy. I am sure that Abie will enjoy it.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Give away!

So I have not blogged in a month and now I have blogged three times in one day. Well here it goes...

I was in this adorable little shop in Missoula this weekend and saw purses for little girls similar to these. I really thought that they were adorable. I thought of a few little girls I know and love that I wanted to buy one for (not to mention Sarah) but was shocked when the price for this little 9 by 6 inch purse with a little ribbon handle was $30. Yes $30! Since I have inherited the craft genes from my mother and my grandmother I just have things like this laying around my house. I went into my scrap fabric and found a couple cute buttons and of course I have some ribbon laying around. So I decided since I of course have made a couple I should give one away. Post some little comment on my blog and on Sunday I will draw for the winner!


PS - the inside is bright pink!

PPS- Sorry to those of you who have boys. Cory feels left out too! :)

Pumpkin Carving

Before all the guys went on a hunting trip together. The Rhodes invited us over for a bowl of soup and apple cider while we carved a pumpkin.

My mom on Halloween

I am very behind on my blogging but i took these pictures of my mom on Halloween and thought I had better share!

Enjoy!

My Family

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I just think this is so cute I had to post it!

Shotgun wedding...

Congratulations Seth & Ginny! Isn't this wedding so beautiful? Thanks for letting us share your day with you. Many years of blessings to you.

Pictures

My grandma has been up north from Texas since the beginning of August. She spent a little time in Wyoming visiting my cousins and aunts and uncles there and then we had a family reunion over Labor Day. She came home with me and spent a couple weeks helping me. Falling more in love with my children and then spent a couple weeks with my parents. Last weekend they came and visited and we had to take some pictures. Here you go Grammie!

Proud Mamma!

Child​ren'​s Name(​s)​?​
Sarah Faith
Cory Wayne

How long did labor​ last?​
Sarah - 20hrs
Cory - 32 hrs


How long did you push?​
Sarah - an hour
Cory - under an hour


Did you go all natural or drugs or c-section?
drugs!!

Boy or Girl?
1 boy, 1 girl

Weigh​t?​
Sarah 6lb 13 oz
Cory 8lb 1 oz


Inches long?
19,21


ANY HAIR?​
no hair!

​how much weigh​t did you gain while​ pregn​ant?​
25 with both

Did you lose it all?
yea right!

Was baby early​ or late?​
2 weeks early for both

Who drove​ you to the hospi​tal?​
Mike

Did you breas​tfeed​?​
yeah...Sarah for 4 months....Cory 6 months

Who keeps​ your baby the most?​
ME!!!!

How did you pick the name?​
They are both names after friends. Cory's middle name is after my dad. God just knew that Sarah would need faith

Who cut the cord?​
Mike

Where​ was the baby born?​
both at Benefis in Great Falls

Did you video​ tape the birth​?​
no

Who was in the room with you?
Just Mike

Do you want to have anoth​er?​
yep maybe after we get to England


REPOS​T IT AS :::
*ALL PROUD​ MOMMI​ES FILL THIS OUT

I've been tagged!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE: nope
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED: thursday
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING: not at all
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT: turkey
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS: yep two adorable ones
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU: I hope so
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM: not usually
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS:no
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP:not at all
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL: oatmeal
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF: yea
12. DO YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE STRONG: yea, strong enough to live through a deployment
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM: vanilla with caramel topping
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE: their hair
15. RED OR PINK: red
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF: wanting everything to be right
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST: Sarah
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU: only if they want to
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING: blue sweats and barefoot
20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE: dinner
21. WHAT ARE YOU listening to RIGHT NOW:my mom talking
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE: RED!
23. FAVORITE SMELLS: wood stoves in the winter
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE: my mom
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: David! YEA!
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: volleyball, football
27. HAIR COLOR: strawberry blond with red
28. EYE COLOR: blue
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS:no
30. FAVORITE FOOD: chia seeds
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS: happy endings
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED: Snow Buddies
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING: brown
34. SUMMER OR WINTER: winter....let it snow let it snow let it snow
35. HUGS OR KISSES: kisses
36. FAVORITE DESSERT: cobbler, crisp or cheesecake
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND: I don't know
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: Laura Beth.....she should be in labor any day now!
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW:the Bible
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD: nothing
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT: nothing
42. FAVORITE SOUND:my husband's voice
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES: neither
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME: TX until May when I will be in England
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT:scrapbooking!
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN: Worland, Wyoming
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK: I tag Vonnie & Sarah (so she will post something)

I did it!

I just want to thank you all for your help with my web site. I changed it to http://livingwords.uppercaseliving.net

Help! I am in a quandary

I have been debating this for a while and just decided to ask my creative blog friends to help me. Uppercase Living has given us web sites to post our business on the web. We have known about this for a while but I was on vacation and did not take a lot of thought to think about the name f my web site. Right now it is http://lifeexpressions.uppercaseliving.net. I have a few problems with this now that I have created it. 1. It is long! If I want to put this on the side of my car it would take the whole side of my van! 2. I don't like having the two "e's" together. I need your help in deciding if it is worth changing and if there is something better that is not already taken. Here are some of my thoughts: 1. katie is taken 2. katieg is taken 3. Glathar more often than not gets misspelled. 4. I just can't think of a fun creative word that has not been used already. Please help me out! Ideas....

Happy 3rd Birthday, Princess!

I always dreamed of being a mother but I never expected that it would take me down this road. My Sarah has grown up so fast. I can't believe she is 3! Her birthday is going to be spread out over a few days. Wednesday we went out to dinner with family and she got her own dessert. Today she had a fun trip to the park with Abie. Lord willing, we will have a trip to Wyoming and we will celebrate there too with all of the other Frederick's that are celebrating in August and September. What a joy!

We are back!

We are back from our vacation to the Oregon coast! We had a good time but after 4 days in the care to get home we are ready to be here. I put some new pictures up but I will tell the stories later.

Off like a herd of turtles....

Vacation has finally come. We are doing the last bit of packing and then we will be off to Missoula. We had a fun weekend with my parents and even floated the Missouri. I am VERY sun burned (yes I used sun screen)! From Missoula we will be in Spokane then to Portland and then a week on the coast! YAHOO! Can't wait! Love you all!

Thanks 'Sister!'

I got this from a dear 'Sister' and I am sending it to you blogland 'Sisters!'


A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother. As they talked about life, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter
'Don't forget your Sisters,' she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. 'They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to need Sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them.'
'Remember that 'Sisters' means ALL the women... your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other women relatives too. 'You'll need other women. Women always do.'
What a funny piece of advice!' the young woman thought. Haven't I just gotten married?
Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile!'
But she listened to her Mother. She kept contact with her Sisters and made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, Ssters are the mainstays of her life.
After more than 50 years of living in this world, here is what I've learned:
THIS SAYS IT ALL:
Time passes. Life happens. Distance separates. Children grow up. Jobs come and go. Love waxes and wanes. Men don't do what they're supposed to do. Hearts break. Parents die. Colleagues forget favors. Careers end.
BUT.........
Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end.
Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you...Or come in and carry you out.Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family, all bless our life!
The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other.
Every day, we need each other still. Pass this on to all the women who help make your life meaningful.
I just did. Short and very sweet:
There are more than twenty angels in this world.
Ten are peacefully sleeping on clouds. Nine are playing. And one is reading her email at this moment.
Send this to all the the great 'Sisters' in your life, including the one who sent it to you!

Spring?

Most of you are enjoying nice spring weather. We here in Montana have a few inches of snow (enough to cover the grass and rip the trees of any leaves they had). I am going to take some pictures and will post them later.

Bio

I had to write a Bio for my Uppercase Living Newsletter and I thought that I would share it with you. We all need to see on paper that we actually have accomplished something not just doing the monotonous tasks of laundry, meals, and cleaning.

Raised on a farm in rural Montana near Power, Katie Glathar knows hard work first hand. She attended Eastern Washington University for a few years before returning to Great Falls working as a Flex Plan Administrator. Shortly thereafter she met her husband, Mike at Great Falls Christian Center. In 2003 she began her challenging career as an Air Force wife. Her passion is helping people have a deeper connection to the church through small groups and encouraging other mothers through hard years of motherhood by coordinating MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers). She currently has a 2 year old daughter, Sarah and 1 year old son, Cory. Being a mother is her most time-consuming task but very rewarding. She enjoys the outdoors and is very avid about nutrition. Her creative spirit is contagious as she enjoys scrap booking and blogging. For her, Uppercase Living has been a tool to express herself through words and an excuse to have a night out with the girls!

Uppercase Living

I am so excited about this piece that I just finished. This picture really does not do this frame any justice but I thought I had to share. It says, " This is my beloved and this is my friend." The picture in the center is a picture that I took of a waterfall on our honeymoon. This is how easy it is to transform a picture into artwork with Uppercase Living.