A Monday Afternoon's Musings

It's Monday afternoon the chores are mostly done, Oldest is at school and the three little's are playing with Hubs, soon it will be time to pick Oldest up from school rush home to make dinner and get ready to head to the ball field for Sari's softball game.  My hubs was one of the unlucky one's of the economy...the mill he worked for for years closed it's doors and on to unemployment he went. It's been different having him home everyday, my scheduled routines of the day are a thing of the past and it's been a huge adjustment. We have less money than we did before and finances have become a sort of struggle while he has been job hunting. I oftentimes find myself frustrated and angry with our situation. Am I ungrateful for all the things the good Lord has provided for me? NO. Do I sometimes forget to look at the blessings He has bestowed upon me? YES. I find myself asking why me? why US? And then I realize how selfish I sound...yes things are more difficult, my marriage has seen it's shares of ups and downs lately but I decided to put my faith in the Lord where it belongs. He will never leave me nor forsake me. And maybe just maybe having Hubs home has been a blessing in ways I haven't allowed myself to see. My kids love that Dad is home more now, Hubs is getting to spend time watching them grow and experience things he would of otherwise missed out on. Yes eventually he will find a job and go back to work and I will have a routine back to my day but we will lose out on making as many memories with him. So now when I find myself bitter and frustrated with the messes left for me when Hubs has the kids or when we sit down to figure out how we are going to juggle this month's bills I will make myself find things to be thankful for. Such as we are not homeless, we are lucky to have the basic necessities of life, food on our table, clean clothes, electricity, so many things other people don't have. But mostly we have each other and a promise to each other that we will stick out the hard times and come out stronger because of them.  The knowledge that our God is an awesome one who never gives us more than we can handle and oftentimes tests the strength of our faith to remind us that through Him all things are possible. Thank You Lord for the lessons.

Pictures of a Spring Day

 Some little gems...



Sunday Sweet Sunday

My close friends and family all know how much I despise SUNDAY. Why? I'm not entirely sure if it's a throwback to when I was in school or a single parent that the day meant an end to one on one time with my daughter, the chores and a long week looming ahead. Now I suppose it's the quietness of Sunday evenings that get to me but I realized again this morning as I do most Sunday mornings that they aren't so bad. My girls stayed at their Papa's last night so this morning I just had my boys at home and what wonderful boys I have. Hubs isn't feeling well so sometime last night he ended up on the couch and the boys decided it was time to wake up mom. Normally I would grumble about being woke up on the one day a week I get to sleep in but in they came with a Scooby Doo DVD in their precious pj's to spend a morning with mom watching cartoons. Does it get any better??? I think not. It's these moments in my life I have come to treasure because I know deep in my heart that someday they will be over. My kids will grow as children tend to do and Sunday mornings with mom won't be cool anymore, they will inadvertently get lives of their own and be gone. I do realize that I have some years before this happens but time goes so fast that each grain is precious to me.  As a mother of four I often am overwhelmed with the demands of motherhood and being a wife and often times forget to stop and take it all in...to smell the roses you could say. The precious buds of love my children give me in kisses and loves and stories that only children can tell. Along with these buds are the thorns too dirty dishes, laundry, the constant arguing, the I'm hungry's, and the messes they make. But this morning made me realize as many mornings do that I'm lucky. And Blessed. Here's to Sundays...Sweet Sweet Sundays.

Me and a BLOG??

"B", Oldest, "A", Youngest - (clockwise from top)

This is my very first "blog" entry, I love to write my feelings down and I love to write about my days with my family so I decided to brave it and go public. Please bear with me as I figure this out. First off I will introduce you to the loves of my life ....I have been married to the Hubs since 2007 we have been together since 2004 we have four kids Oldest Daughter is 11, my twin boys "A" and "B" are 5 1/2 and Youngest Daughter is 3. We are a very outdoorsy kind of family who love living in the Pacific Northwest.  This blog will be about my experiences, lessons, and adventures with them. I hope I can entertain you the way you have all entertained me.  Here's to more blogging ahead!