More thoughts

It is now only 9 days until our 12th anniversary.  I imagine the day will come and go much like today or maybe tomorrow.  A day to reflect, but more so to dream with one another about our future together. Getting caught up in the day seems frivolous much like the wedding day itself.  I remember thinking the wedding day was so important, all the details, the right this and the perfect that.  Really, I have forgotten who was there, what my flowers were and how the cake tasted.  What I do remember is my father walking me down the isle handing me off to my beloved husband.  Whom at the moment neither of us truly knew of the wonderful husband he would become.

As I thought today of what has helped our marriage be successful I was reminded of how our parents modeled love.  Our parents loved in richer and in poorer, in sickness and in health,  and they truly paved a way for us.

We owe so much to our parents.  It is one of our greatest honors to be a product of their love!

Love

In 11 days Joel and I will celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary.

Here is my two cents on why I think Joel and I have been successful in still loving one another~

Love is an action, not a feeling.

Love is a choice.

She likes me! She likes me!

Every term I find I am in the same familiar place I was in twelve week earlier.  The people-pleas-er in me raises it head and I feel compelled to be liked by my teacher!  This term has been challenging.  One of my teachers won’t make eye contact, I find its hard to get a feel for ones sense of good standing with someone who would rather look at my feet than my eyes.   Actually, it makes me less eager for her liking and more eager to like her. ……

The point here is that my writing teacher likes my work!  Oddly enough this is an on line class so I will never know if she prefers my feet over my eyes, hmm?  But her compliments on my assignments thus far are empowering.   I love my hard work being acknowledged.  After spending the greater part  of my day between tears and on my knees in prayer for help I am thankful for the time she took to encourage me.  Actually, I see a greater hand at work in my life, I am thankful that my Savior knows just what I need… a little encouragement goes a long way in my book~

Happy Fathers day~

If it were not for these men in my life I would not be the woman I am today!  Thank you Dad, Ed and Joel for being the best fathers in the whole world!
I love you~

What was your first clue~

Was it the red welts?
Or the burning sensation?
Or maybe the leathery feeling?
I know, I know it was the need for the ice pack!

Do you think I need to stop the proactive?

Update

My skin looks clearer just a little leathery~

Some of my favorite things~

One of my favorite things about our house..crank out windows.

Just blame the devil~

This morning I awoke to Gaige and Rachel tattling on one another.  This is really nothing new for the two of them.  A love hate relationship they have.  The story goes like this

Gaige -”we were playing a game, Rachel lost and then called me a poopy head”

Rachel- before He even finished the sentence “NO I didn’t call Gaige that”

Me- “then who did you say it to?”

Rachel- “I said it to the devil”

Me – she is borderline genius to come up with that so quickly (thinking this in my head)

After her adamantly denying the lie she had just told she was sent to her room to ponder the consequences of dishonesty.

Just a pet peeve of mine~

Mothers please do not baby your boys to the point of completely denying them the chance of growing up to be a man.

( if your unsure you fall into this category….chances are your knee deep in the demaning  process)

The end of a term

This term has been light, thank the Lord.  After last term with 15credits, three kids, a part time job and the never ending mounds of laundry I couldn’t have handled a heavy term. So here we are finals week and the pressure to great straight A’s is surprisingly ever present.  I have  A’s in both  my classes, however my math final is cumulative so who knows how that will turn out!  I will see you all back here after Tuesday when summer vacation begins for me~