November

Ok, getting better it's only been 3 months! Oh my I really do need to be more faithful to my blog. I am so good at reading blogs, just not so good at posting on mine! November is my busy month for sure. For most it's probably December, and don't get me wrong that's a busy month to, but November takes the cake. Three of my four children were born in November. Then of course there is Thanksgiving, usually hosted at our house. Which I love, I love to host things, if I had a bigger house and, well just a bigger house, I would host ALL the time!! So we had family birthdays for my girls and then an everyone party for Landon's first birthday. I was in such a whirlwind for the first two weeks of this month I'm surprised I never forgot anyone anywhere! Of course now I am paying for the business, we all have colds. Hopefully we will be back to ourselves next week in time to have Thanksgiving dinner. It will be a hard Thanksgiving this year. All of Shawn's family will be there with the knowledge that this may be the last Thanksgiving we have with his Dad. His condition has worsened considerably. I think that after this holiday everyone will realize just how sick he really is. We are the only ones that live close so we have been able to see more of a gradual decline in his health and appearance but everyone else only sees him once in awhile so it's shocking to see this once robust, active and strong man so weak, frail and sickly. It is breaking my husbands heart, it is breaking my heart, but I know that one day soon God will heal his body, whether here on earth in this life or home to heaven for the next I know he will heal him and free him from his suffering. I only pray that God brings the family peace, and acceptance when that time comes.

A year gone by...

A whole year has gone by. Well more then a year actually! A new school year is about to begin. A school year filled with firsts. My first baby is off to second grade, my second baby is off to kindergarden, my third is off to preschool! Oh and my fourth baby, my little BOY, will be one in November! Yup, we had a boy, a handsome, sweet, lovable little boy, who is the light of his Daddy's eye. This school year I will be serving as the PTO Secretary which I'm really looking forward to. I will also be spending this year searching my heart about weather or not I want my children to remain in public schools. I've been feeling the pulling at my heart for some time now to look into homeschooling, but I always ignore it. I'm not cut out for that, I'm not smart enough, I like having that freedom while they're in school, I always tell myself. But God always knows just the right persons and situations I need so he can work on my heart. I've also been thinking a lot about what I want to do in the future when my kiddos are older and no longer need me quite so much. Don't get me wrong I want to remain a stay at home Mom until the baby goes off to college but let's face it, they're are things that I could do with my life that would serve a greater purpose then cleaning my house. I would really like to become a certified Doula, Hypnobirthing instructor, and NFP instructor. That seems like a lot and maybe I won't do it all at once, but I really want to share with other women how truly beautiful birthing can be. I will also be spending this year supporting my husband and his journey with his father. Shawn's dad was diagnosed 2 months ago with Lung cancer, we don't what stage or how far it may have spread. For now he has chosen faith healing and no further testing. It will be a test of everyone involved's faith. Well that is it for now my faithful blog readers who I'm sure have long since given up on me ever posting again!! Goodnight!

Catch up time!!!

So I'm going to be playing catch up for a little while since I'm apparently a slacker blogger! I will date them appropriately so they will go in order. I think I got discouraged because I didn't have any comments which made me think that no one was even visiting. I've come to realize lately however that it's really not about the people who come to read my blog but about the memories that this blog will capture for me and my family. It will force me to pick up my camera more and to spend a little more time focusing on the good things that have happened each day. So my goal is to blog each day, even if only a tiny bit.

Ballerinas

Well now that they've seen their sister be a beautiful ballerina they've all caught the dance fever! Aren't they too cute!

Pizza, picnic, and a movie

We decided that it would be fun to have a living room picnic with pizza and a movie. It's been a boring Saturday so we thought we'd liven it up a bit before bedtime! The girls thought it was the best thing since sliced bread! I love how easy they are to please, well most of the time anyway! :)

Shake Your Tail Feathers!

My Ava, she had her first dance class this spring and this was her year end recital. She was so adorable and we were so proud!! Dancing is definitely her thing and she's good at it! I can't wait to watch her grow in this new love.

Soooo excited!

My girls are so excited to be big sisters, again and for the first time! Just seeing thier little faces light up warmed my heart. Hopefully they will forgive my future hormonal days in which I'm grumpy, or irritable or even irrational, cause that will happen I'm sure!