Reflection & Gratitude

Last night, David and I were talking (Okay. Well, I was doing most of the talking and he was listening).  I was telling him how much I wished we were at the point where we could just upgrade to a newer and bigger home now, and wondering how to get us to that point just a little bit faster.  Anyway.  After a bit of me venting my little frustrations, I quickly realized something.

We have been married for just over 5 years.  5 years isn't really a very long time.  But in those 5 years, we've had 3 babies, who are healthy and strong.  We've owned 2 homes and moved once. We still have an excellent relationship and marriage.   But with the biggest "milestone", right before our 2nd anniversary, our entire lives crumbled before our eyes.  We lost SO much.  All of our financial security was gone,  leading to most of our assets soon disappearing.  And while our marriage was still solid, there was definitely a lot of rebuilding to be done and egg shells to be walked on.  There was physical and mental health to be strengthened.  We had a lot of work that needed to be done.

In the last 3 years we have had to totally rebuild everything.  So...while we're not quite back to where we want to be (yet), we have accomplished quite a bit in 3 short years.  Obviously, we have lots of family members and a loving Father in Heaven to thank for helping us  But to make the amount of progress we have in the last 3 years is no small feat.  I just need to remember to be patient, and to look backwards every so often just so I can see how far we've come.  And to keep in mind, that with as much as we've been able to accomplish in the last 5 years; who knows how much we can do in the next 5 years!!  Maybe...maybe I can have my newer and bigger house before those 5 years are up! ;)

Back To School

I can't believe that summer is "over" (it's still 115 outside, but you know...), and Brychan went back to school today. He has been so excited; asking me every day for the last 2 weeks when he gets to go back, and then today asking me every 20 minutes if it was time to go. This year, he's in the afternoon class, so he had a very LONG morning. He has the same teacher as he did last year (we love Ms. Mellisa!!), and quite a few of his same friends are in his class again this year.

I can't believe how big my boys are getting!!

 Kehlton is still very sad that he doesn't get to go to school with brother.  He loves getting to go visit the classroom, and he loves talking to Ms. Mellisa too.  Technically, he can start in January, but I'm not quite sure I'm ready for that yet.  He definitely is.  Momma not so much.

To help with Kehlton's sadness this afternoon, we met Daddy at his office for lunch.  Kehlton loves going to Daddy's office!  He gets to see Amy (she's the receptionist and both of my boys absolutely adore her), play at Daddy's desk and make big and important phone calls, and he almost always gets a piece of candy.  Plus it doesn't help that all the other agents there stop and tell him how stinkin' cute he is (as if he doesn't already know!).   Kehlton sure loves his Daddy!!

Friends

Both boys LOVE playing with friends as often as possible, and they get to do so quite frequently! While I was at the doctors this week, they got to play with the Kurzawskis: There's Kaden, Landon, Brychan, Brenden and Kehlton.  My friend, Alicia, sent me the photo while I was gone.  They're all too cute!

This is Why...

I have been looking for a lock to go on my refrigerator.

That would be chocolate syrup drizzled ALL OVER the carpet (luckily the furniture escaped unscathed).

It took both David and I (and a carpet cleaner, and 2+ bottles of hydrogen peroxide and stain remover and a now ruined towel) scrubbing for 2 hours to get it (almost) out of the carpet.

The culprit