You Ca Do it!

You know, life is amazing. It is simply amazing. God really gave us such a gift in children. We start out in the womb a tiny spec depending on our mothers to care for us. This dependence lasts through out life but as we reach each stage and milestone, we grow and depend on her less often. We become independent early when we start to talk, walk, form our own opinions, dressing ourselves and so on. We learn so much from watching our parents. We take on their looks, some of their personality traits and habits. Our parents are a big part of our make up. It doesn't matter if they were the worst parents on earth, they either taught us what not to do in life, what to do in life, or if we are blessed, they have taught us both.

Parenthood is something unexplainable. It's a journey no one knows of until they step foot on the path with their own child. It is truly a blessing to be a parent. Yes we do have our down periods of stress and uncertainty but then there are those joyous moments we live for. You know, when they do something that either makes us laugh, or warms our hearts. Focusing on the positive will make the journey enjoyable. Focusing on the negative only makes the journey difficult. We have enough of that difficulty from other things in life that robs our attention. Lets focus on the great things God has instilled into our children. Lets focus on their talents, desires, needs, accomplishments, potential, goals, and other things about them. Lets speak positive things about them and to them, for our words will come to be true in them. We all have negative things about us. No one is perfect, no parent or child. It is our decision as to teach our children to grow beyond their challenges. Lets teach them to achieve, continue to to fight the good fight, strive for being the best they can be, go for their dreams and be good. I can some times get caught in the parenting sucks rut. I was in a negative fussy mode last night. This day I'm starting a new mind set. Positivity is a focus.

While my children are growing up I realize that one day they will not depend on me as much. I'm going to remember the moments when they were trying with all their might to learn to lift their heads, talk, walk and so on. All these memories will warm my heart when they are no longer around depending on me for their every need, because they will be depended on by their very own children. I pray I send them on with a positive legacy because parenting is a priceless journey. Stick that tongue out and try with all your might to make it a journey you'll treasure.

Happy Birth Day Helaina

Birth is such an amazing miracle. From the very beginning the process in which life comes about is fascinating. I am truly amazed at how two microscopic parts of the body come together to form such a beautiful being. The woman's body that houses and nurtures this process, I believe is God showing us how magnificent he is. The whole week by week journey of life is brilliant. It's a fascinating continuous discovery. We still don't know everything their is about human development. The whole miracle is so complex I don't think we ever will completely understand it. We just stand in awe about how our lives begin so small and precious.

This little girl is my baby. She was born on July 22nd at 9:54am weighing 9lbs 8.8oz, length 20.5 inches at 39 weeks and 3 days. She has been a source of pure joy and happiness in our household. We are very blessed to have her here with us!

Delightfully Disappointed

Our twin girls have turned 11. We are simply amazed at their growth and achievements through out the years. It keeps catching us by surprise. Life is a beautiful precious gift and each year we turn a year older we should celebrate. It is easy to celebrate a child's birthday. We as parents are delighted when our children reach another year. While the children are excited about being older, I celebrate making it through another year of parenthood! Birthdays can symbolize growth and maturity in both parent and child. We love watching them reach their milestones and grow far beyond our expectations. We love to help them through their are struggles. Parenting helps us grow and become stronger and wiser. Our children are precious to us. As they learn from us, we learn from them. So when the girls asked to go to the London Tea Room for their birthday it was surprising, a bittersweet feeling touched my heart. We enjoyed the day with them. Trying different teas prepared the way the British do was such a treat. We were delighted to see that they were mature enough to choose a place like that for their birthday. A bit of disappointment came when the reality of them growing older was facing us. I think back to the days when the girls were babies, when I would cuddle them and they didn't have a urge to run off and do other things. They just sat there and enjoyed being held by mom. Although I miss those days, I do enjoy sitting and talking with them over a cup of tea.

Curves

Beautiful Curves from a stairway banister caught my eye. Sometimes beauty can be found in objects that are often overlooked. Take pleasure in the world around you.

Snow Day

Wednesday January 28th was a wonderful day. Snow fell over night and we woke up to a fluffy white blanket of snow. I tip toed outside to enjoy the scene before the family got up. The snow wasn't disturbed. The sun was shining on the white grounds which provided a brilliantly bright winter day. Although winter is my least favorite season I couldn't help being amazed at the winter wonderland. I knew it was a very temporary scene so I embraced all I could with a few photographs. I am simply in awe about the change of seasons. I always loved the snow which is very odd since I loathe cold weather. Snow is different. It's beautiful. When I step outside I feel as though I have stepped into enchanted painting created by almighty God. Everyone was home and we were blessed with a warm house.

Later on the family went outside to enjoy the winter white blanket that lay on the front lawn. After a quiet morning and afternoon the snow was greeted with excited kids ready to create and play with it. We had a wonderful neighbor come over to help shovel the driveway. The amazing thing about him is that he stopped because he simply wanted to help. It was a great display of a wonderful helping heart just for the sake of helping. While my husband and neighbor shoveled the driveway the kids tossed snow balls and trampled through the huge hill of shoveled snow.

The front lawn was a wonderful scene of laughter and good will. After the driveway was shoveled, we all got together to build a snowman. The kids invited the kid next door to help too. All the giggles came out as they gathered snow to build their highly anticipated snowman. The snowman turned out to be a simple one but one made by a group of people who really enjoyed God's gift of a snow day.