Tuesday, August 19, 2008

A Little Choked Up!





So, I am at the gym, running on the treadmill, listening to my newly downloaded songs and quite enjoying it. Dancing Queen kept me going, Super Trooper got me going a little faster, (if you can't tell, it's ABBA!!!) but then something unexpected happened. I had heard the song before, and cried my eyes out, but I thought, I am at the gym....I am running and sweating......surely it won't have the same effect on me this time!!! Well, the song starts, and 5 seconds into it, I start to breath differently, and my eyes start tearing up. Through strong will and determination, I made it through the song without slowing down, but I was determined to make Brian listen to the song when I got home, and see if he could hear it without crying. What is the song you ask? It is called 'Slippin' Through My Fingers'. It is a mom singing about her little girl growing up and.....well, I don't want to start crying again, but the song has already prompted a manicure appointment for Anna and me, a shopping trip for just us girls, and I am holding her in my lap a lot more. Sometimes it takes a song, or a poem, or someone else who has gone through it to make you realize how quickly they will be gone. I am so thankful for my little girl and I pray that I don't let our time together 'slip through my fingers'!!!!!!


Thursday, August 14, 2008

Hooray for schedules!!!!!

If you can't tell, it is supposed to be a tombstone!
Hooray for school supplies!
Luke, trying to be silly!

Well, we had our 1st annual family back to school bash Tuesday night. That means we made a cake and got cool school supplies! I am so happy to get back to having a schedule around here. That is just my personality. It drives me a little crazy to just get up every morning and say, "What are we going to do today?" It is funny how much more happy the kids are when the have normalcy in their lives too. If something doesn't happen when scheduled to happen then it is, "We aren't supposed to have snack until 10:30 and it is only 10:15." Am I making little OCD monsters out of them??????? But don't worry,of course, we schedule time for fun...........