Importance of Family

Wow, it has been awhile since my last blog. I have been on "vacation" from blogging! My mother came to town to visit us and take care of Aunika and I. My family lives about 8 hours away from us. So when we get a chance to visit, our normal day to day lives get put on hold.

When I was entering college it was easy to say "so long family" and place distance between us. Now realizing that my family is not so close it becomes harder, and harder to deal with the distance. With the addition of Aunika to our family it seems that my heart grows weary and aches for us to be closer to my family. There is something about seeing the joy that Aunika brings to my parents and bothers that makes me wish we were closer.

Brett constantly reminds me that we could be further away from them, and I understand we could. But my heart longs to be closer and even to strengthen my relationship with my parents. I think this must be step in the direction of maturity.

Just like my heart longs to be closer to family, our hearts should long and ache to be closer to God. God is our one and only true heavenly father. He is the one who placed us with our families, who has blessed each situation to fit into His perfect plan. So I would like to thank God for the life he has given me in the past, present, and future. Through the struggles, pain, and joy. The book of Job is one that comes to mind when I think about what is important. Through the joy, pain, trials, burdens in his life; He knew always that God would be there and that God had a plan for him.

"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." Hebrews 13:5b

"Dark Knight" the Batman movie

Well, I know my brother in law Kelan will not like this post, but here it goes. Kelan has seen the movie twice and liked it.....a lot. We just finished watching the "Dark Knight". I personally am not a fan of freaky characters in movies. The movie was OK, but I do not recommend it for children under 18! To top off the movie experience there were some interesting events that occurred at the movie theater. Half way through the movie my husband was getting splattered on by a leaky ceiling that eventually soaked part of his shirt and pants! I went to place my soda in the cup holder and the arm rest fell off the seat! While walking to our car Brett stub his toe. Needless to say the movie was not the main event for us this night. Have you ever had an interesting night like this? Do tell.

Can you Remember?

This question is for the husbands out there. Have you noticed that your wife misplaces everything? First, she lost her purse, then her keys, oh yeah where did she put her cell phone too? Studies have shown that there is a reason for that. Women who are pregnant or who have had children show an increase in short term memory loss. So for those who have not had children or who are not pregnant, sorry you can't use this excuse!

My husband always gets after me for having a hard time remembering where did I place things. See I have this habit of picking up things constantly and putting them in their place; but later I can't remember where that place was!

I really started noticing an increase in short term memory loss with the pregnancy of my 1st daughter. From there on it just seems to not have gotten better. Now that I am pregnant again, I am trying very hard to not forget things! Needless to say I still forget where I put my keys and cell phone on a daily basis.

This is a site for information on memory loss during pregnancy and afterward. It gives you some tips on how to regain your memory - so if this is a problem that you have, please by all means (at least for your husband) read up.

This next site is just some information from a study by CNN

Golf Ball Soup

Have you just ever wondered what goes on in a child's mind? Some time ago my husband became the primary daycare delivery man. That is he took our daughter Aunika to daycare everyday. I don't know exactly how is started, but he began to give her a golf ball to take along for the ride to daycare. Since that time every time she sees a golf ball or should I say "bolf ball" she will pick it up and carry it all around with her.

That has lead us to today! I caught Aunika coming out of the office with her arms full of golf balls. Where she then proceeded to place the golf balls into bowls. She would then mix the bowls and pretend to eat! We now have a chef who can make a mean golf ball soup! I wonder if she will realize that golf balls are for hitting, and not eating. Maybe she will live our mommy's dream of being on the LPGA.

Sports Center from a Wife's view

I don't know about any of you, but my husband is a sports fanatic. Here are my pros and cons of "sports center"

Pros:

• There is so much junk on TV that I'd rather have him watch sports center
• It gives me something to watch so that I can impress him with my knowledge of sports!
• It makes for some great conversations at dinner, while driving in the car, or whenever

Cons:

• He tunes out everything around him when sports center is on
• It takes his attention away from the kids and I
  

When it comes down to it, sports center is not so bad. I do support my husband and his sports watching hobby!

Why Now?

I've started a blog! obviously. The decision to begin blogging came about from my husband. He has a blog "saved from wrath" and so this is for him! Basically it will be about our family, motherhood, and where God fits into the picture of all this. Many blessings to you.