Disney Weekend!

What an awesome weekend! Great hotel, great time with family, great pizza and Ikea on the way home! Doesn't get any better!

Gobble Till You Wobble!

Thanksgiving day is here. I can smell the delightful dishes that will soon fill our bellies. I am so thankful for the friends, food, and love that we are so blessed with today (and every day really).

This year we are joining the Marquis family for the occasion. There will be many dairy-free, soy-free, gluten-free dishes that make it so that Evan can participate along with us all this year (his first Thanksgiving!).

I am so behind on blogging this year. I bet as the kids get older it will get easier to keep up with things of this nature. Either way- just wanted to type a few words to say how thankful I am and post some pictures of the Myer recent happenings. Blessings!

Just Breathe

There has been so much. So much to be thankful for. So much to mourn. So much to process in such a short time. I'm learning what it means to be a mom to two very unique children. I'm learning that all children are very unique. I'm learning that sometimes miracles come with a lot of pain.

My kids are healthy (pretty darn healthy at least!- no salmonella, no croup, no critically low iron), my marriage is good, my friend Brett (who was shot and is having his leg amputated) is alive. There is so much to be thankful for. There is so much to see God's hand in. There is so much grace covering my life and the lives of those around me.

Evan is taking steps now. Aaron is hilarious. Things are wonderful, crazy, hard, fun, exhausting... Wow. I just wanted to get something on here before I close my eyes tonight. Thank you Lord for this crazy life!

Waiting on new life!

Today I'm waiting (well, might be waiting for a week or more!) for my dear friend Rachel to give birth to her second baby. There is something so special about birth. About the fact that no one (but The Lord) knows the day or hour. About the anticipation of meeting a new person and seeing them for the first time. It is truly an amazing miracle. I am so excited for her! I can't stop thinking about her in this short season of waiting. And each time I think of her, I bless her! Lord bless Rachel and her baby and her growing family! Thank you for her in my life! What a blessing!

It's been a long time!

Life is CRAZY! How many of my postings start off with that (or similar statements)? Must be true.

A nutshell recap: Evan is bottle fed, recovering from critically low hemoglobin, crawling, cruising, standing, talking (Mama & Dada), puts everything in his mouth, got salmonella, has two (bottom front) teeth) and is adorable in Aaron's 12-18 month hand-me-down clothing!!
Aaron is a TALKER. So smart. Tonsils out and breathing amazing (silent sleeper now!), eating like he had starving (probably was!), loves the bible, green eggs and ham, Jesus, and says he is black... Don't know where that one came from! He makes me laugh every day and, though he picks on and tries to thump Evan pretty frequently, always needs to know where Evan is and definitely loves his baby. He say he's a big boy, and He's right! I love these little guys.

Joey is amazing (as always). He's hot and I'm so glad I married him. Can't believe it'll be 7 years in December! We are having a really good time being in awe of our boys. He also got a new car! So happy for him (and the fact that a new car for him is something I get to enjoy too of course)!

This year we went to the beach with he Marquis family. Don't remember if I posted photos. We hope to do that yearly.

Lets see... What else. I feel freedom like never before. Hear from The Lord more often than ever. Pray in my prayer language daily. Love teaching ISR lessons (just ended a great season). Am enjoying this season immensely. Am satisfied in The Lord and the family he has provided me with!

On a separate note Rachel is gonna have a baby any day now (SO EXCITING!) and Kreshelle has been out of town for a week! Feeewf. Ok. Time for bed! Hopefully this blogger app will mean more frequent updates!

Blessings!

Easter

We had a beautiful first Easter as a family of four. We decided to skip all the festivity options and just spend our time together for the most part. The boys (Ari and Aaron) had a Resurrection Easter Egg Hunt our yard on Sunday, and we all attended two passovers this year- the Marquis' and the Leightman's. It was such fun! Somewhere in this pile of photos (some of which are upside-down for lack of editing time) is our Miguel too! He is a little boy in Latin America who we are sponsoring. The plan is that someday we'll go visit him and in the mean time the boys can grow up writing letters to him. I also included a shot of Aaron, Joey, me and Lori's feet all adorned with our new bare-foot-shoes! I can't get over how thankful these pictures make me. To have such beautiful healthy boys and to be able to spend my days with them is such a blessing.

~Find Rest My Soul~

I am reading a book right now called "Invitations from God." It's really incredible. It is making me realize how I have set myself for failure in a lot of ways. Given myself unrealistic tasks that I was never really ment to tackle alone and in this way.

We have stopped having a Sabbath day of rest in our family... when we had one we didn't even really feel it was restful. We have so strayed from the idea of rest. We have taken on the work work work identity that gets you recognition, attention, and acknowledgment and put aside the rest work rest mentality that we were made to live with. We were made to work and to rest and to follow the rhythm setup by the Creator.

When God created the world he made it in 7 days. He could have taken one I assume. He could have "powered through" and "pressed on." He choose to work in the day, "and then there was evening and morning." I work day and evening, and morning, and Sabbath too! I work work work because that is how I think I will be happiest. Then my body aches with neck and back pain and I feel overwhelmed and unhappy and I wonder why!

We are starting an intentional journey into resting again. I have to figure out (pray about) managing things like chores, phone calls, emails, facebook, ISR business stuff, etc. without keeping the backbreaking and ungodly pace at which I have been traveling. I need to rest!