Beautiful Chaos

I regularly read a blog by a wonderful woman who posts every Monday with her list of NOT ME! Mommy moments. Here's the blurb from the beginning of her post: "Are you feeling guilty for pretending not to notice as your child sucked toothpaste out of the tube? Feel like a slouch for wearing your husband's big, baggy t-shirts all day? We'll don't! Not Me! Monday was born out of my desire to admit some of my imperfections and reveal a few moments I'd rather forget. You may find it therapeutic to join in and do the same thing! " So for the past few weeks I've wanted to join in the fun and post about my own Not Me! mommy moments. Only I always forget them, or maybe I just try to forget them as the week goes by. So this week I've decided I might as well sit down and try to remember some of these moments to share with you all. Such as... I definitely did not give Grace cereal and milk on Saturday morning only to have my loving husband point out to me l

We had a fabulous weekend at Tusen Takk! What a great place to get away from the world for a while. No cell phones, TV, internet to distract. Just good friends, campfires, s'mores, fishing, canoeing, eating, laughing, playing games, eating, and more eating. We had some amazing chinese food thanks to Cliff's wife Michelle (who is from China), and also some incredible burgers thanks to Maria. It was just a really good time with really good friends, and we left feeling very blessed. And very possibly a little less crazy. And for some reason this is only allowing me to add one picture. So enjoy the picture of Grace in the great big adirondak chair while I figure this out... maybe a separate post...

I wonder why it is that I don't post more often? It's not that I have nothing to post about, I do. I guess it's just that I wonder who cares anyway? Who even reads this anymore? (um... I guess nobody since I don't post? haha) Okay, so who would read this if I post should be the question. It seems every time I post I end up playing catch up. Let's catch you all up on my life for the past oh... 6 months? I don't even know how long it's been. Let's begin with the children. Since they take up oh, 90% of my time and energy, that's a good place to start. Grace is 2 1/2. More accurately, she is 32 months old. And she is not a baby anymore. Oh sure, she still wants her cuddles every now and then, she still wants me to sing to her at bedtime, and yes, she is still in diapers. (more on that issue later...maybe) But she is for the most part, a beautiful, independent little girl who is simply blossoming before my eyes. I am blessed every day to