Luke has dimples

Who knew? He has lived with us for more than a year and I had no idea he has dimples. Last Friday night was the Christmas concert for LCHS and Luke is in choir. Apparently he loves choir and could not stop smiling throughout the entire performance. It is so great to see him find something to love.

In the now

A few months ago our pastor said something in a sermon that really stuck with me. What he said was not new but I felt like I was hearing it for the first time. He said we need to live in the moment we are in. Not in the future and not in the past but in the now. Sometimes I get so busy that I forget to be present in the now. Because of this I have started taking pictures of my feet.

We spent the Thanksgiving weekend at a beach house with some very dear friends and I can honestly say there was no place I would have rather been.

It's working, it's working!!

Sometimes I wonder if God ever smiles on my parenting. Today I think He did. We were driving home after the boys finished at math team and Sawyer started to sing. He was kind of quiet and it took me a minute to figure out what he was singing. It was "Come Thou Fount". I started to sing and just waited for Sebastian to sigh or make a comment about our not so great voices. He didn't do either. He started to sing with us. Together we sang all the verses. It was an unexpected blessed moment with my boys and I relished it.

An Inch

I looked at Sebastian yesterday and thought he looked taller than I remembered. I measured him and sure enough he has grown an inch in the last month. This is not an unimportant inch. It is the inch that made him taller than me. I have been watching for this but I was not prepared. He is becoming a young man that I am so proud to call my son. Last night we stayed out late playing cards with friends and Sawyer fell asleep. Sebastian wanted to carry him to the van but Eric was already in the process of doing so. When we got home Sebastian would not take no for an answer and carried him into the house. (all the way to bed) I got a little misty watching him carry his brother because it has been my prayer that he would look out for his brother and that is not usually the case.
Today Sebastian is working with Eric to finish a side job that turned out to be more than we expected. Sebastian was not thrilled to be spending his day working but he sucked up his disappointment and went with a good attitude. Maybe he is ready to be taller than me.

Those were the days...

Life was simple. I enjoyed every minute of it. Life is complicated. I try to find joy in as many minutes as possible. The pictures are from 2/05 at Deception Pass. I need to remember how fast the days go so I don't allow myself to get caught looking back with regret on moments lost.

Not the way I imagined

My recovery is so not going the way I thought it would. They say it takes about 6 weeks til a woman can resume "normal" activities. Ha!! I can't wait that long to have my house vacuumed properly. My family has been AWESOME about helping around the house and letting me rest. I have not been awesome in return. Apparently I'm doing too much too soon. I feel fine while I'm doing it, but later I'm sore and VERY grumpy. I hate this.

I know that in a few months this will all be worth it, but right now I can't stand not being capable.

Better by the day....

I have spent most of my life needing a nap to function. This summer that all changed and I had energy to spare. I can't say what changed but it was like a switch was flipped and suddenly I wasn't tired all the time. I even found myself going days without coffee. Not normal behavior for me. I was a bit worried about how I would recover and if the switch would get flipped back after major surgery. Apparently I needn't have worried.
I feel so blessed to be recovering so quickly. My energy is amazing to me. Yes, I am still a bit slow and I do get tired easily but nothing like I feared. I am counting this as a direct personal blessing from God and I can 't wait to be able to drive so I can use some of this energy. I'm so grateful to be able to help out at the kids school and where ever else I can.