Category: Family (Page 19 of 26)

Yup, you guessed it:  TIM!

He had an extra long work season this year–extending all the way into December!  But yesterday was finally his first official day off.  I think he would have been more excited if he didn’t have to run errands all morning and then help with two very crabby (and loud) kiddos yesterday… haha!  But such is life!  😉

The kids are just soaking up having him home.  It’s very adorable.  You would think they never see him by the way they cling to him–which, of course, is not true.  But they cling nonetheless.

Now we’re (okay, mostly me) adjusting to having everyone home again and our new rhythm of daily life.  I can’t believe it’s already the craziness of the holidays and Tim is just now getting off!  My recital is next weekend already!  Sheesh!  Where did the time go?

4. I am thankful for our house.

It’s easy in the midst of a house hunting to quickly forget how luck we are to own a house in the first place.  I am truly thankful to have this house–it has served us well for a long time.  We have fabulous memories linked to living here that we will forever remember.  Our kids will remember “our first house” and “our tiny yard.”  🙂  We’ve done a lot of experimenting and learning with home repairs in this house–some worked just like we planned and others, not so much.  It was a learning experience in opening up 100 year old walls.  You just never know what you’re going to find!

But mostly I’m thankful for the comfort and security of knowing this is our home.  This is where we feel safe and can be completely ourselves.  I love it.

This was taken in 2005--how often do you step back and take a picture of your house? Not very often I guess!

3. I am thankful for shopping carts that fit both kids.

I admit that I scoffed at those silly shopping carts before I had two kids.  You know the carts: the ones with a giant race car on the front with a steering wheel and everything.  Or at target they have two huge bucket seats attached to the front.  I said to myself, “My goodness, why do you need to cart around your kids in that?  Can’t they walk?”

And then on days like today I laughed at my ridiculousness as I grabbed a red race car cart to make my way through the grocery store.  And boy, was I ever thankful for that cart.  It was crazy busy.  And I was on  my last fuze–after making our way through Target and missing lunch and then discovering JD had leaked out of his diaper and I didn’t bring a change of clothes.  So, as I walked through the store (with one child missing pants!) I smiled at the joy of having them contained.  🙂

Sometimes it’s the simple things in life.