Wonder

My littlest girl, you're growing too fast.

Though you still fit perfectly as I hold you.

Your sweet weight in my arms.

A gentle pressure against my chest.

Your head tucked into my neck.

Your calm, even breaths.

The soft squeak as you suck your favorite thumb.

A quiet sigh.

Bliss.

A new day

Lately it seems like my family has been hit with some pretty serious stuff. My whole family. My parents, sibs, in laws, us. And its been making me re-evaluate my life. What I am doing? Where am I going? What choices should I make, or what choices should I have made.

Who can I rely on?

GOD

It boils down to that. I can put all my faith, all my hopes, all my dreams in Him. All my fears, all my apprehension, all my failures. He wants those too. HE WANTS EVERYTHING. And I NEED to give it to Him. My faith requires it.

Proverbs 3:5,6: Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, and lean not on to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.

That is one of my favorite verses. It's so... Perfect in its simplicity. TRUST in Him. Easy enough right?

I know that that is what I am going to do. I am going to put my faith first. And I am going to try my hardest to be what He wants me to be. And I am going to love on my family, because it doesn't cost me a penny and it's value is priceless.

A moment to remember

*Disclaimer - These were taken at the END of the day, so don't mind my daughters very dirty clothes!

Amos Lee

Trav & I went to the Amos Lee concert at the Zoo last night. It was a wonderful night full of good food, great people watching, and truly excellent music. If you have never heard of Amos Lee before, I HIGHLY recommend him. Especially if you like folky, jazzy music. He reminds me alot of Jack Johnson, James Taylor, Jason Mraz & others. So good. Check him out.

Now. The people watching like I said was great. I mean GREAT. The amount of Wine & Beer being sold there was just, wow. I mean, everywhere I looked groups of people were walking by with each person carrying a bottle of wine or two beers each. Unbelievable. Even the air smelled like beer. Not that I'm an uptight non drinker. That's not it at all. It just seemed so excessive. Towards the end of the show, we decided to pack up our spot in the far far far back and walk around a bit to see if we could get a better look at the stage. We ended up against a wall like 20 feet away from the performers. It was pretty cool. Anyways, while we were standing there, this INCREDIBLY drunk man came up and started dancing. He looked like he was trying to mimic a monkey. The way he was waving his arms and body, and couldn't walk straight was funny but also a bit sad. I don't think I have seen someone that impaired for a long time. Watching him, and watching the girl he was with try to help him stay up right really made me think of how lucky I am to be married to Trav. Who would never ever become that sloppy drunk.

The whole night was really fun, and on the way home Trav told me that that was his first ever concert. WHAT?! We've been married 8 1/2 years and we've never been to a concert together? WOW! Well, it might've been his 1st, but it definitely won't be his last. We are already planning on going again next year.

Here's a pic of Trav & I under the umbrella that I took with my cell phone. Did I mention it was raining? At an outdoor concert? NO? Well, yeah it was. Didn't stop us from having a great time though.

Summer

Summer time. A time of the year to spend outside. Away from the computer. It's the perfect time of the year to ride bikes, have picnics, work in the garden, go to the beach, be a family loving each other. Which is what I've been doing instead of blogging. I'm sure I'll take the time soon to document all the fun things we've been doing, and not to mention school is almost back in session. Kinder for Alex, and 2nd grade for Maddy! If that's not blog worthy, I'm not sure what is.

For now though I will just post a few pics and say, have an awesome rest of the summer!

Visitors

My childhood BFF Susanne who lives in SO CAL, came up for a visit this past Friday, and it was so good to see her! Her and her family were headed up to OR for a vacation on the Oregon Coast, and seeing as we live 45 min away from where they are staying, it was just about perfect that they made it to our house for a night! They have 2 boys, Josh who's 3 and Carter who is 2 months. AND THEY DROVE. Brave souls. We fit quite a bit into the little less then 24 hours we had together, but I am so glad we were able to catch up.

Thanks for coming Mike & SuzyQ! You have a beautiful family!

And I was just saying how I was finally starting to like it here.

Nuf said.