Sunday, June 9, 2013

How our lives keep changing

It's been a while since I've posted due to the craziness of life at our house!  We celebrated Anslee's 3rd birthday this March & I am still amazed at how wonderful she is :)  God has truly blessed us with such a special gift!  She is so smart, beautiful, caring, and independent!  The independent part is sometimes hard for me to deal with, but I'm trying to let her do things herself ;)  We had a wonderful Easter with our family...when we lived in Coleman we didn't get to spend Easter with our family so it was a very nice change :)  Mother's Day Out, my It Works business, Youth Group, and other fun outings with friends and family have kept us very busy the last few months.  It has been a good busy for a change though instead of the stressful busy we used to live with all the time :) 
This month has been amazing so far!  I'm finally a stay at home mom with no other priorities except for It Works and Church!!!  That has been our goal since Anslee was born & we finally made it :)  I can absolutely say that I love being at home with my baby girl!  Anytime I start to get stressed, I remind myself what a gift I have and how much I begged for this opportunity.  It has truly been a blessing for our family! 
Jackson's birthday is coming up on June 29th and we are trying to decide what we want to do to honor him & celebrate his life.  I didn't expect to have my wave of emotions so early this month though...today they have hit hard.  We never imagined that life would take us down this road & it is so hard some days.  We know that God is in control & we can now see how much good has come from this, but there are days when it still hits hard.  We have many blessings and we are so thankful for them...we are just trying to trust God one day at a time and seek His will for us.  Please pray for us as we go through this season of emotions and feelings, we know God is faithful and that He will bring beauty from ashes in one way or another if we continue to let Him work through us.