Something To Blog About...

A couple of weeks ago, my wonderful sister Maria and her awesome husband Rick held "Cousin Camp" at their home in Munster, Indiana. What is Cousin Camp, you ask? My brave sister and her husband took in our two sons: Carson and Ephraim as well as my twin brother's children for the week. Their own three girls plus one niece and three nephews for a week long adventure of nature hikes, park visits, swimming, crafts, canteen and much more.

I had the week off!!!! For the first time since Carson was born, I was free of any responsibility for my children. Oh my what fun! I went for lunch with friends, had my toes done, and had dinner with just Troy every night! My sister said to me, you had all this free time, why didn't you post on your blog???

I didn't post mostly because my children are generally my inspiration for my blog. Something adorable they have said or done or something not so adorable, but that God uses to teach me. I've been thinking about why I haven't posted in a while I usually attribute my lack of blogging to feeling distant to God. But this time, I didn't feel that way. Actually, I have felt very close to God and have been able to dig deep in His Word each day.

This time, I think I haven't been looking for the small things or appreciating the simple joys of parenting. The last few days it has felt like a fog has lifted for me. I have been intentionally prayerful about my parenting and God has really gifted me with a new set of eyes with which to see my children.

So here it is... finally something to blog about....

Ephraim on why he wants his pizza the way he likes it... "I like cheese pizza, but I want Mama to give me her black olives and sausage because I like "each sold separately".

Carson and I visited the Animal Control Shelter this morning. From the lobby, there was a audible whooshing sound of water. Carson asked the Shelter Manager, what the noise was. She explained that it was a fish tank. This was the first time that we had known them to have fish there. I even thought to myself, maybe we could finally take an animal home from the shelter. Well, thank goodness I hadn't voiced that idea out loud. The fish tank was filled with huge Oscar fish a cousin to the piranha we were told. These fish had teeth and were as big as Carson's head. Oh my goodness. Needless to say, these fish did not come home with us. We also found out that the shelter has a chicken that lays brown eggs. How crazy is that? Now that is something to blog about.