Livin' in a big kid world but....

I have to remember that I have little kids too. Today was one of those rare days when I had nothing to do or at least no where to go. I was wondering what to do so that Christian wouldn't get bored when I thought of going for a walk. This was after we watched Backyardigans (free right now on Nick.) and painted a couple of snow pictures. So we bundled up and off we went. It was as he was riding and Callia was in the stroller that I started thinking about how our life is so geared for the older two. Our schedule revolves around driving to and from school and their activities - Callia's nap must fit in b/w lunch and school pick up. I realized that I need to make more time for walks with the younger two and instead of just breathing a sigh of relief when I don't have to take them out shopping I could take them to the park to play with all the other little ones. We go to the park tons in the summer and spring but I forget that moms who don't run to and from school still take their kids out in the cooler months so that they can get out of the house. However, saying all that I feel like I do play more with C and C at home b/c I realize that all too quickly they are off and running to kindergarten. Life is so calm with the two little ones home - it's as they get bigger that life gets so hectic - too bad I didn't realize that when I only had two in total!:)

Looking back

Hey there - are you out there???? Anyone???? I wasn't thinking too much about the coming year until I read someones blog about it being the end of a decade and that got me thinking. I can still remember 1999 and the whole Y2K thing. It has been a fantastic decade - with many surprises and life changing events. Let's see what happened:
2000 - Rich and I were married - went to Disney for our honeymoon
2001 - Rich and I lead a missions trip to Russia. We bought our first house and Ethan was born
2003- Aiden was born and I was officially done any type of work outside of our home
2004- Visited family in San Antonio Texas
2005- Christian was born
2007- Went on a road trip to Edmonton, went to England
2008- Callia was born, went to Disneyland
2009- We bought our second home
Phew - it was a decade of major events and talking with Rich we figure that the coming decade will just be life - it'll be busy with the four kids but as far as we can see no major events. Though, we totally realize that there will be major things happening but we just don't know about them again. I'm excited to see what God has in store for us as our family grows up over the next ten years. It's weird to think that when another decade is done we'll have kids who are 18, 16, 14 and 11 and I'll be past the forty mark. One of our dreams is to take the kids to Uganda when they're teens and that's always seemed so far off but I guess we better start planning b/c it's going to take place in the next decade! So, here's to another decade and to a new year. May yours be full of delightful surprises and when the not so delightful ones pop up may you find strength thru Jesus!