Feelings

I feel like being alone with no questions, no "can I have some water?" and no listening to fussing from tired and sick children. I feel like giving someone at Caleb's work a piece of my mind. Maybe that will get the message across that I'm tired of him working long hours and on weekends. I know I sound ungrateful. I should be thankful that he has a job and that he's working hard to support his family. But I'm not feeling thankful today.

I'm feeling annoyed, saddened, and tired of all the baggage that people bring to the table about my pastor. Don't people have lives? Don't they have something better to do than post junk on facebook? Don't I have something better to do than read it all? I'm done reading about it.

I'm feeling sad that a friend's little baby is in the hospital. Praise God things the surgery went well but it's beyond hard to watch your little child in pain. Pray for a full recovery and that everyone can return home soon.

"My Grace is Sufficient" for every situation. I do believe that, but honestly I don't "feel" it all the time. Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands in the air and saying "just come back now! I'm ready for heaven!" And I doubt He wants us to be comfortable here anyways. We need to be reminded that this is not our home. I am reminded today.

Adventures

On the way home from the chiropractor today, I decided to stop at the grocery store just to get ketchup for our hamburgers tonight. How can one possibily eat hamburgers without ketchup??! It was lunchtime. All three kids were hungry, so was pregnant mom, and mom was too tired to think about preparing lunch for all three hungry kids later. So we decided to eat some food in the dining area of the store for our lunch. Our table was next to a bunch of firemen; also eating their food. We were there, eating our yogurt happily and then my three-year-old starts yelling totally out of the blue. "I'm going pee!!! Oh NO!! My chair is wet! It's in my shoes!!". I grabbed my kids, left our cart of food, and ran to the bathroom while the guys all watched in silence.

So the ketchup adventure took over an hour. In times like these, you can only laugh and pray that God teaches you to put the Holy Spirit in control of your days. We got home and decided to play in the water while the spring sun heated our backyard to 90 degrees. By the time I helped the kids out of their clothes and into their swimsuits, cleaned a one-year-old poopy butt, and calmed a child after being sprayed by her older sister, I felt like collapsing. And that is what I'll do now while the kids are sleeping.

More about my life

The past few weeks have been nutsish. Caleb has been working like a horse (which is a blessing) and I'm reminded daily that I married a hard-working-hunk-of-a-man. My children are continually growing and learning the finer lessons of life. The woman of the house is trying to do her motherly and wifely duties while building my business. God is good. SO good and faithful. I feel like I need to be reminded to keep my priorities strait quite frequently lately.

But anyways, onto more exciting news. Caleb and I took our first vacation since our wedding. Two free tickets to Aruba! Who would pass that up! We stayed in the "natives" part of the island, far from the resort folk. We ate local food, talked to local people while we rode in PACKED bus vans, and did activities that pregnant woman are allowed to do. You will see from the pictures that we delighted in each other the whole time :)