March Madness

Well the highlights since it has been a while from my last post. We went to my dear friends wedding March 10th- I was the matron of honor and Jack was a ringbearer. He has become quite the professional at walking down the aisle- maybe I could rent him out. Just kidding! I have to find humor in 4 weddings this year- crazy. So we drive to Little Rock and saw my parents, sister, niece, and grandmother. We stayed with the Rice family which was so refreshing and got to see Shannon and Jed as well. They were all a great help with the kids and of course they took such great care of us. My Mom still took care of us from a distance by having food delivered to the house so we didn't have to worry about meals. What great parents! Shannon even got up early two mornings to help us with the kiddos- she spent part of the morning chasing Jack around. So fun. The wedding finished with a bang even though I somehow forgot to bring Jack's tux- left in Louisville. Kinda funny now but not then. Again, thanks Mom for saving the day. I called her on the road and she went and bought another 2T tux for Jack. So if anyone ever needs to borrow a 2T tux- we've got two. So keep that in mind Shelley and Sharla and Carrie and anyone else with boys.

This is a crazy time for Josh with school- midterms and papers galore. So he is either home studying or at the library. The weather has been so nice here lately so he has been studying outside and Jack has been outside playing. Girltime inside and guytime outside- that has been nice. I even put Isabel's hair back yesterday- that was fun.

I took a class on Marriage and Family in February and now one on Hospitality. They have both been very refreshing for me. The Marriage one because it is good to be reminded of the basics. Where my focus should be and how to love Josh and so on. The Hospitality is a passion of ours so it is good to hear the president's wife share her story of hospitality and all her wisdom.

So me- well I have been a bit rattled lately. Thanks Shelley and Sharla for listening to my banter this past week about that. I realize that I let discipline overwhelm me with both kids- yes Isabel is in desperate need of being told "NO" and a hand slap at times well most of the time. I want things to be easy and it isn't right for me to think that way. Parenting is hard work and having kids that obey and respect and love and share and forgive and so on isn't easy so what am I thinking to expect them to do it naturally. It isn't in our nature apart from God. One thing is for sure- I am seeing how much we need God. How much I need God to have patience and love and tough love and more patience. Then how much our kids need to know about God to bring them out of their selfishness. Anyway, it has been cool to see this unfold when I look at parenting this way.

Oh- Isabel is walking as of our Little Rock trip.

Love and miss you all!