Catching up!

A lot has happened at our house since my last post. My beautiful baby girl got her ears pierced. Yes I know she is only 3 months old, and I am glad I had it done. She didn't cry that much at all. She cried a whole lot worse when she got her shots last month. I love how they look on her. It also gave me a little piece of mind knowing that I would be the one feeling the anxiety of the event and not her. Our ac broke again, but the Lord gave me a miracle and it was fixed for free and sooner and faster than the repairman thought it would be. Thank You Father for hearing my cry and giving me the miracle I needed. Carson went to VBS for the first time at Putnam Baptist and loved it. He looked like such a big boy walking away going to join his class. I felt a little sad and happy. Sad he was growing up so fast and happy that he was going to have this experience. We also had a member added to our family. He was a calico gold fish named fishy. Sadly though we have already had to say goodbye to said family member. He will be missed. The crazy thing, looking back this all happened within a time period of a week and a few days. All I can say is thank goodness that long week is over. Next comes the daunting task of planning a birthday party for my soon to be 3 year old son. Please pray for me!

30

I turned the big 3-0 on Saturday. Unlike my birthdays when I was little, the day just seemed ordinary. The day before I had gotten an awesome new hairdo, and my husband and kids threw me a little party because Carson was going with grandparents for the night. So that was exciting. Then the actual day came and it was just like any other Saturday. The laundry still needed to done and the dishes still needed to be washed. Alan and Carson did go build a car at our local hardware store. So I had a nice peaceful morning with my daughter. It just seemed like all the magic and excitement of birthdays had gone. I was excited though for that evening because an awesome friend of mine J'aime got a girls night together and we went out to eat in Gastonia and had KK doughnuts for dessert. We had so much fun laughing and talking that I really did not want our time together to end. It just still did not seem right, and after much talk with Alan and many people asking how it feels to be 30. I finally realized what was the problem. It felt wrong to be 30. Don't get me wrong. I have no problem with that age or any age above or below that I just thought I would never be 30. It always seemed so far away and then it came like every other birthday. I am sure I will probably get used to saying that I am 30, but it still feels wrong in some way. I am not afraid of my age or anything like that, but I have been twenty something for 10 years now. I just need a little adjustment time. So far it is fine being 30. I think I just expected some epiphany or some great huge astronomical thing to happen and it didn't. Why I had this idea that something would happen I don't know, but I did. The thing is I know just a little bit more than I did before my birthday. Only because you learn a little something everyday, but the universe of knowledge was not opened up to me. I do have to say though that I am where I hoped to be at 30. I wanted to be happily married with children and I am. So really 30 is fabulous because I have family and friends who love me and a Heavenly Father to guide me and love me through the next 30 years. Here is to the next 30, may they be filled with love, laughter, and many blessings.
Cheers!

Beach Part 4: The Final Instalment

We packed our bags, said our goodbyes, and headed back to South Beach Marina for a little more fun. Which we did have. We saw beautiful mcaws, ate a good lunch at the Wreck at the Salty Dog, and even got some super man ice cream to top off our vacation. So now we had to start our long trip home. I hoped I wouldn't have to spend most of it in the backseat, but I did. We didn't run into too much traffic which was nice. We made it home a respectable time, but as soon as we pulled into the driveway our vacation abruptly ended. When we get the care parked in the carport we see that 2 huge limbs from our pecan tree in the backyard had fallen during a bad storm. Not bad. Then we open the door to our house and are hit with stifling air. Alan goes to look at the thermostat and it says that it is 80 degrees in our house and it was set for 72. Our air conditioner had frozen up and we needed to get the kids to bed and unpack. While unpacking we realize that we left our travel fan at the beach house. So Alan had to go to Wal-Mart to buy another travel fan because we use that for noise to sleep and also that night we will be using it to keep cool. Alan said bad things happen in threes and I believe those were our 3. We had a nice vacation but reality sure did come and hit us real hard real fast. Our air did get fixed eventually and it just needed freon and didn't cost that much to repair. Thank God! Well, that's the story of our beach break. It was fun and we will probably try to go back on our own sometime. Thanks all, and have a good rest of the day!