Rest for the Weary

A miraculous thing happened yesterday morning (no, Garrett didn't sleep through the night. I wish). For only the second time in six weeks, we woke up in our own house on a Sunday morning. Even more exciting was the fact that for the first time in seven weeks, we had a Saturday with absolutely nothing going on. No traveling, no being out of town, nothing. Of course, being gone and busy that many weekends in a row meant that we had some majorly neglected projects to work on at the house, so we stayed plenty busy, but it was still nice to be home. And I even got to go grocery shopping by myself!

I'd like to say things are starting to slow down, but that just doesn't seem to be the case. Thankfully, most of our busyness in the next few months is local, so I'm done worrying about embarking on massive trips with two little ones. Which will (hopefully) mean that I'll be less busy during the week (hello no more packing or ridiculous amount of laundry) and I should be able to actually get a few posts up here. You know, maybe fill in some details of all the crazy traveling we've been doing. But that's probably just a pipe dream since I've very nearly got two mobile boys to worry about. Sigh. Such is life.

Wordless Wednesday

 

Wordless Wednesday

Garrett, Child of God



Growing up, I never expected that I would be baptizing my children in the same church I was baptized, confirmed, and then married in. Not that there is something wrong with the church, mind you--I just didn't plan on being in Sioux Falls that long. But plans change, life happens, and it all works out in the end. And not only have we been blessed with wonderful blood family, but we also have an amazing church family that (quite literally, it seems) loves our boys like their own children. I'm not naïve enough to confidently say that plans won't change again, but for now, it's fun to watch them grow up in this community of faith and imagine all of the milestones they will (hopefully) get to experience in this church. 

One of the few family photos we have. Whoops

My family

Garrett's sponsors: Uncle Mike and Aunt Macy

Darrell's parents

Wearing (and looking darn cute in!) Uncle Mike's baptismal outfit

And of course, it should be no surprise that Big Brother William did his best to steal the spotlight whenever he could--but when he's that cute, can you really blame him?

Parenting Is...

Parenting is avoiding a tantrum by letting you child eat his bread with a spoon

Because there are just way bigger battles to fight than the "proper" way to eat a slice of bread. (And at least he isn't eating it butter-side down. This is a butter-side up house, folks.)

Wordless Wednesday

 

 

Wordless Wednesday