Thursday, December 27, 2007
This and That
Posted in Around the Homestead
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Well, we got a little bit more snow earlier today. I need to go and take a picture to share with you all, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. Of course I can not promise you that the snow will still look as beautiful as it did today. Well I took some more pictures of the kiddos. I figured that this would be a great way to show the family what the kids look like. I am just not good at sending pictures out anymore. Must be old age or I just don't have the time. Here is one of Gabriella smiling...finally she is awake. Check out her double chin. We think it is very cute, and can't wait until it is a triple chin!  The next one is of the kids on Christmas morning. Now, don't laugh...I know that my kids look like rag a muffins. What is a mom to do when she has children that like to dress themselves...GASP in mismatched clothing?  I think that they are beautiful and look at how excited they are! Why Tyme actually has on matching socks. That is a big deal. Well, Brandon came home this morning at about 10ish, and he got called back out to work at around 4ish. So, he wasn't home very long, but he says it is a good thing because this means that he is making money. Money...this is a good and a bad thing. We all need it, but then it seems that you become a slave to it if you are not careful. So, I guess the best thing to do is to make what you need and forget the rest. Having a simpler lifestyle seems to be the best way to go. We all die so why not try to spend as much time with the ones that you love. After all you can't take it with you. This is what we are striving for. Right now he is on the extra board which means he is gone quite a bit, but eventually he will have the right number and be able to hold on the pool board. Then he will be able to be home more often than not. Right now we have to make this sacrifice...and he is making the sacrifice to provide for us. I know that we are blessed to have him. Everything that he has ever done has been for us. If that isn't love then I have no idea what is. Taylor and I were talking the other day about how Brandon has been gone quite a bit lately, but we know that it will slow down. Taylor pointed out how at least his father isn't gone as much as he was when he was in the Marines. I think the main difference is that Brandon isn't gone as long. So, that does make it easier on all of us. At least we know that he will only be gone for a day or two instead of weeks or months! That was so hard on Taylor and Tristen when they were younger. I was reading in a book, that a friend gave me, called Beyond the Birds and the Bees by Gregory K. Popcak, that marriage is about sacrifice and serving others. This is what we as Catholics want to instill into our children so they can have a Holy marriage and a whole marriage. The Catholic Church teaches us that we are to serve others at all times. When we serve others we are serving Christ. I think that this is one advantage that larger families have compared to those that are smaller. There are more people to practice serving in a larger family! The older ones can practice serving others by helping the younger ones...lets say by making them a plate of food or getting them the cup of juice they so desperately need. The younger ones then learn from their older siblings example. They will learn that this is about helping each other out even if your little/older brother or sister is getting on your nerves. I am always telling my kids that they need to always love one another. Someday Brandon and I will no longer be here, and from our family they will only have each other. I guess we must be doing something right because I do see that they have a deep love for one another...even after little brothers or sisters have sang the same song for an hour straight, or big brother/sisters are not giving up the t.v.  |
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