Missy's Moments

Marriage is so many things, so many emotions, so much weird, so much wonderful, some days roll along, some days can't get over soon enough and some days you just want  never to end. It seems as if every year our marriage has had some kind of challenge, some obstacle, changes, additions and as of late losses. I'm forever grateful that at the end of the day WE choose to sail whatever waters life brings us together.

Thinking of the cabin, the lake, peace, family time, warm sunshine, cabin games waiting for the rain to pass, bugs , water, fires. Always grateful when I swim in the memories of the lake.

I love my co-workers. They are friends that I happen to work with. Today I woke up with a headache- nothing more than the usual. I took something and headed off to work. By 9:15 I felt like someone was poking my right eye out. My co-workers friends found me a replacement for the afternoon and set me on my way home to crawl into bed and sleep it off. The gift of comfort was much needed and provided. The gift of trust- Sammy boy needed a ear and a shoulder and he trusted me to be both tonight. The gift of being appreciated- Eric isn't one to rant about food so when he does I know I've done something big. Not really it was just dinner but He sure made sure I knew how much he enjoyed it tonight. He knew his mama needed some love and words of affirmation are my love language :)

I am thankful for the memories my boys will have of growing up and hanging out with Daddy, raking leaves or whatever other project happen to be going on outside our house walls. I knew exactly what pictures I wanted to use for day four. At our old home it was a yearly tradition to have a leaf raking day and all three boys would help Dad get the trailer filled and they it would get hauled off to the compost pile. The boys would have so much fun out there laughing and playing and probably much to Rick’s dismay only a little raking actually went on from anyone under age! Our new house only has a few baby trees that don’t really require raking. In fact I think the few leaves they have blew away. By the time they are big enough to produce a fall mess I’m hoping our boys will come visit and clean up mom and dad’s yard just like in the ‘old days’ Did you notice Princess Kayla was no where to be seen? Easy answer for that- 1. either there was shopping going on or 2. there are to many ...

This first picture is a perfect picture of the glimmer Sam gets when his smile is full of fun! (and maybe a bit of mischief ) Here we have Eric- his smile is always so genuine. He melts my heart. This picture was taken when Jack was about a week old- do you recognize that exhausted but completely joy filled smile of a new mom? I think we forget those first weeks consist of more than just exhaustion and feeding and diapers. This last picture was taken in 2006. A lot had been happening in our lives the months previous to this and it was really a treat to be able to spend some time together. I’m not a baker so I bought one of those gingerbread house kits. From the looks of things my kids have gotten my talents. There are just two many smiles to choose from! As you can see the smiles of my kiddos are my favorites. I could have kept going and posted tons of old favorite pictures and even new favorites! I am thankful for my children, their smiles, their laughter. I love it when we ...