Love is part 3

Love is making a tray of Lasagna for your husband to eat while you will be out of town.
Love is running out into the pouring rain to "save" you son's prized (at the moment) stuffed animal.
Love is the ache you feel when your child wakes from a nap and runs frantically around the house looking for you while you stepped out front to get the mail and trying to calm him down while he explains he thought something happened to you.
Love is knowing that although you remember your sins of the day before, God has not only forgiven you but forgotten.
Love is the ability to keep offering hugs and kisses at 5:32 pm when all three kids are crying, the dinner buzzer is going off, your power is flickering from the storm and you are still trying to remember if you brushed your teeth this morning.

Happy Birthday

3 Years ago blessing number 2 came into our lives. Chipper Dash Edwards was given to us. Today he is growing into a child with tremendous will, an adventurous mind, and a spirit that is full of bliss and life. He no doubt will run a small country, lead many men to follow Christ, and constantly have us on pins and needles as he trots into many different life threatening adventures. He loves to wrestle anything from the dog to dad, make sound effects with every move he makes and gives every ounce of energy to everything he does. We love this little boy with all our heart. Happy Birthday Dash!

Birthday Bounce

We had the boys birthday bash with all the cousins and family this week. There was a 25ft tall bounce house water slide that provided 4 hours of non- stop fun and a pinata that the kids loved swinging at! It poured rain but this didn't ruin the fun as it provided more water for them to slide in and cooled off the adults! Thank you God for this awesome blessing of a bouncing good time with these two precious gifts!

Love is part 2

Love is being the last one to always sit down at the dinner table because you are constantly serving your adorable husband and precious children all the things they need to enjoy a hot meal, yours is usually cold by the time you take your first bite.
Love is praying for Angels to camp around your son's bed at night so that he won't be scared of monsters in his closet and then printing out pictures of them so he can tape them to his wall even though you want so badly to crawl in bed yourself.
Love is the smile that comes over your heart when your middle child peeks out of his room early in the morning and sees you having quiet time and whispers "dood morning mommy, time get dup yet?"

A Stolen Idea

I stole this idea from the hilarious couple, Elise and Paul's blog. They have a post called "love is". It like a neat idea to post what "love is" throughout your day, because sometimes you stop noticing when love is always around you. You kind of take it for granted... so here are my first "love is" thoughts from today. Feel free to do some on your blog ,or add some here...

Love is... Jesus dying on the cross for my sins that I committed today.
Love is getting up at 4:30 am this morning to fix a cup of coffee for my adorable hubby before he left on his big fishing trip.
Love is that butterfly flutter that happens deep in your belly when your little girl first wakes from her nap and you hear her babbling in her crib.
Love is the anxious feeling you have when your husband and two sons pull up in the driveway and you can't wait long enough to let them open the door so you go out front to greet them after not seeing them all day and they yell "mommmmmeeee us missdid you"
Love is knowing tomorrow there will be more love is to come.

A dream come true

So I had to go to the grocery store tonight to pick up things for my awesome hubby's fishing tournament tomorrow. He has to be in the tournament for work with a bunch of clients, not something he is looking to forward to. Anyways, I had a list of stuff to get, things I guess guys need for a day out at sea while they hunt for the big one. One thing was beer. As I was checking out, the sweet and my new best friend, cashier said "mam, can I see your ID?"... I didn't respond, mainly because I didn't think she could possibly be talking to me. But after the second time, I smiled as big as Texas and said ABSOLUTELY... hee hee, I can't believe it! Hopefully, she wasn't just trying to be nice. It is a sad day when this is the highlight of your day... this is in contrast to the card my oldest son made for me a few weeks ago. It was a cute little card with a heart on the front, his name and mine in pink and a cut out picture from a magazine with shamu in it. He said (and I am not editing this at all) "Mommy, I put shamu in there because it reminds me of you, see the big white belly on it"... yes a moment that will shine forever in the mommy book. So today, I am going to believe the cute, wonderful and oh so perfect Publix cashier who made my year by simply asking me for ID.

Just Say No

This is what my hubby says to me like once a day or maybe twice. You see I am a compulsive "yesser" aka sucker! I have a really hard time saying no. (except of course to my three young children who are so well behaved I hardly have to say no LOL) My day looks like this in my yes world. "Hey Em, want to go to the park with us ?" Me: yes. "Hey Em, can you help us put together xyz project" Me: yes. "Hey Em, can you come up and take your grandmother to xyz?" Me:yes. "Hey Em, can you design a party invitation for me?" Me: yes. "Hey Em, can you plan a wedding for us?" Me:Yes. YES, YES, YES. I get bored standing still, sitting still or just being still. I get bored driving to the grocery store without talking on the phone. I get bored just thinking about not having something to think about. I love to be busy, I love to be a yesser, I love to be in controlled chaos. But, I know that I have some limitations, so from here on out I pledge to keep my yeses to less than ten a day! Now that you are warned, you better be one of the first ten to ask!

Good Intentions

This morning my two oldest kids had a great idea (according to them). They had really good intentions. Every morning the boys do room time from 9- 10 am. and Scout does crib time. This means they stay in their room or crib with a set amount of toys and play. Sounds great doesn't it? I get an hour to clean, get ready... ect. Well it usually is great, but today, to boys had a big suprise for mommy. I went to check on them around 20 minutes into it. When I opened the door, I stepped into a giant puddle. Not good, seeing that their floors are wood! I looked at both of them in shock and asked what had happened. They were so excited to show me the wet towel, half used bar or soap and liquid soap from the bathroom, empty cups and wet dog. "We gave the dog a bath for you"... great intention, bad result, but awesome story!