Anxious For Everything Lately

Well, It's been a while since I've posted anything on this blog. Oh how things have changed. Lets see, on Wednesday we find out the sex of baby #2 that is due in August, next week we will be closing on our new house, and in May I will be graduating from law school....Oh and did I mention I have to start studying for the bar exam. In between we have birthdays, trips, and church events. This whole "be anxious for nothing" theme has taken on a whole new meaning for me right now, yet all I can do is take one day a time. With the passing of each day is the completion of another project, case, or paper; and that is all I can do right now. Looking into the future just stresses me out. I have a beautiful wife, the cutest son in the world, and a family that supports me through it all. If you think you have something to stress about, you don't. There is nothing too big for our God. "Worry" is but a passing emotion that is uprooted by the knowledge and dependence in a God whose hand I rest in daily. There is no other option for me! There is no other life, than to live each day in God's Sovereignty. Soli Deo Gloria.

The Greatest Show on Earth . . . the 2nd time around

Hi blog,
Haven't talked to you in a while . . . I don't really have much to say, but I did want to write about our family's experience at the circus. Tim's parents came in town the first weekend in January (the 8th -10th) to bring us all George's Christmas presents that we had to leave at their house because we drove straight to North Carolina from there. (That may be a run-on sentence, but I have come to the conclusion that blogging grammar rules are not the same as regular grammar rules. Just wanted to make that distinction before moving on.) Tim's mom really wanted to take George to the circus, so we decided to see the 3:30 pm show on Saturday. We got there around 3 and bought the cheapest tickets they had. We are not really rolling in the moolah right now, so we decided to be frugal. How bad could it be, right??? So we started on our way to the top (and I mean top) of the seating in the St. Pete Times Forum. Once we got to our seats, (which weren't even the highest seats they sold) we looked down at the circus. It was totally insane because they had all the equipment in the rafters, and it was totally blocking our view of everything. There was a twenty minute trapeze act we could not see one minute of. I started to get a little peeved. Granted, we did buy the cheapest seats they sold, but these seats should not have even been given away for free. Tim decided he would go try to get our money back, so we could just leave. The man at the counter said they don't give refunds, but they would give us really good seats for another show. We decided to come back for the 7:30pm show and sit front and center. We walked around IKEA for a while, and then made our way back to the Forum. We did have to pay for parking twice, which was no fun. The second show was really good. George loved the motorcycle act in the "ball of steel" and the pirates who did the jumping seesaw act. I am really glad we got to go back because I would have never gone again if we would have had to eat the tickets we bought originally. All in all, it ended up being a good time. So . . . thank you man at the ticket counter for making our experience at "The Greatest Show on Earth" truly great!!!!

Today is January 6th . . . I thought I would refelct on how 2010 is going so far. We got back safely from North Carolina on January 2nd. Have I told you yet how much I HATE driving for long periods of time???? Well, let me inform you that I literally despise being in the car that long. It is torture! An hour and thirty minute ride to Orlando is the extent of my happiness in the car. Poor Tim has to put up with me complaining and sleeping the whole way. I didn't help drive once this entire trip . . . how pathetic is that??
Moving on . . . we got back and had a relaxing Sunday. We had the best intentions of taking down all our Christmas decorations, but that never happened. We still have our tree and all the trimmings up in the house. I guess we will get to it when we get to it:) On Monday I started back at school . . . lovely to see those sweet angels again . . . haha! It has been pretty tough to get back in the groove of teaching, having George back at school, Tim back at work, and all the structure that we keep as a family during this busy time. I finally feel a little more "normal" today, so a three day window isn't so bad. We are planning on going to the circus with Tim's parents this weekend, soo that will be something to look forward to after a long, transitional week. Till next time . . .

Christmas is behind us . . .

Well, we officially "survived" Christmas 2009. We went to my husband's parents house in Coconut Creek (south Florida) on December 23rd. We were there with his parents, his sister, her husband and three kids, and then Tim, George, and I. It was a fun time, especially for the kids. There were TONS of presents under the tree, and we sang "Happy Birthday, Jesus" on Christmas Day. All in all, a successful trip was had. The day after Christmas we got in the car (at six am, mind you) and drove to North Carolina for another week long vacation. Here we are now . . . we have been in NC for 5 days now. There is snow everywhere!!!! It is crazy, and it may snow tonight. We have only had two major injuries (that included hospital visits) so far, and with a group of nineteen people, I guess that isn't too bad:) We actually got to take George sledding for about an hour before the police came and kicked us off the hill we were on because the owners didn't want us using it . . . don't worry, though, we weren't the only ones breaking the law on that hill. We will be here through New Year's and then it is back to real life. It is kind of weird to think about going back to real life in just a few days. I feel like I literally have been planning for this Christmas and trip for months and months. The planning, packing, wrapping, writing lists, buying presents, and so on and so forth took so long, and the actual living it out seemed to slip by in just a few short days. I know I have this feeling every year, but it still seems so strong every year. Since I am a teacher, I think it hits me even harder because I get these two weeks off school. I literally count down the days with my students. The thought of going back to school is no fun. Obviously two weeks isn't an eternity, but I always feel like it is forever when I get out that Friday before Christmas. Anyways, the cycle will start again next year, and hopefully I will be able to keep myself in check to not become all consumed with all the planning and plotting for the holiday season. I plan on coming back to read this in a year:) Here's hoping for new snow in the morning . . .

Well, now that my wife has decided to become a professional "blogger" I guess I should pipe in every now and again to make sure she gets the story right. I never thought I would join the millions who spend time updating the world on their life, as if my life was so special. I will be the one who will post all the pictures and videos to come, so you can thank me in advance. Anyway, here we go.

Well . . . I have officially done it. I have started a "blog." It is a little weird, considering I have been stalking so many blogs for so long now. Most of them are written by people I don't even know. Does that make me creepy??? I actually have learned a lot from reading other people's blogs on family, saving money, cooking, among other things. It has introduced me to essentially a whole new world. It is crazy the things you can learn from other people you don't even know. Who knew??? I can't even remember when I started reading blogs. I believe it was right around a year ago. I never thought I would write my own . . . and I am fully aware that it won't be even half as popular or creative or helpful or (you fill in the rest) as so many others I have read. That isn't really my goal, though. I really wanted to start one to document the day-to-day of our lives. We are crazy busy, all the time . . . I have no time to finish baby books or scrapbooks or any of the other crafty things I always want to do. I figure this is a great way for me to keep track of all the fun things we do, and an easy way to go back and look at all the blessings we are given on a daily basis, which is something I never want to lose track of.