Road Trip

We had to make a road trip back to SD
We got a different car for my husband to drive
His car blew up last week,
Yes that is 2 months after putting a new transmission in
We bought a car from my brother that is shall I say {DISPOSABLE}
We payed so little for it,
that if anything goes wrong with it ,
it is not worth fixing.

It is in decent shape
and God was looking out for us
as He had this whole process already planned.

I trust in Him and His timing!

When I was younger

I use to make every story have a happy ending.
No matter what it was.
A news broadcast,
a movie,
a book,
a story,
anything I viewed
as not having a
{happily-ever-after}
I would critique in my mind
and create that best case scenario ending.

I realize I have been trying to do that with my life.
If the day,
the situation,
the mood,
the hostility,
the projected feelings
are not what I perceive I want them to be,
then I overlook it and make it a
{happily-ever-after}.

This has not served me well.
I have missed a lot of life
not facing reality and trying to believe in
{happily-ever-after}.

I realize that
{happily-ever-after}
is only for fairy tales...
and I am definitely not living
one
of
those
fairy tales!

I prayed it wouldn't be cold

but I forgot to pray for NO WIND!

Can you say WINDY? It wasn't terribly cold,

but it was one of the windiest days we have seen lately.

Despite the wind, the boys had a great time and enjoyed the skate park.

We only had a half day of school that day,

so we were able to have his party and celebrate on his actual birthday.

We celebrated with pizza, cake, gifts, and of course

RIDING!

Luckily, there was only one flame to blow out,

and with enough sheltering,

he actually got to blow it out!

{after being re-lit multiple times}

We had to hold on to EVERYTHING!



It was a great day!

Dooped

Lately,
I have been feeling like I have been
{DOOPED}

I have come to realize,
that life
and certain
situations
haven't
dooped me...

I have only

dooped myself into

believing something that

is not

reality

Can you say

{PIZZA?}

Mmmmm...


...MMMMM

GOOD!

Happy Birthday!

Today our oldest-first-born daughter will celebrate her birthday.
It is official - {we have a teenager in the house}.
She is celebrating her 13th birthday.

She is a brilliant, beautiful person!
She has set our standards high as parents.

I love sharing my life with her,
and I sometimes regret that I don't spend as much time with her as I would like.

She is very responsible and helps me out a lot.

I try really hard to balance responsibility and not taking advantage of her birth order.

I thank God for her.

Happy 13th Birthday!
I will love you forever, like you for always,
and as long as I am living my baby You will BE!

I take it back!

I have taken back my dignity.

I am not going to let others dictate me...

...my feelings

...my thoughts

...my emotions

...my mood

...my ability to live life to the fullest extent...