Outside

I am so happy that the weather is getting nicer. I am sure I have written this before, but I am seriously so excited. It has been wonderful because Wyatt's little buddies from next door come, and I am the mom who gets to sit outside with them. There are usually about 5 including mine that hang out in our yard. It is kind of a blessing to be the one who gets to referee, but I really enjoy to sit in the grass with a book. It is wonderful! We are so busy lately, that it is my time of peace. It has been a very long time since I have felt actual peace at being at home. I used to be so anxious to hang out around the apartment, which is another reason it is a blessing that my kids are the youngest, because I actually HAVE to stay outside while they play, which doesn't give me the option to be in the apartment fussing over what needs to be cleaned/organized/whatever...
I finished the book of Joshua this evening, which makes book number 13 in my quest to read through the whole Bible. I have switched back to reading the NIV translation. My poor Bible is all duct taped, and written in, it is a total mess, but oh well, I love the worn in look!
I am off now to journal, relax, and watch a movie!

5 Year Anniversary

Saturday was our 5 year wedding anniversary... I was so blessed to spend the whole day with my husband and children (we actually don't spend a lot of time as a whole family sometimes) and we hung out together for the morning, since everyone is still sick! And then went out shopping, we decided to try and buy the kids a toy train set (which turned out to be a better deal online, but need to wait for it to ship now!) when we got home from shopping, we put the kiddos into the stroller, and took a walk to one of our favorite restaurants Senor Tomas... Mmmmm it was so good! We got to sit on their patio, which was really nice with the kids, and then went home and spent the rest of the day playing outside and watching movies together! It was absolutely lovely! I am so thankful to have off today with Ben. We are going to spend most of the day with family... we are heading to my Mom's and then spending the evening with my M-I-L. We plan to watch a movie with Sherry and Neal. Last night I was so excited to spend some time with my sister in law and Kira... I made Summer Turkey Chili, and we got to eat together. It stormed last night, but looks like the weather could be turning nice today (not sure, haven't checked the forecast yet). Anyhow, it looks like we have a busy busy summer coming up, which is always good for me, as long as it isn't too busy. I have been able to really appreciate the time that we have been able to spend hanging out around the house and stuff lately. In the afternoons, it has been such a blessing to spend mainly the whole evening outside in the yard with the neighbor kids. We take books outside and they take turns reading to our kids, and they ride bikes and slide on the slide. It is wonderful! I try to get some chores done while they are playing too, but I have to keep a close eye on them, so... Anyhow, hopefully the kids coughs go away soon, they seem to be getting worse only at night or when they go down for nap time and stuff... Ben is still feeling kind of crummy too, and I can't believe that I have gotten away with just having a bit of a stuffy nose! Woah!
I have now finished Deuteronomy, which is really exciting... and I am now onto Joshua, which is just the continuation of the Moses story. I am happy to be getting as far as I have in my Bible reading, just worried that I am not taking as much away from it as I should. I can start a more in-depth study of it, once I take the Bible Assessment tool through our MDP program... Well that's all for now~!
Happy Memorial Day!