Gorgeous sunshine through the trees. Good morning Saturday 🙂
Raising children… the next generation
Raising children… everyday it is a part of us, watching the new things they do or say, laughing at their pure innocence and child logic, listening to them explain and tell stories. Watching these feet grow, that started so tiny.
As I sit here this early morning, in absolute silence in our house awaiting our family’s day to begin I am so very thankful for the time we do have together, for the love we share and the beautiful children we have to grow with. At times life is not easy, but our children remind us at each day is a brand new day and as our children are learning so are we.
This weekend, Sunday, my husband and I celebrate being together for 11 years. A true accomplishment and something we want our children to be proud of us for. Hearing our children tell us they want to grow up to be just like mommy and daddy is the best compliment I could ever ask for! For our children to know that life is not perfect, but what we have been given is perfectly ours. That things do not happen without hard work and to appreciate those things. There is more to life than just tv and toys, the world is an amazing place to explore and by working hard comes the opportunity.
11 years ago today I would never have thought I would be meeting my husband this evening. I was at a very confusing point in my life and meeting him turned out to be the best thing that has ever happened to me, with all my dreams coming true and still so much more to discover together!
One of the best things about becoming a parent, is truly “becoming” ourselves, and having our children to thank for this amazing opportunity.
It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. ~Joyce Maynard
The guys who fear becoming fathers don’t understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child raising is not the child but the parent. ~Frank Pittman, Man Enough
Watching the beauty of nature… Rain storm
These sweet children of ours absolutely blow my mind everyday. What is even more awesome is that when went to the open house and book fair tonight at the lil man’s school, the two books the lil man picked were completely unknown to me, until we showed his lil sis his classroom and I noticed the authors name they were talking about up on the board. sure enough the books our son choose were written by this author! Very awesome and proud mommy moment. Especially when he explained to daddy why he chose the books he did, since daddy had to work and couldn’t come with us. Love these kids they make me us, so very proud!
Intensity of the storm clouds
It was unbelievable to watch the storm clouds rolling in again and again and within minutes the rain hit.
Storm clouds
The next round of storm clouds rolling in! Some crazy weather tonight and it’s still going on.
Storm clouds rolling in
The storm clouds rolling in above the trees behind our house.
A rainbow in between the storm clouds
When the kids and I got home tonight it was lightly raining so I convinced them to get their rain boots on and go dance in the rain.
Then the boy runs inside and declares “Mommy!!! A rainbow!!!”
The next generation of our family
The next generation of not only our family but also our family business. Our kids love going to the shop, our boy loves telling mommy just how amazing his daddy is and all the things he can do, I love hearing just how much he looks up to, not only his dad but to me too!
“Don’t marry a man if you wouldn’t be proud to have a son just like him”… I am very proud to have a son who wants to grow up just like his dad, who wants to grow up and become a daddy, but first will meet a nice mommy first and then have a baby 😉 So cute. They both do make me proud and make me love my hubby more and more each day for his dedication, love and being so hard working! I am so unbelivably proud to have my husband working with my family in my family business and hearing our kids aspiring to one day too!
Littles who love to think big
Love these kids, they are just so excited and proud with each passing day more excited to grow bigger and do more things. I love to cherish how little they still are yet appreciate their thriving independence, and be proud. Proud of these two great kids we are raising. Love them to bits. They make every day worth smiling, no matter how down I may feel! Love is a beautiful thing. I love and adore my family.
What is so amazing, is our babe’s told hubby and I they had to go get the mail, hubby said for them to go together and be careful, that’s when our lil man looked at his lil sis and said okay, we should hold hands… And mommy melted… Then ran for the camera to capture this awesome moment!
The sun will always rise again…
This is the photo I spoke about in my post… Even though I may have had a down day today, the sun will always rise again tomorrow. When I looked up from the couch and saw this outside I had to capture the beauty.
