April Adventures

Lots has happened this month! I'm not so good at always taking pictures of things though :-( I don't have enough hands to do it all!! We had a fun week at home in the beginning of April. In between the 10 loads of laundry, unpacking and repacking, I was able to plant a garden. (thanks to the help of our great neighbors for tilling and our other neighbors for keeping an eye on it while we are gone.) I planted our first garden 2 years ago, but let it go last summer because I was pregnant. The weeds loved taking over the nice square garden bed for a whole year. Someone even came over and asked me what I was growing last year. Too bad I had to say, "Weeds." Weeds that were almost as tall as me. But hopefully this year we will have some beautiful beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, and flowers. We shall see. I let Ethan help me plant the flower seeds, or should I say, dump a whole bunch of seeds in one whole. Wish he could see the whole gardening process.

Our next highlight of the month was visiting Ocean City, NJ. I grew up going to this beach so it was fun to take my husband there for the first time. It was a cool windy day, but thankfully the sun was out. Ethan had fun learning how to run away from the waves. I soaked in the peaceful sounds of the water coming up on the shore.

Our next stop...Grandma & Papa's house! Too bad Daddy couldn't be with us. We have been having lots of fun here and getting lots of rest. Somehow it seems like everytime we come to visit someone is sick. We have still been enjoying our time spent with family. I hadn't been home for Easter since high school! Since we have been here Hudson has turned 3 months old. He has also learned how to turn from tummy to back, although I'm not quite sure he knows what he is doing. He is also starting to laugh which makes me smile. Ethan has been going full force in the potty training department. While here, his incentive to go is getting a piece of the Easter candy Grandma has all over the house. I think he would do much better with potty training if I remembered to take him more often. He comes to me and tells me that he needs to go potty. It's awesome...and probably candy-induced. And, oh the things that Ethan says! I need to write more of them down. He keeps telling me that his hands are big and that he wants to be 5. Here are a few pics to highlight our time with Grandma and Papa.

The boys with Grandma

Papa is always lots of fun!

The best we could do in Sunday morning

Easter Sunday

Hudson with my Pop-pop

This is the Day

Have you ever had the thought..."I'll be a happier, less edgy person when this day is over" or "I can't wait till this stage of life is past." Admit it, we have all longed for summer in the midst of a cold winter, more sleep when we haven't had much, or something to do when we are completely bored. The grass is always greener on the other side, isn't it?

That's exactly what I was thinking the other day. I'm still adjusting to having 2 children in my care. And it's been 3 months. I guess I like to get a handle on things immediately, but this has been a challenge for me. No better way to remind me of my need for constant dependence on God. As I was in the midst of my "woe is me" thoughts, the Lord brought this verse back to my mind

"No GOOD thing will He withhold from them who walk uprightly."
Psalm 84:11
Guess it's a good theme for a blog :-) This time in my life, difficult though it may be to get a "handle" of things, is exactly what God planned for me as good right now. If I keep waiting for "better days" to serve Him with a joyful heart, I will miss the days at hand that He has given me to glorify Him in.

So though I may be stuck in the house for a few days with sick kids or both kids may be crying at once and I feel like I might go crazy, "this is the day" that God has given me to serve Him.


"This is the day that the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24


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