Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Happy New year!!

Okay, I'm not great at updating. In fact, I think it's safe to say, I suck at this blogging thing. yet i keep coming back and posting every so often. I think about the blog posts that catch my attention. It seems like I have an interest in those blogs that are day to day and that i can just follow lives of the bloggers that i read. Unfortunately, my day to day isn't all that blog worthy. So rather than take up valuable time and space, i'm going to update when I can and go from there.
The last time I posted, I was fixing to end my time as an extra on FNL, my family was gearing up for the summer and my kids were growing up.
I hate goodbyes. I hate seeing the end of anything. So I took myself out of FNL early. I made a conscious decision that the last Austin games would be my farewell. I said my goodbyes and i moved on. it's been bittersweet, but I don't feel like hanging on to the bitter end would have been a good idea. I left on my terms and i have no regrets about that.
 Pretty much as soon as my time on FNL ended, we had an interesting houseguest for two weeks. Some friends of ours from church were being stationed in Washington State and needed to find housing and get settled. So we hosted their mom, Reba for two weeks. It was awesome. I loved having her here. She made me feel special, like I was doing something great for her. But really, she was the blessing. Having her here added so much to our family. She was 92 at the time and shared so much history and wisdom with our kids. She has the most positive attitude and just had such a good time. I wish she could come back and stay with us again some time.
During this time, my oldest son Josh was living away from home. he took a job at Camp Tejas in the summer ministry team. We went up there to visit him one weekend and it was like seeing someone in their natural element. He just fit right in and was a part of something special. He'll be returning next summer.
With FNL ending, I was able to focus on my REAL job, doing childcare at my church. What a blessing this job has turned out to be. I love my kids, my coworkers and actually look forward to going to work each day. This job has become more like a ministry to me and I'm so very blessed.
Life has been good for all of us. Our family has been here in Texas for five years and truly feel like we're home to stay. After being military for so long, it's a great feeling to just sit still for a while.
I'll try really hard to update more often.