What is your Worldview??

Can you answer this question? If not, or if you want to know more about worldview, I would highly reccomend a book titled "Total Truth" by Nancy Pearcey. Usually I read fiction or parenting books, but the connection between this book and a course I took in college about the life and work of Francis Schaeffer reeled me in and it has been worth reading every page. Nancy Pearcey gives an insightful background to the development of modern thought and philosophy in politics, religion, science and social issues. I am about halfway through the book (it's long), but my brain is swimming with the application of the ideas she writes about. Do you want to know how to defend what you believe or better understand how our culture got to where it is today? Then read this book!

http://www.gnpcb.org/sites/total.truth/
http://www.pearceyreport.com/

Bath Time

Tyler is old enough now that he and Matthew can take baths together. They were having lots of fun the other night.

Who Does He Look Like??

I dug out some of my baby photos to compare to Tyler. I think he looks like me - what do you think!?!

Easter

We were quite shocked to wake up to falling snow Easter morning. The short sleeve shirts I bought for the boys seemed a bit out of place, but I just put on some sweatshirts and coats and they were fine. We slipped and slid to church, but were glad we made it. I always love Easter Sunday. I made a lamb roast for dinner and Matthew actually ate some, along with his artichoke. Ever since the egg hunt Matthew keeps asking me to hide the eggs again. I obliged him once then he said he was going to hide them. Instead he sat down and ate all the candy when I wasn't paying attention. Oh well, what can you do?!?!

The Pain of Relationship

There is no suffering like the suffering involved in being close to another person. But neither is there any joy nor any real comfort at all outside of intimacy…
-Mike Mason, The Mystery of Marriage

I like this quote. We have been struggling to be kind and compassionate towards one another in the last few weeks. Steve has been down and out with a gastro-intestinal bug for three days and he is really not fun to be around when he is sick. The good part is that we are learning, slowly but surely, to communicate better about the real reason why we act as we do and to grow together because of it. So, while the circumstances of life are not always pleasant I am grateful that God allows us to go through them - once on the other side.

March Photos

Spring has sprung - we should have tulips soon.

My smiley boy!
The double jog stroller.

On the way to the park - Matthew always has to climb up and over two or three times.

Just Doing Life

I decided it was time to end my silence and post a new blog. The lack of posting was simply that life has been all too consuming lately and there hasn't been much of interest to report.

I did get a weekend away at a Women's Retreat in Colorado Springs. The speaker was great, I got a couple hours at Garden of the Gods all by myself, and I got to sleep two full nights without having to get up to check on a child. Each time I called home Steve sounded calm and in control so I was able to really relax - what a treat!!

Otherwise we have still been fighting sickness. I spoke too soon with my last post. Matthew got sick with the same nasty cold Tyler had and also got an ear infection. Then Matthew got the stomach flu, then I got the stomach flu, then Matthew got the stomach flu. Needless to say, we are ready for a break from viruses invading our house.

I finally got sick of my baby fat and got serious about weight loss. I've lost 8 pounds in the last two weeks and am fitting back into some of my pre-baby clothes - it feels great! My birthday present to myself was a double jog stroller. I love being able to go for walks with both boys. Matthew chooses between the school park, yellow park, or green park and off we go. I always encourage him to run on our way back - wears him out and he takes a long nap!!!

Tyler is eating three meals a day at 7 months old. He's a tank! He loves his food and doesn't sleep through the night without all three. He is now eating potato, avacado, squash, peas, cauliflower, and quinoa. Tomorrow we'll try brocolli.

Steve has been doing some side electrical work. He has another 50 hour job coming up. Hopefully we'll get to do some of the re-finishing/re-modeling projects we want to do this summer.

Well....that is the extent of our lives right now. Hopefully we'll have some fun stuff to report soon. We got a flat Stanley in the mail and we need to get him to some interesting places to report back to Vanessa in Maine.

Cheers!!!