A Brief Update

It's been a while since I've posted. Life has been unbelievably crazy lately. So here is just a short summary of what to look forward to:

Alexa's 5k Run
Olivia's Baptism
Thanksgiving
Maya's Birthday
Christmas
Trip to Arkansas

Check back and SOMETHING should be posted hopefully soon.

Around the house comments:

New Year's Resolution:
Alexa: My new year's resolution is to eat more and read less.
(I don't think I've ever heard that one before.)

Tongith was family night. A friend of mine here in NC told me about how they did Spotlight at FHE when her kids were little. One person would be the spotlight, they would go around the room and each family member had to say something that they loved about the person being spotlighted. She said it was great when someone was upset with a sibling or parent and they had to say something they loved about them - it helped turn around their attitude pretty quickly.

We decided to start doing that and have really enjoyed it. (We did have to explain to Maya that we got to pick what we wanted to say about her - she wanted to tell us what we could say.) Tonight it was my turn. Maya said, "I love mommy because she always picks us up from school and always has a smile on her face." I loved that she recognized such a small thing that I do and that she appreciates it - for the smiling part I think she's giving me a little more credit but I'll definitely make sure tomorrow that it's there.