Sunday

Today has been a really nice day. I remember as a kid not loving Sundays so much, once church was done, the rest of the day was great :) I loved the feeling of no agenda for the day other then to just hang out and be with my family. Today has been one of those days, no agenda other then to just hang out with Nathan and my 3 munchkins. We (mostly Nathan) worked on a Halloween puzzle today that the girls and I found yesterday while out shopping. I seriously love this time of year....... Fall is so magical, why is that ?

Bad blogger award goes to.......

 ME! I know I have been somewhat bad lately at blogging on here, but I am just totally depressed that I lost my camera over Labor day BOO WHO :( We did have a lot of fun though! We went to PC with our good friends Taryn and Travis along with their 3 kiddos. We went to Swiss Days in Midway, which was totally craziness! I have never seen it that busy before. Then we headed back to the hotel in PC and went swimming, which is kinda sad because swim season is pretty much over now. It was a lot of fun, we really enjoyed our weekend. Did I mention my dads friend from Italy was our personal chef the entire trip? Amazing, simple amazing!

So on a totally unrelated note Nathan and I for some time have hated the phrase...."It's complicated" Why you ask? It is a favorite line written into just about any movie, TV show, kid show, you name it show. For some reason we believe life is too boring or dull with out constant drama in our life, which is why we seek it out in TV shows and so on. In High School I had plenty of drama, so much so that when I think back on it I sometimes want to throw up thinking about how dramatic I was. And I totally just ate it up...Always with a boyfriend, and usually had another one on the side, you get the picture. But it seems that somehow television, and movies have never moved on from that stage in life. I see situations on TV that reflect what my life was like as a teenager, only it's being roll played by grown adults? Anyway It's just kinda funny to reflect on this subject, for me at least. I mean life can be pretty simple, what makes it complicated is when we start listening to the "worlds" point of view such as.....

1-Have sex with anyone why not? It's your body do as you please = baby on board with some random guy, or an abortion = complicated and sad

2-Do drugs to feel better = drug rehab, kids get taken away, wife or husband divorce you = complicated and sad

3- Having an affair, so many people do, it's no big deal = getting caught = getting a divorce = sadness, hurt, anger = see #1 & 2 above

4- Stealing = going to jail = 1, 2 & 3 above

You know the phrase " You are what you eat "...? Well in this case maybe we are what we watch.

These are just a few of the many "it's complicated" situations found on the tube these days. What are your thoughts on this subject??

Tonight

As I sit here writing my girls are tucked into bed sleeping (I hope) and I am just pondering over to-nights perfection I experienced moments ago. We had dinner together tonight with just our little family. All of the windows and doors were open, letting the most perfectly cool breeze into our home (in this post I will use the word "perfect" a lot, you have been fairly warned). Then as I was cleaning up dishes Nathan was helping the girls get ready for bed, brush teeth, put on jammies, that type of thing. Then Nathan and the girls piled into the bunk beds to read nightly stories. I could hear them in there laughing, and reading as I was doing laundry getting us ready for our little get away trip for the long weekend. And as I was going back and forth hearing happy sounds, and feeling that fabulous crisp air on my skin, topped off with the most perfect evening light streaming into my house....It hit me like a ton a bricks! I am the luckiest person alive, truly I am. In that moment I had a little taste of perfection. Then as if things could not get any better they did :). I was tucking Becca into our bed for the night, and we were going over the days events when Rachel came into the room with a glass of water, and said "Here Becca, dis is for you".  Rachel had actually sneaked out of her room, past her dad who was dead asleep in her bed, to come bring her sister a glass of water. My heart pretty much burst when she came in and said that! Then she gave her sister a kiss and  said "Goo night Becca I wove you".....I told you Perfection! What a way to end an already perfect evening. Ok I know some of you are thinking enough already, I'm going to throw up if you use that word one more time..... but I don't care I mean what I say. So good night perfection, I thoroughly enjoyed that little glimpse. 

Below are some pictures from a book Becca made today. She wanted to make a memory book, and so she did.

 I will interpret the following :)

 

Becca's pre-school, Becca's classroom 

Becca and Aria (her friend at school), Becca downstairs (the polka dot snake looking thing is a sheet she wears on her head to look like Rapunzel).  

 

Becca's dance class, Jeremy Drive (our house)

 

Becca Happy Birthday, Becca's kindergarten room

 

Lucius (our cat), Becca at The Children s Museum 

 

Becca, Becca & Rachel

 

Good bye