Start of Summer 2014

The first week of summer 2014 is behind us! What a crazy long week!!! It is always such an adjustment to having the big kids home. Molly and Grant getting in the groove of being around each other all day. Austin going from playing alone all day to having his best friends home makes his 3 year old little mind think they should play with him 24/7.  We definitely have a life filled with activities, and beautiful, sweet moments.

Elizabeth Gunn and Kate Jarznka are classmates of Molly.
Molly enjoys the sport as it's filled with lots of moving around!

Nanny's house has so much to do. Austin's favorite thing...throwing rocks in her pond.

My kids! They look like teenagers laying out. Austin is hiding under the towel trying to get warm.

The Olly's are awesome!
Srping Concert 2014

Many baseball games for Grant meant I needed a 'bag of things to do."
The little ones do so well at these games. It's a place they end of using their imaginations and just run around being carefree kids.

The first week out of school had Molly spending many hours at Dance rehearsals. I got to have Grant as my only big kid. Bike ride to the park had me huffing and puffing as I pulled oversized toddlers in the bike trailer!

Grant is a natural athlete. Baseball is what he loves, but soccer is something he enjoys too. It's an easy active sport.

Mother's Day 2014

I'm struck today by the weight a mother carries. The deep fear of wanting our children to love us, while we instill and build their character. I carry the weight of what the future holds for them. As I balance loving them and enjoying them with the daily challenge of correcting poor choices, teaching respect, giving consequences for disobedience. I do all of this on my own knowledge of the differences in each of their personalities. I hug them close and see them as little, but am reminded that they are growing quickly and my time with them is short. I pray for them, but wish I could spend more time earnestly praying God protects them. God holds their future and I beg Him to give me a glimpse, but instead He gives me peace and assurance that He chose me as their mother. That is enough for now. 
My love for them is unexplainable. My joy that God gave me all four of them pours out of me in all different ways, tears and laughter and heaviness and appreciation that I am not alone in this journey. I am so very thankful that these four are mine, but they belong to Jesus. What a wonderful Mother's day gift.