I say this often ... or at least I think it. I stop and pray, "Thank you Lord for delivering me from what I thought would be a perfect life, and giving more than I could ever even imagine." Sometimes I shudder and tear up at the thought that if I had not listened to Him, where I would be ... what I would have missed ... or if I would even still be here, alive.
I could not ask for more ... and yes, Patton is picking his nose.
I know I have missed a little while blogging; ok, dad, a lot while ... like over 2 months while. Sorry. We have been busy living life and trying to stay afloat. I don't necessarily think it's because we added another blessing to our broad, but because Kirby is now in full time school ... the days, weeks and geeze ... the months just fly by.
I am going to try {try, try, try} to be more intentional about pictures and stories here. Not because I want to advertise to the world what we do, but because this is my favorite way to leave memories behind for my kiddos. This is their journal. I have personal ones that I make notes, prayers, and scriptures for them, but these posts are for them to look back on in books one day and share with their kiddos.
So, Kirby, Patton and Bowen ... (ok, you too daddy) this is my promise to attempt to do better about posting more often. I'd say daily, but I know that's not going to happen. Let's start with I'm going to try to do better than this past year.
Thanksgiving week we got to catch up with all of the Patrick cousins for a few days. We attempted a photo shoot in the field. It was extremely windy. And there is a range of 3 months to 7 years of age here ... I think we did pretty dang "snappy" if you ask me.
Typical Kirby.
A few weeks before, I had seen an outfit on a mannequin at Target that stopped me in my tracks. As a mother of a girl I have tried really hard not to go crazy with spending money right and left to dress her to the nines. When we first had her I told myself not to, because I could see it consuming me and then that would be passed on to her. But every once in awhile I like to treat her and well, me. Well, this outfit just brought me to tears .... it was so precious and I could see my Kirby girl just being so excited about it. This is not the outfit ... I thought about it for a day and went back to get it and they were sold out of anything even remotely close to her size. But, saw this and said, "this is fun too." Her and AK love to match at church, so I splurged and got her one too. What else to do then, but have a dance party and photo shoot in the back yard? When they were 2 they were in Tippi Toes together, so this was fun to try to recreate some of their moves from 3 years ago!
December 17th was Kirby's Christmas program at school. She was "An angel way up high ... but not flying, just on the top row."
I always feel like black and white shows more emotion, and this photo was the perfect depiction of our sweet child. Right now, everything is "so precious I think I'm gonna cry" to her.
The Christmas party at school was quite fun too ...
I cracked up watching her play musical chairs ... she is a whipper snapper just like her daddy when it comes to competitions.
Gosh, my heart wells up with joy as I think about how I have been blessed. WE. CR and I can not express in words how thankful we are to God each day for our challenges (and oh boy are there many- but with those come growth), our gifts, our life .... it is nothing like I ever imagined. It is so much better.
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."
James 1:17
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