This last weekend we went to Winnipeg from Friday to Sunday. On Friday we picked up a new car. Mike bought a Ford Fusion Hybrid online and had it shipped to Winnipeg where we picked it up. It is a lot of fun to drive and the car is bigger and better than our last car ( there is a bigger back seat and the car has more options). We spent time at Ikea, went to Costco, shopped at Polo Park Mall and swam a lot in the pool at the hotel. We were blessed to have friends come and spend time with us at the hotel and then go for supper. I always feel a little funny when we spend time with our friends who also have children. I feel like we are all playing house, and then one of the children starts to cry and throw a fit and then I know that this is our reality. A reality that I love. I have two amazing and beautiful daughters that I love beyond words and a husband whom I love more today than I did the day we were married. On Sunday we watched Mike's sister Rebecca graduate with her Bachelor of Social Work. She worked so hard and was awarded with the Chancellors medal which means that she had the highest gpa of her entire class. Hannah was so happy for her auntie that while she was up getting her degree, the entire sanctuary was quiet, Hannah yelled "yay auntie Rebecca, yay auntie Rebecca". We were very proud of Rebecca and know that there are big things waiting for her out there.
After the grad we drove to Austin to celebrate my dads birthday with the rest of my family. All in all it was a great weekend. It was great to have a mini holiday but great to come home, sleep in our own beds and start getting back into routine.
We have been blessed with a daughter who has an incredible vocabulary and a very active imagination. I love how she makes up stories and scenarios of things going on beyond my site and how she comes up with things that are just so funny. Yesterday she was getting ready to go to a friends house for a play date. I told her to get some socks on so she went to her room and then returned to my room holding 1 sock. She says "mom, where is the other sock?" she looks down at her feet and says "I have 2 feet". She loves her baby sister and asks to play with her everyday. There is always a part of the day when Hannah wants Zoey to join her at a picnic or a party with the Stuffed animals in our house. When Hannah comes close to Zoey there are always big smiles so I know the love is reciprocated.
Tomorrow we go to get Zoey's two month needles and doctor checkup done. I am so nervous about this. As a second time mom I know what is coming and I don't want my baby to feel pain. On the other hand I want her to be protected from getting the full force of all the diseases that could attack her little body. I am praying that she will take it well and not have any adverse reaction to the immunizations.
Today is April 30th and it is snowing outside. The girls and I went to our moms group this morning at our church and when we got home Hannah said "I sure wish it was a nice spring day. I wish the snow would all be gone". I second that. I am thankful for the warmer weather that we have had and I am now looking forward to the nice weather I am sure is coming.
Our moms group at Church is working on making mission statements for our role in our family as well as for our homes. This is a topic that I have not thought that much about. I know that the role that I play here on earth is very important but to try to make a mission statement for it is a tough job. I have not gotten very far but I just know that this will be very helpful to set a standard in our home. I know that as the wife/mother/homemaker I set the tone in our home and up until this point I have not been doing a great job at it. There are a lot of dreams I have for my family and for my home so I think I need to really put effort into this so that God can start bringing about a change in our home/family. I am excited to see how this will turn out.
I don't have any of the pictures saved to my computer yet but when I do I will upload some to the blog.
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