My eldest

Last night, my eldest, was an amazing helper. I was really really impressed with her. She seems to be developing a massive uncontrollable attitude lately as she is now a "Tween" and I am quite stressed about it. Seems like we argue a lot of the time. But I was getting some things done and I gave her task after task after task and there were no dramatic sighs, no plunking the forehead on the door frame, no wingeing or whining. It was awesome! It is so rare to experience this at this stage in her life that I felt so much warmth and love. :)

What a Year!

In 2009, my husband and I had a very very roller coaster year. We re-invested in our lives together and made a commitment to get to know each other in a more meaningful way. We learned so much about each other and we learned while it is hard to connect, it is so worth it.

We had some date nights, (tee hee), we worked dilligently at communication, we had a weekend getaway and we went away for our 20th wedding anniversary to Alaska! We fell in love all over again and it was not easy at all. It was a lot of work. We had never stopped loving each other. But that whole "being in love" thing is really something to nurture, it can erode easily.

In October we renewed our wedding vows.

I especially love it when he makes me laugh.