Family is the best {most of the time, right} --- what a fun family filled weekend we had 2 family gatherings with D's family played games, ate to much and enjoyed seeing two those who have been away at school, and a sister who came over for the weekend with her two cute girls we all enjoyed spending time with everybody. D's little brother Ryan is waiting for his mission call which didn't come before he is leaving today to sell alarms, and my cute sil Katelyn and her husband are leaving today to sell Pest control so it was a kind of a goodbye weekend and a few tears were shed. Its sad when everybody gets old {er} and starts moving on in life onto bigger things. Some won't see Ry for two and half years since by the time he comes back and leaves again they will not be able to come home. But we still look forward to getting the call. So I have lots of pics from the weekend. Fun times. Masen was up to his regular into everything the worst was these beutiful angle food cakes on a platter waiting for dessert and while we were in the living room all talking he was eating and tearing apart an angel food cake AHHH I won't even go into what else he was into!! BUSY BUSY BOY!!--------------------------------------------------------------------
SO for Me thinks I've been thinking a lot this week that sometimes we get so caught up in the little things in life the hum drum everyday things , we forget to enjoy the big things to the fullest or try new things its like the same things over and over again and I always say to myself I need to do this different or that to mix things up but do I -usually no. {as Mary Ellen Edmonds says} "We have routines and patterns and habits that are almost smothering. We actually are doing more and more and more of less and less and less. We keep repeating the same things. We keep doing the same things without thinking about it we get to a point where we sit in the exactly the same place for meetings {yes guilty as we all know} or events. We drive the same way to school, or in grocery stores we go down the same isles in the same order and buy the same kinds of food we always do. How boring to come home and I always think we should try something new or something exciting but every time its the same old stuff. Some things can't change, but maybe everyday we should have courage to try new things, to change our routines often enough that we have a fresh view on life, and our surroundings." {I need to take that advice I get so stuck in routine like my kids always nap at a certain time, they are bathed every morning and ready by nine. I'm a big routine girl. How often do we do things we thought we couldn't and get so excited that we actually did it when do take the step! Its exciting something as simple as filling your own gas tank instead of going to the full service small things. The I can do it big or small things!SO how about you? Are there times when you feel your life is getting rather narrow ?{I do} Are there things you've thought you might enjoy, but your hesitant to try? It could be piano lessons, family history, photography anything that we are scared to start or just put off it takes courage doing things you never done before, or just things you want to do more often. Try something new.
{I love MEE, she makes ME THINK and hopefully sharing it with you makes YOU think!!}
That's what me thinks for today so here are a bunch of pictures from the weekend!! We are so blessed with two great families on both sides. Hope you all have a great week!!!
PS. One more question this week is our 11th Anniversary wow were getting old! Any great ideas of small things I can do that you've done or anything? any ideas??
Family discussions !
These are three of D's 5 sisters so cute and fun they are!!
Love this picture !!!
Love this pic of D and a sick Lauren at grandmas she didn't feel very good still this weekend!! 
Grandma and Kolten loved these random pictures.
Some of my favorite pics of yesterday Masen loves loves horses so D took him out with the horses he loved it!
How adorable is my little niece !! She just lets you take as many pictures as you want she is so photogenic love her!!
Uncle Ryan reading to Lauren
Playing on the semi's and throwing hay No wonder they love to go to grandpa and Grandma's.
4 comments:
Hey! Looks like an awesome weekend!
I truly love your ME thinks Mondays. Sure gets me thinking. I was thinking about this exact same topic after a guest speaker this weekend. I need to change things up a bit around here. If I can. : D The family might think I've gone mad.
I am certainly taking on a new learning experience with blogging this year. I love it. I have learned SO much and found so many awesome people! *wink*.
THanks for sharing the photos of this weekend. Your family is SO adorable. So is D's. His sisters are SO cute!
BTW---really love Ryan's friend's name. LOL! It's amazing how many people have that name and I had never heard it before my Cami was born.. I thought that I had just made it up.. I was going through names and saw "Tammy" and thought I would like "Cammy" and then changed the y to an i and dropped one of the m's. Who knew?! Too funny.
Thanks for sharing all the great pics, don't you just love family. I too have been thinking about your MEE thinks this week, don't we just get stuck in the monotony of everday things. Time to change it up a bit I guess. So often I think we just get scared to try new things and why is that ? Something I am definetly going to work on.
Such cute pics Christal! Love the one of Kolt in front of the barn, he's such a handsome little guy! Family is THEE greatest, I won't lie! Looks like you guys had fun together.
I'm kinda like you, I love my routines, feel like I would fall apart without them sometimes! Its hard to know what to change & when sometimes. I guess thats one of the great things about changing seasons, it forces change upon us, ready or not! What are you gonna do differently? I'm excited to get our house done first (yes thats my crutch right now!) but then I'm going to finish my piano studies. At least enough to teach my kids a little anyways. Good to hear from ya!
Love yer guts=)
Hmmmm, I guess it's hard to distinguish between rut and routine. For the most part my kids nap at the same time everyday, but on days when I have to change it up (*ahem* Church!) they don't seem to do as well. So for me that's a good routine because it just makes life so much easier.
Some people I know have the same 4 week rotating menu of what's for supper. That rut would drive me INSANE because sometimes you just don't feel like spaghetti for supper. But I guess for them, it makes life easier, so it's a routine.
I also love your ME thinks Monday...with everyone's weekly posts I have so much to read that I don't have to post on my own as often ;) Just kidding I will get off my butt soon and think of something to write about.
Cute pics, too. My favorite is of Kolten flashing his undies (boxers? briefs???) in the last one. Definitely a sk8r boy in the making!
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