{Me thinks Monday}

Today I registered "my baby" in preschool and I can hardly believe it I cried when I took K to preschool and I'm pretty sure I'll cry when K2 goes to preschool just different times in life I mean I missed my M & L but they were so ready to go.....With K2 he is "my baby" and such a sweetheart and I mean look at this face:)

he still naps sometimes even though he fights it now but quiet time often ends in this:) I debated whether to put him in preschool he's a smart one and would love it and he's getting bored with no one else to play with so two mornings a week will be good for him I think. 

{Now if we could make it through potty training yes I still haven't made it successful yet:(  I know just do it!!!! But he is so so so super stubborn with it more than anything and I HATE to P.T}

 Spent a perfectly gloomy 

but very warm friday and saturday catching up on things ...then by sunday we had a blizzard which promptly overtook the spring feelings:( So we played some games, kids made us laugh with their poses and costumes...... made a recipe from my new cookbook:) its pretty awesome;) and the kids loved these bars from here

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Recipe.  

Cheese Soufflé

We had this growing up and it was one of our favorite meals.... now its  my kids' favorite supper ALL of them love it! I have to make two big casserole dishes of it and thats still not enough for them;)

1/4 cup of butter

1/4 cup of flour

1 cup of milk

1/4 tsp salt/ pepper

a few shakes of Basil

1 cup Cheddar Cheese

Make up melt butter add flour, mix, add milk, seasonings
whisk till it thickens add cheese and set aside.

Separate 4 eggs

Whip egg whites till stiff

Beat egg yolks in separate bowl

then

Mix cheese sauce to egg white's add yolks mix well

Pour in a casserole dish Bake for 1 hour at 325 make some rice and veggies and there ya go:)

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Looking forward to this in April with some friends this year. I went last year with my sisters and had so much fun! An uplifting weekend and a great time out;)

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M E  T H I N K S

"Sometimes you face difficulties not because you’re doing something wrong, but because you’re doing something right."

Something I think alot about all the time is doing the best we can do.

Going the extra mile even when we think we can't.

"God asks of us only the best we can do. He knows that we have different kinds of moments and days and seasons, but He is never asking more then our best. There are times when He will ask for more than we think we can do, but it isn't more than we can do if we'll let Him help us. Think of the comfort and wonder in that. He asks for the best we can do, and for what we can't do, He "fills in".
We do what we can and He does what we can't."-

We learn and grow so much when we do our best no matter what it is.
I love this quote that I heard somewhere
"God wants full custody, not weekend visits"
Prayer is a big part of doing our best. We need to do it everyday not just when life gets hard or the times we think we can't go on, or the times when we take to much on or have more trials then we think are our fair share.

If we do it all the time and ask for help we are more ready and open to receive the part we can't do and the help He can give us.
It is amazing how when we do our best, live our best, ask for help we will get it one way or another I have found that so many times in my life.
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REAL LIFE.

Lately I find myself being impatient .....with myself... my kids...
Feeling..
 like there's a void that something is missing though I don't know what it is
or that a change is coming or needed in my life..
I feel ansy..... I feel stale

There are things that need doing that I don't want to do or feel like doing
I feel like a maid some days
 I think we all feel like that some days
I got mad at my kids this morning before they left for school
{and then felt bad all morning like a bad mom and sad that my children will probably have a bad day because we had a bad morning despite our best efforts every morning isn't perfect thats for sure but tomorrow is a new day and it will be a lot better! }
 It's just that WHERE
do the boots, coats and agendas disappear to minutes before the bus comes? Why do they dawdle so long doing nothing?
Why do the lunches not make themselves??
Why can't anybody SEE what needs done and do it instead of constantly waiting for MOM to do it??

Guess thats all part of the job isn't it...As frusterating as somedays are LIFE IS NOT PERFECT FOR ANYONE
We all have our MOMENTS our DAYS our HARD TIMES

 ITS about finding little things that outweigh the things that don't matter........ finding those things that make us happy along the way is where the fulfillment is........ 

Finding the little wonders
For me lately its:
-The little hugs from my kids
-the little i love you notes M is leaving me everywhere the past week on a note he handed me, on the blackboard, on my pillow
-The note L left on her bed for me so sweet.... made me cry.
-Seeing the note K saved in his scriptures that I wrote for his lunch  months ago
-Or the little k2 voice that said "don't be sad you can have my heart"..
{K2 says that quite often to everyone who is sad he is the biggest peacemaker in his little 3 year old body so aware of everyone}
little wonders. all around us.
Sometimes
I over think things and let my mind wonder to places that are done and gone, or worrying about what the future holds for all of us especially my children.... instead of looking forward.... being in the NOW
I'm
Fighting the feelings that this stage of life is done when everything in me fights it but its all out of my control at this point.
The feelings that am I doing enough? Am I making a difference?
It makes me sad sometimes.
Frustrated.  annoyed. thinking about it all...
 We all have our days.
But despite it all  I am blessed I know that and looking around

and seeing so many trials others have I am more than thankful for what has been handed me when I see what others are going through some that break my heart and make me count the blessings I already have.
And makes me spend more time on my knees.
Because Thats where the real help is.

We do what we can and He does what we can't

I like that.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Have a great week.

{The things you say, the tone of your voice, the anger or calm of your words—these things are noticed by your children and by others. They see and learn both the kind and the unkind things we say or do. Nothing exposes our true selves more than how we treat one another in the home.} -Joseph B. Wirthlin