Time

I have learned in this life that you can count on one thing, that is, time changes everything. I have been thinking of my own childhood and how simple it was. The excitement of the first day of kindergarten, or the fun I had roller skating with my friends. The anticipation on Christmas Eve waiting for Santa Clause to come, or smelling freshly baked banana bread coming from the kitchen. I remember as a young girl looking at my mothers hands hoping that some day I would be just like her and that my hands would look just like hers. Now as I look at my own hands they remind me of my mothers. I hope that I can be that kind of mother to my own children. I look at my sweet baby and how much time has changed her since I first held her in my arms. I try to breath in every moment with her, memorizing every detail. With every tick of the clock time is changing the world around me, babies grow up, life turns a corner and the moments and the people of the past are gone. When I run into an old friend I have not seen for years, I always hope they are the same person they were when I left them, but they too have been changed by time. I just hope that I can live in every moment that I have been blessed with. I hope I can enjoy every moment with my children and I hope I can really enjoy all of the doing, and not just the getting it done.

Family Pictures

This is my cute family. We all got together to get pictures and it was freezing cold! I was worried the baby was going to get too cold but LaRell had her tucked away in his coat until picture time. What a good Daddy.

This is what happens when your parents raise 9 children.