Sara & I had an amazing time with Allison at the park this afternoon. We let her ride the swing set & slide down the slide. She had a blast. She seemed to be enamored by all of the busyness of the park. She loved looking at all the of the kids & parents, the dogs, ducks, & squirrels. She especially enjoyed all the plants & flowers. As we pushed her in the stroller, she tried to reach out & grab every plant she passed. She is becoming so curious & has quite the little personality!Parenthood has been such a joy to experience. I can't imagine my life with out my little Ally. She brightens my day even throughout a busy & stressful day. I can be yelled at on the phone & then see her & well.....she makes me forget about it. She is completely dependent on me for everything in her life, yet I don't know what I would do without her.
On another note, Sara & I are in the midst of a housing change. Western has been so gracious in their housing meetings with us. They have gone out of their way to try to bless us & make sure we feel cared for & comfortable here at Western. We absolutely love our job & things (although busy) have been going great in our dorm. I have taken on quite a bit more responsibility this year & had to deal with more paper work, meetings, & discipline. In the end though, I have enjoyed every bit of it. I strangely enjoy challenges. Sara & I can see ourselves doing this job for a very long time & we are excited to see what happens over the summer. We are anxious to explore new housing options with the administration of this school & see our dorm continue to flourish under our watch.
So I haven't blogged in quite a while & I don't really know why. I love writing & I love spreading my thoughts over my blog pages. I have received numerous e-mails, texts, or phone calls from my blog followers wondering why I stopped posting & the reason? I HAVE NO CLUE. Things have not been to busy, nor have they been too stressful to write. Things have been calm, cool, & collected. Yet I found myself never clicking into the blog that I love. What I can say is 2010 has been better then any year I have had the privilege to live in. My personal family is flourishing, we have been so financially blessed recently, & I have developed such a zeal for life recently.
I successfully made it through knee surgery (finally!) & my knee is doing fantastic. It feels so much better & there is rarely any pain minus the normal rehab process from surgery. We made it through Promises' litter of puppies & housed them in our little apartment for 5 weeks. It was such a fun experience with Allison & the puppies. It made memories for Sara & I that we will never forget.
In short if I could sum up the time I spent away from this blog over the past 2 months it would be the exact quote I have in the title of it: "In the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." It has been a great spring & I can't wait to see what God has in store for me this summer.
I can promise this.....I will post again soon!
