Life is Beautiful

Motherhood, Sewing, Family

farewell party

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we had a farewell party for jay’s little brother mike who will be serving a two year mission in hong kong. the funniest time i remember with mike was when he was staying with us last summer and we took the kids to the playground. we were playing with the kids and as i walked to the bench to get something from my purse, i saw these two ladies starring at me and back at mike disapprovingly and heard them say, “these high school pregnancies…” i don’t know what they said after that but i told mike and we just laughed it off. 
we miss you already mike, i mean elder!

dilemma

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to split or not to split…that is the question.
this blog started as an online journal for me and my husband, for our grandparents, and our kids, to keep the grandparents updated with their milestones that they’re not here to see and a memory keepsake for the kids since they won’t remember these times now.  so i write some personal stuff in it naturally and i have this mindset that no one really reads my blog but now i’m debating whether to split the blog to have one sewing blog and another for a family blog.  the sewing blog will be open to public for sure but i haven’t decided if i’ll have my family blog be public or private yet.  i worry about the privacy of my kids(is it bad and dangerous that i’m posting pictures of them online?), i feel like i have many readers who are interested in my sewing ventures more than my family happenings, and i just want to keep a one solid blog where readers will be interested in all the posts of my blog instead of little exerpts, does that make sense? i think the blog will be more successful if it was just a sewing blog?  so that’s where i’m at now. 
do you like how the blog is now or would you have it just be a sewing blog?

what we’ve been up to

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jay’s parents are here visiting for 1 1/2 weeks so we’ve been doing many family fun activities
like going to a carnival(we tracked down another carnival, we love it!), and eating out.
this girl has no fear which always keeps us on our toes

at one of our favorite restaurant, trolley’s.  if you’ve never been,

you’ve got to try their art city special salad and their honey bbq wings, just trust me and go!
best salad ever.  dad thought so too because he said, “this is the best salad i’ve ever had.”
about 5 times.  i think it’s safe to say this is the best salad he’s ever had?
and the best wings ever.

summer

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ahh.  don’t little kids got their lives made?
hope everyone’s summer is just as relaxing!

father’s day

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french toast for breakfast
picture with daddy after church
dinner with my parents and jay’s parents
and a picture with my dad
and lately more than ever, i’ve noticed i lack so much as a person.  that i’m so far from the person i’d like to be.  for instance, i’ve been complaining and whining a lot, sometimes out loud, but mostly in my head about what jay could do to make me happier, how happier i’d be if he stopped doing certain things or did more things, but all that does is just get me down.  so as my present to jay, i’ve promised myself and him one thing.  that instead of thinking about what he can do/not do to make me happier, i’ll try to always think what can i do to make him happy? i believe that i’ll be happier that way because self-centeredness is like money, no one can ever do enough for you, there’s always more that you want and you’re never completely satisfied.  so while i can’t control or change another person, i can change myself and my attitude and there’s always something i can do to make him happier.  i can’t promise he’ll always be happy but i can promise him to make him feel better, a little happier, like at times when it’s hard, i’ll be there for him, listen to him, cheer him up by serving him.  and i believe it’ll be a win-win situation for both of us because when i lose myself by serving others and forget about my needs and forget about what others can do for me, but instead think what i can do for others, that’s when i’m the happiest. 
it’s worked out great so far, but then again, it’s only been 3 days.  please wish me luck because oh boy, i’ll need it. 😉