Balancing family, work, school, and....blog?

We realized it has been a bit since our last post, but seeing how we have not really spent too much time on it yet, we get a free pass.

Since the last time we posted, Ashley has become a full-time work at home mom. Her business, which you probably already know about has been doing great and continues to grow everyday. She is very modest, so she won't brag about it, but it is doing great and she is doing great. I am very proud!

I have started softball season again which I am now adding to my already jam packed weekly schedule. It is real good outlet for me to relax and not focus on life for an hour. School and work has been taking a toll on me physically and mentally, however, it pays off in the end, right? Right.

Finally, the apple of our eye, sir Cayden. This guy continues to amaze us everyday. You never really understand life until you have a child. Witnessing a product of you learning something new everyday is still to this day hard for me to wrap my head around.

Ashley and I have our NYC trip coming up and I have to admit, I am pretty excited for this. Although anyone who knows me knows I have a terrible fear of flying. We have a week in a new city with new experiences and some pretty potentially life-altering events happening that week. We'll see what God has in store for us.

And lastly, Ashley said we need to actually post pictures on our blog so people are not just reading the whole time, but she'll probably hate me for this one. This is probably one of the hottest pictures ever:

Until next time and hopefully a more interesting post.

-BLH

Be Quiet

I find it fitting that this morning will be my first ever blog post, and plus it has been a few days since we have posted anything. When we had the idea of starting a blog, I was not sure on the content or formatting of a blog. As Ashley mentioned, I am a one blog follower (http://www.bowensheart.com/) - which I would strongly suggest reading from time to time. It is an amazing story of a baby boy who was born with a heart defect and was said he would probably not live. I find it amazing how strong this family is and how great he is doing now.

This morning a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, one of the biggest in 111 years and made it's way over to the West Coast. In major natural disasters like this you see families ripped apart and lives changed forever. The first question when things like this happen in this world is "why?". When going back and forth on what I wanted to write about one of my favorite songs came on - From the Inside Out from Hillsong United. I was taken by the lyrics of the song and felt compelled to open up God's word and came across this scripture:

     "The LORD your God in your midst,
      The Mighty One, will save;
      He will rejoice over you with gladness,
      He will quiet you with His love,
      He will rejoice over you with singing.”
                               - Zephaniah 3:17

So often when disaster or problems come up we're quick to get angry, ask questions, blame, and shut down or turn away from what we know is truth. It is mornings like this and times of struggle and depression where we should sit back and be quiet and reflect on the truth. What we know, God knows and what we don't know, God knows.

This morning lives have been forever changed, however, I will be quiet with His love.

One a lighter note, if you're wondering. I was very distraught over the ousting of Chuck Greenberg from the position of Rangers CEO/Managing Partner.

BLH

Mommy Brain Overload

I never believed the whole "mommy brain" theory, until I had cayden. but lately my mommy brain has been on overload. For those of you who have not experienced mommy brain or do not even know what it is, you are lucky. Mommy brain (or mb for short) happens when you become pregnant and is "suppose" to go away not long after you give birth, with mb you tend to forget everything.... well my mb has lingered for 20 months after birth! I am constantly losing my keys, forgetting the important things I'm suppose to do that day, I'm the worst person to call or text people back because well I just forgot they called. its horrible!
Thank goodness brandon is at school right now because I can feel stupid alone :) even though I am now admitting my stupidity. I am very surprised in myself that I have not burnt down the house down with the countless times I leave the oven on after cooking. brandon is always so kind to remind me to turn it off, except for tonight. I think I have broken a record for myself tonight, by leaving the oven on 1 hour and 45 minutes after I used it.

Note to self: TURN THE OVEN OFF!


XOXO,
Ashley.

Blogging...for begginers

When Brandon and I decided to start a blog, we defenitly didn't think "Hey, we get to write...for fun." But how hard can writing about ourselves be? Right? I follow a lot of blogs but my blog following mainly consist of crafting blogs. To my knowledge Brandon reads one blog, and thats it! So of course when we started this I had to show him around all the crafty goodness that I read! :)
I will try to keep the talk of  Mid Term Craming, midnight sewing sessions, nocturnal toddler fits to a minmum. I can only share the frustration of my bobbin running out so many times :)

XOXO,
Ashley.