Feeling the need...

...to journal today.

I used to journal everyday...way back when. And I guess in this time in my life...little ones and just being...it is hard to find that time. I really enjoy getting my thoughts out though.

I am feeling...well...too busy as of late. I AM THANKFUL for the business I have gotten lately and that fact that it is helping us get closer and closer to our family goal, but it is hard. It is hard to juggle being mommy, photographer, chef, yoga teacher, kids teacher, friend, wife, daughter...and sometimes it just feels like a lot. I am reminded though of the talents God has given me! I cannot believe it sometimes that, thankfully, I do not have to work an 8-5 job everyday...and that when I do work...it is doing two things I truly LOVE!!! Picture taking and cooking...wow! I am also very thankful that my boys get to grow up in a home where mommy and daddy REALLY LOVE what they do! Where passion is the underlying drive in their beings and that "working" does not have to mean just doing whatever...but doing what you love! I am so thankful for this! Carlyle and I both feel it is very important.

I am also very thankful that my boys are with me...with us...all the time! They get to see the real life stuff that goes on day to day and be apart of this. They see us making decisions...the good and the bad and following through. They see us shopping, getting gas, cooking, mowing, working in the garden/yard, talking on the phone, taking pictures, teaching yoga/school, having relationships, taking care of them, loving on them and eachother...all of these things, I feel, are so fundamental to their well-being as little men who will one day be big and have families of their own. They amaze me everyday and I am thankful they are here and I can see their interactions with eachother, with us, and their friends and strangers!

I am thankful for my family...thankful God has ordained us all to be here...together! Through the crazy times...through the slow times. Sometimes I need some craziness to be able to remember how sweet the S-L-O-W times are!!! Thank you Lord that you have called us to this slower paced life...and that we are trying to fullfill that...it really is a blessing.

It is good to write/type down why you are thankful...and for what...

I already feel better!

No pictures today...just type...:)

Have a great day!