through my open window: July 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009

Saturday, July 25, 2009

i was happily surprized this evening by my almost mother in law dropping off a box of fresh baked brownies. she was on her way home and thought of me and all my children and knew we would enjoy them. how sweet was that?!? if you are asking yourself why would i call her my almost mother in law. well because she is not mark's mom she is mark's ex-wife's mom.

I have always been especially blessed with people who truly love me.

people who don't have to love me but choose to love me.

seven years ago when i married mark i not only was welcomed into his family but i was also welcomed into his ex-wife's family.

i know this sounds strange but as a child of divorce my mother set the example that even though divorce can separate a family you can make the choice to rise above and love the ones that God has placed into your life.

so when mark and i married i went out of my way to always rise above and treat his ex-wife's family as if they where my own. this has not always been easy but it has always been worth it. we all love jonathan and none of us ever want him to feel he has to take sides. so if the adults get along then he is never stuck in the middle.

so thank you wilma for the wonderful brownies and the wonderful love.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

summer project #2 - paint

for quite some time i have had the idea in my head to switch the kids bedrooms. the girls were cramped into a very small room and could really use more space. the boys don't need so much space since we just have jonathan part-time. so since i am taking the summer off from college i decided i better get it done before i ran out of time and want-to.

The girls bedroom is yellow.....this would never do for the boys.

This is colleens little corner....or should i say her little rat nest.

i found all kinds of surprises when we moved the bed.

so the week before camp the children sorted and boxed up their rooms.

finally most everything is off the walls and the furniture has been moved out.

it took me all day monday to move everything out and clean so that we could start painting. this is the pile of trash i swept up after moving the beds. i promise you they do clean their rooms but when you have packrat children sometimes the best thing to do is move everything out so that you can clean it really good.

when i got home from bible study on tuesday night my wonderful 6'5" husband was in the process of cutting in all the corners so that when i got off work on wednesday mexa and i could finish the painting.