My Seventh Wedding Anniversary

Yesterday I celebrated my seventh wedding anniversary. Some days it feels like we have been married for 20 years and some days it feels like we are still on our honeymoon. It has been a wild seven years. We have both finished graduate school, remodeled an entire house, had three children, switched positions at work 7 times and stayed sane through it all. I thank God for such a great husband and father to our children. Through all the stress, we have never forgotten that Jesus Christ is our center and when in doubt, pray it out. I love you sweetheart and I look forward to many more anniversaries.

Lauren's 5th Birthday

Today is Lauren's 5th birthday. She was so excited. I think she was more excited about her birthday than even Christmas. She woke up this morning talking about how today she was 5 years old. She is out to prove that she can do it all by herself. We are learning how to bath ourselves and even how to take a shower. Independence at her age is always such a big deal. The hard thing for a mom is you want them to be independent but what they want to do by themselves is not always the easiest thing for them to do. Sometimes it is easier for us just to do it for them. But this is not the way to raise children who can take care of themselves. So, along with her learning her independence, I am learning how to be patient, calm, understanding and how not to control everything. hmmmm... I wonder who is learning the bigger lesson. Me or Lauren?

How do I keep it all together?

So tonight I realized that I am not as perfect as I should be. A couple of months ago I helped my husband print some flash cards to help study for the bar in February. Today, I realized that I double printed a set, didn't print one set and forgot all about three subjects. Oh well, mistakes do happen but sometimes I just need to slow down and try not to multi-task so much.

But isn't that what moms do? Multi-task? Is there really a mom out there that doesn't take care of three things at once? At work, there is a movement to cut out multi-tasking because it really does slow down production. Studies have indicated that the mind can complete one task faster and with more accuracy than trying to work on three different tasks at the same time. They even have a test you can take to prove this theory. I took the test, and yes, my score was faster completing one task versus having to think about a couple of tasks at the same time. But, as a mom, I don't think this is practical.

Being a full time mom of three children, full time employee, plus being President of the Hart Household, there is a lot going on. How do I keep it all together???

Sometimes I don't.... and today was one of them. But tomorrow is another day to prove that I can earn my cape as Super Mom.

My First Post

I am joining the world of blogging. I am not sure what I am going to blog about so at first it may seem a little random or scattered. The reason I wanted to start a blog is mostly for me. For me to start writing down my thoughts and leaving some kind of record of my life that my children can look back and read. I have done a terrible job of keeping up baby books for each kid, so hopefully this can also replace that job as well. I also hope I can discover who I am really am or who God wants me to be. After 42 years you would think you should know who you are, but I am still discovering new things and trying to separate who I am as me from who I am as a mom and wife. Being a mom and a wife is who I am but I also struggle to find time to develop my own interests and passions. Anyway, now you can understand why I am so confused. In this blog you will hear a lot about my family, what they are doing, their latest accomplishments, etc. I will also share my thoughts on current events which will be from a conservative christian perspective. And then finally, I hope to share some of my current struggles, prayer requests and praises of how God is working in my life. I am excited to be in the blogging world and learning more about me.