Whew!

Well, that was a long vacation from blogging! Actually, I've tried to sit down and blog numerous times but when it came to actually putting words down, for some reason I just couldn't do it. So much has happened in our lives over the last several months and I can't even begin to recount it all. From birthdays, to graduations and everything in between. But this I will say, we've had good times and bad but through it all we still love each other!

I'm one lucky mama! I don't mean to brag, well maybe a little, but I just think my family is the bomb! My kids are all growing up to be awesome people and even the littles amaze me every day. What a grand life I have! It's definitely not always easy and there are moments when I could just hop in the car and never look back but those moments pass and I get over myself long enough to realize how truly blessed I am.

We've taken on a challenge made by our bishop to turn off the "white noise" in our lives for the month of June. Meaning, no TV, only uplifting music, etc. We've even limited our computer time. I've been really impressed with the kids as we've concentrated on building our relationships with each other instead of filling our days with noise. Oh, don't get me wrong, we still have plenty of noise! It's just coming from us instead of outside sources. We've spent the time playing more with each other, laughing louder, listening harder and learning to appreciate each other that much more. It's evident that we had allowed other things to take front stage in our lives and sadly, it wasn't until we turned off that "white noise" that we realized how deaf we had become to each other. Hopefully when this month ends we will be able to discipline ourselves enough to not go back but keep moving forward. Life sometimes just gets in the way of living, if you know what I mean!