Choosing to SEE

So, I know I haven't blogged in a long time......ok....a REALLY long time.

This morning I thought, "I should blog today".  Then I proceeded to check to see when the last time I blogged was - yes - yes it was that long.  Wow.  June?  Really?  Well, that has been my life lately.  I guess it's a reflection of my daily life right now. SO, BUCKLE UP!  Here I go - from June :)

So I guess summer has come and gone and here I am in the midst of fall.  As I reflect on the summer, I remember some fun times we had.  We took the girls to shining waters, we had a great Canada day again (one of my favourite holidays), Galilee played soccer, the girls went to the dentist for the first time, we went to the beach once.....on the coldest day of the summer I'm sure HA!, we had a birthday celebration with my brother who lives out west, the kids had cotton candy for the first time, oh yeah, and we moved!  So, when I look back, we have done lots.  But in my every day life I feel like I do nothing.

Here's some pics of the summer:

Hangin' at Nana's house.

First ponytails for this cutie!

Galilee's first year of soccer - super pleased she got a medal!

This one always has wild hair.

First time out - took it like a champ!

First trip to the dentist for Peppa

First trip to the dentist for Galilee

My first ever cake that I did not burn and it was delicious!!




                                                                                HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Canada Day 2014

Shining Waters

Cows in Cavendish after Shining Waters

She was terrified they were going to chop it off short!

He doesn't know what to think!

She was so good!

Parade Ministry- we were in a few but wish we could have done more to help with this wonderful ministry!

Enjoying S'mores at Twin Shores with Grampie Myers!

 

This is the rocking chair built by Josh's uncle.  It was bought for us when I was pregnant with Galilee - we received it this August - we were so excited and Titus was loving it!

Uncle Kendell and all his niece and one nephew :)  Happy Birthday to Uncle Kendell - he was scared he was going to drop them all.

4 generations - so blessed to have this picture

Poole cousins - minus Adaya.

My sick little man - we found out he has Hand, Foot, & Mouth!!!



So, enough with the pictures - that was our summer.  Now, back to fall :)

I started and have since finished reading a book called "Choosing to SEE" by Mary Beth Chapman.  Now, I'm not a reader, so I was very surprised to find myself reading the last page of this book.  If you don't know Steven Curtis and his wife Mary Beth Chapman lost one of their (adopted) daughters in a terrible accident.  This book is about her life, how her and her family are coping without their daughter and how she is choosing to SEE Christ in her daily life. As I began reading this book, I found myself feeling a lot like Mary Beth.  Things were stressful, busy, and crazy for her.  In God's timing she became a mother, life wasn't what she expected at times.  I can relate.  We have moved recently and our whole life has been shifted to a different routine.  Everyone is adjusting, kids are sick, we are different, the kids are different and sometimes it seems like everything is going wrong.  But it's the way we choose to see it.  I can pick all the negative things out that happened in the run of the day (sometimes they are many) but I forget all the positive things.  God is in all things, the good and the bad.  Because I don't go out as much as I would like or do as much as I want with the kids outside the home, doesn't mean I don't do anything ever.....which sometimes I tend to believe.  I've been feeling discouraged lately with a lot of things, not being where I should be in my spiritual walk, not spending time memorizing scripture with my children and the list can go on, and I have been forgetting to see Christ in everything I do, in every aspect of my life.  But when I choose to see what's around me and actually look for those things, I find that He has blessed me beyond all measure.  I find that He is there every step of the way. I can see Him in the little things of my every day life.  He has given me love, mercy and grace when I don't deserve it at all.  It's a choice and today I choose to see!