Life Beyond The Chair

I am dedicating this post to My Wyatt who let me share this story. I am Blessed beyond measure that my kiddos encourage me to share ALL our stories. I knew that starting to share some of my writings on this blog would include some things about our life that they might not be comfortable with sharing. They are not "littles", they have friends that read these words. As I talked to them about sharing these moments, they have always told me that they trusted me to share in a way that is fine with them. I know to them this was just another one of "mom's talks", but to me it meant the world to me that they want to share our stories, our testimony, our Faith. I made a quilt(or Wubbie, as Stephen calls them) for each of our babies when I was pregnant with them. Out of all our kiddos, Wyatt was the only one that carried his Wubbie everywhere. Maybe it was being number 6, and I was more relaxed and let him, I am not sure why. But anyway, where Wyatt goes, Wubbie goes. I...

This is one of my favorite pictures. It is Wyatt, Phoebe and Ono jumping off the dock at Emerald Cove in Parker, AZ. We spend every summer there. It is pure bliss, the boat the water, the pools and the summer friendships that we have made. Normally at this time of year, I start planning for the summer trip to Parker. If I had a stressful day I would tell my self: "2 more months until we leave, 3 more weeks and I will be at the lake." It would always be the biggest stress relief. Life on the lake moves at its own pace. The biggest decision of the day is should we boat on the river or should we go to the lake. On the really hot days, we would head into Lake Havasu City for a movie and lunch at Chiles, where they have oven mitts on the door handles because the sun is so hot.:) These summer trips are such a Blessing. I know what a rare privilege it has been to be a stay at home, homeschool mama and get to spend every day with my children. I have never taken that for gr...