to let you know that i am alive! 🙂 i know i have been neglecting the blog recently and it has been WAY too long since i have updated my personal blog… we have just been super busy and it seems that more than ever these past couple of weeks when i go to sit down at the computer i have opted to instead go snuggle on the couch with nathan and emily or sit in the backyard watching the kids all run through the sprinklers…. it seems that all i hear about lately is facebook and twitter and blogs and message boards etc etc and while i am not against any of it, i just find that i am always trying to maintain that balance between keeping up with all of this internet/computer/blogging world and staying present in the here and now with the things that matter most: my husband and kids and my faith and the things i can do to help and be with those around me. and more than ever lately i keep realizing that my kids are growing up in an INSTANT and that before i can even blink, they will be grown and gone […]