These Days...

Yesterday was not one of my best days. In fact it was
pretty terrible - one of those on edge, sortof out of control,
yelling kind of days - I wish I could erase it (minus the work, I did
of course) and do it over. As I was racing about doing my errands,
I looked longingly at all the people outside tending to their
yards, it looked so relaxing and fun - the total opposite of how
I felt. Some days I feel overwhelmed with everything I have on
my plate and that's when I feel out of control, like I can't manage
everything. It'd be nice to say that I just cry out to God and everything
gets put in perspective, but realistically I sometimes forget to cry out
to God and a lot of yelling and grouchiness goes down. But then like today
it's a new day with new things to do and a fresh shot at it.
It's sorta funny that Monday was so awful, because Sunday night
was just about perfect. We went over to County Park and took Joy, our
boxer along. We went hiking on the trails they have and let Joy run loose.
The kids took turns leading the way through the woods - they called it
"an ambenture" (adventure) and we had a glorious time. It honestly
was the best family time we have had in months. Everyone of us
thoroughly enjoyed it. When it got too dark we came home and made
soft pretzels and then I read the kids a chapter in "Little House on the Prairie"
We're reading through that book right now - it's so interesting to me how
the book is different now to me then it was when my mom was
reading it to me 20 years ago. All in all, it was a wonderful night and
I forsee many county park excursions this summer - the kids were
begging for an ambenture yesterday already.

On to pictures - here are some from Conrad and Janie's wedding

Rich is so good at groomsmen pictures - the guys always have fun together

and do all kinds of stuff.

I love the feet in this picture

Next up is some more shots of the kids we took last week, but

I have to edit them first - maybe today if I get moving here...