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Lately, I have found it so difficult to post. Not sure why. Just having a hard time putting thoughts together. Certainly not because there isn't plenty going on around here. I admit there are times I wonder why on earth I have this blog. I love reading other blogs and I have my favorites that I check each morning to see if there is an update. But, as far as this blog goes, I'm having a hard time. I even thought last week of just deleting the whole thing. Crazy, huh? But, then I remember why I started it in the first place and that was to journal stories about my children and that reminder is what keeps me from hitting 'delete'. We'll see ....

So, here's a quick update of life around here in the past week ....

1) O (3 years old) had to get glasses! This, too, is a great story about God's providence that I may share later (I don't know why I'm still in shock over how He protects my family and me), but I will just say today that she is so cute! She's sitting at my feet right now with a stack of books. A large stack of at least 20. It seems her whole world just got a lot clearer and she is having the best time discovering things for the first time. It's truly amazing to watch. I watched her yesterday (after only having her glasses for a few hours) sit and study her sister's face. That brought me to tears.

2) We just finished our sixth week of bible study and only have 3 more to go. I'm already sad about it ending because I'm dramatic and I have to anticipate the ending for 3 weeks because that's how I roll. Seriously, this study (Esther) has been one of my favorites of all time .... sometimes challenging, a lot of times convicting and always uplifting. I love it.

3) Valentine's day was fun. The girls had their class parties. On Friday night, we took them to see the movie Bolt (so cute!) and then they camped out on our bedroom floor for the night. Saturday morning, I made homemade waffles with whip cream and sprinkles served on 'fancy dishes' by candlelight. The girls loved this! Eric and I were able to go to a movie Saturday night while his parents stayed with the girls. He bought me a dozen pink roses that are gorgeous.

4) Both girls have started back to gymnastics. This is O's first time, but E has taken before. I took her out for a year because of moving, piano, etc. She is doing really well and picking up where she left off, but she doesn't remember some of the techniques. I think the teacher she had last week recognized her and didn't realize it had been a year since E was there. Because of that, the teacher didn't explain a certain technique and not wanting to act like she didn't know, E got hurt. Nothing serious, but presented a perfect teaching moment. We had a talk about 'pride' and when we don't humble ourselves and ask for help, we get hurt in the end. Man, if only I could learn that myself.

5) I have a terrible case of winter blues. Yuck! Last week, we had a few warm, sunny days and I spent every second I could outside with the girls - at the park, in the backyard, walking around the neighborhood. I can't tell you what it did for me! Spring needs to come soon! Oh, please Lord let it come soon!

That's it for now. Gotta go read books to my sweet girl.