Insight

Wow, am I exhausted. What a fun and exciting weekend. Planning Prom at Mosaic for all the adults was incredible. It turned out to be an amazing time and looked fantastic. I do believe that Cooper is finally over his recovery. If only we could recover his attitude we would be in great shape. Something happened and it better undo itself or I am not sure what I am going to do. Praying that 4 is a much better and calm year for Cooper than 3 ever thought of being.

It amazes me that we are almost in the month of October. Where has the time gone and what have I done to better myself this year? I have been reflecting and making promises to myself as to what I want to accomplish for me. Still working on figuring out my passion and just where God is leading me. I am knowing that I still have much growth needed for me to get to where I need to be. Growth in my relationship with Him, with my spouse, my kids, my friends and the rest of my family. Each day brings new insight into what little idiosyncrasies I have in my life and what issues I need to work on and through. I revel each day in knowing that God will carry me through and bring me to a much better place than where I might be today or where I might be at this moment. Each day is a journey and I am working on living each one with new inspiration and a new vision as to what is to be. We never know where God is going to lead us, or what impact our lives may have on those we come in contact with, so I am choosing to relish those thoughts that my life has made a difference and continues to make a difference in the contacts I reach on a daily basis.

My Sister

Hey there everyone, just wanted to let you know that if you go to My Blog List and hit the J. Crew Aficionada, FFM, Fabulous Florida Mommy is my sister, Melissa. Also, if you type FFM in the search blog box in the top left corner, it will go straight to her thread. She has always had such a flair for fashion and this is the perfect way for her to let her fashion juices flow. Great job Melissa!

Hillary Clinton Thongs

Too funny. Maison informed me tonight of the reason Hillary Clinton is no longer in the Presidential Race. She started putting her name on thongs. Needless to say I got quite the laugh. Gotta love the words of information from a pre-teen. How I wish it were that easy to get someone out of the race!

Grateful

You know rarely do I sit and ponder the greatness in my life. I tend to have many "woe is me" moments and today faired to be consistant with that method. I then spoke with a beautiful friend of mine, Shane, who reminded me that there are so many things in life to be grateful for: health, family, love, friendships and most importantly the relationship I share with Jesus. What would I do if it weren't for Him? If you have the answer to that question, let me know. So many times I think of what I want, what I need and what would make me happy, when in truth it is what God wants for me that truly matters. Time will bring forth what His true plan for me is, and I am anxious for that outcome. In the meantime I am going to count my blessings and continue to reflect and allow God to guide me in the direction I need to go. Find something to be grateful for today, even the little things in life (of which I find of upmost importance) are significant when all other things look gloomy.

Walking

Today I didn't get to cycle. What a bummer, up half the night with Little Mr. High Maitenance. You know I am preparing myself already for the fact that his future wife is not going to like me very much. I am creating and nurturing quite the little monster. Of course, he does say I am his princess, so that can work on my side. I walked today, as you can tell in the picture. (I've got my old smile going, notice the tounge. I've worked and worked on removing that image from my pictures.) We have a five mile blocked radius that surrounds our neighborhood, to the elementary school and back around past Publix. The weather was beautiful out and I enjoyed the peace of listening to my ipod without interuption. I ran a little but basically walked, it is my favorite activity. I then spent lunch with my husband, and went shopping with my bestest, Michelle. Bought myself an adorable little dress and some new earrings, what more could a girl ask for? Lots, but I'll get into that another time. It was a beautiful day for many reasons and I am thankful.

Cycling

Getting excited for another day of cycling. Every Saturday, early on the trail riding with some of the best girl friends anyone could ask for. Been uping our distance, last week about 26 miles, wanting to do 50 at Christmas. We are on a roll!

The Chicks

So I realized I have been talking a lot about my challenge. I decided I would take some time to familiarize you with my chicks, Maison and Harleigh. They are both such incredible little ladies. It always amazes me just how much they care and love me and the rest of the family. As I laid in bed today exhausted from the many times I was awoken in the middle of the night by Cooper, my little chicks crawled in bed with me. First of all let me say, I love my bed, and by love I mean to the deepest degree, I could and do spend hours there. So me and the chicks are laying in bed, saying nothing, but sharing moments in life that will never return. It was incredible. I pray that when they grow up that is one of the things the remember doing with me, laying, silent, soaking in the warmth of love that surrounds the three of us. Maison, God bless her is having such a hard time with her school schedule. She has to get up at 6:30 and not only is it too early for me, it is much too early for her. Who would have thought my little girl who from day one has woken up early would now have to be up early and be having problems with it. Harleigh is just a bundle of activity. She has been called Hurricane Harleigh cause you always, always know where she has been. She has enough activity balled up inside of her that if she gave me just a little bit, I might have enough energy to run versus jog the three miles I am training for. Anyway, they are both so incredible and joyful and loving. I relish in each moment with them, the moments pass much too quickly and unfortunately I will never get them back. Take time to love and cherish each moment you have with those that mean the most to you.