destiny

Adia asked me what destiny is.

I told her it was something you are meant to do; the future you are meant to have.

For example, her destiny, I believe, is to be a leader because she is really good at leading, it is something that comes naturally to her, and it is a big part of her life. (If you've ever spent any amount of time with her, you know it's true)

She thought about it for a while and said. "Oh, like your destiny is to do the laundry?"

Yes Adia, it seems that this is my destiny.

It isn't much to look forward to, but at least it's consistent.

HELP!!!

I have to talk in church in a few weeks, and my subject is developing Christlike attributes. I know what Christlike attributes are, but I am NOT an expert in developing them AT ALL! I am really worried about this because I am seriously drawing a blank when it comes to original ideas of how to approach this one. (It could be worse, remember when I had been divorced for like 5 minutes and they asked me to give THIS talk?) It's not a bad subject, it's just one that I feel really inadequate in. So please, if you have any nice stories, thoughts on the subject, experiences that you wouldn't mind sharing, I would love to hear them. Comment here, or email me eberling2@msn.com Thanks, I know I can count on you:)

A day of adventure with Grandpa

One afternoon during spring break Grandpa took us up on the mountain to snowmobile. It was a perfect day, nice and warm, bright, but not blinding, no wind, just the best day we could imagine.

We saw an avalanch.

The scenery was beautiful!

(I know I say it all the time, but can you believe I actually LIVE here?:)

Grandpa is a really good snowmobiler.

(WAY better than me as I rolled it not once, but twice during the day... yikes!)

And he had to show us his moves a little bit.

We went some pretty amazing places. This picture doesn't really show you what it was like, but this hill was HUGE. We went up to the tree line, and then turned around. The hill was so steep the skis would come off the ground sometimes as we were climbing, then coming down felt like a free-fall! It was so fun! (I know this is nothing for all of you who snowmobile all the time, but with two kids, it was enough thrill for me:)

This isn't a very good picture, but check out the expressions of terror on my kid's faces. LOVE IT! :)

They are jumping here, and Ethan's face makes me laugh so hard.

But the second they were back on solid ground, their faces turned into this, and we heard over and over again, "That... Was... AWESOME!!!"

I'm not sure how prestigious you would feel sitting in "David's Elite Throne" now:)

And then when we would stop for a snack, it was the perfect time to roll around in the snow...

We had the best time! We haven't been snowmobiling anywhere but the back yard for a really long time, and it reminded me how much I love it. It was a really great day. Thanks Grandpa!

A Little Spring Treat.

This week because of St. Patrick's day we decided to make some festive cupcakes. It was fun because we even got Kalista involved in making them. (she likes to mix and "plop" things:) The inside were rainbow...

And the outside had a little rainbow as well. They were supposed to have gold at the end of the rainbow, but someone swiped the rolos and wouldn't share, so they ended up being more spring-y than St. Patrick's day-ish. But that's alright, it took most of an afternoon to make them, and that helped us all survive the day, so it was good either way. (It was spring break this week, and by Thursday we are all pretty much ready for school to start again)

This is for all of you crafters out there.

I have big plans for posting exciting things, I'm just waiting for time to actually do it. In the mean time I wanted to share something really great with you. One of my favorite bloggers, Cheri, has come up with the greatest idea ever. She is such a sweet person, and this really shows off her true heart. She has made a DARLING handbag pattern that is to die for. If you donate to any charity for helping the people in Japan she will send you a pattern for her cute bag. Go HERE to get all the details. What a fabulous idea, right? Thanks Cheri!

Teen Drama

I sing a lot to my kids. When we are having a normal conversation that seems to be lacking a little somethin' somethin' I start singing instead of talking. Every time I ask them to do something that I'm sure they aren't going to want to do, I sing them my request in hopes that the song makes the job a little more enjoyable. When they are grouchy I have this crazy little song involving phrases like "grouchy butt" and "WHAAAAA-mbulance". I have a fun little ditty called "wipe, flush, and wash, it's what the cool kids do", it's for teaching bathroom hygiene skills. When it's time to wake up I sing "in the leafy tree tops" in the most annoying birdy voice I can come up with. What can I say, I love to sing. The problem is, I have no talent in that area AT. ALL. None. I am pretty much the worst singer on earth. It's alright because I know it, so I'm not like all those poor kids on American Idol who think they sound great, and end up embarrassing themselves on national television. I'm fully aware, and I embrace it. Just because you don't excel at something doesn't mean you should never do it, right? So I sing. Constantly. About everything. Crappy dinner, not picking noses, stinky feet, poor fashion choices, you name it, I can sing about it. I thought it was an endearing quality. It's not.

The other day the kids came home and in a sing-song voice I asked if they had a fabulous day. Adia (who'd had a bad day) answered "You know what would be fabulous Mom? If you didn't sing so much. THAT would be FABULOUS(said in sing-song, and with jazz hands)! In fact, it would CHANGE my LIFE!!!"

Yikes!

Teenage Drama!

Ouch!

Good thing I like her life the way it is, or that could be a really hard adjustment for me...:)