just me a thinkin'

The other day I was thinking about motherhood. And sometimes I feel like I'm going to go crazy! Part of it is because I'm a very social creature and I don't have a car during the day to get very far from the house. Many of my friends that don't work live across the highway so I don't like to walk over there cuz it's just scary. Other days I realize how lucky I am to have 2 beautiful children, a hard working husband, and a nice home to live in with them.

But I was thinking how hard it must have been for mom to live so far from everyone, with a husband that had to work long, hard hours every day, and five kids that fought over everything possible. (Sorry about that mom!)

And then I also realized that mom was my exact age when she had her fifth child!! Not to mention her oldest was 7!

Honestly, I cannot imagine having my fifth child right now! I'm having a hard time with 2 1/2!! I'm literally only halfway there.

So what I am getting at is, Mom, thank you for not killing us! Thank you for surviving your life and learning to deal with the struggles motherhood can create. And Dad, thank you for always working so hard to support our family and showing us the type of man we were worthy of marrying. I'm so thankful that we have such awesome parents! And not to sound boastful, but I think all of us turned out pretty good! (Maybe our husbands might disagree at times... but whatever.)

Anyway, I feel very blessed that I was raised in a God-loving home that taught me the things that I need to know to not only endure, but enjoy the stage of life I am in now. So thank you mom and dad! I love you both so much.

And I really hope dad gets a job in Utah soon cuz I really miss you. :)

Swenson October Goal Results

As Leesa stated, this month flew by in a flash. We actually did pretty pathetic for it being Steve's goal. Maybe if he was actually home we could have practiced more. We did however work on Salsa Dancing. I tried to learn it on the cruise, so I taught Steve. As we were practicing in the bedroom the kids walked in a busted out laughing at us. So I'm thinking that I won't be videotaping it! It would be fun for all of us to show off our moves the next time we are together. And hopefully we will keep working on this to improve our skills.

Jones Oct. Dance Moves

Wow, the month of October flew like a flash. This goal was a bit tricky. Dan and I both took social dance classes in college, although not together. The dances that we don't know, we also don't know exist. (Although I never did learn the Electric Slide either, good idea Ron.)
So, we practiced our country dance moves and taught them to our kids. (Dan's true love in dance is country dancing. And he's pretty good at it too!)
Some of the moves were tricky having such short partners. hehe
Sorry we didn't video tape ourselves. I really wanted to see everyone else's dances too.

October Goal Update

So no laughter but Ron and I decided to learn the Macarana (sp). We both had
not learned it in the mid 90's when everyone else did and Ron really wanted
to do that one. I wanted an Indian Rain dance but we found a wonderful
teacher online for the macarana a very handsome guy doing the dance in his
wood paneled basement so we went with that. We also worked on the 2 step
as Ron didn't really know that one either.
So thanks Steve it was really fun to practice it at night together even though
we are 15 years late on this dance.
PS - Ron also wanted the Electric Slide so maybe we will work on
that later!

November Goal

My turn. Lately I’ve been thinking about gratitude and how integral this principle is with being content with life and my level of happiness, especially when I attribute my blessings to God. My goal is pretty simple, I would like to recommend everyone tell their spouse at least one thing every day, maybe at the dinner table one thing that God did for them that day or how he has made things better. That’s it. I’m confident everyone will have much better days and we’ll realize how involved He is and how much He cares to be a part of our lives. Thanks everyone.

Jason