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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Mommy guilt

I am so struggling with mommy guilt right now. I will miss the kids soccer games this weekend. They changed his soccer schedule so now he has 2 games next weekend. We will miss the last one because of my brothers Sr. banquet. Then the next weekend Eric and I will be in New Orleans so we will miss his tournament. Am I a bad mommy?

Today I had a meeting with other support group leaders in the area. It was nice to meet so many great people who have a heart to help others. I am hoping that this will help get the word out about our group a bit more. Shameless plug...www.glorybabies.com The kids stayed with my mom and nanny while I was there. My nanny schooled the kids for me! I just love that! We just hung out for the rest of the afternoon since nanny is going back home Saturday. Andrew had soccer practice tonight then we came home to watch is new obsession, "Doctor Who" Abi is scared out of her mind about it so we are praying that she sleeps well without any bad dreams.

Tomorrow I leave for the women's retreat. I am a bit excited about it. I do not feel the need to "escape" this year but I am looking forward to seeing what God will reveal. Eric will be daddy in charge. The kids always look forward to this but normal Monday is always welcome also. ;-)

I hope you all have a blessed weekend. May God reveal something new and wonderful to you! I will leave you with some fun pictures from the last few days.

Andrew and Abi have been infactuated with building cup towers lately. Here is the tallest one they have ever done.


Andrew was helping Abi with her reading. This will melt any mother's heart.


Some lunch club pictures from Wednesday. We most definently had to document that we were at McDonald's. That does not happen often.


Some wonderful signs of spring:

The kids playing in the water sprinkler for the first time this year. Abi looks a bit cold.


A caterpillar; what a sign of God's redeeming love. He turns a ugly creeping caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly.


My azalea's are blooming! YAY! I miss my azalea's from my other house so much. This was a Mother's day gift last year.



Our beautiful trees in the yard. Eric has done such a great job on the yard this year.




Ok, I am not a spider fan, but their webs are amazing! How can anyone deny the existence of such an incredible God when you look at this?!

4 comments:

TexasNeals said...

don't you dare feel guilty! disappointed, yes, but guilty? NO. you are SUCH a good mom!!!! they know it and will totally understand! loved all of the beautiful pictures. :)
ps-tonight after prayers my girls started talking about how much they missed abi. awwwww...

Life with the Akin Clan said...

We miss you too! I was just thinking about you. We missed all the "fun" stuff this week but I really think that was God's provision! We were able to just hang out together. Tomorrow I am going to try and focus on family since I will be w/ friends all weekend. Thank you for being such an encouraging friend! You have no idea how much you mean to me!

Oh and do you see this if I write it on my blog? What in the world is the blog etiquette for that?!

Stephanie said...

I love the cup stacking picture! Fun.

Paisleyand Polka Dot Patterns said...

I enjoyed the pics of your kids... so sweet!