Well, not much. I don't have any Easter pictures to post because I forgot my camera at work so I will post those later. I have a free moment which has been rare lately. Of course it is one in the morning but hey, it's still free time!
Easter was good. We had brunch at our house because I had to work. The kids had a little easter egg hunt in the yard. It was a fairly nice day, a little cool, but nice enough to go outside for a bit. Brylie definitely understood the concept of the hunt this year. Collin could have cared less. He found one egg and just sat on the sidewalk and played with it the rest of the time. Kahlen seemed to understand but isn't nearly as quick as Brylie. Probably by next year they will be beating eachother up to get to the eggs! It will be the WWE at the Wilson's. We may have to move the Easter egg hunt to the back yard to prevent any unnecessary alarm or calls to the police.
Collin had his first "unscheduled" doctor appoinment since he has been home. He has been feverish and stuffy but we just assumed he was teething. A couple of days ago he got a really nasty cough that sounded like it was coming from his toes and he was gasping for air so I thought we had better call the doctor. He has bronchitis and an ear infection so he is on antibiotics and they sent him home with a nebulizer for breathing treatments 3 times a day.
I am placing the blame for his decline of health soley on the shoulders of my brother who thought it would be funny to get me back and stuff Collin full of chocolate on Easter. He poisoned my little healthy eater. The poor kid never gets sugar let alone chocolate. I know...mean mom... but I believe in starting early. He's only one-he doesn't need candy for Easter! He got toys in his Easter basket and he seemed very happy with that.
If everyone is healthy we are taking all of the kids to the circus this Sunday. Hopefully they will enjoy it. I know I did when I was a kid. My Grandpa was a Shriner so he and my grandmother took us every year. I recall bringing home a chameleon one year and always eating lots of cotton candy!! I'm sure my parents were thrilled. I am going along to supervise so that my brother doesn't get any ideas. Who knows what kind of fun circus food he will try to feed Collin!!
Wyatt will be leaving us next week for his annual Las Vegas "boys" trip. It will be the first time one of us has gone away since Collin has been home. I really would love to go to Vegas but I don't honestly think I could leave yet...and I wasn't invited!! We will miss him!! Hopefully the weather will improve so we can get out of this house!! WHERE IS SPRING!?!
That is about the extent of our excitement over the last week or so. Check back for Easter pictures!
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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009
My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy
I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.
When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.
I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.
When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.
I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.
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