Sunday, April 26, 2009

Weekend Rewind

What a beautiful weekend! In true Ohio fashion we went straight from Winter to Summer. Spring no longer exists! Regardless it is beautiful so don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining!


Saturday was a day filled with sports. Collin took his first trip to the Horseshoe!! We hit the OSU Spring game-a good primer for our future Buckeye! He fell asleep during the second quarter. I have to say that if I have to hold a sleeping toddler I would prefer to do it in a seat that has a back and not squished in with 96,000 other people. I finally gave up at half time. I really wanted to stay and see TBDBITL do Script Ohio but I just couldn't take it any more. Not to mention the 3 mile walk back to the car-OH MY ACHING BACK!?!?






Later that evening we hit the Clippers game. Collin seems to really enjoy baseball. He sits on my lap the whole time and watches pretty intently. Wyatt took him down to the first row after the game and one of the players threw him a game ball. He came back out and started signing autographs so we took Collin to get his ball signed. The player asked Collin to throw him the ball. You could literally see the wheels turning in his head...he didn't want to give up his new baseball but he threw it anyway. So, he got his first autographed baseball. He held on to the ball for the rest of the night-he even took it to bed with him. Check back on Wednesday for a cute pic of Collin sleeping with his baseball.














BTW...this is the hat Collin picked out to wear to the baseball game.



Today we took a bike ride at Rails for Trails in Hilliard. We stopped and played at the park for a while and then headed home for a little yard work. After all the time we spent playing with the bike helmet, we ended up forgetting it at home! Luckily,we were riding on a trail and not on the road.






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.

Advent Conspiracy