Sunday, September 13, 2009

Happy Homecoming Day!!

Two years ago today we arrived home with our little bundle of joy! Today-he is still our little bundle of joy but a little bigger and much faster! We had a great day today. We took Collin to ride on Thomas the Train. He seemed to really enjoy it! He doesn't really know Thomas in general but he definitely knows the train!! I'm hoping after seeing the prices of Thomas that he NEVER gets to know him!! We will definitely have to get him a train table for his birthday or Christmas. He LOVES playing with trains! I actually saw a really cool train table at IKEA and it is about a third of the price of Thomas.

They had lots of activities for the kids-hay maze, putt-putt, thomas tatoos, train sets, stamps, jumping houses, pictures, balloons, magic show and of course a gift shop. Collin's favorite part of the whole thing-the baseball diamond! We must have run the bases 20 times! We had to drag him away!






Noni and Pop were nice enough to deliver a big bunch of balloons to the house while we were gone so Collin got to come home to a suprise just like he did the first time he came home two years ago. He was half asleep when he walked in but he saw those ballons and it was all over.


Later we had a 3rd birthday party to attend-and they had a Thomas the Train cake! It was really cute. It really looked like a train and it tasted pretty darn good! Collin ate a huge piece-which is probably why he is still running around like a little maniac right now when he should be headed to bed.


I think we had a great family day together celebrating our very special day!
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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.

Advent Conspiracy