Be nice

My long silence lately has stemmed from the old adage "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all".

The girls have been so difficult/ challenging/ overwhelming lately, that I thought it best to keep my mouth shut. The kids were on spring break, so I took a break with them. One thing's absolutely certain- I need help for the summer. I've been on my own since August and it's just too much. They are not the kind of kids who wait patiently for anything.

They are running me down, but we all went to church this weekend together. It was the first time since we moved that we brought the girls. It felt so good to be back in church as a family. The sermon reminded me that I always have something nice to say and there is always something to be grateful for.

I am grateful for what we have and our family. It's just so hard to stay focused on that when Abby is all consuming or screaming children fill my time. I know I say 'screaming', but this is what I mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Yvb6BHHr5OM

I wasn't just videoing my screaming child, she was calm and I was going to make a little clip for Jeff, but it became a 45 second glimpse of my (and their) very hard week. I went back and forth between Emily and Abby all week long. It's sad and upsetting. I want so much to enjoy them and I have many sweet moments that I treasure. We just have so many challenges.

Anyway, back to the nice talk.   I have lots of pictures and nice moments I'm going to post.  We also had some funny and not so funny moments.  I guess for better or worse, this is our life and I'm going to write about it :) 

Andrea

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