There is Sunshine in my soul today!

     Saturdays are always busy at our house. Especially during basketball season. Mark woke up early and took some of the kids to clean a house. Luke was left to take care of me and Gabe. He did a wonderful job. He made me some oatmeal for breakfast and brought it up to me. Then he made Gabe some chicken nuggets. Taylor had dance so she was off. So grateful for carpooling! Mark came home in time to drop off kids and take Luke to his basketball game. Which of course Luke played well at. Then he picked up Taylor and was home to grab something to eat and then off to Drew's game. I heard that Drew was amazing also.
    Taylor was so wonderful and made me lunch.

     My friend came by and brought me some sunshine (yellow treats). It was so nice to take a break from the craziness to chat and catch up. Mark dropped off Drew and was off again to an appointment. Once Mark came home we headed to my Mom's to celebrate my brother and brother in-law's birthday. We then headed over to Mark's parents to give Mark's dad his birthday present. I was spent. It was nice to get out and see everyone but it took a lot out of me. We came home and Mark got all the kids ready for Church in the morning.

      Can I just tell you that I have truly been blessed to have such a wonderful husband. I know that it would be a lot easier to ask for more help and not take the time to teach our children how to keep our house clean. He could get more people to watch Gabe and be at work more to get away from all the craziness, of juggling kids and a job. There are a lot of things that he could do differently, but he doesn't. Everyday he shows me that he loves our family and will do all that he can to make our family better and stronger during this hard time. That is one thing that I wish I could of and would have focused on when Mark was sick. I was just busy surviving, I didn't think about how my kids would be affected with all of it. The crazy thing was just two weeks before we found out that the baby had Spina Bifida, I was telling one of my friend that if I could do it again I would do it a little differently. Well I guess this may be God giving us the change. Mark has been doing such a wonderful job at making sure that our kids are being parented through this difficult time. I feel truly blessed for all his efforts.