I am not the testimony baring type, or at least not in my blog. People know what I believe, right?. BUT this is my blog and this is what I feel like sharing.......
Kris is gone. Well just for most of September. I don't do well without him. He is VERY hands on with the kids. Since he works 3rd shift he is at work when they are sleeping. He is normally home when then head off to school and so he gets to say good-bye most of the time. He normally gets up around 3pm, and the kids get home about 3:30. The kids go to bed around 7 pm, and Kris normally leaves again between 8-9 pm. My kids have their dad ALL THE TIME. They love it. I love it even more. This past week was my first full week ever having all of my kids by myself without any help. I love my kids, but there were days when I was going nuts. Tuesday and Friday. I really wanted to get them out of the house on Saturday. I wanted to go far, and spend. I was thinking of Medieval Times. BUT that is just way too much money. We are of the mind set right now...FREE FREE FREE FREE. I do know that there are lots of things to do that don't cost anything, but I was on this "I am irritated" kick. I know there is always the park, but I don't like the park. So Saturday morning I call Kris and I am complaining about taking dinner to someone that night. I couldn't go and do anything, I had to cook dinner. I can't go to Madison and go to the FREE zoo, I can't go down to my In-laws, I can't go up to My Aunt Dawn's house. HECK I can't do anything and be back here in time to get a "good" meal cooked and over to someones house......I was ranting, I even woke Kris up when I called him at the hotel. After all he is one of the ONLY people that I would call and complain to about serving...... His response was simple....."Serve with a glad heart". Oh that was humbling. I love to serve. My heart hurts when I don't. I had this sudden moment when I thought to myself...."Oh my gosh what am I doing?!?!?!?! Who in their right mind complains about serving, HELLO!". So I decided that I can do something with the kids and still manage dinner......It is a simple thing after all. I hang up the phone and few minutes later our new Bishop calls, and asked for Kris, but since he wasn't home I asked if there was a message to pass along, or anything that I could do. He wanted us to go and pick green beans at the ward garden. Again, I was just reminded that I love to serve. I have 4 kids, and one of them is a baby.....how do pick green beans with a baby on your hips??? I was going to find away.....the bishops daughter watched Evan, and off the rest of us went. It took maybe 20 minutes to pick all the green beans, and durning that time Elaine says something on the lines of "Mom the Bishop should always ask us to pick green beans." My response is that she can tell him that. Next Drew says "I bet Jesus is going to like these green beans." My heart melted. I now remember that when we serve we are the service of our Lord. I know that there is some Scripture reference, but I don't know what it is. That is not why I love to serve, I just do. I am thankful for the kind reminder from my husband, and that I had an opportunity to serve with my kids, and even more that they enjoyed it. That was amazing.
