Another Week

Nothing much exciting to report on my blog this week. I did buy the kids all new baseball gear because Zachary wants to learn how to play. I find it incredible that I have 3 left-handed children. Finding 3 gloves for them was not an easy task. But we enjoyed a couple nights of playing baseball together as a family this past week. On Monday I told the kids we could play baseball for our FHE. We rarely go without a lesson on FHE nights because at least one kid objects and says it is not FHE unless there is a lesson. Eric was always that kid until recently and now Zach has taken his place. It is funny to listen to Eric try to convince Zach that it is OK to occasionally go without a lesson and just have a family activity.

Mario is doing pretty well in Afghanistan. He will reach the half-way point this month. So we are very excited. Some days are difficult and we don't see an end in sight. But overall, time seems to be going pretty quickly. Today was a pretty good day for both of us. Mario felt good about accomplishing a lot at work. My morning started off rough when Erin didn't want to clean her room but instead of getting too mad (I was upset about it for a while but Mario quickly diffused me), I decided to serve her and clean her room while she was gone to school. I wouldn't recommend doing that all the time, but today I felt like maybe it would show her that I do love her and I like to serve her. She appreciated it and she was quick to thank me. Mario always reminds me that we love our children the most when we are serving them. I feel like I am serving them 24-7, but I guess small things, that are out of the ordinary, like cleaning up a room for her means a little more. I miss having Mario around. He keeps me well balanced. I think we balance each other out. I love being married. I guess that is mostly due to who I am married to. (Yes I did indeed write this...Mario didn't get hold of my blog again!)