Father's Day Fun

This year was our first for Charlie to be a father on father's Day. We are big into gifts for holidays, but I did get up a cook breakfast before church. Abigail handed her daddy a card just from her that I only helped with a little. He had work Sunday night, so after church we rushed home to put him to bed.

Abigail and I headed to Chattanooga to meet my parents and my aunt to spend time with them. My dad hadn't seen Abigail in awhile, so it seemed like a great day for some family time. The kid was great and slept almost the whole way to meet them. That makes for an easy and happy drive.

We got there and all hugged in the parking lot of blazing heat. Since it was miserable. We decided to get in my parents' car to cool off. Abigail loved the attention and crawled all over everyone and laughed and talked. She was enjoying herself, and I believe her grandparents were too. Here comes the really fun part. It was time for her to eat, so I was going to switch to my car for a minute to feed her. I turned on the car to get it cooled off forgetting that the door all lock when the car is cranked. Ooops. I turned back to their car to get the baby and then turned back to realize that I had locked the car with the keys in it, running. I was mad. Last time I met my mom in Chattanooga, my battery went dead. This time, I locked the keys in the car.

This is why my dad is great. He saved the day. I may be an adult with a child now, but it's nice to have Dad to the rescue sometimes. He quickly whipped out his AAA card and had them on the way in just a few minutes. He even tipped the guy who came. BY the time the car was unlocked, I was able to laugh about it. We did have a good time just hanging out in the car and being together.

One thing about my parents is they are givers. Here I was trying to do a little focusing on them which I know doesn't happen enough, and they help me. They then took Abigail to Toys R Us and bought her too much for her birthday in a couple months. They are constantly focused on us and what we need and want. My parent's are huge blessings to us. It was wonderful to me to get to spend a little time with my parents on a day meant to celebrate Fathers. God blessed me with a truly great one that I feel honored to call Daddy (even at 29 years old). Here's a parking lot picture from our afternoon together.

He's Here!!

My nephew arrived in the US today escorted by his mommy and daddy. It hurts me to say, but I wasn't there to greet him. They have all been on my mind all day. Abigail even wore her Go Seek Love shirt in honor of her new cousin. Mine is 3/4 sleeved and it's probably 90 degrees today, so I did not sport mine. I am very excited to go meet Benjamin in a few weeks. Hopefully by then, he'll be more adjusted and ready to play. I can't wait to meet him and introduce him to Abigail. They are almost the exact same age. Welcome home Benjamin. Your Nix family loves you very much.

A Few Minutes of Lazy

I absolutely love summer time. I love family time, reading, being out of school, summer foods, pool time, etc. There is just so much fun to be had. Before school got out this year, I knew that this summer would be different than any other I have had before. There would not be opportunity for hours by the pool lounging with a book, staying up late with another good book then sleeping late, random naps at any moment. It's been a different type of summer already, but I am totally enjoying it. We've been pretty buys with comings and goings and having fun, but this morning I am taking a few minutes for lazy time. Abigail is taking her morning nap, which is usually her only nap. In stead of working out and rushing to get "stuff" done, I am chilling. I tried to take a nap on the couch, but sleep wouldn't come. Now I am just doing things that I want to do. Not things that NEED to be done. I'm still in jammies today. I'm uploading pictures to facebook, posting on the neglected blog, and about to go read in the sunshine. We are meant to be active. God didn't intend for us to spend all our time being idle or lazy.We are made to work and be active, but God also values rest. So right now, I am taking a minutes of lazy and enjoying them to the fullest. The chores will wait and I can be busy later today, but right now, it's a few stolen minutes for mommy.