Easter

Happy Easter! We spent Easter with our family this year and had a great time! Ben got to spend lots of quality time with all of his grandparents, including great-grandparents and he loved every minute of it! Sadly, as I was looking through the pictures on our camera, we didn't get any good ones of Ben with the grandparents, so we will have to make sure to get some next time.

We spent the evening with Grandma Julie and Great-grandma Ann and Great-grandpa John on Saturdy to celebrate my Mom's birthday and Easter. We had delicious food and lots of fun! On Sunday, we celebrated Easter and had dinner at Brenda and Cary's and my Mom, Grandma Pat, and Jason were there as well. Melissa, Clayton and Marshall came to visit in the evening and we really enjoyed ourselves! Marshall is the cutest and sweetest baby!

Ben is a very loved boy and got several Easter baskets this year. He got a Toy Story themed one from the Easter Bunny, Cars themed one from Grandma Julie, Spiderman themed one from Mema and Papa, one from Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Chris and some candy and bubbles from Great-grandma Pat. Ben had so much fun looking for Easter eggs in the yard on Sunday after his nap. What amazing weather for Easter! We are definitely blessed!

New Job

Wow! It has been forever since I posted anything on here! I have been super busy with work and home stuff for the past few months. I have been so busy that I decided to change positions at work. My job was becoming overwhelming and I felt like I was neglecting my family and house and falling short of expectations due to high caseloads and working 50 or more hours each week plus on call responsbilities, so it was definitely time for a change. It is really hard for me to admit when I cannot handle something or balance things, so it was really hard for me to change jobs, however, I am so grateful I made this decision. Already, I am working regular hours and feel far less stressed out. I get to spend more time with Nate and Ben and have been keeping up (a little better) with housework. I have a reduced caseload and most of my time is spent completing mental health assessments for another program at work. I really enjoy what I am doing and feel like I have way more of a balance now. I can tell that Ben is happier now that I am home in time for his bedtime routine most nights and I get to spend more time with him. Nate has more responsbility and stress at work right now, so it is great that I have less. I still have to work kind of late some nights but I go in later now to balance my time at work and I wasn't able to do that before because I had too much to do. Life is good! I am beyond blessed and thank the Lord every single day for everything that I have in my life!