A t Long Last

The crib is set up and Nana can't wait to hold our new little Chase Matthew Siemers.
I am going crazy knowing he is just a few short hours from me. What a precious blessing each new family member is to me. What a precious blessing EACH family member is to me.
Any one who knows me at all, knows that the word in-laws is not in my vocabulary. Family is family and that is that. I love the Thompsons, I love the Parks. They are my family, they are my friends. I want to hang out with them.
I especially love and appreciate our sweet Rachel at this time. Rachel is also all about family. First of all, she is a beautiful person, smart and accomplished. She is an incredible wife and an awesome mother. I never have to give Jason or the kids a thought because I know they are so well loved and cared for. She is full of energy and makes sure I am included in just about every aspect of their lives. She keeps me updated about my sweet grand children, she keeps in touch with extended family,aunts, uncles, siblings and great grand parents alike. She includes me on trips and ideas. She tells me when she is grouchy or mad. She shares when she is happy or manic feeling. She allows me the same. She is a delight in my life. How blessed am I?

Boys will be boys

This is such a beautiful time of year. My guys seem to be extra sweet to me as the holidays roll around. My two favorite things are ...my lights around the house and my wreath on the front door. I never have to ask for the lights. The day after Thanksgiving my guys, including my sweet Jason, have always just put up the lights for me. When I was a young girl and my home life was less than perfect, I would love to leave the house around dusk, with all of it's hush and quite and run in the neighborhood. I loved looking in the windows as I ran on the streets. I could see the lights on and people cooking or eating dinner or whatever. As I ran, I imagined that there was a happy little family in there with everyone feeling safe and loved. With this vision in my mind as I married and had my little family this is what I tried to create. A sweet family always feeling safe and loved. I am sure if my children were asked, they would agree that that they felt safe and soooo loved. What they might not know though, is how safe and loved they have always made me feel.

TIME is all we really own

So, I've been thinking a lot lately about blessings and talents we are born with. You know how when you think of some people, you say, she's an awesome artist or she sings like an angel or whatever. I have always had a hard time finding my "niche"because I'm (good at) not super great at any one thing. But lately ,with Dad's cancer, and a couple of other disconcerting events happening in our lives, my blessings and talents now seem a little clearer. I have the best friends in the world, always have. I have this incredible ability to love people and to be loved back.
I have been blessed to be asked to attend many births, what a private and glorious event.
I have been asked to dress a few bodies, like the body of a precious baby of a dear friend who died shortly after birth.
I was asked to sing at the funeral of my precious friend, Kathi, because that was her last request.
When you think of the thousands of people a person knows in their lives, and to be the ONE person to attend a birth or dress a body or sing at a funeral, that is truly amazing.
When Dad was diagnosed with cancer, our thoughts were never...how much money did we make in the last 25 years or what did we acquire , it was what did we do with our TIME in the last 25 years? What will we do with our TIME the next 25 years ? If we are so blessed. One day shortly after Dad's surgery, I came home to find a grown man sitting on the floor in front of dad, visiting him. A pot of soup on the stove, that he had prepared himself, and a loaf of bread. My heart just melted as this sweet man gave dad his TIME. He was no less busy than the rest of us.
Simply, dad was his friend. Today, I am so grateful to our Heavenly Father for my friends and the TIME I have to love all those I have to love.

Thank goodness for little girls

Isn't this a BEAUTIFUL sight?
This Friday night I had went to bed late with another of my ever present headaches and about an hour later (1:30 a.m) I heard a familar voice in the living room. I thought I was dreaming because my heart was telling me it was my sweet girl Samantha who I knew was still at BYU Idaho unable to be home for Thanksgiving. To my surprise, my sweet Sam had caught a ride home with two friends that had surprised their moms as well. I love having Sam home. It is such a joy to have daughters. I adore my boys but my daughters are a joy. I love everything about them. Soft touches, sharing communication, sweet smiles,yummy shower smells,the "I love you, mom".

So dad and I just had our wedding anniversay and we were so busy we couldn't even take time out for dinner. So sad... Time sure flies. I had an interesting experience the other day. I was shopping at Costco and looking at DVDs . I noticed a man doing the same. I noticed him again a couple times in the store but did not pay any attention to him. Then, I drove to Walmart and again...you guessed it... I was looking at DVDs. I felt someone looking at me and when I looked up I noticed it was the man from Costco. He smiled and said "I just saw you at Costco looking at DVDs ,you must be a movie buff." I told him I was and we talked for a few minutes about movies. He then asked me."Is that a wedding ring on your finger?" I told him it was and he proceeded to tell me how" all the good ones are taken". Well, I have had my fair share of guys flirting with me , however, this was the first time a man in his LATE 60s has attempted it! Its weird how everyone is older..not you!

Hi loved ones. This is my very first blog and I still can't quite understand why this is so great. :-) I even fiqured out how to add a picture. This happens to be one of my favorites at the moment. How blessed we are to have all of the loved ones that we do. I am already totally in love with this little guy.