I'd like to explain all of the reasons that I have not updated since January 2nd (we moved! Soccer season started!) but the real reason is that I have just been lazy, and I have been trying to focus on family more than the computer. <~ More on that later.
Anyway, life has been crazy busy lately. High school soccer season has started up (actually we're close to be being done), we moved to a new house, Marcus got a job (yay!), etc etc. soccer season is going well and we have a chance to make it to state! So since January....
This past weekend we went home for Easter, the first time since Christmas. It was so good to see family, but I wish the visit had been longer.
Buddy got to open his basket when we got home (he was with his Mama for Easter), Riley will open his this weekend!
We took the boys to the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Savannah. If you have never been, let me just say, it is an experience. Luckily our friends got us a good spot so we didn't have to get there at 6am (I'm telling you, crazy).
Buddy started t-ball!
We moved into a house! With a backyard! Yay! Yay! Yay! It's a little farther from work, but now the boys can play outside, we can ride bikes around the neighborhood, the boys can go fishing in the nearby creek. I'm telling you, I love it.
As far as my New Years Resolutions go...
fail.
I've lost three pounds.
I haven't eaten that healthy, or worked out much
I haven't read the Bible everyday.
I went to church once.
I did enjoy the church I went to, and I am planning on going more, preferably with the boys. I would also like to find a Wednesday night program for Buddy. I am getting back on track TODAY as far as reading the Bible goes. Still using She Reads Truth.
Starting the eating healthy again (started yesterday), and working out. So New Years starts again now.
BUT, I'd like to add to my resolutions list: to use less technology.
Read: PUT DOWN THE SMART PHONE.
Have you heard the AT&T commercial where the lady hands her kid the iPad to watch Finding Nemo so the kid leaves her alone to peace and quiet? I just want to scream at that commercial. "NO NO NO!" There is no need to hand your child a toy or electronic every time they are in the car, or at the dinner table, or out to eat at a restaurant. Your child needs CONVERSATION and INTERACTION, and lets face it, so do ADULTS. I cannot tell you how many children I've encountered that cannot have a conversation with adults or peers, and it is clear that it is because their noses are constantly in Nintendo or watching TV or playing video games instead of spending time with their parents or playing outside with friends. Are we really SO lazy that we can't interact with our children in the car or at a restaurant? Is Facebook/Twitter/Instagram really so important that we have to check it every five seconds rather than having good old conversation with our spouses, friends and children? No.
The answer is no.
So my added resolution is to use less technology. Spend and enjoy TIME with my loved ones MORE and use social media LESS. I am guilty of this, I have been addicted to my phone for far too long, and I am quite ashamed of it. However, I am determined to change. I am determined that our kids will enjoy the outdoors and the beauty of the world and be less focused on Sponge Bob and iPads and video games.
With love,
~Angela
