(My brother’s daughter and I snuggling to keep warm at the rink!)
So I accomplished a goal of mine and got myself and the older kids out skating! I realised right away it has been a long time and I am really rusty at it! I also had a great deal of fun with my kids and my brother’s family. Jesse is my youngest brother, a great guy. I know this might sound silly but I really really love my brothers! The picture below will probably be a favorite of mine for life! 
I don’t have a lot of pictures of my brothers and I as adults together… we don’t spend a lot of time together… I know I am largely at fault for that since I am so easily overwhelmed by life I tend to miss out on chances to be with them.
A couple days feelings of disconnect had settled heavily over my heart… disconnect from people and specifically fellowship… I know I do it to myself… My first reaction to any stress is to bury myself away… anyhow for some reason my brothers came into my head and I remembered my mom talking me to me years ago about what a connection you have to your brothers no matter what… you are SO connected… I get it… It made me happy to think about them… They are both very different men with different families of their own but they are both so worthy of respect and they make me proud.
I am feeling really ill today and hope it will not last long… I hate being sick, things get so out of sorts in a home when the wife is sick…
Little Woman was trying to cheer me up about being under the weather and she said ‘When you are all better you can do dishes with me!’ To her dishes are a time to visit with Mommy, one on one, and to feel like a big girl… to me… well I looked over at the mountain of dirty dishes and just felt impending doom… Dishes just don’t cheer up this sick mommy like they do my Little Woman.
My chicken noodle soup is almost ready, I skipped supper but I am trying to not go to bed without protein. Is there protein in chicken noodle soup? Ahhhh well, I am going to bed early and will dream about dish washing machines again…
TTFN
That is a great picture of you and Jesse, you can definitely see the family resemblance!
Hope you feel better soon. We’ve been sick here for a week (what a way for us to spend Clay’s week off work…) and it definitely leaves the house, and myself, completely out of sorts. Hoping to get back in the groove of life again soon.
Don’t worry if your house is chaotic while you’re sick, I’m sure no one else minds 🙂 Easier said than done, I know.
It’s funny how kids ENJOY doing chores that we have come to dread. Even my hubby said yesterday that he is kind of sad about the dishwasher being installed, because he had grown to enjoy that time doing dishes with the girls. I told him there will always be opportunity to wash dishes, and he is MORE than welcome to seize the opportunity *grin*
i’m happy that you got skates and already got to try them out!!
is your dishwasher broken?
i hope that you’re feeling better soon!!
You mean the built in that came with the house? No, it has never worked, guess that is why they didn’t mind including it, just dead weight. We couldn’t find a spot for out old portable and so through a serious of events it isn’t ours anymore:)
oh. i didn’t realize the one in the kitchen wasn’t working. that sucks.
Ha ha, yah it is just there to tease!
that is sad about your dishwasher!
I love my brothers too! So much.
Way to go with the skating!