My Grass is Green...is yours?

I guess its easy to forget, sometimes, what is most important to you. What you value most. What your priorities are. You remind yourself about what you love, but when things become mundane and predictable, it's easy to wonder what color the grass is in your neighbor's yard. Sitting here, watching Ryder sleep, my world is complete and wonderful and whole. I never want to forget this feeling, the way my sweet Widdle makes me feel.
I pray you don't forget what is important to you and what makes you smile. Your grass is just as green as mine, and mine as green as yours...sometimes it might be a different shade of green or kind of grass-but it's green:)

My God is Awesome!!

SOOOO - I got an email from NACCRRA, finally. God is so good and his timing is just right. There was a small  "mistake" in that they listed Ryder as going full-time  (5 days a week -all day) and he is actually only going Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. But that is easily fixed and won't stop or delay me in filling out paperwork.
I was so worried that I would have to rush to do everything tonight and tomorrow morning, but, ONCE AGAIN, God stepped in to relieve my stress and burden. Pat took someone's watch and came home early today and doesn't have to be at work until tomorrow NIGHT!!! Which means, he can stay home with Ryder tomorrow morning while I go to school. I don't have to get up at 4:30am to get Ryder to daycare early to fill out paperwork. When I get home at 1130am, Pat will go with me to drop off Ryder so he knows where the daycare is and then we will come home and Pat can rest while I clean, do homework and get the rest of the things that I need for school.
A little faith, a little trust, no matter how hard it may be at times, how stressful it can be in the meantime, is so worth it and pays off EVERY TIME.

This week, at church, starts our Saturday night service. No excuses allowed!!! There is a service for everyone and Pat can even sleep in on Sundays, still. Also this weekend, starts the marriage sermon series. I believe the series is based off of the Love and Respect book. I have also registered for the Marriage Conference that takes place February 17 and 18. I am so thankful that this series is happening now. Pat and I have a great marriage...I am not going because we have issues...We are going to make our marriage BETTER and to keep our eyes on our number one priority-we want a God centered marriage...

I'm off to run more errands...the work of a mommy/wife/student/domestic goddess never ends

Another Day

Well, actually 2 days. I get to spend 2 more days with my baby bear until he goes to day care. My classes start this Wednesday and go straight until next Wednesday. KinderCare was nice enough to let me do three days this week as Wed, Thurs, and Fri and then next week will start Mon, Tues, and Wed until the summer semester starts.
God has been so amazing in opening all the doors for me that I make an effort to open. I am amazed, all the time, when I open my eyes and look around me and look at where he has brought me and all he has blessed me with. My amazing husband and son, school, family, my home, etc. I am so thankful.

I've got vegetable soup on the stove and the smell is amazing!!!! No real recipe, just vegetables, spices and chicken broth. I put in onions, celery, carrots, potatoes, garlic cloves (minced), chicken, salt, pepper, ground thyme and bay leaves...
Have I mentioned I'm amazing -haha...well, the soup smells amazing

Just a Normal Day

Today was just a normal day for the Fry family. But, after finding out that Tripp gained his wings yesterday, I treasured every single moment that I got with Ryder.
Mommy and baby bear went to church this morning at Coastline Church. Ryder loves the child care there. Everyone is so nice. It's smaller than COTH, but people have been so nice to me and they rave over Ryder. Today was an "in between sermon"-one between two series. Next week starts the Love and Respect marriage series and I am really excited about it. This book emphasizes everything I learned in school. I also registered myself and Pat for the marriage seminar in February. I tried to explain to him that you don't have to have a marriage "in trouble" to go to a marriage seminar-it makes a good marriage even better. There are also a few things in the book I want to discuss with Pat about making sure God is our #1 priority and that our marriage is one that exhibits God's love to others.
After church, Ryder and I met with our friend, Kaye, and her baby at a mall in El Cajon. It was nice to get out with a friend and see other people haha. Daddy stayed home and had a relaxing day to himself.
Tomorrow is supposed to be Ryder's first day of daycare. What a sad day it is going to be for me. I have been torn with feelings of guilt and excitement about this next phase of my life. I know I need to be able to have an identity outside of "Ryder's mom/domestic goddess". I  want to have a job-I want to have a life and friends outside of the house-I want to get out of the house with friends every once in awhile. I am so in love with my baby boy and it makes me feel bad sometimes, but I know it's okay to want to get out sometimes. I just don't want Ryder to like the people at KinderCare better than me haha.
We still haven't heard from NACCRRA yet. Ryder will be there 3 days a week-Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. But this first week of class is a little different. When we go in and do paperwork tomorrow, I have to see if our 3 days can be Wed, Thurs, and Fri this week instead of the other days. Not only will that help with my school schedule but I am hoping to hear back from NACCRRA, too, since they are closed tomorrow.
Anyway. That is all that is really going on right now. I will let you know at the end of the week how class has gone and how tomorrow goes at KinderCare.
Treasure your families, hold them close, and give them an extra kiss tonight.

Just Another Thursday

And it is a little boring around the Fry home. Pat is upstairs sleeping (he is working midnights this week-tonight is the last night:) ) I am downstairs with Ryder-lacking a shower. I've cleaned the kitchen and done a load of laundry. I'm just waiting for Ryder to let me put him down so I can unload the dishwasher and fold the laundry...It takes so much longer to accomplish things now than it use to HAHA. My first priority is Ryder and making sure he is happy and not crying, so most of the time he is sitting in my lap looking at books or in one of his activity seats, or we're on a walk.
I am so excited to start the application process for nursing school. I have to take the TEAS exam still, but I test well so I don't think that will be a problem. (My problem is memorizing science lol) Yesterday, at the AMAZING going out of business sale at Borders that Ryder and I went to, I got a practice exam book for CHEAPO! I love going out of business sales:) I've requested my transcripts and I am in the process of trying to get "proof" of my high school graduation-though I don't really understand why I need to prove that when I have my bachelor's degree---isn't a diploma required for college? Yea-I thought so.
Anyway, I'm excited. 
I'll be really excited when Pat is back to normal hours. I love being able to actually see him during the day and not just as he walks in the door and says "goodnight".
I'm off to do laundry and unload the dishwasher---who wants to come help?