Well, I finally did it I joined the Blogging world. I have been quite disinterested in Blogs until recently and I still sometimes work to understand why I am spending time reading things that I have no time to do? It was only when school started and I realized that my 5th grade son was becoming more tech savvy than his mother(truth be known, he was already more tech savvy than me several years ago)! I hope to catch-up over the next year but the first step was setting up a blog, so there I did it!
I hope that through this blog I can let friends and family stay abreast of what is happening in the Evans' household, but I also hope to use it as a way to share encouragement to other moms in situations that we all find ourselves struggling with in the day to day rearing of our sweet children that God has so graciously given us. I always find comfort when I hear another mom talking about something that I was sure was just an Evans Gene Pool issue!
The Blog is aptly named for my 3 Monkeys :
Here they are at a family outing with their cousin.
(truly I did not mean to post this photo, but I can't figure out how to delete it-any suggestions?)
These 3 lovely gifts have and continue to be the sole purpose of my daily activities and existence- I do have the realization that my life is not my own and that can sometimes(most times) be such a wonderful and awe inspiring thought and then at other times can practically bring me to tears(in a bad way!)
I feel so blessed that God has allowed for me to stay home with these wonderful little people and I do cherish each and every moment as I do realize that it may come to an end at some point. Even If I do not return to work, each day the realization that these little people are growing and stepping into their own lives, that they will eventually navigate, is so obvious and can not be ignored.
We are in the midst of what I call Birthday Season in our house, with Kendra just celebrating her 8th Birthday one week ago and Trey's 11th coming up in 2 weeks! I think these days we over celebrate with elaborate parties and themes, but from a 4th child who never had a party I have an excuse! I did realize though that during all of the preparations and planning for Kendra's I had forgotten to thank The One who gave me such a perfect and precious gift. It caught me off guard that I would get so caught up in the celebrating that I would forget the most important celebration, the celebration of the gift of life of a sweet and caring little girl. I have always referred to her as "God's Grace" because she does make life so pleasant and easy. So I say Thank You God for all of the Gifts you give, but especially for the Sweet and Special one that you gave me and Rob in KENDRA............ Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!
