Inspiration

So last night I was killing time after my kids were in bed and before Ryan was home from rehearsals. I was feeling a little down and having a pit of a pity party. I was looking around online and found the most amazing inspiration. There is a blog called www.neineidialogues.blogspot.com that touched my heart and made me take a step back and look at my life and count my blessings. This woman is an inspiration! She is a mother of 4 and a few years ago she and her husband were in a plane accident. She was in a coma for 3 months and suffered horrible burns. To hear the way she positively looks at her life is amazing and made me rethink my own. If you have a minute, check out her blog. She will strengthen you!

Chaos

So the Hoskins's house has been a little on the crazy side lately... we have had many ups and downs, but it is hard to do more than just keep our heads above water as of late. We have had some major things happen the past few weeks. First of all Sheldon is now done with 1st grade. I can't believe how fast this year had gone. He is so smart and finished out the year reading above grade level, having crazy spelling words and still loving school as much as he did in Kindergarten. Allie is done with preschool. She is ready to start Kindergarten! She sings and dances all of the time and can't wait to go to the same school as Sheldon. Ethan is taking up a storm. It is weird to hear people ask me how old he is and when I say two they don't believe me because of the sentences he can put together. Ryan is now working at the Lion House Bakery at 2 am, then he goes to Titan and works until 4:30 or 5:00, then hurries home to have dinner with us and goes to rehearsals for Hello Dolly at 6:30 until about 10:00. I am working with the PTA again, learning how to make bread and freezer jam and trying to hold down the fort while everyone goes a million miles an hour. Life has been crazy, but we have been blessed in ways that we didn't realize.