jennyleigh

Do you see this couple?  They look pretty happy don't they? It's so easy to smile like this when you have no idea what is around the corner. Ignorance is bliss ! The photo above was taken in late July of 2012  at our church's Alive event that they hold every year.   Bradley, my husband, and a group of musician friends  that he plays with were performing that night. It's always hot as all get out but is always a fun night.   This event is kind of a kick start back into  fall and the beginning of school and sort of an End of Summer Blast. We love love it. Now these precious kids are ours. Ahhh, it makes me smile just to think that they belong to me.   (Oh yes, and to my Bradley too) This photo was taken about the same time.  Probably more like early August of 2012. They are truly incredible kids and not just because they are mine.   My parents and Brad's parents both agree that they are incredible too...

I have the BEST Mama in the world.  Like for real - ya'll. No joke.  She's like the bomb-diggity.  And whether or not you  use that term doesn't matter because my Mama seriously is that . She has patience that I can only hope for. She has an ability to think things and NOT say them. She may forget to get the rolls out of the oven for dinner;  but I forget to BUY the rolls in the first place. She loves helping people anyway she can. She goes WAY out of her way to help people.  It's amazing. And she' not going to tell you about it either. Oh my friends, God made her good.  So I tell you that to tell you about a card she gave me for my birthday this last year. I was turning 43.  (* Eeegads *) But the age is not important.  She gave me this card like I'm sure so many of you have seen before. A card with all of these attributes that I'm supposed to have. Well, for some reason it struck me ...

From time to time we seem to just hit a funk. Have you ever noticed this? For a multitude of reasons we just sometimes seem to get in a slump where nothing seems to be going right or smooth. Take for instance, our family has just finished another extra-curricular filled season. You know how it goes - we hit the road right after school and juggle all the locations that we've got to get to on any given evening. Now my husband is in an unusual line of work and his schedule is always changing. And even though I've known this since the day I met him, I went ahead and scheduled the impossible for Thursday nights. "My husband can help me" I thought. We'll split duties and everything will work perfectly. Well, there was my first mistake, thinking that something would work out "perfectly". I mean if you know me to any degree then you know that the two words "perfect" and "Jenny Leigh" never belong in the same sentence! So for 8 of the 10 weeks...