poor jared. blake decorated him. i think blake thought "why give one, he'll love them all!!"
jared is ready for church today.
did i mention that none of my boys ever wear their shirts??
blake loves the camera!
sweet little guy.
well life at the parrish house hold was busy this last week. oh nothing terribly pressing, but just the same ol' stuff keeping us all going. chuck has finals coming up. he's preparing for all of those. he's been told they will most likely be the most stressful event in his life up to this point. hmmm...can't wait for that! needless to say, we haven't seen so much of him this week. so, the thanksgiving break is sounding awesome right now. especially since i need to make about 4 pumpkin rolls in the next 2 days. and those of you that know me, and my baking abilities, i need to get all that organized and ready to go. i hope chuck can take a time out from studying and help clean the kitchen, cause there WILL be a mess!! i am also making the ham this year. love that!! we are going to my family's house this year. we haven't been here for the holidays in 5 years. so that will be nice. but we will also be missing the parrish side of the family. we've enjoyed being there in the past and will miss them all greatly.
i can't help but be even more grateful for my family and friends this time of year. it's taken chuck a long time to finally get into law school. 3 years for those of you that don't know. and it may seem weird, but i am grateful for that laspe in school. chuck didn't have some awesome job and we didn't become rich by any means. and the town we lived in didn't offer much growth. but i look back on our time there with gratefulness. we were able to spend much time with chuck's family and get to know them and share holidays and other special times. we also made wonderful friends that we will keep forever. of course i didn't always see it this way. there were many times in those 3 years that we were very frustrated and tested. but looking back, it was all for the good. we learned alot and grew as a family. when some people learn that we havc 3 boys and chuck is a first year law student, they look like they feel sorry for us. but i'm pleased to say i don't feel that way. i'm happy to have begun the journey!!!! for us, it was a joureny to get the journey. so i'm thankful to be where we are now.
happy thanksgiving to you all.
2 comments:
April,
I enjoyed you comments about joy and unforseen blessing in the journey. It IS really hard to see the blessings of paths that we don't necessarily choose.
I have also had MANY people comment to me about having a family in, for us med., school. So I have thought a lot about this and I think our husbands are SO much better off with a family than without. The other students don't have someone to come home to who are VERY excited to see the, jumping screaming and wrapping their arms around their legs. At home they have someone else who allows them to forget school for a bit and feel a little balance in their lives. I think that our husbands are better off with a family and those who don't have someone are the ones that we should feel sorry for...no offense to those who are doing it without. There is just two sides to this and being on this side, I am very grateful! I really enjoy seeing the pictures of the boys! Lots of fond memories of Pullman and our time living near and playing with you guys.
Love,
Kim Campbell
Very well said. I know being far from your family probably hasn't been the easiest thing for you, however..I also know that having you closer has been so good for me. You know how we all are..tight.. and I too am glad for that opportunity to have many memories with you and your sweet family while we could. Happy Thanksgiving to you, and thanks (a million times over!!) for letting Kurty call the other day and ask Belle what she wanted for Christmas. :D
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