life and the day to day

the kids and i went to dinner with my parents, my brother and tammy last night.
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sometimes i'm still surprised how life has the ability to have me so completely elated one day and so down the next...maybe even in the same day. i woke up this morning feeling awesome...harley doing his normal wake up with singing and dancing. the kids shouting out demands of breakfast and sippies full of chocolate milk...then boom. the details of my recent smack in the face don't really matter. it's how i choose to deal with it. in life, i'm always going to have some sort of trial. something that needs to to teach me something...and a certain 'trial' will never really go away until it teaches me what i need to know. that's been my experience anyway.

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i had a blast last night with my family. i have big upcoming plans to build something amazing and have it ready for this years summer solstice in june...



i don't understand a lick of these plans. they speak mandarin-chinese to me :)....and i will build it.... why? i say why not?



life's funny. the highs and lows are unavoidable. we either learn to ride they waves or sink. everything changes all the time. change is the one thing that's consistent...and my family :) i'm noticing that the biggest thing that the challenges in my life are teaching me is p-a-t-i-e-n-c-e. i'm not the best at this. which is probably why i'm still learing it...i work at it every. single. day. all i can say is i'm up for the challenge-again! :)

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this blog is awesome and funny :) a lot of great reads.

* listen to ben howard old pine.