TOTALLY WICKED!!!!!!
Name: Jeffrey Harrison
Age: 10
Passion: BMX freestyle and street tricks
What is your favorite thing about bike riding? "being able to soar through the air"
What is your least favorite thing about bike riding? "not being a pro yet"
What tricks can you do on your bike? "I can do no-footers, one-handers, manuals, cat-walks, endos, and anything new that comes along"
What will it be like when you are an adult bmx biker? "It'll be cool because I'll be pro...but I don't want a wife that doesn't let me ride my bike"

Happy Easter!
In the past few days we have dyed eggs, set up our Easter village, got our Easter outfits ready and finally........it's here! Easter was great today. I was awakened to Ellie's voice screaming downstairs, "YOU GUYS!!!!! THERE ARE EASTER EGGS ALL OVER THE BACKYARD"!!!!! It was awesome. I think one of my favorite things about my kids is their innocence and belief in make believe things is just as passionate as the things that really matter. They can believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny and it makes me giggle and warms my heart; it completely melts my heart, however, to hear their understanding of the true meanings of Christmas and Easter.
I feel so blessed that when I ask them why we celebrate these holidays they confidently answer...."because it's the day Jesus was born" or "Jesus died on the cross for us and Easter is the day that He was brought back to life". There are hardly words to explain how loved I feel by God that His love for my children goes beyond what I could ever imagine. He is watching out for them, taking care of them, guiding them and protecting them. God expects me to do my part and make sure they know who HE is and HE takes care of the rest. I love that!!!

I Love Friday's
Today was the second day ever that Jeffrey and Molly were allowed to ride their bikes to school. We went and bought them bike locks the other day and they just couldn't wait! Their school is about 3 min away when I drive them...and it's one street the entire way to get there. Still....I was nervous and wanted to secretly follow them, my brother Paddy even suggested I do a video documentary of it...me peering around corners...whispering...watching their every move. I know. I am pathetic. Life is just so much different than when I was little and I have very normal and reasonable worries. I figure a couple things on the subject....first, it is starting to get hot already and they won't want to ride to school for very much longer. Second, by the time Ellie starts kindergarten at their school, which is just around the corner, there is no way she will ride so I think we may get back to our drives together. I haven't really had too many sad moments about how big my kids are getting,... but I kind of had one today. I love being able to take them to school in the mornings. We've been pals with the crossing guard Bob (an older, round sort of Santa type minus the beard) for a couple years now and his face always lights up when he sees our car coming and the kids roll down their windows to say hi to him to which he always replies, "Good morning Harrison's! How's everybody doing this morning"? It does make me feel better that the kids have him there to cross them across the big street that I would normally be worried about them crossing. Anyway after the kiddos left this morning, I watched Ellie walking around in her very sassy shoes that Wendi bought for her. She likes them because they are her size, they are heels and they click wherever she goes. However, when my friend Jessica saw them this morning she thought they may be miniature hooker heels. hmmmmm. Ellie bellie and I had a good start to our day making eggs and waffles (she's such a good cook!) Friday's are usually titled "coffee and massage Friday's" over here. They used to include Melissa, Jessica and me having coffee and watching FRIENDS or OFFICE reruns and me giving my friends massages. It's really great. Now that Melissa isn't here, it's just me and Jess, and we have added letter writing to Melissa to the agenda. Still great. But this is the second Friday in a row that I take time to slow down and love my life. I love that I have time to stop, breathe, and reflect.

getting ready to head off to school!

There they go! (this is when i start to pray)

These shoes really do fit Ellie's personality

'click click click' "see mom! i look so cute"

yum!

I let her crack 5 eggs into the bowl...then she said, "how about 6" i agreed. then she said, "how about 7" sigh.

Why I Like To Be Home:
In the past few months I have had a very crazy schedule as do most people. I work 3 days a week at Massage Envy and then I do outcall massage another 12 or so hours a week. It's days like today however...that I love just being at home. I do have a massage to be at in an hour...but I have spent the morning drinking coffee, laughing with my friend Jessica, writing to our friend Melissa, doing laundry, snuggling with Ellie, chatting with Wendi on the phone, and really just enjoying the calm that is my home right now. Right now...is when I get to look at my precious 5 year old's sleeping face and thank God for my life and EVERYTHING about it.

OVERWHELMED

That is how I feel when I start thinking about updating my blog. It starts as a thought,... "hmmm..... I should update my blog" then one worry after another flood me like..."I need pictures...I don't have any... I need to take some pictures... I need to write about every single thing that has happened since my last blog... updating my blog is going to take so much time... I need to make sure I set aside so much time to update my blog.... ugh!!!!!" This is truly what my mind does all on it's own. Then as I visit my friend's blogs I realize that they can just write about any one thing that may have happened to them on a certain day or a funny quote or a recipe or a joke. It doesn't have to be this huge unattainable goal that I am making it out to be. I would probably blog every single day if I would just share a thought from that day and it would be so much more satisfying. So my thought for today comes from the tile that sits on my desk "FRIENDS ARE THE FAMILY THAT YOU CHOOSE FOR YOURSELF" I have said it before but they really are so great. I am so very very thankful for my friends.