Learning...

You know the saying... "learn something new every day"...?

Well, at our house, that's just exactly how it is. We can never know enough. Learning new things or how to perfect old talents and gifts can be fun, can be challenging, and can be very rewarding. Whether it is Auri who can get a nice solid tone when she runs the bow on the strings of her violin...

She got this two years ago for her third birthday, wow she'd really wanted a violin. She even then could pick out the violin part in a piece of music. It still amazes me when she chimes in in the middle of a song and tells me, "that's a violin". Coming from a musical background, I can't tell you how wonderful this is for me to hear. When she got it, the violin was almost as big as she is, but now she can actually hold it out. She'll learn someday, maybe I'll learn with her. It'll be hard work. But she loves music, and that makes me very happy! And I have my dad to thank for it, he would hold her as a baby and play his keyboard. Sometimes if she was crying that's how we could get her to stop, just give her to papa at the keys and he would calm her. It was amazing! What a blessing it is for me to share music with my kids...

Then there is Jackson, who sings solos in church, and dances like a hip hop king, and loves to use my mom's sewing machines. There are days when he will go upstairs with her and I won't see either of them for hours. He loves to learn. He loves to sew, and he loves to cook... Just look... mom was teaching him how to make a white cheese sauce, let me tell you, she's tried to teach me how to do that, and I still can't remember. But I bet you Jackson could tell ya if you want to know how...

My kids are amazing! My whole family is amazing.... Mom, dad, sister, brother the neices and nephews, brother-in-law... That's right, all of them. I am Truly Blessed!!!

Thank you Lord for giving me such a gifted and incredibly amazing family!!!

Blessed...

-Kristen