Reasonable Resilience

Ummmm, So remember way back when I gave you the summer schedule? Yeah, it's in full force. Kids are crazy with lack of sleep and heat exhaustion. Mommy is going to wring kids necks at any moment. Daddy is having a mid-life crisis... Yikes I can't wait to fall.

I participated in a wedding over the holiday weekend with my mother. We sang two songs one of them being "The Rose". I have wanted to sing that song since high school. Now I have and can officially say...it's kinda hard. It worked out and the wedding was beautiful as you can see. More photos to come...

Well, here I am. What's been up you ask? ummm, I'm working more often and the computer just hasn't been as readily available or important lately, but I've read through a bunch of my favorite blogs and thought, "you know, I really should update mine." Okay, The steinkes have: graduated a 4 year old left kids and eric in saginaw while i traveled to wisconsin dropped of kids while eric and i went to a wedding in st louis had another fathers day traveled to muskegon for my beautiful cousins wedding shower watched as my husband was commisioned and installed as a called DCE for the LCMS it doesn't seem like much, but it's been SUPER busy and there's more to come. also, i've been neglecting my camera and feeling bad about it so i'm going to get it out I promise and have some pics soon. see you soon!

We swam in the pool a lot. We ate popsicles (a whole box) We squirted our cousins And they squirted back Oh the fun we had!

may 3rd becky & paul visit may 7th holland? may 16th time for a new cell phone (i'm thinking the palm pre...) memorial day weekend trip to muskegon & eric goes to indy june 11-13 wedding in st. louis july 14-21 mission trip and national youth gathering in new orleans july 29-august1 steinke brothers trip to nevins lake, mi (w/o kids!) august? camping? these are things i need to look forward to otherwise i won't make it through the day without loosing it...

so, i'm thinking and i'm letting it all out, well, not ALL, but i'm letting my brain drain right here. i worry too much, anyone with me on this? when i became a mother it all started to wash over me. the thoughts of death i had never had before and thoughts of my kids not liking me. my parents are getting older and i hate the thought of being too far from them. i'm living a life here, but not really LIVING, you know. i hope this isn't IT, but i'm afraid it is. we're waiting for the next best thing and when you wait too long you start to feel like ANYTHING would be next best, and that's not always true... grace is becoming a young girl and i like it and don't all at once. she changes me and the dynamic we have. noah is ALL BOY as they say and i have no idea how to handle him, so i worry he'll turn out "bad" i can say that my relationship with eric probably couldn't be better than it is. we are on the same page with life issues and wh...

What a little Steinke you were, looking a lot like your Opa on your birth day And Grandma was there to hold you just like she was for Micah two years later When you turned 1 you were a happy boy at Duck Lake in Mommys lap. And now you're 2! And still Mommys happy boy. We love you sweet boy and look forward to everyday you grow and challenge us to think like Noah would.