Here I am

I have had two blogs before.  I'm talking 10 years ago before blogging was cool and everyone was doing it!  I originally did it as a way for my family who lived away from us to keep up with what we were doing and as a way for me to keep a record of what was going on in our lives.

I quit those quite a few years ago.  But I've been thinking for the last six months or so that I would really like to start another blog.  I felt like life was moving really fast and I wanted to be able to remember what happened today two weeks from now.  But I honestly felt super intimidated by what the blogging world had become.  Moms posting about all the cute crafts they do with their two year old with numerous pictures chronicling every step.  Of course, they never mention the melt down by the two year old in the middle of the project and the hour of clean up that came after or the fact that they had glitter in their hair for a week.  Or how about the women who post all these fantastic recipes that look and taste amazing?  They have such neat pictures of what every step should look like and of course the result is fantastic!  They just happened to leave out the fact that it took them ten tries and every pan they own to get the recipe perfect.

Don't get me wrong--I appreciate these blogs.  Check out my pinterest page and you will see numerous pins with amazing recipes from women who have put them in their blogs.  And I'm glad there are moms out there who are willing to make a mess doing a craft with their two year old.  That just isn't me.  And I felt like if I didn't have something amazing to offer that everyone would appreciate it if I just stayed away from the blogging world.  But then I read a blog by a friend here and I was impressed by what she said about blogging just to have a record of their family.  I thought about my daughters one day raising their own children and being able to look back on this and see what it was like for me to raise them and it made me smile. 

So here I am.  You've been warned--I have no advice to give, no expert opinions to offer, no special crafts or awesome recipes I came up with.  Its just me, talking about our life.  Maybe you can learn from my mistakes or maybe you'll just get to know our family a little bit.  Or maybe you'll simply read this and be glad you're not me!  Whatever it is you get out of this blog, I hope it is a blessing!