When you let God in...

you will be amazed at what He can do.  Sunday I was angry.  And when I say angry, I mean as angry as I have probably ever been.  Somehow I don't really feel angry anymore.  Last fall I spent a lot of time in prayer about the state of my heart.  I asked for the ability to forgive.  I realized that I was holding in a lot of pain and grudges about things in my past.  That is an exhausting way to live.  I prayed for God to take over and soften my heart.  I cannot tell you how much this impacted my life.  It continues to impact my life.  Through God I am able to forgive the biggest hurts and grow.  This is freedom!  Next up, learning to be slow to anger :)

This morning Evan and I went for a run.  While Evan did sit ups I watched Graesen have a little water slide fun in the backyard.  Let me tell you, that run really wore me out today!  I have this cold and barely have a voice, but I thought I would be fine to run.  I ran, but it was not pretty and I was exhausted for hours afterward.  So, instead of joining Evan in ab work, I took pictures of Graesen with Evan (accidentally) in the background.  He is just going to love that :)  Anyway, it didn't take long for Graesen to decide that his swim suit was hindering him.  I took off his shirt thinking that would pacify him.  It did not.  He undressed himself the rest of the way.  Not so good when we have a cyclone fence and live on a busy street.  I don't really like him out naked where everyone can see.  Evan helped me tackle Graesen to get his shorts on which was apparently the most heartbreaking moment of the day.  Clearly, you can not go on a water slide unless you are naked :)