Balance.

Now that school is done for the quarter, it's time to spend some quality family time with Jon and Madison.

We haven't had many family days because Jon and I have schedules that are the opposite school wise and we both just have never gotten the timing right. Realizing that we have a family now, I have come to realizations that we don't spend enough time together as a family. Yes Madison and I spend a lot of time together, but it's never really been Jon, Madison, and I. Looking back on my childhood, it was a great childhood but I can't remember a lot of times with my whole family together spending time enjoying the presence of one another. It was either both my parents were there yet my sister or brother weren't. Or my dad would be at work while mom was with us kids. Life got in our  way and I wish it didn't. I don't want life to get in our way. I know it will in time, but I can delay that time and spend as much time making memories with Madison and Jon as a family up until she starts to resent her parents, which I hope never happens yet she will become a teenager which is just one of the common occurrences in their lives.
Balancing school, work, and whatever else happens is what we need to make more time for family. Seeing all the families torn apart due to the military is heartbreaking especially when I know, my family is right in front of me and I'm not taking full advantage. I hope Jon and I cherish all the time we have with her at this age. Here's to family planned events for us :) Family pictures will be this Friday which I'm looking forward too, and yes to my friends, you will be getting a cheesy holiday card from us with a family picture, our first of many to come :)



On a side note, I passed my biology class with an A (99.6%), yes I did..whoot whoot! Now bring it on A&P!