Signs of Spring

It is finally starting to feel like spring around here! The sun was shining so beautifully today and the temperatures leveled off around 50 degrees (balmy for New Hampshire)! Camden had such a fun time exploring our little yard with my parents and me. He is so interested in all the sights and sounds that surround him and I just know we're going to have so much fun watching him discover his world over these next few months. Enjoy these adorable pictures!

Back in Action...

After two wonderful weeks of vacation, the kids returned to campus tonight. Scott and I enjoyed the peace and quite of an empty dorm, took many long walks in the spring sunshine and had fun just being home together. Here are a few pictures from our vacation!








Although it's a little tough getting used to having the students back on campus, the good news is that summer is just around the corner! Spring term always flies by and is actually a pretty fun time to be working at a boarding school. As the weather warms up and the snow starts to melt, everyone just naturally seems to be in a happy mood! Scott isn't coaching this spring, so we'll be able to go on runs and long walks together in the afternoons, watch baseball and lacrosse games and enjoy our adorable little boy! I have to say, we have a pretty good life! Thank you God!

Living the Dream...

This is a little "Blog-Out" (instead of shout-out...I'm not sure which of my friends coined this phrase...Barb? Jill? Jaq?) to two of my good friends from college are living the dream! They are incredibly talented singer/songwriters who have formed their own band called Jill and Kate, (check them out on itunes!). Their music is incredible and always puts a smile on my face when I listen to their songs.
With Katie, Jill and Meghan at graduation...

While they continue to work on their own music, they are also part of Kelly Clarkson's band and travel the country and the world singing backup (and playing guitar - yeah Jill!). Just in the last few weeks they traveled to the Bahamas, hopped around Europe visiting cities like London, Amsterdam and Vienna, flew back to the states and appeared on Good Morning America, American Idol and Live with Regis and Kelly all in a matter of a few days! Sometimes I look at their life and wish that I had the same opportunities. They are seeing the world, meeting famous people, and truly living their dream of performing and being successful musicians. It's awesome to see how far these friends have come, and I'm not gonna lie, it brings excitement to my quiet little life when I get to watch them on television and cheer for them from my couch.


After seeing them perform on American Idol this week, I was thinking about how awesome God is. Jill and Katie are having the time of their lives and are really doing what I believe God created them to do! And although their life is incredible and I have fun hearing their stories and watching their success, I know that God has different plans for me. As quiet as my little life is, I'm so blessed with my wonderful husband, my beautiful child, and our life at our school. I love that when I wake up and open the shades in the morning, I'm looking at the beautiful mountain that I first climbed when I was three years old. I love that I can almost see the roof of my parents' house that I grew up in down in the village from our yard. I love that we have thousands of acres of woods out our back door and that we literally (and I'm not even exaggerating) saw 15-20 deer surrounding our house last night. I love that my sister and her family live on a farm just 10 minutes away. I love that Camden is going to grow up in a town where people leave their cars unlocked and know most of their neighbors by name. And I love that although my life is so different from Jill and Kate's, we are all "living the dream" in our own way and can maintain a friendship despite our different lives! I'm so proud of what they have accomplished and I'm so thankful that they bring some excitement into my little world, and at the same time I'm so proud of my own life and where God has brought me and my little family.


"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose."

Now how's that for a Blog-out!?!?! :)

on my own...

So, this week felt like a big week! Camden is turning seven months old on Monday...it's AMAZING how quickly time flies. He is such a little man these days! He loves to walk around holding our hands, he sits up and plays with toys by himself and is developing quite a little personality. He is such a joy to be around, and I'm realizing that I have hardly spent any time away from him in the last seven months (well, 15 months including pregnancy!). This winter I tutored some kids for an hour four days a week during the academic day here on campus, but other than that Camden has been in my arms, or by my side, for most of his life! On Thursday of this past week I went to the first day of a new series as part of a Women's Bible Study at our "new" Church. We started going to GCC last spring and have really enjoyed meeting new people, getting involved in a weekly cell group and getting settled into our new church home. I am really excited to be part of this Bible Study. Having a baby in the house makes personal time and quiet times few and far between. I felt a little sad leaving Camden behind with Scott as I drove the 35 minutes down to our church, but I must admit that I came home feeling refreshed and excited...and SO happy to hug my little one. I'm not sure if it's pitiful, or wonderful, that this 3.5 hour trip was the most time I've spent away from my little guy. I feel so blessed that I am able to stay home with him. He brings such incredible joy to my life, and I honestly felt like something major was missing when I was at church. I know it will get easier to leave him as he gets older, but for now, I know it is a good thing for me to do something on my own. Even though it's hard to drive away alone, it's good for me (spiritually and emotionally) and it's good for Scott to have some alone time with his son. Who would have thought you could love someone so much?!??!?!