When Mark and I got married we would travel a lot! We would take yearly summer vacations with the kids and we would travel back and forth to Houston all the time. Now it seems like we never go anywhere and that is so very sad.
We had also been on two different mission trips with our church which was life changing. We are hoping to bring Maggie at the end of summer to one that our church goes to, quite often, in Kentucky. I want her to experience what it is like to give to those who don’t have anything and to bring the gospel to those who have not heard it.
We would go on summer vacations with my best friend and her family when it was just Maggie. Now it’s a lot harder with another one. When it was just Maggie, it was a little bit easier to go with just us and her.
The last vacation we took as a family was 3 years ago when I was pregnant with Sofia. We brought Stephanie and her son with us to kind of help out because it was already getting hard on me because I was pregnant but we also wanted to spend time with her. Now it has been 3 years and we haven’t been anywhere with just us. And it’s starting to seem like we can’t go anywhere without help and that is the worst feeling ever. I wish I was able to go with just my babies and my husband and enjoy life. Money plays a major factor and that’s difficult but it’s also because of my health and the fact that I can’t chase my two year old because she doesn’t walk, she runs. I hate the fact that we can’t go anywhere alone but I’m starting to see that cruises may be our best option. And I think that would be wonderful for us.
We have been on two cruises: one with just us and Mark’s family and the second we brought Maggie and Mark’s family. But I can’t wait to go on one just us and I’m really thinking of doing a Disney Cruise because I want Sofia to experience Disney and I think that would be magical and awesome for all of us!!
What’s really sad is that I sometimes feel like I have given so much of myself (health wise) to the girls and my children are getting the leftovers. Don’t get me wrong, I would not change taking in the girls for anyting. It was because of them that I sought out Jesus. And even though my husband what the one who brought me to the Lord, it was also having the responsibility of taking care of four children that I knew I needed to make a change. God does everything for a reason, we just have to learn to keep our eyes on Him and know that everything will be alright!