The Baily Buzz

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Summer is in full swing at the Baily household. Busy would be the best word to describe our life. I'm not sure when any other word will describe our life so well. I think maybe we'll just be busy forever! Along with busy, however, we have been having a blast! The babies are big enough now for us to get out and have some adventures now. I thought I'd just hit you with some of the fun highlights!

In early June, Isaiah and Nathaniel participated in a group recital. Isaiah played multiple pieces with the group, and Nathaniel had the spotlight with a little song called "Come to My House".

Nathaniel also lost two of his teeth in one day! The tooth fairy forgot to stop by, so Mom had to sneak a few coins in a sock near the edge of the bed. The tooth fairy isn't so reliable at our house.

On Friday, June 20th, we celebrated Grandma's Birthday at our house with cake and dinner and a few small gifts. Earlier in the day, David, Isaiah and Nathaniel surprised our Uncle Paschal by showing up at the federal courthouse to attend his American Citizen Ceremony. He became a naturalized citizen of the USA that day. It was an honor for our family to celebrate with him! After we sang "Happy Birthday" to Grandma, we sang the "Star Spangled Banner" to Uncle Paschal.

On June 22nd, we celebrated another birthday! Our little princess, Eliza, turned four years old. We celebrated with a princess cake and lots of fun presents.

Other things we've been keeping busy with: chasing two little munchkins that crawl all over the house, biking, Mom's birthday, tennis lessons, eating popsicles, wiping runny noses, making Dad "coupons" for Father's Day, playing in water, and so, so many more wonderful adventures. Life is full, and we are truly blessed.

2 comments:

mddr5657 said...: Hi Baily Family - Jen you are doing a terrific job with the pictures and blogs. Keep it up as it helps for us to keep up with you guys. Looking forward to seeing you all at Dean & Tia's wedding next weekend!

Love you - Aunt Denise; June 24, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Anonymous said...: I for one think the blogs are a little lengthy and would like to see them reduced down to 3 pictures or less. This way it would force you to have to create multiple blogs every time you created a new blog. It would be more work which would help you stay busier.; June 24, 2008 at 1:17 PM

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10/14/10
O.K. Time to update. Three months ago I left my thoughts and haven't written since. It's hard to stay in certain habits.

I was thinking about self discipline today, about how hard it is to do something day in and day out. I try to get up around 5:30 or 6:00 each day, but lately I have had a hard time having the discipline to rise in the darkness and start my day early. The impact of this foible makes the day more difficult. Often my patience runs shorter and I have a sense of rush instead of peace when I don't get up early enough.

I was also thinking about the challenge of doing daily chores with the kids. They help out with what I ask of them, but I know we would greatly benefit from a better routine. I have yet to stumble upon the best time of day to do this, but I am committing this to the Lord and asking him to guide us in this.

We are taught that, as Christians, self control is something we can expect from the Holy Spirit. I have experienced his help in this and am hopeful He will continue to work this fruit in my life and the life of my family. I am praying that He will give us the control to do the things we need to do, day after day, without failing. I am asking Him to help us conquer the flesh and overcome.