Every so often we have a family dance party in our TV room. My new playlist highlights some of our favorite songs we blast on the speakers and jam out to. Kyle leads the whole party and makes us all laugh and feel free to dance like nerds. Although, Kyle is looking pretty good lately. I think he must be secretly practicing when I'm not around. He's got some good moves! It's so fun to see the boys and violet jump around and move to the beats. They absolutely love the crazy energy and the time together as a family. Who knew that Kyle would turn out to be such a FUN and COOL person to live with. He makes me laugh every day. I love his witty humor - I'm just not smart enough to be funny like that.
Now that I'm turning this into a post about how great my husband is, I might as well go all the way and get really mushy. Lately we have been on such a marriage high and all around life high. I feel like we've got humor, respect, emotion, quality time together, and believe it or not, some romance. We recently went on a trip together without the kids. The first night away we were lucky to be the last patrons allowed into a closing restaurant. We ended up being the last ones there. It was so nice to cuddle with my husband in the booth and be shamelessly in love. I feel like if I could, I would freeze our family in time - just the way we are now. I do have plans and goals for the future and I look forward to seeing the kids grow, but for the first time perhaps ever, I am so content with the now.
I'm smart enough to know that life ebbs and flows and that I should be pulling out a gigantic chunk of wood to knock on. I KNOW!!! that life will get hard and trying again (like it has at times in the past). I just won't be reporting it on my blog. I think it's those hard times (struggles with kids, illness, finances, whatever) that make the good times so poignant and appreciated. We can't know what is really good and wonderful if we don't know what is really hard and sad. Hopefully Kyle and I will remember this beautiful time and it will help get us through the next challenge to come our way.
