Memorial Day Weekend

After a relaxing week at the beach we came home to WORK for the Memorial Day weekend...does anyone see something wrong with that sentence? After a long weekend of cutting the grass, trimming bushes, planting spring flowers, painting a shed and power washing our patio and furniture...Keith and I were EXHAUSTED by Memorial Day on Monday! We didn't mind the hard work though because after we were finished we kind of took a second look at our house (which we are always seeming to be complaining about...that's its not big enough or needs updating or needs work done here and there) and actually started to appreciate what we have. After all our hard work, we enjoyed a nice Memorial Day dinner on our newly power washed patio which Merrin seemed to really enjoy! We have big landscaping plans for our yard which no doubt will be a work in progress but in the fall we are planning on ripping up some old and dying scrubs in the front and also landscaping around our new shed to make room for a nice playhouse for Merrin one day. I feel that our house work is never done and by the time we finally get our house the way we want it, it will be time to move! I have no doubts that all of you out there feel the exact same way!

Its amazing though to step back and take a few seconds to appreciate what God has given you...isn't it?! We by no means have the grandest home or the fanciest of cars but the Lord has definitely provided and I stand in amazement as to why?! I feel that I fail him almost daily, especially now that I am a parent. Don't even get me started on parenting! I daily question how we are raising Merrin and if we are doing the right thing and if she'll turn out to be "ok" and if she'll love the Lord like she should...all these worries can make your head spin! But then...I just have to remind myself that God is the one in the drivers seat and that my "worrying" is really getting me nowhere. I must admit that after having Merrin my relationship with God has changed. Before Merrin, I think I was, in fact I know I was, a luke-warm Christian which isn't that the worst kind?!! God has certainly been working on my heart lately and I'm so HAPPY that I am actually "listening" again! I know that this "blog" is not my typical happy-go-lucky blog but I just sat down and this is what came out, so I'll end this blog by asking for your prayers, as I will do the same for you and your families. I also ask for your forgiveness as I KNOW I have not been the Christian wife, daughter, sister or friend to any of you as I should have been. I pray that God is working in all of your lives as I know He is in ours!

As always,
Love from the Gunter's!