Hey everyone! We have decided that a blog would be a good place to post pictures, and let you know how our life is going here in Idaho! We hope that we can keep up with it and that we actually have stuff to tell you about every once in a while.
Life is a crazy ride at times, but is such a wonderful ride. We have been thinking a lot of how blessed that we are lately and we cannot believe how blessed we truly are. We are both going to school, we have a hansom little boy, a cute puppy, we have the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives, and we have wonderful friends and family!
This semester in school I am taking a class about accessible recreation and I love it so much. We learn about different disabilities and how we can make it easier for people with them to enjoy life, feel accepted, and have fun with recreational activities. It has really opened my eyes about how hard everyday tasks can be for them and how much everyone wants to be included. We often watch videos (like this one) and have assignments on how we can change things for the better so the world is more understanding and it really makes me think how important KINDNESS is. It really does go a long way when we are kind. helping others in the crazy ride of life that we are all on is so important. You never know when you are an answer to someones prayers and just how much a kind word or a smile could change their whole day. It amazes me that it can be so simple, yet I struggle so much doing it. Being a parent now I try to be better at this because I want to bring up my son in such a way that he is kind and that others see his goodness. I know that I can already see it at just the young age that he is.
Well Preston is now 5 months (I am sure you all saw my facebook post), He is such a happy baby and brings so much light into our lives. It is so fun to see the gears turning inside of his head trying to pick things up, and make the same noises as we make. Being away from him while I am at school is so hard. I find myself thinking about how he is doing at home more than listening to the lesson at times, I know, I know, I am trying to get better at this. I cannot wait to be done with school so that I don't have to leave him unless it is simply for a little break away, or a date night. He is not really scooting or trying to crawl quite yet and really just hates tummy time. He would much rather squirm a ton as I am holding him and trying to do homework, he is way too funny. He has been at the stage where you leave the room and he screams because he can't see you for a while, but it seems it has gotten a lot worse then it was. Lets just say this becomes problematic when trying to make him a bottle, but it is nice to see him get super excited when I come back into sight again like he hasn't seen me in forever.
Life other than Preston is pretty lame. We go to school, do homework, play with Dakota (the dog) at the park and sleep. We are trying to do one fun thing a week once the weather starts warming up so that we are a little more exciting and we all get out of the house every once in a while.
Hopefully this post wasn't too terribly boring for you to read! until next week,
- The Hoskin's
