Music

I love being a wife and a mom!  I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world!  It is absolutely my calling in life and I am happiest being a wife and a mom more than any other thing in my life.  It is hard to think about my life before Allen and Noah were a part of it.   It's funny though how music has played a big part of my life.  I guess i go through stages where I listen to a certain band or singer a lot during a time in my life and then as the times change, so does my choice in music.  I mean when Noah was little I think we listened to the Wiggles morning, noon, and night and now when I hear them (which isn't very often anymore) I think about those times that Noah was so little.  I am brought back to our daily trips to the playground, naps, diapers, pacifiers, etc.  People said time would fly and it does!  Time is flying!

  I recently plugged in my ipod the other day and turned to one of my favorite bands...Five Way Friday.  FWF was a local band just trying to make it big when I was at USC in college.  My friends and I would go to bars that they were playing in ALL THE TIME!  we were what you call "groupies"!  We followed them to different cities and had a blast while doing so!  I used to listen to them morning, noon, and night!  I guess life takes over and I haven't listened to them in a long time.  Well, when i heard the old familiar songs, it brought me back!  It brought me back to a really great time in my life.  A time when i had no responsibility whatsoever, a time when I only had myself to take care of, when I would travel all the time, when my friends and I would drop everything to go to football bowl games (in different cities), Disney World, beach vacations, and movies whenever we wanted.  When I hear Five Way Friday, I think of our midnight IHOP runs for giant cups of hot chocolate and all the fun we had.  It was a good time.   I closed my eyes and just listened to the music, remembering every word of every song and wondering why I don't listen to this awesome band as much anymore.  I am thankful for those memories in my life.  I am even more thankful for the memories I am making NOW..with my family!  But I am thankful for those memories and that I can go back to them whenever I want with just the magic of music!