Marriage Builder Monday

Sarah over at http://burgeonbloomlife.blogspot.com/ has come up with with this expressive way to keep ourselves accountable for helping our marriages stay strong. Every week you decide on a new way to show your husband how much you care about him. Thank you Sarah for getting my butt in gear and actually doing what I've been thinking of doing for a while now!

I love my husband. I honestly can't imagine my life without my husband in it. I think about my husband every other minute of the day. I think about things we could be doing together, I think about how lucky I am that I have him, I think about the sweet things he does for me. I can't stop thinking of him. We even text each other throughout the day (everyday) to let the other one know we are thinking of each other.

But I also have 3 children who are fussy, whiny and flat out annoying at the end of the long day. They zap all my energy. They make my head spin. By the time my husband walks in the door I'm edgy and dare I say - mean? All of a sudden that text I sent 5 minutes ago means nothing because child #2 just decided to call her brother a "baby." I know, innocent enough, but after that child #1 comes running to tattle and cry that he was called a name. So #1 starts crying that #2 is mean (mind you - there are FIVE point FIVE years between these two@@) and while this is happening, I'm usually in the middle of making dinner, changing a diaper, and dealing with a phone call from a neighbor letting me know it's time for their child to come home.

Honestly, at that point I don't care if child #2 called child #1 a baby. I know I'm supposed to, and so I do. But it drains me to no end and some days I wonder if it's too late to give one of them away. I'm never 100% serious, but there are days where I think about it a little too long. I'm blessed. I know this. I thank God every day for the life I have with my children and I thank God for allowing me one more day with them.

BUT - my husband comes first in this family. He should come first. I shouldn't be greeting him at the door with a scowl - I should be wrapped in saran wrap, and nothing else, with a big smile on my face (ok, maybe that first part will never happed but I know he would LOVE it!). So this week I'm going to do something for him.

My plan is to give the kids a bath all week. I'm going to let the dishes wait. I'm going scoop them up and throw them in the bath without giving him a chance to argue and I'm going to tell him to sit his rear down on our couch and watch Ice Truckers or the Biggest Catch (neither of those titles sound perfectly right but for those of you who watch them you know what I'm talking about!), which are saved on record for him.

God has given us something so special and I want to nurture it. I don't want to take advantage of our happy relationship and make sure it stays happy!! Thanks again, Sarah - wonderful idea :)