Remembering what He has blessed us with.

We do not get to go on vacations, and we shop at good will and always buy things on sale/clearance. We never have any of the latest stuff(ex. new games, computers, cameras, toys, clothes, cars, etc.). We live a very tight life, but we chose this. Right?

And I would love to say that we NEVER complain about not getting to go on vacations, or have the latest computers/games/whatever. But the truth is we do. Alot. And at least once a week I get in this depressed mood where I'm upset because again this summer we will not get to go on a vacation.(Honestly, David and I have never got to have a vacation. This is our 6th year together. We didn't even get a honeymoon....)We will not get to take the kids to the zoo like we want to, or have a huge date night where David and I get a hotel room and just be us for a while instead of mommy and daddy.  A new computer game came out that David has been talking about since 2008. And all his friends already have the game and love it. He borrowed the game to try it on his computer and his computer is too old for it to run on it. (His friends are all single, no families, no house payments, no car payments, no responsibilities etc.). But still, it hurts me because he can not have what he wants when he wants. And the same goes with the kids. We got Taylor the leap pad for her birthday but we haven't been able to buy any new games for it since then. :/

We think about all the things we WANT and can't have alot. We complain about it, try to redo our budget to be able to do more, and try to make it all better.

But in reality, everything is fine. We are 21 and 24 years old. We have 2  wonderful healthy happy children, and one on the way. We have each other, and our families. We have OUR home(Not many people can say that at just 21!) And we have the durango. Our kids have an old swing set out back and a tiny pool on the front porch. We all have clothes to wear, may not be brand new stuff, but its still clothes.

We spend so much time upset about what we do not have, that we forget about what we DO have. We have alot. The Lord has REALLY blessed us. When I get in that mood where I'm upset because we can't afford to do things, or get things we want I need to remember that this is all part of HIS plan. Not mine. And I need to remember to look at EVERYTHING He has blessed us with, not what we think we need in order to be happy.