Four Year Meme

I was tagged by Panda-Mom for this Meme. You are supposed to list 4 things that you have accomplished in the past four years and then list 4 things you hope to accomplish in the next 4 years.

1. Four years ago, I was deeply entrenched in the pre-school life. Now, I am making the transition into school aged life. Although I am living in both worlds still, I am changing less diapers, am less restricted by a nap schedule, and spending more time on the ball fields and doing homework. I love both "eras" as a mother, although balancing the two can be a challenge from time to time!

2. Around four years ago, we relandscaped our backyard and my love for gardening went into hyperdrive! Gardening is my favorite hobby. It is my time to think. I like gardening alone or getting help from my three kids. We go on drives and I look at the landscapes around houses rather than the houses themselves!

3. Last year, I went back to work part time. My old job became available and I agreed to take the job as long as I could do it during Mother's Day Out time. I schedule my patients during MDO and occasionally on the weekends when Bryon takes the kids out. I love my job and feel blessed that I have a profession that is so conducive to very part time work!

4. We bought our new house last year. I feel very settled and could live in this house forever.

THE NEXT FOUR YEARS

1. It has been my dream for a while to go through the Master Gardener Program. They offer this program every two years and so the first possible time for me to do it would be next summer. If I can, I will do it then. Otherwise, it will be three years from now.

2. Start really getting into travelling with the kids. We travelled extensively when we were kids, and I want the same for my own. I think that it will start being more practical in the next two years.

3. Doing more volunteer work. The more kids I have had, the more my life revolves around my house. I look forward to having more time for volunteer work for school, church, and charities.

4. I just want to continue my quest to live in the moment and enjoy each day as it comes. It doesn't seem that long ago that I had two adorable boys ages 2 and 4. Four years from now, I will have a child going into 6th grade! How can this be? I want to do my best to teach my sweet children the fruit of the spirit by how I live my life. This will only be accomplished by lots of prayers!