Curse you Pinterest

So I have discovered pinterest. Check it out if you haven't ever heard of it...but beware, it is addicting.
I have found so many ideas I just don't know where to begin. I have tried some of the recipes I've found though and I'm so happy to have yet another source for new recipes. Thank goodness for my iPhone! I don't have to waste hours on my computer, I can look at pinterest while I wait for kids to get out of school, at the drs office, while in line at the grocery store, etc. What did I ever ever do without my loverly iPhone?! Thank you Steve Jobs, may you rest in peace knowing you have made my life, and countless others, more fulfilled because of our iPhones; you should have a direct ticket into heaven. (I'm not even joking)

Okay, so I have some random thoughts. When I lay in bed at night, as I try to fall asleep, I don't usually think about normal things, like bills. I usually have the odd and, like I said before, random thoughts. Such as this beauty.

I'm laying down, Lars is snoring already, Sam is snuggled in my arms. I'm thinking about all the fun times we have as a family, how much I enjoy watching my kids play. Lilli has just learned to ride a two wheeler, no training wheels. I should be photographing this moment, but instead I want to run along side of her, cheering her on. My thought goes something like this, "Should I be taking more pictures/videos of my kids? What will I do someday when I don't have those?" Then I think "That's just silly, I will have my kids, I will have my memories" This leads to my anxiety laden thought, "What if I don't have my memories, what if I get dementia or Alzheimer's?" So my question is this: When all is said and done, when I am nearing the end of my life, or even just when my kids are grown, will I be sad if I don't have pictures depicting each and every event and moment of our lives? Or will I be happy I enjoyed being involved in those events rather than on the sidelines taking pictures, always behind the camera? I'm not saying I don't love photos and capturing moments and memories, but what if I don't get every vacation, every cake, every moment? Will I feel I missed out on something or will I feel I captured it more fully by participating instead of photographing? I realize it isn't always an either or thing, you can have both...to an extent. As I have had more kids and as the older ones have started to grow up a little, I find myself taking less pictures of every event. I take some spontaneous pictures here or there, and of course Christmas, Disneyland, and the like. But not as many and not as often. There is just too much to see, do, and enjoy to stop and take a picture every time. I don't know, I haven't decided though. Maybe I'll start taking more pictures, maybe I'll take less. I'll have to mull it over a little more. When all is said and done, I can't take them with me, and once a moment has passed, it has passed and I can't do anything about it if I haven't taken a picture, I just have to be happy with the moments wether or not I have a photo of it.
Yup, that was how it went. And eventually I fell asleep and dreamt I was taking pictures. Such is the stuff of late night musings.

There are more midnight random thoughts I could share, but I think I have rambled enough for one post. ;)

We are getting so close to getting our new house!!! And may I say once again, I L-O-V-E my iPhone! (I started this post last week and am just getting around to finishing it.) I don't know how I could have done all I needed to do, such as sending, finding, signing paperwork, without my iPhone and the internet. Ok, I know it can, and I have before, be done but it is so much better this way.

Can't wait to move into my house so I can start doing some of my Pinterests! :)