Melissa Lea

About me:

I'm a happily married 33 (ok, it's updated Cathy. Happy now?? hahahaha) year old mother to four of the most beautiful children on earth. My husband and I love to just hang out with our kids, our families and our friends. I love to read, write, sing and cook. I try out all sorts of new dishes on my family and ask their opinion. Jerod loves everything I cook...my son not so much. My oldest will try anything at least once.

I like to throw parties at our house for family and friends. I'll find any excuse I can to entertain.

My hubby is the most handsome man I know. My heart still flutters when I get a look at him. He is a very talented guitar player. He's a computer geek and I love that! He works very hard to take care of all of us and in return I like to think I take good care of him. We've been twin flames since we were very young, but didn't get together until much later. We both had a lot of growing up to do and that makes us better for each other today than back when we hung out in high school. We have the best family and friends anyone could ask for.

I'm pretty wound up most of the time whereas my hubby isn't. It's a good match. I tend to be very nosey and curious about everything. I get sulky when I don't get my way (or mad, just depends). I'd like to think I'm a pretty loyal friend, a good mom and a good wife. I'm the "take care of things" person in our house. I cook, clean, budget, cart the kids around. I work part time and I'm a Mom full time and I love it.

I have four of the best kids on the planet. Two beautiful, charismatic, artful, intelligent girls and two handsome, charming, rugged, intelligent boys. I home school my kiddos and enjoy all of the time we spend together.

I have discovered that I love to garden and in an effort to make my families world a better place have decided to take my family on a journey into a self sustaining lifestyle. It is my goal to grow as much of our own produce as possible right here in our own yard. Give back to the land. Making a greener life for all of us by cutting out as much garbage as possilbe.

I'm still searching to find who it is God wants me to be. I sometimes take life too seriously. I suffered postpartum depression for almost 2 years after my 3rd baby was born and it turned my way of thinking upside down. Instead of separating me from my husband and from God it brought me closer to both. I finally had to realize that I cannot do it all and that sometimes I do just need to lean...sometimes even just crumble. I'm a better person today for it.

So there you have it. Me in a few paragraphs.