{Ahh..the little things}

I can't wait...

I am SO excited...

I am going away, overnight with my MOPS steering team on Friday.  I can hardly wait for an entire 24 hours away!  I am also excited about the company I will be in - 8 other Christian Moms, all in a similar stage of life.  We will be planning for the year (I am the craft lady or "creative activities" team member this year) and I am very excited about that too!  It should be a great year, I know I will enjoy planning the crafts for each meeting...that has always been one of my favorite parts of MOPS anyway :)

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Anyone planning to join NaBloPoMo in August?  I am considering it to get me back into posting again...

65

as in the number of pictures I took TODAY...

or as in the number of things I accomplished today...

or as in the number of things i need to pack for our camping/birthday/cookout out at the lake this weekend...

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Today is Zander's 5th birthday, and I did manage to take 65 pictures today.  I am not really sure how, because I also did 65 other things today, including make a cherry pie from scratch (!!!!) complete with a pretty lattice crust (which I did not think take a picture of).  Today is one of those days that make me feel like I am lazy most other days :)

So, here are just a couple of my favorite pictures of the day...

 

 

 

 

We had a fun-filled day & have even more planned for tomorrow where we will celebrate again with family and friends up at the lake.  The kids were filthy by the end of the night (see Ava in picture above) and completely exhausted...

 

Now that is one tired girl :)

Christmas in July

Today, I received an unexpected surprise...santa (aka my grandma) brought me an early Christmas gift - a new camera :)  Mine was ruined last week, along with my cell phone when Ava decided to throw my purse into the pool.  We needed to wait a while to replace it, but santa decided that this was a good time to make a special delivery. 

 I snapped a couple of pics tonight during VBA to try it out...

 

Thank you SOOO much Nanny & Papa :)

summer "break" ??

It sure does not feel like a "break" when you are a stay at home Momma of four...

Nor can we seem to catch a "break" lately...

But, I am FINISHED complaining - it never helps anything.  Well, it may make mefeel better for a minute (haha) but afterward, the problem(s) is/are still there anyway, right?

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Summer break also means lots of pool time, hanging out down at the creek, playing outside, little day trips, heading to the lake & camping...all of which we have been busy doing so far this summer.  We are also quickly approaching Zander's birthday - he will be FIVE next Friday, which I just can not seem to believe.

Next week is also our  VBA at church, and I am helping with the 4 yr old group (I always do Zander's age) which will be fun/crazy/exhausting, but I keep doing it each year, so I really do enjoy it :)

Ava has become all that "terrible two" could possibly mean.  She is such a handful, and she makes (huge/strange) messes everywhere she goes.  She LOVES to dump things, and seems to do it at least once a day with something full that makes a huge mess.  I have never met another child like her, the girl seems to just hop from place to place leaving a trail of destruction - ugh!

The rest of the kids are doing well, just growing up way too quickly.  I miss the days of having a house full of preschoolers, doing crafts, lounging together reading books or watching tv.  Now my days are already full of phone calls & requests for friends to sleepover.  They want to have friends over or go to friend's houses everyday.  Oh, how I want my little kids BACK!

Time just flies right by though -  Kaden just informed me the other day that he will graduate in 8 more years...do you know how fast that will be here?  Before I know it, I am sure...