Friday Letters

dear packing, why are you so overwhelming?  I cannot wait for you to be over and all settled into our new home!

dear hair, if you could stop falling out and turning gray that would be great!

dear patience, please visit me soon.  It seems I have lost you many times through this transition period!

dear children, thank you so much for being you and making everything worth it!

dear instagram, I love you so much I often forget a I have a real camera.

dear family photos, it's been awhile!  let's get together, say..... late summer/early fall?  work for you?  me too!  it's a date!

In the meantime, check out these beautiful locks turned into a stylish haircut!

Forget Me Not

Ahh!   My life is in boxes and chaos right now in the midst of moving.  However the other day when we were packing up boxes for the big move on August 1st we found a stack of old greeting cards we have kept over the years.  While many of these cards needed to be tossed out, there were a few good ones reminding us of the days when we first started dating.   We read through the cards and laughed as we forgotten those tiny details that fade with time.  
And then it hit me!
I know everyone say how kids grow up so fast, but it is something that doesn't really hit you until you have kids and one day they are not babies anymore.  Since I am a horrible mother I didn't put together your traditional baby book, for either of the kids. OOPs!  Nor did I create any type of scrapbook.  GASP!!!
There are so many milestones that I thought I would never forget about my babies, but as time passes I find myself trying so hard to recall the little details or stories.  So this is my attempt to start by documenting the things I do not want to forget.  

• B's super big hugs!

• How Lil's first real conversations always included "MmmHmmm".

• I love the way B calls Harley "Boy".

• How Lils sings with me each night the Lily Song before she goes to bed.

• The way B drive the Big Wheel like a mad man during a getaway.

• The way Lils says "Ouch, it stung me!"  from the Bumble Bee Song!  (We need to get this on tape!)

I will try my best to keep up with the little memories in the making and label them as "Forget Me Not".  Maybe one day I will have enough little stories to fill a baby book for each of them!

Friday Letters

Friday Letters

dear fall:  is it strange that I am already looking forward to you, but love the summer heat??  
dear iPhone/siri: sorry we almost lost you to a h2o spill by the toddler.  Yikes, that was a close one!  Time for a new case!
dear blog: thank you for being patient with my irregular posts!  I promise to pay you more attention!
dear town home: you have been good to our family we are going to miss you!  However you are a bear to pack up...
dear workout schedule:  can you write yourself?
dear family:  i love you!
dear convertible with a huge stuffed gorilla in the backseat:   thanks for making us laugh!  :)  *sorry for the bad picture, but I had to share! 

And some more pictures just to share :)

Have a Happy Friday!!!

 

Where Have You Been

Where have you beeeeeenCause I never see you out
Are you hiding from me, yeah?

Somewhere in the crowwwwdd
Ok, that is taking this post's title a little far, eh?
Well I can tell you where I have been/what I have been doing over the weeks, but it may take awhile so grab a cup of coffee and join me.
First off, since my last post it was my little guy's (aka Lloyd's) birthday.  This was the first year he had so much anticipation for his big day.  He was the center of attention for a whole week and he ate it all up.   On his actual birthday we celebrated with the husband's family at a state park in Nebraska.  We stayed in a beautiful big cabin and celebrated with family and a Spiderman cake.

As many of you know the other main activity that have been consuming much of the time over here has been house shopping, refinancing, buying and renting (almost in that order) .  I know I have blogged about our situation with owning a small town home and wanting to get into a bigger house that we have room to grow into.  I think we may be close to solving our puzzle, but there are a few last details to solidify, including a closing date.  To say the least, this has not been as exciting as I would have hoped, but rather VERY stressful.  Maybe I was naive to think it would be a fun experience??  However, once we have the final details I will share the photos and all my plans for turning the house into OUR home :)


We ended this very busy month with a date weekend, a very treasured time!  For those of you who do not know we have date weekends in which we trade kids with my sister so we get the whole weekend to do whatever.  Yes you read it correctly, Friday - Sunday all to ourselves.  Not only do we like date weekends, but our kids get to spend time with their cousins so they love it too.  Here are a few pics:
Kids having fun with their cousins at the beach.

Lil's first braid, courtesy of Auntie Tanya. 

While we went out with some friends to look at tattoos.

But unfortunately had to schedule an appointment since walk-ins couldn't exceed the two hour mark... disappointing!

Other random June events:
First time calling 9-1-1, this is no joke and was super scary!  

Catching up with college friend's while Llyod learns to jump off the diving board solo.  Thanks to a quick lesson from his cousins.  

Hope you all had a great June as well!