It's been awhile...

Where does time go?! It's been since April since I last posted. I was going to start this blog post with how much fun I had on vacation, but then I realized that my last post was about vacation. See in March I took a trip to see my sister for her birthday. Alone with no husband or children. And the beginning of June I went on just a vacation with the husband and the children. So now all it looks like I do is vacation. :) Trust me it isn't....I wish...but it isn't.

Life has been busy...The kids got out of the school the last week of May, baseball started up mid-May, we finished dance with a recital at the beginning of May, and now the pool is open. Can we add another?!

My garden is yet to be planted. The weeds in my flowerbeds have yet to be pulled. And we have rain about every other day. UGH.

Planting season for our farm was a nightmare. It went well into June. But now everything is in the ground and now we wait for harvest season.

Picture blog is next......

Ugh.

Coming back from vacation has been rough. Feels like I've been gone for yrs. I hate that feeling. And knowing that I have so much stuff ahead of me in the next few weeks/months makes it even worse.

Have you ever just wanted to make things STOP for just a few minutes in order to catch your breath? That is how I'm feeling these days. Ever wanna go back in time and start fresh. I know we learn from everything we do and it supposedly makes us a better stronger person, but sometimes I just want to start over from day 1.

Still recovering...but better.

So today is the first day since coming back from vacation that I haven't felt like a zombie. Could be because I slept til 10:15...yup I was a slacker today. But as my mom always said, "Well if you slept that late then you needed it." So I'm going with that today.

So as I spent most of the day lounging I finally got up and decided to do something...what crazy thing you ask? Cleaning. WHY?! I've been sweeping, laundry, and picking up. Why does my house always look like 50 people live here instead of 4?

My kids are on vacation this week, and you don't even wanna know how many times I've been told that things are boring around here. They have no idea and it's only day 2 of spring break. Lord help us all.

Why do you always feel like you need a vacation from your vacation?

I arrived home from Las Vegas two days ago and I still feel like I've been hit by a truck. I had a ton of fun and love depending time with me family so that all makes up for it but I'm ready for the jet lag and the sickness to go away. I picked up a cold while out there and I'm over that as well. Ugh.

So today starts a new month..has anyone had any April Fool's jokes played on them today?

How is 2011 treating you so far?!

We are 6 days into 2011 and I already feel like I'm "better" then I was in 2010. I'm more involved in my church, I'm working out, I'm drinking way less soda, I'm getting more sleep, and I could go on and on. That's how my 2011 is going.

This weekend is my oldest's birthday. So hard to believe that he is going to be 8. Makes me sad b/c within a few yrs I won't be "cool" anymore and he'll choose to do things other then hanging with Mom. I won't be the cool one to hang with anymore..he'll have friends to do that with. I've cherished all this time with him so much and I can already see him growing into a young man.

Where does time go?

So my plan was to blog everyday and so far I've struggled. My life doesn't go back to normal til February I find myself struggling to get Christmas stuff away just in time to plan 3 birthday parties in January...so instead of getting completely back to normal this week I've spent my week putting Christmas away and preparing my home for 4 boys that will be staying with us Friday night to celebrate Grant's birthday. Then for our family party on Sunday. Only to tell everyone as they leave that we will see them in a few weeks for my daughter's party as well as my husband's. I'm ready for a long break come February 1st! I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world but really where does time go?

Happy 2011

But really...how many people in this world came into 2011 with happiness? Last night drinks were passed and kisses were shared but then after the five minutes of screaming Happy New Yr most people went back into that same mode they were before the left to go to their New Yr's Eve party. Life isn't always happy.

As I embark on the new yr I'm trying my best to look at it in a new light. Each yr I set my resolutions and then something upsets me and I throw them out. So this yr I have goals and ideas in mind that quietly I'm going to work on. Why broadcast your choices only to have someone point out later that you failed. Besides if only you know then you can only disappoint yourself, right?

So I welcome you to the new yr and hope that all your goals are quietly made so you can be proud of yourself down the road for accomplishing them .

God has blessed me with so much this past yr. Many things need to be worked on and in time it will.

Welcome to 2011.