randomness

My head is full of random thoughts that litter my mind throughout the day. I know it drives Rich nuts when we are talking about one thing, and all of a sudden I start talking about something else in a half sentence as if he can read my mind and knows exactly what subject I've jumped to in my head.

I find at night time the thoughts swirl around so much one would think I am obsessing over things, but it seems to be the time of day when I can actually think full thoughts through and try to organize them a little bit.

I was at a friends house yesterday and as much as I say I'm not crafty, the idea's do pop into my mind of how to organize and decorate and stuff... it's the execution that I never get around to... and I'm thinking it's about time I stop jus tinking of things to do, and actually do them...

cleaning my bathroom would probably be a great place to start... so I'll get to that... after we go swimming, and have dinner and put kids in bed...

well that might have to still wait till tomorrow, but I do resolve to start using my down time in more productive ways.

like now... I'm waiting outside while Ashley has piano lessons, and blogging from my phone. :)

Busy days...

I think we as mothers tend to delude ourselves into thinking that once school is out, things will calm down and be easier. We won't have to get up and get the kids on the school bus with hopefully a homemade lunch... if we don't have time to make the lunch- the lunch account in the cafeteria will cover for us and feed the kids. If they miss the bus, we can always just drive them to school. But it feels hectic... getting everyone off to school, then going about our daily routines while we have a few less kids at home.

We think in the summer- we won't have that morning stress, we can sleep in and relax and have fun...

Well then one child wants to sign up for this camp, and another one has these other plans, and along with that are invitations to go swimming at friends houses and playdates at other friends houses...

I've felt like a taxi driver the past few days. lol! I'm actually getting up earlier in the morning than I did when the kids had school, and I feel like I'm on the go for most of the day. I'm fitting in washing clothes and exercising in between dropping off kids and picking up kids. If I don't get lunch made, there's no cafeteria to bail me out (unless you count my friends Robyn's house whom we tend to wind up at often lately) and I have to find something for the kids to eat. With all this activity- hours at the pool and playdates with friends you would think the kids would be exhausted and dropping down on the floor and ready to sleep at bedtime... but no... it's not dark outside points out my almost 4 year old... as she sits in her bed and sings song after song after song... and finally falls asleep closer to 10pm than the 8pm I would like.

It's been busy, but it has also been fun. We have been able to play, and relax in the afternoons at the pool. The house may be suffering a little bit from it, but so far the kids and I have been doing well and having fun with each other. :)

Um yeah... we are still here!

I haven't posted anything in a long time... sorry!

We have gotten through the last weeks of school, and are now in the first week of summer vacation. We've filled the days so far with the pool, getting together with friends, doing housework (much to the dissapointment of the kids), watching movies, playing in the backyard, and baking. So far so good, but I'm tired and it's only the first week of summer break! lol! I'm sure it will fly by way too fast so I just want to try and enjoy it for as long as I can. :)

I've got a bunch of pictures I need to upload and post, and will try to do that sometime soon.

Shoes

This past week as Rich has been out of town my girls have been in and out of our closet on a daily basis playing with my shoes. They find one pair of heels and wear them for an hour or two and then come and trade for another pair of heels. There is something about wearing mom's heels and dressing up that is a natural action for every little girl.

It's fun and sweet to watch them pretenting to be grown up and wearing my shoes. Someday the heels will loose their magic and they'll have the same love hate relationship with them. I love my heels, but hate how my feet hurt after a few hours in them. lol!

But it brings back memories that I have of walking around the house wearing MY mom's high heeled shoes. :)

Quick trip

I'm home now from a quick trip I made out to Utah this last weekend. My baby sister and her hubby were sealed in the Temple, and I was so happy that I was able to make a quick trip back there to attend that. I was only in Utah for about 36 hours and I tried to squeeze as much as I could into that time.

Some highlights of the trip:

• I surprised everyone and brought my sister and her little 14 month old boy down from the airport. No one else knew they were coming except my brother (we needed to figure out somewhere for the 14 month old to go the next day during the sealing).
• We sent my sisters hubbie to the store not once, but twice to get ingredients for cookies we were making for the next day.
• Going and getting my hair cut on a whim, and having my little sisters tell the stylist just how to cut it... I LOVE IT! I'll get a picture up once I actually wash it and style it... no one wants to see it now. lol!
• Seeing my mom after having two hip replacement surgeries- walking around the house without using a cane or holding onto anything to help her balance! She hadn't been able to walk without help for a few years and it was great to see that. :)
• Seeing my little sister who is pregnant with her first- and seeing that little baby bump that to her seems huge, but to my other sister and I who have had 4 pregnancies- it was a cute little baby bump!
• Attending the sealing ceremony.
• The stresses of driving around in Salt Lake when I haven't really driven there in 10 years... there was so much new stuff, that the landmarks I was used to- were hard to find. I took a lot of wrong exits, missed turns and got turned around quite a few times, but it was fine and my sister and I had a good time laughing about it in the car.
• Visiting with my Grandma. :) She is a strong wonderful woman. She just was diagnosed with a form of cancer and when asked how she was feeling, she grabbed my sisters hand and felt her fingers and said "I'm feeling fingers, what about you?" She has the greatest sense of humor and it was so fun to be able to see her and visit with her.
• Going out to dinner with my sister and her hubbie. She is younger than I and I wasn't really around as she went through her teenage years and young adult years. I also hadn't really had an opportunity to sit and talk with her and her hubbie much because I'd always had 4 kids climbing all over me when we had seen them. We had a great time at dinner together.
• Visiting with old friends. I had initially not contacted any old friends that I was going to be out there, because it was such a short time, but I emailed a friend last Thursday that I would be out there and maybe we could get together saturday night. Then I got out there and in the whirlwind of the weekend found myself at 8pm on Saturday realizing that I hadn't talked to her and we hadn't made any definite plans and I was dissapointed that we probably wouldn't be able to pull it off and see each other. She called a little while later and she came over and she pulled a surprise on me! One of our other best friends from highschool had just come back to Utah after being away for many years and she came over too! We had a great time talking for a few hours, and it was such a great time seeing them and reconnecting with them. We haven't seen each other in years, yet it was just normal to sit and talk and giggle just like we were back in highschool. We are recommitted to making time to get together again more often...
• Staying up late playing games with my sisters and their hubbies... I think us girls were more committed to staying up late, but their hubbies toughed it out and stayed up with us. We had a great time playing card games, eating leftover cookies from the reception, and teasing my sisters little dog.

I had an awesome weekend! Thank you Rich for supporting me and encouraging me to go out and be a part of the weekend. :)

Now this week may have a few whining posts from me since Rich is out of town till saturday... We had to pawn the kids off on a friend for a few hours yesterday since Rich had to fly out before I came back from my trip, but it all worked out and Angela didn't even want to go home with me last night! lol! :) I'll try to keep the whining down to a minimum as well. :)