I just can't pull it together!!

Well we are quickly approaching the end of July and I feel like I am still trying to make it a fun one for the kids.  I don't know if I put a lot of pressure on myself or what, but a lot of the things that I said I wanted to do with the kids this summer just have not happened yet.  We did enjoy a great vacation to Seattle. We had a fun fourth and Eli had a great Birthday.  But this past week I feel like aaahhh I can't pull it together.  I am sitting here thinking of  how I can change we do our days.  I feel a tad overwhelmed with...

•  my business growing and doing photo shoots and meetings with clients ( totally a great thing)
•  trying to get to the gym to work out 
•  work on VBS for our wonderful preschoolers, 
•  Being a friend to my friends and spending quality time with them. 
•  Trying to make sure the kids have play dates with their friends.....
•  Making sure the house gets cleaned ( but hey lets face it that is hard when the kids are home right?)

the kids playing mini golf with their cousins

Me and my Brother Erik

Eli's birthday ride at the Beach

Birthday Breakfast

love Daddy

My babies

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I need to get back to my writing down my daily task and back to what we do for that day.  I just want to make the summers so much fun for my kids.  Well we will see how the rest of this week goes.  We are getting ready to set out for the river on Sunday so that will be a blast.  Looking forward to the week with the family and friends.

Soccer Tourney

A few weekends past Alexis was asked to be a guest player in a soccer tournament.  She was so excited and it was a full two days of playing soccer!! The girls played hard and they played four games in two days.  Well after a tough game they ended with a shoot off, and they won the shoot off!! So they took third place. I was so proud of her.

Book Club For Alexis

 Alexis is a book worm and I love it!!! So I got this idea from another mom to do a book club with Alexis and a few of her friends.  I am so excited to make this a fun part of her life.  What we are planning to do is invite a handful of  girls, not to many, and pick a book and meet every other week. Since the girls are young I don't think the conversations will last a super long time so in the time that we are together I was thinking of having a snack that would go with the book and a fun craft too.  I can't wait..  I know that Alexis will love it too! So this is one of the many projects that I am working on for the summer. 

spring break was great!! Here is our first day at the Tidepools

We had so much fun at the Tide pools.  We love to go there.  The kids could stay there forever. Thankful that we chose that day to go because it was the nicest day the whole week.  Just made us excited for the summer.  Alexis can't wait to get out in the water on surf board! Eli well he likes he sand! Chela.....

Taking a fun pic before we explore!

I love this picture of Eli! It was so pretty there that day.

Discovery things!

My beautiful girl! She loves the ocean.

The purple was so pretty! 

Us!!

Spring Break is here!!

Spring Break is here! We are so excited to have the week off and we have some fun things planned.  This time we are not going out of town, but today the kids and I went out for our Friday treat  YOGURTLAND (because it was 85 outside)  and we discussed some exciting  activities we could do this next week.  Here they are and if any of you would like to join us please let me know. The more the merrier!! 

Monday: The Beach looking at the Tide pools.
We are packing a lunch and heading down there.  If you would like to meet us call me.






Tuesday: Play dates for each of the kids   


Wednesday: Disneyland Family 
day!

Thursday: Some fun at Color Me Mine...  The kids and I are going to head on over there in the afternoon.  Looking forward to some fun art time with kids.  We checked it out today and they are so excited to go in and create.

Friday: Home and snuggle time! We are going to hang out at home.  Play games, bake cookies and watch movies, and be silly!!

  

Time... Where do you go?

Do you ever wonder where times goes? I do every night.  As I sit down and look at my long list of things to do and  2 out of the 10 things are done. I wonder what did I do all day?   AAHH these past three weeks have flown by. I feel like I wake up Monday and then it's Friday.  Today in the shower I was thinking how have I invested in my kids this week?  I feel like I have been rushing them all over and not stopping to just invest in them.  So I am reminding myself to bring back a few things that we have not done in a while.  Like Library Wednesdays, Fun Fridays, and nights riding our bikes outside.  Because before I know it time would have passed me by      (because you know it's good at that. )  I want to be purposeful in all that I do and invest in 6 things in my life.  Here they are:

• God
• My marriage/husband
• Children
• Family
• friends
• Business

One of the ways I am going to try to make this happen and get more out of my day is by waking up earlier.  Not spending so much time on the computer, stick with my days that I work on certain things and make those  work days habits.  So I hope I can accomplish these things. I pray that I can focus on what God has for me and my family.  I want to be the women that God wants me to be.  

Chela.....

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She is Beautiful!

The making of a star!

 Playing Chess with my son and I love how is whole heart is into this game

YES I am having fun Miss Chela! I love her facial expression!