Spring is in full swing! The past few weeks have flown by but we’ve been enjoying the outdoors plenty. Soccer is about to start for the kids which is exciting. My husband is coaching and it will be the first time the kids are really involved in a team sport like this. We are all excited. However, we may end up living at the soccer fields. The practice/game schedule means we’ll be giving up swimming for the time being but I think it will be worth it. This weekend was great! My husband was out of town so the kids and I were left to our own. We spent most of the time outdoors, with friends, and doing yard work that I usually leave until Memorial weekend. It felt great to get a little sunshine and beautify the front of our house.
Busy doesn’t feel like it quite describes things around here. There is no shortage of things we are doing but I’m trying my darndest to make sure we have down time and time for just talking. It is amazing the thoughts that come out of my kids when we have time to just talk. The quiet conversations on the floor in the hallway or kitchen because a snuggle was required STAT are what make being a mom so fulfilling. I love the closeness with a little one and their questions/thoughts on life.
Reading lately: Scary Close by Donald Miller (will be doing a review soon since all of us girls are reading it.
Watching lately: The latest season of Wilfred on Netflix and some of the HBO shows that are back: Game of Thrones, Veep, Silicon Valley, and Louie. (This latest season of Louie is different than usual but good)
Loving lately: Trying new classes at the gym with friends and keeping up with yoga, floral shoes ( I have my eye on a pair of heels), the new Rifle Paper Co Notebook Set, going makeup free more often, evening walks with the family.
Life lately in photos.
My mom & I, Izzie wanted a photo with a rose, yoga class with my SIL, Oldest daughter looking old and stylish in her scarf from Aunt Erin, coffee and books outside with Daddy, Festifools Art Parade in Ann Arbor, MI. It was fantastic!
My son before school the other morning. We had some lessons in grace that morning. Life lessons–sometimes it can be hard to decide how to handle a situation. He forgot his snack for school and his special game for his outdoor picnic because of distraction from video games. I made the choice to give him grace and fix his mistake– it made for a great life lesson conversation that evening.
Me and my love Izzie.
Jumping on the trampoline with some crazy static hair.
Berlin and I made this M spring wreath type decor for the door using a pizza box and some flowers. Hot glue gun to pizza box made this beauty! So easy and cheap too.
Tricks in photos. I’m designated photo taker for these crazy kid ideas. We were waiting in the alley in Ann Arbor while their dad was shopping for records.
Among the things we’ve been up to lately… finishing our upstairs bathroom and preparing for painting rooms downstairs, I came across this shelf and thought it would be great in the kitchen. I kind of love it.
And tricks.
And I don’t know. 😛
Locked out of my house. Yep, great way to start a Sunday. Ended up so late for church we went to Home Depot instead after having to scale the house to climb through the second story window. Spare key inside was not so helpful. Not sure if you deal with trying to use your brain while inundated with kid chatter but sometimes this happens because my brain malfunctions.
Walks in woods.
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