Tonight, watching American Idol as a family Ben states, “When I grow up I want to be an American Idol Judger.” Tee hee hee. Oh Ben. Some kids dream of being a teacher, astronaut, firefighter. But you kid, you want to judge aspiring young singers. You do you man.
Clara, when comparing her friend Lela’s name and Bethy’s friend Lana, “They are like the same! Continent, vowel, continent, vowel.” So close sweet girl.
Monday, April 16, 2018
April
Oh my oh my...
how has another month flown by?
Well, I obviously did not post about our ski trip, nor do I really remember which ski trip I was referring to? Oh well. We have done lots of skiing since then, of all various combinations of family members and skill levels.
Moving on... life is hard, right? Like an unrelenting-can't-catch-a-break-or-breath kinda hard. They tell you this when you are young. Marriage is hard! Adulting is hard! Finances are hard! Kids are hard! Yet, you don't really understand this until you are in the thick of it. The days where forty seven major life decisions all have to be made, the kids all have forty eleven events/schedules to attend to, laundry is just NEVERENDING, and the most you wanna do is take a poop by yourself. What in the deep world. That is where we are, dear readers, in the thick of it. Wading through this pile of muck trying to make sense of it all while trying to keep some sense of sanity while doing it. And I am not sure if I am succeeding at it at all. In fact, I know for quite certain I am most definitely failing.
There is a comedian that Dave and I like who has a bit about having a lot of children. He says, "Imagine you are in a pool, drowning. Now someone throws you a kid. That's what having five children is like." Obviously not being a professional comedian myself, it might not sound as funny as when he says it. I do like that imagery though, and like to extend that metaphor past just having a large number of kids, but into all areas of life. That's sometimes how it feels, right?
Not to be too much of a Debbie downer, there are lots of good stuff going on as well! This weekend it was Ben's birthday and it was so fun celebrating his little life. For the past six months he has been adamant about going to a trampoline park for his birthday, so by golly, we did. After an hour of jumping, which thoroughly drained each kid, we went to Chick-Fil-a for lunch. Have you all had their frozen lemonades? Oh my lands, I hope there are fountains of those in heaven. We had Mimi and Pop over for dinner/presents/dessert, and I think the birthday boy had a great time. (Also. my youngest child is now four. FOUR. How does that happen?!?! I remember not too long ago my oldest was four!)
This week we just sort of have the usual stuff going on. JR and Dave have football on T/Th. I am watching a little girl on Monday and Tuesday. Clara has gymnastics on Friday. Saturday, however, might be the last day that we go skiing for the season, as Eldora closes on Sunday. I have loved skiing so. Who knew!?
how has another month flown by?
Well, I obviously did not post about our ski trip, nor do I really remember which ski trip I was referring to? Oh well. We have done lots of skiing since then, of all various combinations of family members and skill levels.
Moving on... life is hard, right? Like an unrelenting-can't-catch-a-break-or-breath kinda hard. They tell you this when you are young. Marriage is hard! Adulting is hard! Finances are hard! Kids are hard! Yet, you don't really understand this until you are in the thick of it. The days where forty seven major life decisions all have to be made, the kids all have forty eleven events/schedules to attend to, laundry is just NEVERENDING, and the most you wanna do is take a poop by yourself. What in the deep world. That is where we are, dear readers, in the thick of it. Wading through this pile of muck trying to make sense of it all while trying to keep some sense of sanity while doing it. And I am not sure if I am succeeding at it at all. In fact, I know for quite certain I am most definitely failing.
There is a comedian that Dave and I like who has a bit about having a lot of children. He says, "Imagine you are in a pool, drowning. Now someone throws you a kid. That's what having five children is like." Obviously not being a professional comedian myself, it might not sound as funny as when he says it. I do like that imagery though, and like to extend that metaphor past just having a large number of kids, but into all areas of life. That's sometimes how it feels, right?
Not to be too much of a Debbie downer, there are lots of good stuff going on as well! This weekend it was Ben's birthday and it was so fun celebrating his little life. For the past six months he has been adamant about going to a trampoline park for his birthday, so by golly, we did. After an hour of jumping, which thoroughly drained each kid, we went to Chick-Fil-a for lunch. Have you all had their frozen lemonades? Oh my lands, I hope there are fountains of those in heaven. We had Mimi and Pop over for dinner/presents/dessert, and I think the birthday boy had a great time. (Also. my youngest child is now four. FOUR. How does that happen?!?! I remember not too long ago my oldest was four!)
This week we just sort of have the usual stuff going on. JR and Dave have football on T/Th. I am watching a little girl on Monday and Tuesday. Clara has gymnastics on Friday. Saturday, however, might be the last day that we go skiing for the season, as Eldora closes on Sunday. I have loved skiing so. Who knew!?
Monday, February 26, 2018
New beginings
A first post! A new start!
Hopefully I can start this blogging practice up again. Mainly because I want to be able to record the goings on of my family. Which sadly, for the past two, almost three years, hasn't happened. I am hopeful that this can soon change.
On the docket for tomorrow's post: skiing! What an epic day of skiing today was for my little family.
Hopefully I can start this blogging practice up again. Mainly because I want to be able to record the goings on of my family. Which sadly, for the past two, almost three years, hasn't happened. I am hopeful that this can soon change.
On the docket for tomorrow's post: skiing! What an epic day of skiing today was for my little family.
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