Work hard. Play hard.
I feel like that has been our theme for awhile. Derek is knee deep in work, but still really liking his job, Braedon spends his days in school and has started baseball, Adilyn is going to school three days a week, is taking ballet, and has lots of play dates, and I am training three days a week, volunteering in Braedon's classroom, and watching another little guy two days a week.
The weeks go by way too fast! The kids only have 7 weeks left of school before summer vacation and I have decided that we are going to take a break from camps and just chill, take spontaneous road trips, and really live it up this summer on the fly! I'm so excited to have my posse for three whole months!!!
Our weekends have been spent working in the yard, which is really coming along, and playing! We have gone on our first hike of the season, spent half the day at the lake having a picnic, and have had many BBQ's and fun with our neighbor friends.
Braedon is absolutely loving baseball! In fact, we have spent the last two evenings watching the Mariners on TV before bed. He is really catching on to how the game is played and is showing great improvement in throwing, catching, and batting. His little team is just so sweet and practices are very entertaining to watch. He can't wait for games to start!
I am absolutely loving this stage of life. My family is my everything and I'm more in love with Derek everyday. My kids are so much fun to hang with. I love the conversations we have, the games we can play together, the stories they tell me, and not to mention the fact that they are getting older and much more independent. I love seeing them figure out how to do things themselves, even though it makes me a little sad at the same time. I sometimes miss those tiny, chubby hands, and those squeaky little toddler voices.
Along with the fuzzies and rainbows, obviously my awesome, little family isn't perfect. This stage of life is also filled with many tantrums and emotional outbursts from a certain spunky four year old who is learning everyday about this so called life, there is afternoon after afternoon of bickering, whining, and fighting between a brother and sister who love each other very much, there are days where I am so fatigued that the thought of having to climb the stairs to bed makes me wince just a little or the stomach pain makes me want to lay in the fetal position. There are days where Derek will put in 10 hour days and comes home emotionally exhausted, or he will get up at 5 am to head into work and come home physically exhausted. Although one thing is for sure, I wouldn't change any of it!
