Catch-up…

Okay, so I’ve been looking at some of my friends’ blogs and I’ve been shamed into action. I’m going to do a quick update here, and post some pictures for you to get an idea of what we’ve been doing for the last….long while. Right now … I should be asleep, I start my career as mother of a school-child in the morning, Sam starts kindergarten! He is VERY excited! He is still crazy about cars, and anything else with wheels, and loves superheroes too. He loves being the oldest kid in the house, and holding Cami and talking to her. He’s also a pro at putting away the kid dishes from the dishwasher, and loves to arrange them ‘just-so’ in the cupboard. He’s a bit of a perfectionist (unless he’s in a hurry). What can I say, he comes from a line of Engineers!

Lily is turning 2 in just over a week, and she’s hit the terrible twos stage with a vengance! She’s actually improving the last couple days. She’s hated going to bed for a while now, a big change from being our little angel at bedtime. I finally went and got her a toddler bed the other day, and I think maybe it’s helped. No, she hasn’t actually fallen asleep in it yet, but she is sleeping longer at night and waking up happier, hurrah!

As for Elena, she if having lots of fun being a big sister. Sometimes we have to remind her that she is the BIG sister, but she’s a big help when she wants to be, and she LOVEs her little sisters, and adores her big brother!

Tom’s having loads of fun working for his dad, he’s a self-appointed office manager and I think he gets a kick out of turning accepted systems topsy-turvy just to make things difficult for the other employees (all 2 of them). He’s also very excited about his new calling, he’s been waiting 6 years for it and it’s finally here- CUBMASTER!!!! Really though, he’s already diving in, he’ll be great, whether he believes it yet or not! Also, he’s embarking on another new journey. Sam played T-ball in the spring, and that was just naturally “my-department” well, On Tuesday he starts soccer. Tom will officially be a soccer dad. I’ve told him HE is the one that’s going to have to step in here, because I know NOTHING about soccer. Go Team!

Me, well, I’ve been fighting a bad cold this weekend, so that’s my most recent excuse for neglecting things, but I’m keeping busy with the kids. Right after we moved I did a quilt for a local quilt challenge (in which Tom won 1st place in the wall hanging category), and other than that I haven’t done any sewing projects I had in mind, I will though, I have a sewing room! I still manage to read a lot, but only because I read fast. I’m getting to know the other ladies around and making friends and still waiting for a calling so I can get to know them even more. I have so many things I’d love to do- keep my house spotless being one of them, but sometimes the stress of trying to make it so seems more than the stress of dealing with it and fixing it later, when the kids are asleep! One of the biggest things thats happened to me lately is on Aug 3rd Tom and I went to SLC to the Anniversary Inn, our first time there. We’ve had it planned for months now, one of those “free night’s stay if you listen to our presentation” things. I’m sure even Tom will admit that the presentation was worth a night alone, without the kids. It was fun, we were in the Italian Gondola room and we watched movies and lounged in the gigantic hot tub. I had some anxiety after we left the kids, Cami included, at my mom’s in Mapleton, I couldn’t believe I was leaving my baby for 24 hours without me! It turned out ok though, I was probably more traumatized by it all than she was! I think maybe we’ll have tomake it a yearly thing, get away for a night without the kids…. just not having to put them to bed is a break! 🙂 And I miss them so much while we’re gone that I treasure them even more when we’re back. It’s good for us all! Anyway, here’s some pics, and I’ll post some more soon! Now that I think I’ve figured out how to do this, I won’t wait for Tom anymore.