I've already fallen behind!

The last time I posted was the 17th and it seems like that was already so long ago. We survived our first week without Mike pretty well. The running around slowed down quite a bit and we settled into our new life as Mom and two boys, talking to Daddy when we can. I was fortunate enough on Friday the 20th to attend a dear friend's birthday celebration without kids. It gave me the time to talk to adults without the kids around and enjoy some time to myself. I love my children dearly, but it is definitely nice when we get some of our own time. On Saturday the 21st, we went to the races out at Banks Speedway. My mom and grandpa were both racing and Mom needed someone to tow her car to the track. We had a ton of fun! It was fan appreciation night so they had all the cars out on the track and they let the fans go down and meet their favorite drivers. The boys got to ride in Mom's car onto the track and thought it was the best thing ever. It was fun to see all the fans showing appreciation to the drivers and vice versa. There was also a newspaper there that interviewed the family and ran a story. That was pretty neat. We got home late that night and everyone was more than ready for bed. It is always fun spending time with the family at the race track. Something I hope we do more of this summer. We've been attending church the last few Sundays with a friend of ours. We have gone three Sundays now and think we are settling in wonderfully. The kids absolutely LOVE church and that makes my heart so happy. I am so proud of them for asking about God and having such a passion to learn about Him and his word. I am grateful for friends that introduced us to a church where my kids feel comfortable and that is so accepting of us all. On Monday of last week, we went swimming with friends at their pool. The kids all had a BLAST and us moms got BURNED. You'd think we'd know better! BUT the kids were all good and NOT burned, so we got something right. This last week, nothing much really happened. We are gearing up for our big TEXAS trip to see Mike and most of our time has been spent getting ready for that. I am sure I won't write while there but will have a lot of updates and pictures when we get back! For some reason I can't figure out these pictures tonight. Or how to actually show the paragraphs I have written separately because I sure didn't write this to run all together. Maybe that can be for another day.....

Busy busy!

We have not had much time to stop and do "nothing" for quite some time. I am tired, but really, I am thankful for this. We were grateful enough to have time with Mike before his mobilization. It seemed like we ran the whole time he was home and honestly, we haven't stopped. I am grateful we have things to do to fill our time. Sitting around the house is not what we need to be doing right now. I've been saying YES a whole lot, even when I want to lie around and say NO. But, we always come home and feel accomplished and energized from spending time with people outside the three of us. So, I will not complain that we are tired of the running, but grateful we have people in our lives that need us or want us to be around so we are able to fill our days outside the house. Right now, I think that is just what we need.

2014

The last time I posted was well over a year ago. A lot is starting to happen here so I am hoping to get this blog going again and keep it up this time. As of right now, the boys have just finished SECOND grade and KINDERGARTEN! It's so hard to believe I have a third grader and first grader on my hands. School just got out last Wednesday so we are easing into summer vacation! We have had a lot going on lately but things are starting to calm down some. Some big news we've had is as follows, -I quit my full time job in December! There were numerous factors in the decision but one of the biggest ones is that.... -We are doing this deployment thing one more time. Mike is deploying again to Afghanistan. I am glad I will be able to be with the boys full time during this deployment although we will be missing Daddy dearly. I am hoping to keep up on this blog regularly so that he can follow our adventures and feel connected to us a bit more. We have some fun stuff planned for this summer. I can't wait to write about our days here!