Tiger Woods y'all

I know it's hard to believe, but I woke up really bummed out and not my usual happy go lucky, rainbows and sunshine self this morning.  It was Ben and Kamryn's last soccer games.  Ben was running around in his shark hoodie I made him, so that made me smile, but I was really sad the season was over:  I will definitely be coaching next season.

I don't know why but I couldn't get over my grumps; Tim and I have an inside joke:  sometimes he wakes up Grumpy, and sometimes he lets me sleep in.  I was stung by a bee yesterday and it made me sick and I was still in pain, so that didn't help things either.  I decided to go do service and hold an adorable baby---I LOVE BABIES.  This made me feel all better, but when I got home each one of my kids gave me a hug and told me how much they loved me.  I could tell that Tim had something to do with this and I got Kamryn to spill the beans that he had a talk with them and told them that they need to make me happy and serve me today.  Have I mentioned how much I love these dorks. . .

The day turned out to be incredible.  The sun finally came out and we took the kids golfing.  When we got to the course, the ball return machine was broken so we had to go out on the range and find our own ball to hit.  I had more fun hunting golf balls than driving them out into the range, because Ben kept stuffing the balls in his pockets.  He found so many, the weight of the balls began pulling his pants down.  He kept calling "wait up guys, my pants keep falling"  He even had his own little swagger trying to walk without losing them completely.  I almost died laughing.  I wish I had a camera.  

Next, We went to the duck ponds to have a picnic, skateboard, and feed the duck.  Poor Kamryn had a nasty wipe out and skinned up her knees, so we went to get ice cream to make her feel better.  We got home and Tim and I took a nap because we only had about four hours of sleep.  I never take naps because I have ADHD and always need to be moving and doing, but I'm just going to say I'm a fan.  I might just join Tim on his sleep all day Sundays ritual.

We had my parents come over so we could play card games with the family, and then Tim and I went out to dinner for date night.  Oh how I love having girls old enough to babysit!  Turned out to be a great day after all.            

Oh Sew Scary

OK, let's just pretend it hasn't been over 3 years since my last post.  We've been having the time of our lives!! To be completely honest, I'm freaking out a bit with how fast time is flying.  I want so badly to just hold on to every second and make time just stand still and enjoy this amazing little family I've been so blessed to have.  I guess that's why I'm here today to just quickly post our little adventures, and help capture the essence of life.  Because I love Halloween, I'll start there and maybe some how catch up on the last three years as we go.  Growing up I wanted to be a super model/princess/actress/superwoman/doctor/singer/dance/ ok I think you get the idea. . . so everyday was pretty much dress up day:  maybe that's why I love Halloween so much--alright, alright, we all know it's for the pounds and pounds of chocolate people are just giving away.  This year I was so excited because my little man wanted to be batman.  We love to laugh and we found these lovely gems online Batdad, and Super Hero Cafe.  I have a killer batman impression if I do say so myself.

Side thought--Our mornings are pretty interesting to say the least. Let's just say not everyone is super excited to wake up and get to school in the mornings; I have to find creative, silly, dorky ways to make mornings fun and get the kids out the door without tears or drama.  So, yeah I've probably used my batman voice a little too much if you ask my kids.

Any-who, I went out bought the perfect little batman costume for Ben months before;  I was feeling pretty accomplished for not procrastinating, so I gave myself a little mental vacation and kinda forgot about the rest of the stuff like pumpkins, candy, and costumes for everyone else until the literally a few days before.  Luckily, my girls are amazing and helped me out this year.  Ben decided the night before he wanted me to make his costume--which melted my heart.  He wanted to be a shark, so I ran out and bought a gray hoodie and pants and sewed on some felt teeth, a fin, and eyes.  It turned out so cute and it was easy.  Tim seriously is my hero and such a great sport.  It started out with "hey you just have to wear a red shirt and Mario hat" to "will you please wear these awesome overalls I made and a killer stache?"  Kids loved him!  They would call out "look it's Mario!", "Hi Mario", and my favorite "Look Dad, Mario found his princess."  We all had so much fun.  Kiora won a costume contest--She made her hat from a cardboard box!  OK I'll stop talking and just let the pictures say the rest.  HAPPY Halloween!!