October ramblings

I love having an iPhone because I always have a camera on hand with a click of a button. I love capturing normal life moments as they pass me by. For starters, this may sound silly but I love seeing my kids do their chores. It brings a big cheesy grin to my face and makes me realize I am doing something right as a mom and someday our boys will have an appreciative wife knowing that they don't hesitate to help around the house and Anna's future husband will love that she is quite the domestic girl and knows how to get things done. Here is Jadon on dishwash and recycling duty (the dreaded chore around our house.)

 Can you say spoiled? I have no words. Pathetic maybe?

 I love my crock pot, that's all.

 Our bushes back by our pool bloomed, always a great reminder to me of God's love. It seems they always bloom at just the right time when I'm needing that reminder.

 It's Fall so you know what that means, it's time to make clothes for the stuffed animals so they don't get cold. Anna took some old socks and made them sweaters. How adorable!

 I glanced over one night and saw this. I sure love them. It's not that often they all sit in a cute little row like this. Photo op for sure.

 The boys are getting into air softing so this is a common sight in our house lately.

 I had no idea this picture was being taken of me. I guess this is what I look like when I'm watching TV, at least I think that's what I'm doing. It must have been a serious show. :/

mommy fail, mommy to the rescue

I had a mommy fail. Anna was super excited for picture day at school. Since she has been homeschooled up until this year, this would be her first time participating in school photos and she was so excited!!!!!! We wrote it on our calendars, we talked about what she would wear, how we would do her hair, and all that jazz. I remember thinking about it earlier in the week and then come Wednesday night it had completely escaped my brain. Anna went to school on Thursday morning wearing an outfit, an all brown one- nothing fancy and very plain. She did her own hair and I waved goodbye at drop off not even questioning why some little girls were dressed so fancy getting our of their cars. I went to pick Anna up after school and knew immedietly when I saw her face that something was wrong. I connected the dots in the short walk she had to the car (us moms are cool like that) and by the time she closed the car door she was crying and so sad that she WAS THE ONLY ONE in her whole class that forgot it was picture day. I guess picture day is a big deal in 3rd grade. I listened, I comforted, I apolagized, and I told her I would make it up to her. What a blessing it is that I'm a photographer and have some pretty amazing skills (yes I just bragged). So we decided to do our own little photo shoot and if I do say so myself, I'm pretty sure these are better than any school picture she will get (yes I bragged again, it's my blog so I'm cool with that). All is well in her world now. 

A trip to remember

How can it be October already! Seriously, I'm still wondering where September went and it's now October. But I'm not complaining because October is my most favorite time of year here in AZ. We usher in cool mornings and evenings, we finally get to air out our house after a long hot summer, and we get to remove the solar screens and brighten up our house during the daytime. I just love everything about it! Fall is the most wonderful time of the year. So let's do a little catch up post, for starters we will revisit September for a bit. Michael and I got to go away for the weekend, just us two, for the whole weekend. Did I mention it was just us two? And we were alone with no kids, just him and I. Yep, it was amazing. I actually didn't know it was possible for me to be that relaxed and to have no responsibilities. I treasured those three days and Michael and I made some great memories. Here is a little peek into our time away in San Diego. :)