Thursday, April 28, 2011

Easter Sunday

Life has been insane lately.. mainly because of Easter coming and going.. the girls preparing for the summer camps and Morgan is on the loose! She is literally trying to manuever her way any way possible which includes her walker, rolling and she is now trying to pick up crawling (silent yay.. as I thought she would NEVER get there!).

The heat has come which has literally stomped on my motivation leaving me pretty much motivationless (don't think thats a word, but you get where I am going...) I am trying to stay focused on continuing to decorate my house, especially before Darren comes home for his R&R in August! I am so happy I started the project, but its all a matter of completion at this point.

On top of that I have had a lot of time to reflect on my life recently. While we definitely have had our  rough times (who hasn't?) I am completely content and happy with my life. I have an amazing family, friends, children and husband. I feel so blessed. I know at the end of the day God know what he is doing.. while I sometime doubted his decisions.. I feel like he has put me in a good place in my life.

I am currently praying for the people in the southern United States who are losing their lives and their homes to terrible weather and tornado's. I am praying for my husband as well as all of our military serving overseas. I am also praying for some close friends who are having a rough time right now.



Morgan and grandpa on Easter!
 The girlies!
 Recovering from a long day!!

Friday, April 8, 2011

Silence?

For the first time in a long time the house has been quiet at 7:30pm. The girls are with their dad.. Morgan is sleeping peacefully, for the first time today.. and well there's me and the dog.

While I absolutely love the fact that for the first time this week chaos has been at a minimum, I can't help to feel slightly bothered by the silence..  Its funny to think this very time last night I was craving silence and peace, for just a moment and now I feel empty with the silence.

No fear.. I have many things to tackle while I have these free few minutes.. I can start with the laundry, start hanging pictures on my newly painted wall.. or just sip on a glass of wine with my kindle.. The last idea is extremely tempting!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Go ahead,, take another swing!

Ugh! I truly feel like the last couple days have really been testing me. I am not sure if it is the onset of this unbearable heat which is likely to continue for the next 7 months.. or the fact that life seems to be slipping out of my hands faster than I can blink.

Between the kids, Darren being thousands of miles away and Morgan in the middle of her teething, I feel like life has come right up and smacked me in the head. While I absolutely love my life, I would pass on this deployment nonsense any day, and with that said, we can do without the teething as well..

I keep telling myself to take a deep breath and this too shall pass.. but for the past few months it has been one thing after another.. at what point does it pass?!?! I truly hope its sooner rather than later.. a few more months of this and I may just throw in the towel, cut my losses and you can find me somewhere on the beach in Jamaica with a cold drink in my hand.. but with my current luck, it would be raining.

Now that I have vented and gotten out all the negativity from my system, lets focus on the positives! I LOVE LOVE LOVE my family.. I have an awesome, supportive family. I love them so much and even though most of my family lives outside of Tucson, they still mean the world to me. Family is definitely the building blocks to happiness!

I have an amazing husband! He is the kind of guy who puts everyone else first (not to say this doesn't come back to bite him sometimes) but he is a genuinely good person.. not many guys out there like that! Darren does not have any alterior motives, he just lays his heart out there and hopes for the best.. he is amazing. I love him so much and without having as strong a bond as we do, I don't see how we would get through this deployment.

I love my kids.. they are all so very unique and that makes them so special to me.

Hailey is my realistic thinker.. she questions anything and everything that doesn't quite sound right.. she loves to be involved in planning family events and she likes to make sure things run smoothly.

Chloe is my artistic social butterfly. She loves painting, coloring, drawing and she is so darn creative! On top of that she is soooo very social.. its no doubt she got her social skills from her momma!

Morgan is going to be a lot like Darren.. she is very mellow, at ease and goes with the flow. She loves life and everything about it, including the wide variety of food available to her currently. Morgan is very observant.. she is constantly watching everything around her and nothing gets past her!

Just talking about the girls has already put a smile on my face. I'm going to roll with the punches and hope for the best. I got this.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Its that time of year.. again!

You know.. that time where I decide that I am going to keep up on my blog, because updating it to me is so important.. who knows if it will last, but either way I feel good about updating it!


There is no way I could update everything that has happened in the last year or so in this little blog.. I guess I could but it would probably take DAYS! In a nutshell, baby Morgan made her appearance July 25th, 2010 weighing in at 6lb10oz and 19 1/2 inches long. She is a wonderful baby and she amazes us everyday! We love her so much!

Hailey is doing fabulous in volleyball... she loves it and she is good, what more can we ask for? This summer she will be attending the David Rubio volleyball camp at the U of A. She is very excited!!


Chloe is loving kindergarten! I think she may enjoy the social part slightly more than the learning, but she has always been my social butterfly! This summer Chloe will be attending a Girl Scouts day camp for 2 weeks! She is so excited! I also plan on getting her enrolled in gymnastics!

Darren recently deployed to Kuwait for a year. We expect him home in March 2012. Of course him being gone is VERY hard.. but we try and keep in touch through skype and phone calls! He is an amazing person and I feel absolutely blessed to be married to him.

Other than the kids camp this summer, we are planning on relaxing and trying our best to manage the heat!!