Constant Motion

We seem to be in constant motion around here. Jake and I have both been feeling a little overwhelmed as of late with juggling working, family, working out, household tasks, and every other little thing we have to add to our list. We are both trying to figure out how to balance everything out. It will come, but for now, we have harried days and few moments to spare for something enjoyable. Case in point, last Friday night we both forced ourselves to stay up until 10 pm! Jake was up around 4 am to get a workout in so he was tired and I was wore out from a long day that consisted of working and catching up around the house. The kids were in bed at 8 pm and we were determined to make it to 10. It was a challenge and I almost gave up at 9:15 but we persevered and made it to the ten o'clock hour!

Here's what we've been up to as of late:

The twinks were exhausted one night. It's so cute how they cuddle up together still!
Hannah loves a delicious dinner we made up one weekend!

Sisters!

Carter wrestling with his baby sister

Working on homework

Cleaning house

Ava puts make-up on every morning now. She loves purple eyeshadow and bright lipstick!

We bought the older three new swimsuits for the summer and the kids had an enjoyable evening dancing around in their swimwear!

An ice/snow storm resulted in a 2 hour late start February 29th. This was super awesome in that I only have a morning class that day so I didn't have to work! The ice on the tree the evening of the storm was something to see! Glad I didn't have to go out in that weather.

The kids had fun in finally having some snow to play with.

Still working on finding the perfect make up application techniques.

I really will try to start updating more often! The MVMOM Spring Sale is the 31st of this month so if I'm a little behind until then, cut me some slack! We are still in major clear out mode and I have bags of outgrown clothes from each child and have already bumped Hannah up to the next size in her summer clothes so I can get rid of most of the 18 month summer outfits. I'm down to only 3 boxes of saved clothes for the younger girls to grow into! Such a change from the 8 boxes of boy and girl clothes of only a year and a half ago!

Next up on the docket, Carter's ophthamology appointment this coming Thursday to look at his cyst and decide on a method to remove it. Hopefully the doctor is easily bribed and will take my cash-under-the-table offer so we can avoid surgery to get it removed! More on that once we've had the appointment.

Happy early Spring all! We'll be spending our weekend outside if the 60 degree temps prove true!