back to school august 2011

a few pictures to start the school year off.

oh goodness. how do these kids keep getting bigger. summer was fun, both long and short somehow. the williams family has always loved going back to school. routines, papers & pens, friends, so much to learn about, so many possibilities.  as much as i welcome the days with them at school and not at home bickering their heads off at each other-  i am a little sad that they keep getting older and are not little babies anymore. i mean this year is huge for us. no more elementary school. i have a highschooler for goodness sakes. a tiny bit of mixed emotions about all that. but i just LOVE back to school time. :)

*it just dawned on me that this was the first year that i forgot to slip a sweet note into their lunch bags for the first day. oh, i can't believe i forgot. what a bummer. well, they haven't even mentioned it either, so maybe its no big deal. but still.

Prayer of St. Ignatius Loyola

i was led to this prayer tonight. i think i will need to remind myself of these important words, over and over again.

Dearest Lord,
teach me to be generous;
teach me to serve You as You deserve;
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds,
to toil and not to seek for rest,
to labour and not to ask for reward
save that of knowing I am doing Your Will

it makes me want to continue making my prayer books. i use to make mini prayer/scripture books for friends and special gifts. it has been years since i have made one. i think it's time to work on one again. and i know just who needs one. :)

*note: i do not know where i got this photo from, its been in my picture gallery for a long time. so i apologize if i have used it without permission. i just really love the image of mary- hands in prayer...reminding me what i need to do as well.

Soul Restoration 1

so i signed myself up for soul restoration one online at bravegirlsclub. i have probably needed to do something like this for a long time. i start and stop at looking within and figuring out what i need for myself. and then i get all tangled in my own webs....good or bad...and don't know where to go or what to do for myself. several times this past year i have thought about joining this online class. i gave myself many excuses not to bother. blah blah blah. one thing i love about the whole concept is the art part. i have always loved paper arts. its my passion. and i get to journal. hello. i love to journal. i have done it my whole life. one thing ive done is throw away and tear up my journals because they are my own and personal and after i finish one, i dont want to go back to those places. i want to move forward. but i have to write things out or they get stuck and i cant think straight. maybe thats weird, but its true for me. this time i am going to keep my journals and projects because they will show how i have grown during this time. ive known about brave girls club for awhile. it would be a dream to go. of course. but i am always at home, never able to get away. so this online class is the next best thing. i plan to take the second one when it's offered again after i do the first one. i can relate to the whole crack house concept....take the class and you'll understand. ive lived in a crack house before... i am well aware of the ways my soul is hurt and needs to heal. it will be a life long process. this is a perfect time for me to try a hand at healing and moving forward once again. alex is still out saving the world, so i have months ahead of me to think, and pray and work hard and grow and create. today i am kicking everyone out of my soul house...and i'm gonna start restoring things.  i am so happy that i pushed myself to do this. so so happy and proud of me for being brave...all for myself.

july 1st...something to celebrate

stampin up! has just released their newest catalog today. what a thing to celebrate. every year i say the newest catalog is my favorite and i'm telling you this is it. my favorite! the cover alone is beautiful. i just placed a huge order of goodies....i could not help myself. anyone who wants or needs a catalog, let me know. you can shoot me an email or even order one online on my su! website. seriously, you will want it for the ideas alone. stunning. i can't stop looking at it. the color combinations and wowing me. and the new in-colors...oh you just have to see. :)

http://sherrylwilliams.stampinup.net

you can browse the catalog through my site as well. good stuff.

june already

i guess i just couldn't find time this spring to blog. perhaps summer will work. maybe. hopefully.

goodbyes

goodbyes are never easy. ever. no matter how many times we do this.

a last thought...

for me tonight. i read this quote online this evening and it just fits so perfectly with what my family is going through right now:

"Start by doing what's neccessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." - St. Francis of Assisi

Thank you Lord for the reminder. :)

ps. its ash wednesday

it's not that i forgot. i have remembered our lord on this day. and every day. i know and remember every day that i am a sinner. i look forward to this time of lent. i have much to think about, repent about, pray about. and the bonus of fasting to jump start my weight loss is always a plus. :) i can't make it to ash wednesday mass today. but i will read my scriptures and fast. do you participate in lent?

i am trying

ok. so i know that sounds like bull. in my defense, i really am trying. i am unorganized, easily distracted, and i never EVER make a to do list. not one that i look at or do anything with. it is my downfall i know. with that said. i am going to try my hardest to get back into blogging. ok, well not really back into it. cause i was never really good at it. i am so much more interesting then what i put here. well, at least i hope so, cause this blog has been pathetic for years. since the eagle is flying the coop for awhile, i thought i would try to post here to fill my time and days. seriously, so much happens in my day to day life, why not share some of the funny, amazing, embarrassing, creative, down right chaotic things i go through. since i am just awful at calling my friends on the phone- as you know, maybe i can play catch up here. sounds good to me. :)

let's begin:

today i will post a few pictures to catch everyone up on the williams family. my kids are growing like weeds. totally. ive tried to cut them back, but they just keep growing. the girls are exactly my height. 5'2". crazy. cam's feet are the size mine were when i was pregnant with her..a size 6.5. oh how i wish. mine grew after 3 babies. maybe they needed to be bigger to help carry around the bigger butt that came with it. it makes sense. she has great abs too....a tiny waist. i sound jealous of my tween/teen. oh i am just remembering the good old days, when i use to be skinny and swore i was fat. i wish i could go back and smack that girl and tell her be thankful...it could all change. :) izzy's legs are longer than mine and cam's. which is funny since we are all the same height, but she's got those long skinny legs- the ones that look fabulous in skirts and high heels. and we know this, cause she struts around the house in her heels. i have never worn heels. nor will i. man i wish i had those legs though. lucky girlie. :)

i'm just babbling on about my girls, they would probably be like mom how rude don't talk about us on here. i am very proud of them. they are beautiful and smart and funny. so i'm allowed.

and logan too. he's about an inch shorter than us. i really hope he gets to be 6'4" like his dad. wouldn't it be funny to have this tiny family and then alex is all big. i like him that way, as i've said before. he is strong and can do anything. so of course i hope logan grows up to be just like him. he tends to grow out first and then up...so that's where he is at right now. my baby 5th grader. :)

lacrosse just started for camille so she is back to sit ups, walking the dogs and running. she gets in amazing shape when she is doing sports- a very strong girl. i love that about spring time- my kids are out and about, action packed....i need to let them inspire me to do the same (walking- no lacrosee or mma for me thank you). logan and izzybelles are still into mma. as long as i don't have my own ufc matches right in my living room, i am good with it. logan is amazing at remembering all the rules and how to do the moves. izzy is good at just going for it. her no fear plays well in this. now if i could just combine the two they would be undefeated. :) maybe they can learn from one another...i said maybe.

school is going fine. they brought home progress reports- whatever they are called now. and they are all doing super. i couldn't ask for more in the learning department. they are little sponges just soaking it all in. teaching me things all the time, so it's kinda like i am still in school. although math is still not my best subject. the kids wonder how i passed college math if i cannot do 5th, 7th or 8th grade math? yeah, i'm really not sure how that happened. i can't remember how to do anything. thank goodness for the internet, how on earth could i help my kids with their homework otherwise. see i'm just rambling away...

i will make a list (cause you know i am so good at it) and come up with some way cooler things to blog about. today is just about getting started. taking that first step. forward. remembering this blog of mine and what it could mean for me.

anyone who comments will get a hand stamped card from me. (if i have your adddress, if not you can email it to me.) i already have the cards made...they are cute....i'm just sayin...

NOTE * so to prove that i really am disorganized, i could only find a picture of myself and the dogs. so there we are. i'll come back and add the rest, after i figure out where they are. probably still on my camera card. now if i could just find my camera...