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...

christmas time

We are home together enjoying Christmas- and all the days leading up to back to school in Jan. and the end of the season.

I don't think anyone else is still bothering with this blog- including me. So some good news is that I am working on a new look, and some new updated blog posts AND a new online card shop in the early new year. I can't wait.

xoxo

today

i am so happy autumn has arrived. it is my absolute FAVORITE time of year. i say this every year...really i walk around announcing it to my family at all possible moments. i just LOVE it. perhaps it's because it means summer has ended. and even though we had a very good enjoyable summer, i love when it ends. i am completely crazy with my time. i cannot keep track of anything and so when summer arrives my household gets very chaotic. busy, even fun at times, but def. CRAZY><
so with fall, the kids are back to school, the weather is perfect for just everything. ya know, cause i am such an outdoorsy kind of girl. no- i am not. but i do enjoy the cooler yet still warmish weather. the colors are what sets everything up for me. the leaves are to die for. reds. yellows, oranges, burgundy even. the mosquitoes are sorta disappearing. the skies are so blue and fresh. i don't know i just have a bounce in my step in the fall.
my livingroom is even decorated in those colors cause they just make me feel happy and comfortable.
i am so babbling about this.
i am currently having coffee so i can get my kids to the library and mma without passing out. somebody...i won't call names, was snoring so loud i ended up sleeping on the couch...with henry the staffy. and it was good times let me tell you. my neck and back have been reminding me of it all day. :)
i feel good about my accomplishments today. i made dinner at 3:45pm and got izzy a stack of halloween costumes to choose from. (will be returning what she doesn't like).
the best part i called my friend who i have been forgetting to call and even though she was probably working, i called and it has been something ive been wanting to do for days.
i also did 2 loads of laundry...though it still sits to be folded and put away.
i will be back as soon as i can with some recent updated pics of things around here.

back to school and a few cards...finally

the kids went back to school this week. i went back to creating, cleaning...and a little more calm. :)

we had a long good summer. busy, but good busy. i am glad its back to school. i've always loved the routine that school gives our days in the fall, it is usually very needed after the chaos of summer days. so far- we have all been able to get up and out the door without any problems. so happy about that. :)

i really hope my kids have a good school year. Logan is in 5th grade and the girls are in 7th & 8th. our last year with an elementary schl kid. next year i will have 2 middle schoolers and a highschooler. jeez. it amazes me that my children get older each year. there are moments when i look at them, and instead of seeing these tweens, and teen...i am seeing their baby or toddler faces....and so i just can't understand how that sweet baby could be gone to yearbook camp, or playing guitar, or wrestling some kid at mma...

i am so happy that i still get to stay at home with them and cherish all these moments. we have more than enough drama, but i feel so blessed to be a part of the routine of their every day lives.

i took a pic of each of them as they slipped out the door on their first day back to school...happy shiny faces all around.

and here are a few cards i have worked on recently. and more to come. i have promised myself at least an hour of creating time each day once i get my cleaning done. so far i've kept up with both-- i love when that happens. :)

xoxo

sweet kids

my three sweeties just came back from a week long overnight camp trip for military kids. totally fun and exciting. all three said, it was the BEST week of their life. :)

i am so happy they got to experience such adventures.

they are still thinking of things to talk about. and even calling and texting (and visiting) friends they made up there from other states. just so so cool.

north bay summer camp is an amazing place with really cool counselors and staff. i thank them again here for doing such a great job caring for & exploring the outdoors with my children. and for making a whole group of military kids feel beyond special. i can't wait to develop their disposable cameras to see their time through their perspective.