August 20, 2013

Today marks a huge milestone in my life.  I have 6 hours all alone during the day while all of my children are in full day of school.  I will have to be honest that I have been looking forward to this day for a very long time.  Not just because I unfortunately need some "Me Time," but because I am excited to get caught up on some of the things that I rarely have time to do.  Now that this day has finally come, I have to be honest to say that it is actually really sad.  It is so strange to have the house completely quiet except for our turtle tank downstairs.  I have been hearing noises all morning and then stressed when I realize that they weren't from a child.  I am sure this will pass, but it has been one of those kind of days so far.  I have mixed emotions right now. 

With this being Camille's Senior year it definitely has me more emotional than most.  The time has gone way too fast.  I am not ready to have her leave just yet.  She is such a huge helper for me and so fun to have that daughter to keep me sane in my world of boys. 

I am very excited to finally get caught up on this darn blog.  It has been on my mind ever since I have fallen behind and never seem to be able to get caught up.  My first goal this school year is to get this updated (and hopefully within the next 2 weeks).  I don't have anything else that is a complete history of my family other than this blog, so it has been troubling me for quite some time.  Then my other goal is to print out this blog into books for Christmas.  I have already printed 3 books, but lack a couple more. 

So here is to a great year hoping to get a lot accomplished.  Also hoping to slow things down a bit and just enjoy the small and little things with my kids more this year.