Are you ready for some random ramblin's? To make it even more random, I'll throw in some old pictures. =) The next two week are going to be busy, busy! Evan, Payton, and Addi only have two weeks of school left! Addi's going to graduate on Thursday and Evan and Payton have their last soccer games of the season on Saturday. Toss in a field trip, field day, and a few other fun things, and this mama will be running....in a good way.
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| Addi & Payton - 2009 |
This week, we reserved our hotel for the night that we are going to stay in Louisiana on our way to Florida. It's a huge sigh of relief, since it's very hard to find a hotel for a little family of six, make that two little families of six. We secured our reservations to visit an alligator ranch in Louisiana too - who talked me into that?????
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| Our little family of 4 in 2006 |
Little Miss Karsyn Faith is a talk baby! But, she won't talk in front of anyone but family. =) She surprised me the other night. I pulled a spoon out of the drawer and she asked, "Can I stir?" I've been kind of sad that her baby stage is over, but I LOVE this stage too.
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| Evan & Addi - July 2012 |
I thought we were going to have a sports free summer, but we are signing Evan and Payton up for basketball. Payton will still have art lessons all through the summer and she might be going to a painting day camp at the studio. I'm also looking into dance classes for all 3 girls this fall.
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| Karsyn - July 2012 |
On Tuesday night, my sister, Ashley, and I are hosting our first ever toddler shower. We have a friend who has stepped up to become a foster mother. Our friend will be fostering a sweet little two year old girl for as long as she needs a home. We can't wait to show them both some love. And could you do me a favor? Would you please pray for all the children in foster care now? It overwhelms my heart to think of the things that some children have to live through.
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| Our little family of 6 - December 2012 |
One last random, I've decided to buckle down on our little family's eating out habit. For the most part, I just want our little family to eat better, but I do like the idea of saving money while we're at it. I've done some menu planning and am going to see how well we can stick to it. Oh, and as part of this process, I'm going to try to limit myself to just one trip to Wal-Mart during the week. It's easy to spend a little extra if I go multiple times during the week. How do you meal plan for your family? How often does your family eat out? I'd love to hear your tips and tricks.
Random indeed, but it sounds like lots of fun is in store. The end of school year is always so busy. I can't wait to read about the trip!
ReplyDeleteWow! I cannot believe how much Peyton looks like you in that first picture.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also can't believe your kids have only two weeks left of school. Sam's last day of preschool is June 21 so we have awhile to go still.
I think visiting an alligator ranch sounds really cool. Make sure and blog about it, okay?!?!
And I menu plan as much as I can. When we lived in Alberta the grocery stores would offer 15% off your total bill on the first Tuesday of every month. So I would menu plan for the whole month and buy all our canned and dried goods. And as much milk and yogurt and cheese as I figured we could use before it went bad. Then I only had to go to the store once or twice a week for fresh produce. It was awesome.
Sadly, the stores here don't offer that so we go much more often. But I still try to menu plan and figure out which days (usually two a week) I can/need to go to the grocery store.
We eat out way too much. Like once or twice a week. We try not to but sometimes life happens. Like on Friday when Rachel got a fever at 4:30 and fell asleep at 5 and then Sam got a sliver and by the time I got it out it was 5:30 and I was too exhausted to cook. So Dave and Sam picked up McDonald's for us. It was one of THOSE days :)
Sorry for the super-long comment. Your random ramblin's obviously inspired me with a lot to say! :)