My mothers day!

I am so blessed

 

I love my family

And, oh these children, they are my world

Every smile and giggle

Every dirty face and muddy hand

 

Watching them play and explore

 

Learn and grow

 

Their "amazingness" awes me every day

I'm so glad I was picked to be their mommy

Connor and Connor

This is Connor and Connor!  For this post we will call my Connor,CJ, as to not confuse the two.
Connor lives down the street from us and the boys have become quite the friends.  The boys played all day yesterday and were having such a fun time.
CJ and I were supposed to have a Mom/CJ date last night.  I asked CJ if he would like Connor to join us and he was thrilled with the idea.  So off we set to go to dinner and do a little shopping.

It was fun but a little crazy and I discovered that taking two boys out to dinner is a much different experience then taking two girls out!  We went out for Mexican, yummy.

I tried to get some cute pictures of the two great friends, like I do with the girls, but unlike the girls they refused to take a "cute" picture and only wanted to take "silly" pictures.  Oh well, they are goofy boys so that's ok.

After desert we decided to head home for a sleepover instead of going shopping.  It was CJ's first time having a friend sleep over at our house and they had a great time!  They were together for almost 24 hours and didn't bicker one time.  It went really well and I'm sure it won't be too long before we do it again!

Video games

As most kids this day-in-age, Connor loves to play video games.  We try to limit it because if we didn't he would probably play a lot more then he should.  Last week Connor had a couple challenges at school and as a consequence Chris and I took all "electronics" away. 

Yesterday Connor made me laugh when he told me that since he isn't allowed to play electronics he decided to create his own!  This kid has a great imagination and I LOVE it!

He created a game console, game discs, and a controller.  Today he even created a controller for Ben so he could join in the fun.

The boys played together all morning!  (The girls weren't home) I just loved seeing my boys playing so wonderfully together and having such a fun time. 

One of the games is called "Go" which is a game you play inside but today Connor created "Go 2" which you play outside.  It was just beautiful to watch as my boys ran around the yard using such a creative imagination and getting a good dose of vitamin D in the process!

I love these boys! 

They don't play together too much as there is quite an age difference between the two but when they do it brings a smile to their mom!

I hope they continue to "play" together for the rest of their lives!

Sometimes when I go out with my bestie, Neala, we walk around the same store for hours looking at everything.

We try different things on and LAUGH like it is the funniest thing in the world!

 

I'm thinking she should have bought this hat though, as I am pretty sure she can pull it off! 

These shoes however, well who in the world can actually wear them???  Yes, I was a few inches taller but OMGoodness my ankles were killing me in two minutes!

We were laughing so hard that my stomach hurt and I could barely walk!  (Although part of that was the shoes)

I just LOVE hanging out with my bestie!  And no, we weren't drinking although I am sure some of the people who saw us probably thought we were!

(Sorry Neala but I just had to!)

Just being silly

 

with three of my monkeys

enjoying life, giggling and smiling

great moments

 

 

Regional swim meet 2013

The girls just took part in their very first Regional Swim Meet! 

It is a meet that you have to qualify for by being able to swim certain events within a time limit.

Katelyn qualified for nine events and swam eight of them because we weren't able to go on Friday night for the first day of the meet.

Maggie qualified for five events.

 

 

 This is Katelyn swimming her very first event which was the 50 butterfly and one of her favorite events.  It was a great way to start off the weekend!  She won her heat, took three seconds off her personal best time, and came in 6th place overall, which is AMAZING!

This is Maggie's first event which was the 25 butterfly and she ROCKED IT!  She took six seconds off her personal best time which is UNBELIEVABLE!  She won her heat as well and was the 2nd fastest 7 year old in the whole event!!! We were all extremely happy to see her start her weekend off on such a great swim! 

 

We were planning on going home Saturday night and driving back up Sunday morning but due to a snow storm we decided to stay in a hotel for the night.  We didn't want to risk not being able to make it back on Sunday or worse, getting in an accident.

Well, not surprising, the girls couldn't wait to get in the hotel pool!  They are half fish I'm telling you!

Both girls had A FANTASTIC weekend!

 

 

Maggie had Personal Best times in four out of four events and won three out of five of her heats!

The details:

Personal Best in 25 breast, back, and fly as well as 50 breast

She won her heats 25 breast, back, and fly!

 

Katelyn had Personal Best times in 7 out of 8 events and won 5 out of 8 of her heats!

The Details:

Personal Best times in her 50 fly, breast, free and back

Also her 100 IM, breast, and free

I can't remember for sure what heats she won but I know she won her 50 fly, back, 100 IM

I will have to ask her as I know she will remember!

I can't not-mention that she swam the 100 fly which is a very difficult event, she added less then half a second on her time but came in fourth overall!  And was in the last heat which means she is one of the fastest swimmers who swam it!!

 

We stopped on the way home for a quick lunch because we were all very hungry!  However the roads were terrible to drive on so we ate quick and got going before they got worse. 

I LOVE this picture of my girls!

I am so very PROUD of my girls!!!!

 

Snuggling with my Maggie

Maggie is a busy little girl!

She's not one that sits still for too long.

 

She never really has been ever since she learned to move on her own.

 

I wouldn't say that she's ADHD or anything like that but this girl's mind doesn't stop!  She's always thinking, playing, moving and talking.

I mean All.  The.  Time.

So when she feels like cuddling on the couch for a few with her mama I make sure to enjoy it because it won't last long!