Life after summer vacation

All summer long, I was heard saying that I would be as busy once the school year started, that everything would settle down and that I would have more time. Well, I lied. I’m busier than ever (mostly by choice) and dead tired but We are having some really good times.

Now you might ask why I am so busy. As every parent of school age children knows, school means homework. If you have a child like Olivia, it can be a treat. If you have children like Henry it can be a chore. But no matter how they feel about homework (I’m talking about Henry here), they both love going to school. Both were super excited to go back to school. Olivia’s second grade experience was all she expected and patiently awaited. Henry’s start was a little rougher. He too was excited about school but at the end of the first he explained: “Olivia’s a liar! School isn’t even fun! All we do is, work, work, work, study, study, study!” The following two weeks were kind of tough, he didn’t want to go but I’m glad to say that he now goes without too much complaining.

Olivia on her first day of second grade. 08/19/09.

Henry on his first day of kindergarten. 08/19/09.

This is what I see every day as we walk to school, two adorable children who can’t wait to get there. I love my kids!

Lily's Baptism and Zuma Beach

This is the first of a few catch-up posts. The said posts will be of a few fun things we enjoyed, in no particular order, since I last updated. After a couple of missed posts I got overwhelmed and simply did nothing about it. Hopefully this will get me going again. First, our trip to SoCal. We went down for Lily’s baptism. Unfortunately, our camera decided to quit working before we could get pictures with Wade (Tyler’s brother), Merideth and their children, Lily, Taylor, Luke and Crew, and I was thus unable to document what a wonderful time we had them. These are cousins my kids love and constantly ask why the just can’t move to Nevada. Thanks Wade and Merideth for a great weekend.

The camera did work on the first day and immortalized a family favorite, the beach. Zuma beach to be exact. A favorite of cousin Hunter and now one of ours.

I’m more of a sit-on-the-beach-and-enjoy-the-sun-and-the-atmosphere kind of girl and Olivia seems to take partly after me. The two of us had some quality conversations and lots of giggles.

This is the only picture where I could get Henry to stop long enough to pose. He stopped moving for something like 2 seconds. He takes after his father. The beach is a magical place. While there, Olivia and Henry simply enjoyed each other’s company, there was no bickering, no name calling, just peace and laughs. I was in heaven. We were all in heaven.