Where did summer go?

I love to look back at this blog and see how much my IF miracles have changed. It's been 8 months since I last posted so they've changed quite a bit!

This summer we had some great family trips - we enjoyed the sand and surf in Florida in June, visited family on a road trip in July and went to the mountains for a long weekend in August before school started. Our next travel won't be until Spring break where we're booked on our first family cruise - to Mexico, Honduras and Belize. Have to get those passports!

Florida

 

  

Road Trip

Mountains/Camping

It's hard to believe that summer came and went so quickly and we're already well into the school year. Here in CO we just got our first snow today so I can feel winter coming a little too quickly for my taste.

K is now 7 and in 2nd grade and started a new K-8 school this year. She loves it and is doing great. She recently started karate and just passed her first belt test a month ago. It is so good for her and so far she loves it. She even had to use her protection skills with a little boy on the playground who was hitting her. Good skills to have! K also takes gymnastics, piano and swim classes these days. She is a very perceptive, kind and helpful little girl and is always good company. Recently she's been to two sleepovers. She seems ready, I most certainly am not.

C is 4 and in pre-k this year. Hard to believe my baby will start kinder next year! He is a busy guy and begs to be involved in all kinds of things. Currently he's in basketball, soccer, gymnastics, karate, swim and piano. I swore I wouldn't be "one of those mom's" with over scheduled kids...but it seems they don't get as exhausted as I do. Maybe they will zero in on one or two activities in the near future *fingers crossed* In the mean time it's fun to see them try out all their activities. C can be a whirling dervish or a cuddle bug, sometimes mere moments apart. Equal parts adorable and stubborn it seems. He has a wonderfully creative mind and keeps us on our toes. His smile is almost always present and he's a pretty happy little man.

M took a new position at work in April and is now traveling 2-3 times a month. We didn't really know that would be the case and are both adjusting to our new reality. I'm so happy the kids weren't younger when this development happened. For the most part we're all taking it in stride.





Our new house will be done in two weeks! We're excited to move the last weekend of the month and get settled in our new home. Feeling a bit stressed about it all but I'm sure it will come and go without me totally losing my mind...right?!

Not sure how many folks are out there still reading but I love to pop back here now and then. Hope all is well out there blog friends!

Bye for now :-)