overcome

I feel very overcome a lot.  Im overcome with stress with all the responsibilities on my plate and trying to find the balance in it all. I'm overcome with everyone calling my name at once needing a tissue, hug, ssippy cup, time out or a blanket.  I'm overcome with all the chores needed to be done everyday only to wake up and have them needing to be done all over again.  But, then just now I went to check on both kids and kneeled next to their beds and said a prayer out loud to protect them and for me to be used as a vehicle to teach them about love, kindness and God.  In those moments i am overcome with love, gratitude and appreciation that I have been trusted enough to raise and love these miracle souls from God.  Then I see my girl in Kindergarten and I feel it all over again.

Bowling fun…

Grady hasn't had short hair in awhile, but it makes him look so little

all healthy hutchies and that makes me feel overcome with thanks!


How cute is this shirt?  and this boy.

Lily and her super friend Ella…

VPK graduation
all her buds…


wow, what a cute picture in the archives….

moments like this outside my window make me feel overcome with love.

When you are overcome, remember you are doing enough, focus on the positive and fill your heart with gratitude for all of your blessings and they will come back 10 fold and make you feel overcome even more!

random fun

G can't wait to join her soon.

Lily will fall asleep anywhere 

see what i mean?

lily in training…

poser...

best park ever….coolest kids too...


swinging to the oldies…

i love this vest on him…

prowling lily


playing hide and go seek…

reading to the oldies...

swimming, soccer and sunsets

Brave lily and her friend Lily
winter day at school can u say best pals?
these 2 too

swim lessons for Grady when he learned...

 wild hair G



sunset swim...


she is now giving make overs….


he learned to swim, but never quite mastered the back float...


someone is staring her 4th or 5th soccer season…


more to come...

longing for summer

can i just tell you how much i love summer?  this cold weather is for the birds imho, but i know I'm in the minority and i know it's not that cold, but i long for these days back.
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we got lily season passes to her favorite water park for her bday and she's going to flip the lid when she finds out...

one of her dresses from her pal Jessica :)

the lady colored lily's ear lobe and Lil thought that was it and commented that wasn't so bad, but little did she know then big kapow was still to come.


how can you not just love this face?

movie night under the stars…blurry i know

"Gma taught me to climb trees mommy."



the electrical box used to be home base when we were kids and now it's a dance floor.

water park fun

Douglas' shirt…just a tad too big right now, but not for long.  bucket boy seems stuck.

just a little bit longer until she can ride the slides…this isn't her favorite water park i meant, but it's in the top 3

we always find him in the strangest predicaments

must focus.

i feel like this pic was already on here, but it's too cute not to post again.

grady was sickie, but super snuggly
this is how i found him randomly during the day.  too weak to even play




and berry sweepy


life is good.