May Goals

May is such a fun month.  The weather is nice, everything is growing, baseball, softball, pool time, school programs and the beginning of summer.  Since so much is going on, I thought i would create a goal for myself and one for the family.

1:  10,000 steps per day

























I have charged up the FitBit and I'm ready to get going. (update:  I did really well almost reaching 10,000 steps each day so far.  I have to figure out some ways to get more steps in my day.  Working from home doesn't make it easy.)

2:  Complete the 'honey we gotta do' list

























Wowzers!  Yep it is a LONG list.  I would love it if we could finish it up this month.  (update:  this weekend we finished the dog fence and they are loving it.  Rick also fixed the sprinkler head in the front yard.  We were pretty productive!)

What We've Been Up To

Begging for Spring

It has been a LONG winter.  We are so ready to get outside more.

Easter

After church we went to visit family.  Lots of family photos.  I loved seeing all of our family on this special day.

Softball

Harlyn has 14 softball games!  She is doing so great.  I love that she and Rick share this time together.

Baseball

Hudson's travel team is going strong with every other weekend tournaments.  They are getting better every weekend.  They placed 3rd overall in the Spring Fling Global Qualifier this past weekend.

School

Harlyn and I went to Charleston last week with her school.  We had such a great time.  Saving this for it's own post.

Work

I spent three days in Charlotte over spring break receiving my ITIL Foundation certification.  It was nice to be alone for a few days but I was so glad to get back home.

Looking Forward to:
National Archery Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky
Summer
Laying by the pool
Hosting a Cousins Weekend
Beach Trips
Mountain Trips

A Scrappy Weekend

Last weekend "me and my gang" ( i think that's a song ) went to our favorite scrapbook store in Spartanburg, Scrapbook Creations.  This store is AMAZING, HUGE, AWESOME!!  Not only is the store enormous, they have a great area for cropping and their OWN restaurant.

We try to go a few times a year.  It is great to get away for a few days and focus on catching up on our scrapping.  Kellie was so sweet and made us matching t-shirts.  Thanks 10009!  Don't we look cute!

I completed almost 20 pages and tried some new techniques.  I am pretty happy with that.

Here are a couple of my favorites.

I even made my first ever pocket page!

KC Ambush - 12th Annual Spring Kickoff Tournament

This weekend was the first tournament for KC Ambush.  The boys have been so tired of practicing and were ready to play a game.  They started out the weekend with a W.  They played amazing!  Even turning a triple play!!  The second game didn't go so well and they lost to the JETS.  Sundays game started out great but after a couple bad plays the boys fell apart.  They lost this game which meant they had to play again for second place in their bracket.  The second game was much better.  Their attitudes had changed for the better and they were able to play as a team.  The pulled it out and won to the mercy rule in the 4th inning.

They even won RINGS!!  I don't know the significance but apparently it is huge to a 9 year old boy.

Here's to an awesome start to our travel ball life.

Hard Decisions

Everyone knows parenting is full of difficult decisions.  I always hope and pray we are making the right choices.  Last month we made the very difficult decision to remove Harlyn from public middle school.  She was struggling with all aspects of middle school.  After an entire semester of crying, complaining and failing most of her classes (including Chorus) we enrolled her in a virtual charter school.

SC Calvert Academy has turned out to be a blessing and a challenge all at the same time.

Blessings:  Harlyn likes it, she is doing really really well, evenings are better for the entire family.

Challenges:  changes in my schedule, Harlyn is ALWAYS with me, NO SNOW days so catching up can be hard.

I read about how difficult the transition could be.  Most parents said that after a semester or so things settled down and a routine would follow.  I personally cannot stand not having a routine.  We are working hard to stick to a strict schedule.  I am working hard at playing so many roles at one time.  Harlyn is working hard at being a good student.

Some days she works beside me.

Some days she works in her "office".

Some days she works in the sun of the living room floor.

Wish us luck in this adventure!

YOU'RE BRAVER THAN YOU BELIEVE,STRONGER THAN YOU SEEM,and SMARTER THAN YOU THINK.

#SCSNOW

In all my life I don't think I have seen this much snow in South Carolina!

Two weeks ago we had snow.  A lot!  For us anyway.  I walked outside took some pictures and went back to work.  Rick took the kids to play.  He loves snow and turns in to 'vacation rick' as soon as it is mentioned on the news.
Now we have more snow!  It has been snowing off and on since Tuesday.  I don't really care for being cold so it isn't my favorite thing.  Thankfully, I have Rick to balance things out and entertain the 'lets play all the time' 'who cares if our toes are freezing off' kids.

After playing in the snow Harlyn's feet were cold so her Grandma Nerva rubbed them back to life for her.  Yes, she is spoiled!!

Baxter enjoys the fire much more than the snow.

How they spell my name at Starbucks