Random Ramblings

Lilli turned 4-
Yes it is true…my baby is 4. 4 years ago one of the cutest beings ever-created came into my life. (I have been blessed with 4 of these beings over the last 13 years) :)
She had a wonderful birthday party with her friends. Eight 3-4 year olds running around = tons o’ fun! Pictures to come.

Another school year has passed! Again, time flies. The kids don’t think so, they think the year went by really slow. I remember feeling that way. The kids have done great this year. When school resumes in August Lilli will join the school crowd as a pre-schooler. Fair warning for any that may see me on that day- I won’t be wearing makeup as I know I’ll just cry it off. ;) I am excited for her but it is the closing of a chapter of my life. For the first time I won’t have a kid at home to watch after while the rest of the kids are at school. Of course I have plenty to do to fill my time but the closing of a chapter, moving on to the next phase of life, it is still a little hard, a little bittersweet. The same goes for September when Oscar turns 13. To have a teenager in my home, it is exciting but also bittersweet. I know he is still young, but he will no longer be a child, he will be officially a young man, a teenager.



This week was our snowbird week. LOVE snowbird week. My mother-in-law has a timeshare there but for some strange reason no one else in the family wants to use it. Since I love it so much she kind of gives it to me as my birthday present every year. Sometimes Lars’ brother and family come up to swim a couple times but no one else ever wants to stay here. CRAZY I tell you!
I love love love it (as I may have already mentioned) I get to hang out with my kids, swim, read, look at the beautiful mountains, enjoy the cool air, and just generally relax and forget all the responsibilities I have waiting for me at home. What’s not to love?!

I’ll update the blog soon with more pictures and info about my garden, which is going great so far despite mother natures attempts to snow it out one day.