What's New...

Holy Moly, Hi.

It's been a bit since school started and this Mama is just resurfacing for a deep breath of fresh air after being wholly swallowed by the sea of a new school year.  You know, once that school bell rings, ALL the activities start, homework begins, lunches have to be packed, reading x3 needs to be attended to on the daily, practices, games.... yadda yadda.  All those demands and new routines mean I go a little M.I.A. and even more sad - I didn't pull out the camera once in the past few weeks.  

So Whoaaaa there Nelly - Imma gonna pump the breaks right here right now. 

Because I'm a grown up and sometimes I have to remember, "I'm the boss of me!"

{Well me and this tiny army of gents}

School is going well.  The boys all like their teachers and have friends in their classes and live for recess and time with their buddies.  I'm so glad they work hard and go and do because school is important and sets the tone for a big chunk of their days.

 Boone is still a rock star.  Everything is so exciting and new to him and man, oh man, it's refreshing.  He helps us all remember that life is "Niiiiiiice" and "punny" as he says.  :)

We have lice.

I AM KIDDING

We don't have lice but my head was itchin' somethin' fierce and my mind was consumed by little bugs somersaulting atop my boys' noggins after they HAD to try these on at Walmart.  

The things I do for the kids.  :)

RyGar is awesome.  He is so good at balancing work and play.  I envy the ease with which he is able to transition in and out of both modes.  He is "working" with the boys on their football skills since both Kael and Dax will play flag football this season.  He is also teaching the fine art of hammocking.

Fall is coming.

Wait - that seemed supremely lack luster...

Take Two:

It's time to DIAL IT UP, YO!  After all - it's almost FALL!!!!

Kael is high in the mountain tops with his Daddy-o and Grandpa and just LOOK at the gold he found.  I hope the elk are calling all around him and he is munching on a fresh apple from the orchard.

Lucky Dude.

I hereby swear to not let the task of scheduling four kids and two adults and all their extracurriculars overwhelm me.  Because really it's just another day (hallelujah) and:

All the water in the world,

However hard it tried,

Could never sink the smallest ship

Unless it gets inside.